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How to Give a Great Media Interview

PR for Anyone

Now how do you give a great interview? I spoke in another post about it being ok to say you don’t know in an interview but you don’t want to be completely caught off guard. Interviews go much better when they are conversational. Lastly, see how that journalist conducts interviews, especially on TV. Transcript.

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7 Keys To Executing A Successful PR Event

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

The hours and days immediately following a public relations event offer a great opportunity to assess event effectiveness and identify what worked and what could be improved. There are some basic must-haves that clients should expect when a PR team plans and executes any publicity event. Must-haves of the effective PR event.

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PR Tips For Successful Media Training

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

It’s hard to overstate the importance of quality media-interview preparation to a successful public relations program. Typically PR teams prepare spokespeople for different types of media – broadcast, print, online as well as different formats. But there are some more nuanced tips for preparing for media interviews.

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Now Hiring: Assistant Account Executive

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Build relationships with key members of media and proactively pitch targeted outlets, including broadcast, print and new media. Attend and facilitate media interviews; network with reporters and editors. Thursday team-building sessions/events. -Create and distribute press releases to targeted media outlets. Summer Fridays.

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A telecom company holding a red carpet PR event? Verizon kinda pulled it off.

Communications Conversations

A couple weeks ago, I was invited to a small, unique event at the Verizon “Concept Store” at the Mall of America. I say “unique” because it was pitched as a red carpet event where Verizon would show off its latest holiday technologies and gadgets. How did you measure success for an event like this?

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21 things that defined PR agency life before the web (you won’t believe no #5)

Stephen Waddington

The phone has become an underused tool Double spaced press releases for edits and notes Printing at a dedicated workstation from disk, documents shared via hard copy Sharing a dial-up modem and email address between the whole office Photocopying, posting and faxing press releases Printing and collating press kits for an event An embargo was an embargo (..)

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Tips for Getting your Tech News Covered in China

Flack's Revenge

The following is a summary of the interview; you can request a full copy by visiting this link. Journalists from print media tend to be more conservative regarding news quality. It will be more difficult to get a story published in a print publication. What about for press events? What is tech reporting like in China?