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What to Pitch in October

PR for Anyone

Employee Ownership Month. National Women’s Small Business Month. Church Safety and Security Month. Co-op Month. Down Syndrome Awareness Month. Dyslexia Awareness Month. Eat Better, Eat Together Month. Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month. Emotional Wellness Month. Filipino American History Month. Financial Planning Month.

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7 Signs Your Company Is Ready To Step Up Its PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

At a certain point, most small businesses outgrow their first forays into public relations. These early arrangements can include a junior in-house employee or possibly a “shared” situation where the PR function is wedged into marketing or even customer service.

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PR Myth #6 – PR is Only for Crisis

PR for Anyone

Think about the positive stories, the great things you do in the community, the great things you do for your employees, and stories that you can tell that add value to a journalist, to a media outlet’s audience. Your PR doesn’t have to be only when you’re a crisis. That’s the key… value…. good, great things.

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Can I Quote You on That? Three Interviewing Blunders to Avoid

Shift Communications

In my last post , I shared three ways to bungle your product launch and touched briefly on preparing your executives for media interviews. First, why is media training so important? No one wants to be the one that caused THAT headline or article that harms your business. Let’s dig into this a bit more.

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Should Your Business Hire A PR Agency Or DIY?

Mindful Marketing

Truth be told, most startups and new small businesses can stand to do a little of their own PR at first. What to consider for your first foray into PR What are our business goals? No PR executive can do a good job if you don’t make it clear what you are trying to achieve as a business. That depends.

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Nine ways to use public relations to grow your business.

Prohibition

PR speaks to a varied audience, from internal employees, to the media, to influencers, to the end user. And this ‘word of mouth’ affect can act as a powerful persuasive tool for a business. Social media promotion and responses to negative comments online. Media training. Influencer relations. Organic SEO.

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PR Rock Stars: Winona State alum & Pediatric Home Service’s Katlyn Bourget

Communications Conversations

I handle our media relations, whether it’s local consumer news or national industry pubs, I work to build relationships and create partnerships that can help enhance our brand. This includes strategy, pitching, building talking points, media training staff and distributing through applicable channels.