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How To Set Expectations In Public Relations

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

No one wants to be negative, but a viewpoint grounded in experience and phrased constructively can go a long way in heading off trouble later. We call it a background interview because it is just that – an exchange to provide background for a future story. Unfortunately, those opportunities don’t always result in coverage.

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How to Come Up With Sound Bites for an Interview

Cision

Traditionally, being interviewed is the Golden Ticket to turning that spotlight in your direction. If you’ve never been interviewed, you might be nervous. Thankfully, you don’t need to spill your or your organization’s entire life story during an interview. Here’s how you can help with that. What should you say?

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How to Pitch Better Brand Stories

Cision

Making something newsworthy means having a “real person” to interview. DIY project, construction). For example, explain why you are taking on a construction project by yourself instead of hiring someone to do it or why the renovation needs to be done. Now, that is a story. Promoting the Beebo as a product is not.

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Journalists Offer Constructive POVs on The PR Pitch

Ishmael's Corner

The post Journalists Offer Constructive POVs on The PR Pitch appeared first on Ishmael's Corner ~ Storytelling Techniques For Business Communications. Instead, the media has a.more.

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Empathy Marketing: How to Understand Your Customers, in 10 Steps

Contently - Strategy

How to develop customer empathy, in 10 steps. This summer, as part of a Contently innovation workshop, I decided to devote two days a week for conducting empathy interviews with clients and prospects. Use that to guide your interview questions. Group interviews lead to groupthink. What else did I have to learn?

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Things Your PR Firm Should Tell You (That You May Not Want To Hear)

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

To the client, bad news or constructive criticism may feel uncomfortable, but an open channel of communications is key to a fruitful client-agency partnership. How to face the music. Part of a PR team’s job is to critique the client’s performance in media interviews and public speaking. A good PR agency tells you when.

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5 PR Mistakes And What To Learn From Them

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Agency teams should take the time to explain, based on personal experience and expertise, why a story will or won’t work and where possible, how to take a bland or unworkable pitch and improve it. Lack of preparation for a media interview. What if the spokesperson or expert still refuses, and an unsatisfactory interview results?

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