The Proactive Report

JUNE 20, 2015

The Internet has changed the way we connect and communicate – not just with one another, but also with the media. Writing a press release and posting it on the wire doesn’t get your media coverage anymore. Journalists are very active in social media and Twitter in particular. How do Journalists use Twitter?

Twitter 100

Twitter Media Relations How To Media 100

Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

Earned Media/Media Relations. Far from just managing a digital Rolodex, landing earned media in publications that resonate with target audiences is only one small part of the earned-media mix. Owned Media/Content Strategy. Media Monitoring & Analysis. Corporate Communications.

Media Training 397

Media Training Crisis Communications Conference Training 397

Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 15, 2019

This just in: media relations is getting tougher. Consider the following: Demand for media attention is high: Most top-tier writers now receive 100, 250 or 500 pitches a week for 5 story spots. Media is outnumbered: PR Pros now outnumber journalists by a factor of 6 to 1. My pro tip: Write 10 subject lines for each pitch.

Media Relations 100

Media Relations Pitching Media Report 100

Prakkypedia

JULY 8, 2014

So you’ve just landed a new corporate communications role. And naturally, I’ve been focused on all the things a good corporate communications manager should have in place. My five things to address in your first week as a Corporate Communications Manager: 1. Who is authorised to speak to the media? Congratulations!

Corporate 107

Corporate Communications Guidelines Policies 107

PRSay

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

We’re still employing the “inverted pyramid” of the printing press to compose them, we’re still using them as corporate equivalent of vanity plates for our websites, and we’re still sending them to journalists’ inboxes with a deep, self-serving hope they will magically turn into detailed coverage of our companies.

Writing 92

Writing How To Print Corporate 92

Sword and the Script

MAY 29, 2018

Of the 155 respondents, more than 120 took the time to write in answers this post is designed to share some of them that stood out. 9) “That reporters don’t write corporate profiles, they cover NEWS.”. Also see these related posts: Is Media Relations Getting Harder? 20) “We do not control the message.”.

Corporate 73

Corporate Communications Survey Employee 73

Onclusive

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

A successful communications strategy is the driving force behind building trust among all of your stakeholders, enhancing your corporate reputation and establishing your company as a leader in your industry. A strong agency will help you shape a communications plan that supports your corporate objectives.

Agency 195

Agency Strategy Communications How To 195

5W PR

AUGUST 14, 2023

Misconceptions about career opportunities in public relations can lead to misunderstandings about the work and required skills. Public relations focuses on media relations and party planning Public relations is often misunderstood as just event planning and media interaction.

Publicity 78

Publicity Storytelling Crisis Management Reputation 78

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Pitching media remains a challenge; Twitter is still a journalist favorite; PR dabbled with generative AI as businesses worried about misinformation Regular readers know I publish a weekly post every Tuesday. Many of the things I choose to write about are reports and surveys that give us a sense of what’s happening in the industry.

B2B 105

B2B Survey Pitching Software 105

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Recently I went back through all the write-ups I’ve published on surveys and boiled the results down to these ten. Earned media still the most credible source of info Most people find independent journalism and earned media to be the most credible source of information. These lay out a pretty good picture of the PR landscape.

Survey 94

Survey Industry Leadership Study 94

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 17, 2022

So does The PR Council, whose corporate members must certify that they will abide by its statement of principles. Everyday media relations work has a way of policing itself, too. PR practitioners, she writes, should be “acting as the voice of conscience for their organisations.” PR leaders must step up.

Ethics 182

Ethics Reputation Corporate Industry 182

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 3, 2016

The May edition of #measurePR brought together three fabulous guests who were ready to share their smarts on measuring media relations. Anne Isenhower a media relations expert and social media enthusiast who works with nonprofits and Fortune 500 CEOs. Fragmentation of media means fewer eyeballs on each story.

Media Relations 40

Media Relations Measurement Media Analysis 40

Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

You had a vibrant and long career in PR, working in almost every possible setting–from corporate to agency to non-profit. I liked agency life because you could specialize in media relations and have the company of other professionals in marketing and PR. Corporations and non-profits are not that different from each other.

Publicity 174

Publicity Leadership Corporate Agency 174

Onclusive

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

This is where your research on what impactful authors write about and in which style comes in handy. Since you’re writing to real people and not just email addresses, your communication must create and nurture a connection. According to a recent article by PRNews, reporters open the most media pitches between 9 a.m. local time.

Pitching 195

Pitching Data Technology Storytelling 195

Flack's Revenge

OCTOBER 15, 2020

He tweeted: I rarely cuss in writing. Perhaps proactive media relations will end for a time at the company, but skillful communication with key stakeholders, such as employees, investors and more is essential and fundamental to businesses’ success. It doesn’t mean anything. Mark Prindle.

Leadership 282

Leadership Social Media Trends Facebook 282

5W PR

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

You often hear public relations specialists referred to as press secretary, public affairs officer, or information officer. It often encompasses writing stories about clients who have benefitted from the organization’s services and putting together the nonprofit’s newsletter. Another area that they tend to focus on is media relations.

Publicity 114

Publicity Nonprofit Public Affairs Government 114

Cision

APRIL 18, 2017

If not, complete the following exercise: Write down all of the questions you are asked in new business—aka sales—meetings. Write down all of the questions your customer service department is asked. Write down what your domain authority is, which is listed in the left-hand side of the box, right underneath your website’s URL.

Exercises 198

Exercises Google Writing Blogging 198

Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

I also write for other publications and business clients as time allows. An important distinction is that these articles are presented from the perspective of a car enthusiast who understands the importance of environmental sustainability, rather than from the perspective of an environmentalist writing about cars. There’s a difference.

Journalism 114

Journalism Automotive Interviews Writing 114

Beyond PR

JULY 27, 2016

Communications is one of those disciplines that touches pretty much all aspects of a business: thought-leadership, branding, media relations, reputation management, earned media, social media, content marketing, lead generation and so much more. Audience: You’re not writing a content press release for journalists.

Writing 40

Writing SEO Web Content Marketing 40

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 3, 2018

Almost Famous (2000) — Media Relations. The iconic publication sends a 15 year-old reporter to travel with the band on tour in order to write an in-depth piece. Both the inexperienced reporter and the naïve band members make the media relations mistake of getting too close to be objective.

Tools 170

Tools Government Crisis Public Affairs 170

Solo PR Pro

MARCH 28, 2023

She also managed the media relations for the event’s celebrity speakers which included Amy Robach, Lori Allen from Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta, and Olympic commentator Peggy Fleming. Pennie managed media relations for multiple county fairs, which included staffing the fair’s Media Center for the full run of the fair.

Meeting 88

Meeting Healthcare Nonprofit Corporate 88

Solo PR Pro

JULY 5, 2022

Michael Ares, MDA Corporate Marketing, LLC. reviewing all the news alerts I have set up for my clients and their industry competitors and fielding urgent emails before devoting the rest of the morning to writing and other client work. I write or pitch media in the mornings, so I am only available beginning at noon daily.

Meeting 98

Meeting Writing Pitching Case Study 98

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 13, 2020

But here’s the insight: bloggers who write longer posts are also more likely to report strong marketing results. Now, every year when I write this, someone remarks that length isn’t the same thing as quality. According to the survey, the average blog post is 1,269 words. Multiple surveys and data studies support this conclusion.

B2B 147

B2B Study Blogging Marketing 147

PRSay

JANUARY 8, 2019

29, Matt Charles, APR, presents a webinar titled “ How to Tell Your Organization’s Story to Get Media Coverage.” Whether you serve a large corporation, small nonprofit, major research university or municipal government, at some point your boss has probably said, “We need more media attention. Can you make it happen?”

Storytelling 163

Storytelling Media Nonprofit Government 163

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 31, 2019

The median salary breaks down across corporate, agency and non-profit sectors of PR as follows: corporate communications median salary was $127,100; PR agency median salary was $96,000, and non-profit communications salary was $85,000. . 4) Earned Media: 3 PR Studies Quantifying the Impact of Media Relations on Sales.

Blogging 80

Blogging Publicity Marketing Survey 80

The Proactive Report

MAY 27, 2018

Both agency and corporate executives agree that this is the greatest challenge preventing them from achieving their future goals. Corporate-side PR. Corporate PR budgets grew only 2.6% Social Media (75%). Media Relations (55%). Here the picture is not quite as rosy. What’s Driving the Growth?

Industry 113

Industry Measurement SEO Corporate 113

PRSay

JUNE 7, 2022

As an incoming local Chapter president, I had a lengthy list of tasks to prepare for the new year — update the Chapter website, confirm the January program, write my newsletter column and plan the next board meeting. Pick one, study it as a team and then follow the steps to writing a plan. Not on my list? Managing a Chapter crisis.

Crisis 78

Crisis Crisis Communications Nonprofit Local 78

Sword and the Script

JULY 5, 2022

“Upon survey completion, Harris clients can then use PRophet’s machine learning and natural language processing technology to test the news angle of their poll to identify the journalists most likely to cover their story and predict how positively they’d write about the results.” International media. Media relations.

Technology 92

Technology Software Survey Internal 92

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 11, 2020

Journalists are finding less value in press releases with only 3% saying they heavily rely on the document for their writing. Plenty of companies are opting to use social media to share company news instead of the classic release. Quality writing rises to the top. Yet a press release can still offer benefits. Here’s why.

SEO 221

SEO Data B2B Writing 221

The Proactive Report

MAY 27, 2018

Both agency and corporate executives agree that this is the greatest challenge preventing them from achieving their future goals. Corporate-side PR. Corporate PR budgets grew only 2.6% Social Media (75%). Media Relations (55%). Here the picture is not quite as rosy. What’s Driving the Growth?

Industry 100

Industry Measurement SEO Corporate 100

The Proactive Report

MAY 27, 2018

Both agency and corporate executives agree that this is the greatest challenge preventing them from achieving their future goals. Corporate-side PR. Corporate PR budgets grew only 2.6% Social Media (75%). Media Relations (55%). Here the picture is not quite as rosy. What’s Driving the Growth?

Industry 100

Industry Measurement SEO Corporate 100

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.

Employee 147

Employee Print Writing Survey 147

Cision

MAY 26, 2017

I always loved to write. I’m naturally a more reserved person, but corporate America and agency life can both be cut throat. At Thought Bubble Communications , one of our many strengths is media relations. One of the reasons we are so successful is because we relate to people as people. What is the desired outcome?

Analytics 227

Analytics Measurement Pitching Travel 227

Critical Mention

OCTOBER 25, 2021

But, this is a blog about PR, communications and media relations, so enough about the plot summary. Instead, let’s talk about how Season 3 began with Kendall Roy focused on getting his media monitoring tools and strategy in place as he gets ready to take on his father and snatch his media empire away.

Media 162

Media Fashion Television Radio 162

Ethical Voices

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Joining me on this week’s episode of EthicalVoices is Cheryll Forsatz , the Vice President of Corporate Communications and Public Relations for Ferrero USA. I am a corporate communications and brand strategist with more than 25 years of experience working with global consumer brands. Now it’s all regulated.

Ethics 52

Ethics Product Launch Corporate Consumer 52

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Continued consolidation of media outlets. Re-writing the AI draft “We’ll spend more time rewriting ChatGPT’s draft press releases, and less time finding relevant topics, reporters… thanks to it as well.” ” ~ Khaner Walker , Senior Director, Corporate Communications, Syneos Health 16.

Writing 190

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 190

PRSay

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Nearly a decade ago, the PRSA Foundation sponsored research that found only 23 percent of graduate business schools consistently provide instruction in reputation management, corporate communications and related ethical dimensions. Students write about a current event and critique the assessment.

Communications 116

Communications Case Study Training Reputation 116