Communications Conversations

JANUARY 26, 2016

Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately: Are we over-relying on media relations in PR? I’m talking about the broader scope of PR here–media relations, content marketing, social media marketing, community relations, etc. Just give this shocking post a read.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

Advanced vehicle technology captivated much of the attention at the recent CES 2024 (formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas as the event enjoyed a major resurgence with more than 135,000 attendees, more than 4,300 exhibitors and more than 2.5 million square feet of exhibit space.

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Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

It’s not news that social media has taken the business world by storm, changing the way consumers research their purchases and creating an unprecedented opportunity for brands to build one-to-one relationships with their brand’s biggest fans. In PR, paid media is social media advertising, sponsored content, and email marketing.

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PRSay

JANUARY 9, 2020

Public relations has come a long way in the last 10 years on so many fronts, presenting both new challenges and opportunities. When we began this decade, many local newspapers had at least 10 more pages of non-syndicated content than they do today. Organic reach on social media was also still possible for brands.

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Stern + Associates

JANUARY 29, 2024

Ad spending – the historic lifeblood of mainstream media – has plummeted as people spend more time on social media platforms where advertisers can reach them directly. Local media has been eviscerated, and now many iconic national and global outlets are hurting badly. adults get their daily news : social media.

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PRSay

MAY 3, 2019

The same thing has happened with newspapers. More people than ever consume news. They just consume it across more varied platforms. That means the credibility boost that comes from third-party media placements remains critically important. Get more media pitching knowledge from Michael Smart here.

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Stephen Waddington

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Jessica Pardoe When did you last read a newspaper? We consume news through TV, mobile apps, PC and social media. In fact, it’s becoming unusual to pick up a newspaper. Print new media challenge Ad-funded newspapers such as The Evening Standard and The Metro are the exception, not the rule.

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PRSay

JANUARY 8, 2019

As communicators, we have long relied on earned media or public relations — usually in the form of media relations — to place our clients’ names on the internet, on TV, in print and on the radio. Earned media demonstrates credibility, since the organization doesn’t pay for the placement. Regional Foundation.

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Cision

JANUARY 19, 2017

Catriona Pollard is the director of CP Communications, an organization which merges traditional PR tactics with cutting – edge social media strategies to best engage consumers. What is your secret to media relations success? How does social media and analytics drive your PR strategy?

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Cision

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Your brand has a social media presence, blog, newsletter, paid ads…the works. According to AdWeek , “92 percent of consumers trust recommendations from others, even people they don’t know, over branded content.”. ” “In a lot of ways, I look at influencer marketing as an evolution from traditional media relations.”

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

She and her research team conducted a focus group with 46 participants and also using a panel to survey 1,500 consumers. Their study was published in the Journal of Promotion Management and summarized in a piece for the Institute for Public Relations ( IPR ). Notice none of them cited a wire service.

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Cision

APRIL 25, 2017

How is the average news consumer supposed to separate fact from fiction? The AP’s ramped-up fact-checking efforts have gotten good responses from its customers – local and national newspapers, broadcast news stations, and other news organizations alike – who have responded by adding fact-checking tactics into their own day-to-day efforts.

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Beyond PR

JUNE 8, 2016

It will not just improve your media relations, but also the brand content you offer directly to online audiences. As you build relationships with the media, find out what they need and follow through with those elements. Just as today’s journalists are required to wear many hats, so are you. Learn more about data visualization.

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

13 keynote address at ICON 2022 in Grapevine, Texas, Kay talked with PRsay about the power of confidence, the challenges of reaching younger news consumers and the importance of facts. Surveys have shown that young adults turn to social media such as TikTok and Instagram as their primary news sources rather than newspapers and TV.

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Cision

JUNE 21, 2016

In this interview, Morgan discusses the importance of having a social presence, how to keep your digital community engaged and why the fundamentals of public relations will never change. Going into college I just knew that I would be a reporter at a newspaper. What’s your secret to media relations success?

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Cision

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Want to improve your media relations? Gain insights from Cision’s free State of the Media 2016 Report! Increasingly, we are using paid media to distribute the content we are creating and in a very targeted way, either through native platforms or through social targeting – this all needs a PESO approach.

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Cision

MAY 4, 2016

It will include reputation management, crisis management, brand enhancement and media relations. The journalist tells a story for the consumer, voter or investor. The PR person assists a client in telling his story, but always with the consumer ultimately in mind. My daily newspaper of choice is…The New York Times.

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Journalistics

MAY 26, 2015

For those of you working in digital marketing or related fields, this should come as no surprise to you. More consumers are accessing all kinds of websites via mobile devices than from desktop computers. What’s surprising is how slow news organizations are adapting to the rise of the mobile consumer.

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Polaris

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Public relations, or more precisely media relations, can be a tricky business. The art of getting earned media coverage for a product, service or business is not as easy as it sounds. And while the degree of difficulty varies from brand to brand, the secret to securing editorial is NOT a media release.

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5W PR

MARCH 18, 2019

Remember when, not that long ago, broadcast media was king, newspapers were holding their own, and the internet was a novelty? Now, social media is redistricting media influence, and brands need to rethink how they’re using traditional media, because their audience already has. Digital Consumers are Driving Trends.

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Landis PR

APRIL 12, 2021

How is reporting different at newspapers, TV and wire services? The great strength of broadcast is its ability to take news consumers directly to the scene and witness events — a wildfire, a debate, a demonstration, a major speech — as they unfold. Dan Rosenheim is the Director of Business Development at Bay City News.

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PR in High Definition

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

They’re the main players that make up the journalist line-up that you’ll find in every national newspaper in the UK today. The gig economy as a whole has boomed in the UK in recent years and the media has benefited from this; the number of freelancers contributing to newspapers and magazines feels at an all-time high.

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Barokas

MAY 5, 2017

For PR professionals, the fact that consumers are becoming more splintered, skeptical and confused about which sources to trust is concerning. After all, the media is the main lifeline of our work. Newspapers, nightly newscasts, radio shows and numerous other mediums are our partners in storytelling. Expand PR capabilities.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JULY 10, 2023

I try to focus on stories and angles that are aimed directly at ordinary consumers (or car enthusiasts.) I’ve been in this business almost 20 years now, and worked for my college, high school and junior high newspapers before that. (I’ve I like being able to help people with my work, as well as inform them.

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Prakkypedia

OCTOBER 24, 2018

For myself as a PR practitioner, one of the modern challenges of maintaining relationships with the media is keeping up with the volatility of that job market. It’s disturbing to see this fragmentation in news media. Most PR practitioners I know are avid consumers of the news; they read widely and they support the news media.

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Stern + Associates

MARCH 30, 2017

The media is responding to the current digital climate. We’re no longer consuming news from a print newspaper delivered to our door in the morning. The post Fast, Fleeting and Fake: Why Today’s Media Landscape Needs You appeared first on Stern Strategy Group. Most of us also aren’t.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

While this might normally consume a small percentage of my time, it takes a far higher percentage of my time when positions open. We are consumed by electric vehicle development, autonomous vehicle technology and the supply chain crisis caused by a shortage of microchips and other key parts and raw materials.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Improving the charging experience is going to go a long way in improving the consumer EV adoption rate. I started by writing for the Arts & Life section of my college newspaper at The University of Akron roughly 12 years ago. Describe the craziest or most fun story you have written.

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 16, 2019

Her time creating editorial content for consumer and national media led to a job at Newcastle Airport. Her role ranges from drafting reactive statements to working on campaigns for press and social media. Sales of the newspaper rocketed but the editor was deluged with complaints and called time on hardnosed reporting.

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Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Thinking back to the early days in my career, clients often had one request when it came to the media relations game: I want to be on Oprah. Those were the kinds of media outlets clients wanted to be in. Mainstream media outlets with monstrous, loyal followings. Or, The Today Show. Or, in The New York Times.

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Cision

MARCH 31, 2016

Want to improve your media relations? Read Cision’s free “State of the Media 2016 Report!” With so many outlets and ways to consume information proliferating these days, you need to be more thoughtful and creative than ever if you want to stand out. My daily newspaper of choice is…newspaper?

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

What is for sure is that a solid PR team is versatile and can expertly cover down on a broad number of functions: internal comms, external comms, executive comms, media relations, analyst relations, corporate social responsibility, thought leadership and marcom, and as I’ve long proposed, content marketing, among many others.

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Shift Communications

MAY 19, 2015

As PR pros, it is imperative that we’re always consuming news. Whether it’s monitoring where our clients are being mentioned, or their competitors or general trends – being media savvy makes us great at what we do. This, to me, is the crème de la crème of smart media relations skills. Account Manager. Photo Credit.

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Journalistics

MAY 26, 2015

For those of you working in digital marketing or related fields, this should come as no surprise to you. More consumers are accessing all kinds of websites via mobile devices than from desktop computers. What’s surprising is how slow news organizations are adapting to the rise of the mobile consumer.

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Mora Communications

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

And on social media, although people might find posts or photos amusing or interesting, that is not the same as finding them credible. . More than ever, consumers have their defenses up when watching or listening to the media. Audiences are much more media savvy and resistant to traditional forms of marketing and promotion.

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NewsWhip

APRIL 28, 2021

How has the consumer changed the news cycle and impacted PR measurement? The consumer-driven news cycle & PR measurement. The intersection of media relations, social media, & content creation. We can see how consumers feel about an article, whether they experience joy, anger, confusion.

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David PR Group

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

A few years ago when traveling to meet a client, a story about his business was published in the local newspaper that very morning. One exec still reads a national newspaper online each day and gets a hard copy on the weekends. He also reads other online publications and shares content regularly—but via e-mail not social media.

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