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7 Occasions When PR And Marketing Must Work Together

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

A new product launch. A solid marketing strategy can help drive quick awareness for a new product or service. As a complement, a strategic PR campaign is also very valuable, especially for a complicated or high-end product launch. It changed not only the product but its website, pizza boxes, and brand.

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How To Set Expectations In Public Relations

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

If you want a product launch to be covered in a top-tier publication, journalists will need to talk to someone who has used the product or can speak to its market value. We call it a background interview because it is just that – an exchange to provide background for a future story. Explain what is required .

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Avoid These 7 PR “Surprises”

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Any team asked to budget an event, product launch, or other initiative is expected to stand by their projections, and it’s smart to estimate “up” to allow for last-minute contingencies. With little reason to believe otherwise, a PR team will sometimes book an interview with a journalist, only to see it go poorly.

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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. In that case, it helps to conduct interview over email. Interview is deadly dull .

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Five Myths About PR And Customer Acquisition

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

A big new product launch typically happens once in a couple of years at best. It’s the role of the PR agency or internal team to create relevant news in the absence of a new product announcement or tech update. That’s a recipe for reputation disaster. Myth: PR only works when you have news.

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5 Steps to Take Your Editorial Calendar to the Next Level

Contently - Strategy

People like product managers, operations staff, product creators like software developers, and company leaders make great “faces” of your company and can offer the in-depth insights your audience craves. Then, all they have to do is review and approve the draft before publication. Use the calendar to manage C-suite expectations.

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Newsjacking Tragedy

Rock the Status Quo

Where they crossed the line of moral behavior was writing a blog post on how to benefit from a tragedy that still had everyone reeling, then attempting to educate marketers on how to leverage the opportunity. Pick a more appropriate, less emotional topic if you want to educate. Gawker was justified to call it soulless. It’s not.

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