Cision

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Having to switch gears so often was a great prelude to broader agency work where we work on various clients from 3D printing to beer. What are some of the differences in building a communications strategy on a national level compared to a local level? I’ve been at Crenshaw for five years and I really love that no two days are alike!

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Communications Data Local Survey 253

Cision

APRIL 10, 2017

For those of you in the travel communications business there are countless of opportunities to tell yours story to travel journalists, bloggers, influencers – and consumers. Is it local, budget friendly travel? Print media and travel freelancers have longer lead times, often three to four months in advance.

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Travel Pitching How To Radio 174

5W PR

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

This works especially well with items that can be consumed in small amounts, such as food, beverages or health supplements. You can also have physical coupons that are sent out in the mail, included in print ads or posted on bulletin boards. Charity Events -You can sponsor local charity events such as concerts or sporting events.

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Strategy Product Launch Brand Branding 88

5W PR

JANUARY 8, 2019

The space got crowded and loud, but heading into 2019, consumer interest in new product discovery is at an all-time high, paving new roads for strong, smart campaigns to succeed. Smart 2019 beauty PR campaigns will meet consumers where they are and follow them home via digital touch points. Telling a specific, transparent brand story.

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Brand Branding Instagram Fashion 74

Barokas

DECEMBER 4, 2018

*This post originally appeared on the WTIA blog (read it here). Black Friday and Cyber Monday Post-Mortems : Black Friday and Cyber Monday provide huge PR opportunities, and not just for consumer-facing companies. Pulse Surveys : Consumer polls – when they uncover new or surprising data – can be media gold.

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5W PR

DECEMBER 18, 2019

This works especially well with items that can be consumed in small amounts, such as food, beverages or health supplements. You can also have physical coupons that are sent out in the mail, included in print ads or posted on bulletin boards.In Charity Events -You can sponsor local charity events such as concerts or sporting events.

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Strategy Marketing Trade Shows Video 133

The Stalwart Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Ratings are falling across the board for local news as audiences turn toward social media to learn about breaking stories. This drop was due entirely to print circulation, which declined by 9 percent, while digital circulation increased by 2 percent. This trend is being felt not just in Southern California, but nationwide.

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 19, 2020

We’ve been able to observe the impact of the virus on consumer behaviour and media consumption thanks to data from Brandwatch, OFCOM, Reuters Institute and YouGov, among others. In the consumer sector, the entertainment, gym, hospitality, sports and travel industries in the UK shutdown on 23 March when a lockdown was applied.

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Crisis Government Energy Community 151

Shift Communications

DECEMBER 15, 2016

From the perspective of the consumer team in the Boston office the answer is a resounding, NO! So when a colleague and I pitched a local McDonald’s news story, little did we know what was to come. After an aggressive media relations push, we began to pick up traction in the local market. Client: Print Syndicate.

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Print Media Travel Wireless 60

Cision

JUNE 6, 2017

This chart demonstrates the power of shared content…even when it’s “consumer opinions” coming from strangers: This suggests that we need to deeply understand who is sharing our content, where they are sharing it, and why—and then get them to do more of it! It comes from the transmission of content. 19 percent were piloting a program.

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Marketing Television Handbook Web 239

Barokas

AUGUST 8, 2017

Whether it’s technology, consumer, B2B or any number of other industries, data plays an increasingly powerful role in shaping how businesses and consumers interact with the world. Telling stories with stats. And that was in just the first few weeks!

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Storytelling Data Data-Driven PR Print 74

Barokas

AUGUST 8, 2017

Whether it’s technology, consumer, B2B or any number of other industries, data plays an increasingly powerful role in shaping how businesses and consumers interact with the world. Telling stories with stats. And that was in just the first few weeks!

Storytelling 60

Storytelling Data Data-Driven PR Print 60

Cision

JULY 11, 2017

Maybe you work closely with a local TV station and need to consider broadcast monitoring. Track any relevant blogs, Twitter handles, and other personal channels in relation to your brand. A print mention is different from a broadcast mention, which is different from a social media mention, and so on.

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Beyond PR

APRIL 10, 2017

For those of you in the travel communications business there are countless of opportunities to tell yours story to travel journalists, bloggers, influencers – and consumers. Is it local, budget friendly travel? Print media and travel freelancers have longer lead times, often three to four months in advance. About Anna Marevska.

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Travel Pitching How To Print 52

Stephen Waddington

JUNE 21, 2018

The original promise of the internet was that mainstream media would be disintermediated and the public would have access to a huge variety of blogs and websites. Print, not news, in decline The quarterly Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) data is a depressing read. Print has ceded to digital in all but a few niches.

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Social Media Print Study Advertising 73

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 5, 2017

These giants, often consumer-oriented corporations, have the pocket-depth to own events and sell tickets or sponsorships. Finally, there are some that have been actually able to sell subscriptions to print magazines they publish (Lifetime Fitness). If there’s any doubt, kids do have a dramatic influence on consumer spending.

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Content Marketing Case Study Marketing Conference 66

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Vuelio named this blog the best PR and communications blog in 2019. Each corporate PRCA member will be expected to engage with a local school each year. The web was the most significant shift in publishing since the invention of the printing press in the 15th Century. She always improves my work. That’s thanks to you.

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Government Education Print Ethics 103

PR in High Definition

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

That’s a simplified breakdown of the process that consumers and businesses go through when they want to learn more about a product or service they might purchase and the company they’re purchasing from. Research in 2017 established that online reviews impact purchasing decisions for 93% of consumers and 92% of businesses.

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Engineering Reputation Social Media SEO 67

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

APRIL 2, 2024

Print media (magazine) consumption rose in 2023 , and this trend should continue in 2024, according to a study by Pew Research Center (via MediaPost). As more of us get our news digitally, newspapers have taken the hardest hit; however, the estimated total US daily newspaper circulation (print and digital combined) in 2022 was 20.9

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Media Radio Print Newspapers 102

Beyond PR

JUNE 8, 2016

DC Reporters Discuss How Social Media Has Changed the Game on PR Newswire’s media blog Beyond Bylines. Washington’s not really unique – it’s like any town with a myriad of local stories,” writes Christine. “So So what wins when it comes to local coverage? You just have to start with print,” she said.

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MaccaPR

AUGUST 26, 2015

By telling the story of how Lego came to be, consumers are getting a behind the scenes look, and, simultaneously, learning about the people who built it. The "Unzipped" brand publishing platform that offers "a deeper look inside Levi Strauss" through Throwback Thursday vintage photos and blog posts on its culture and social progress.

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Corporate Examples Storytelling Brand 48

Communications Conversations

JANUARY 11, 2018

And just 25 minutes on print media. And remind me again how important that hit in USA Today print edition is again. So, we know people are spending FAR more time on digital media (and video) than they are on print. Blog posts. Think about that for a minute. E-newsletters. White papers. Longer-form text-based content.

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Journalistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

It was pure magic the first time I read an article in print that was the result of a story I pitched. A good example of inbound marketing is a blog jam-packed with useful information your prospects and other target audiences want to read. For many of us, it’s what attracted us to media relations in the first place.

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Bad Pitch Blog

APRIL 2, 2007

For years, many COMPANY locations have relied on their local Valpak franchise to create and deliver advertising campaigns to area consumers. In 2006, over 17 million COMPANY savings offers were mailed to consumers through the familiar blue Valpak envelope. In add ition, Valpak.com®, Rolling Thunder, Beaten Chest.

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PR Conversations

JULY 20, 2015

For example, the local small- to medium-sized theatres and site-specific locations operating as this year’s 28 Fringe venues. Plus many Fringe play print programs had a volunteer-specific thank you in the show notes. Audiences took full advantage of the wealth of local, national and international theatre and dance.”

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Community Print Twitter Creativity 40

Bad Pitch Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2006

This news release posing as a pitch was forwarded by a Philadelphia-based reporter to "Trebuchet," a fan of the Bad Pitch blog. Local law enforcement has confirmed numerous reports of sightings of this mysterious naked man have been logged in throughout the Summer months. "It''s This is one of those times. Butt first… - Subject: Alert!

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 1, 2016

A brief mention in a local blog, where client SteelHouse’s $2,000 vacation stipend was referenced, immediately struck me as PR gold. To do this, there’s no substitute for consuming – reading print newspapers/magazines, watching broadcast to figure out which shows cover what, etc. I mean, how many companies offer this?

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Strategy Print Insurance Insurance 60

MaccaPR

MAY 23, 2018

I had the privilege of attending the 2018 PR Bootcamp: Media Relations Conference hosted by New Product Events in New York City, where we heard editors and producers of major consumer-facing publications and television shows reveal how PR professionals should (and should never) approach them with stories. Are you pitching a print publication?

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Solo PR Pro

AUGUST 19, 2014

Overnight Prints * – On the recommendation of Solo PR PRO Premium member Greg Brooks , I tried Overnight Prints and put its moniker to the test. Website/Blog. These days, it doesn’t have to cost a fortune to get a basic website and/or blog up and running. Receive $9.94

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Tools eBook Print System 78

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 25, 2012

You see, sometime last Fall, I bought a Groupon offered by a local masseuse. I’ve already noticed a handful of local businesses adopting creative new discount marketing schemes: 1. I recently got a text forwarded from a friend, with a number to text to the local store for a coupon that gave me half-priced groceries.

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Small Business Local Print Consumer 73

Beyond PR

APRIL 6, 2016

For local news, compile a list of influential outlets in the region; for larger, national stories, think of top outlets across the country and pinpoint their most prominent writers. For stories that are more evergreen or broader in scale, consider print periodicals like consumer and trade magazines.

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Beyond PR

JULY 26, 2016

A common theme on Beyond PR and many other marketing and PR blogs is the importance of a multichannel strategy. Strategies that take into consideration your audience’s preference to consume content across paid, earned, social and owned channels. Multichannel strategies, though, are like nesting dolls.

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Strategy Media Radio How To 40

MaccaPR

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Marketers know that social media is as revolutionary to our culture as the printing press was in Gutenberg’s day, turning mobile phones and PCs into access points for endless connectivity. But how do marketers connect the dots between social media and engaged consumers by providing real value?

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Marketing Social Media Video Mobile 48

Journalistics

MARCH 2, 2013

You may want to take on a client of your own to start gathering work examples – consider helping out a family or friend with their business, or volunteer for a local non-profit organization or church. Here is a couple that stands out: You have a blog you’re managing that generates revenue (e.g. Finally, you know how to code.

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Pinterest Writing Interviews Social Media 52

MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

For content marketers seeking to generate leads from that new blog post, white paper, case study, event, infographic, research report, or webinar, here are 33 ways to ensure that your content is found, downloaded, clicked-on and consumed. Pin all your landing page URLs and blog posts to encourage sharing of them!

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Marketing Content Marketing Pinterest LinkedIn 48

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Another good idea: draft a simple byline or blog post on “Scary Customer Stories” or “Nightmare Product Launches.” We do an annual Halloween PR blog post that’s always well-received. Weather may sound boring, but it’s actually a rich story idea with high local relevance. Lead with the weather.

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Film Small Business Pitching Comparison 180

Bad Pitch Blog

MAY 20, 2010

And for this she’s getting a good pitch seal of approval from the Bad Pitch Blog (we used to call it Glinda the Good Pitch, but how cool is that, really?) Relevance: Jennifer has targeted my blog with research she knows I’ll find of interest based on the topics I already cover. Good Organic Stories Trump Re-Prints. Not to worry.

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