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PR Tips For Navigating Interview Roadblocks

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

For PR specialists , few things are more exciting than landing that media interview. Every journalist interview, whether it’s a top business pub or a targeted trade outlet, is a win. But an interview isn’t a story until it’s posted. Media prep didn’t stick. Interview is deadly dull .

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Know the Agenda Before Your Media Interview [INFOGRAPHIC]

Deirdre Breakenridge

I’ve been media training executives for about 15 years. The media has an agenda. This statement shapes what most business professionals have in their minds about the slant or the bias of a media outlet. Social media conversations and past articles, blogs, comments, tweets, etc., will help you to figure this out.

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7 Ways To Prep A CEO For A Broadcast Interview

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

For PR pros , landing an on-air interview for a C-suite executive is a big deal. Unless they’re accustomed to giving public interviews and speaking to journalists frequently, there’s a good chance that even senior execs will need some coaching in advance of a key interview. Develop the interview’s messaging.

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Social Media Education: Q&A with the CEO of the National Institute for Social Media (NISM)

Deirdre Breakenridge

Jennifer Radke is co-owner and CEO of the National Institute for Social Media (NISM). Social media has changed the media landscape and consumers continue to drive their own communication deciding what, when and how they want to receive news and information and share with their friends. What is a certification in social media?

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Early stage B2B tech startups don’t invest enough in marketing [peer-reviewed study]

Sword and the Script

” The duo used “multi-method approach that involved interviews, secondary data, and a follow-up survey” to conduct the study. Sword and the Script Media can help with B2B marketing, PR and social media. To sell them you need to educate prospects. Marketing in B2B is largely about education. emphasis theirs].”

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How To Get Media Coverage When You Have No News

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Media relations can be a lot like that Ariana Grande song, “Thank U, Next.” You’re only as good as your last story. . Here are three ways to get media coverage when your company has no news. . When done correctly, it can generate extensive media coverage and reinforce expertise or even leadership. .

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Reflexivity Memo on PR practice from craft skills to education. A case of ‘plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’.

PR Conversations

Publication of that collective interview was prompted by my piece called A radical view of PR , which generated 48 comments including, notably, a response from Jim Grunig – one of several in the resulting lively discussion. Which brings me to education and the study/application of theory to PR practice. Opportunity or opportunism?