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Navigating Media At High-Profile Events

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Industry events. Whether your brand is making a splash at a trade show or an executive is speaking at a conference, professional events combine direct customer contact with press opportunities. Here are some tips to both landing media interviews and making sure they’re successful. The bread and butter of B2B PR ?

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Newsjacking: How Brands Can Use Current Events To Make News

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Newsjacking is a powerful tactic for marketing and public relations. It involves capitalizing on current events and trending news stories to promote or offer comment from a brand, product, or service. Add something meaningful to the public dialogue. Swift reactions are key, given the speed of the news cycle.

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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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How to Avoid Press Event No-Shows

Bianchi Biz Blog

Have you ever found yourself wondering why reporters didn’t attend your press event? There are many reasons why reporters don’t show up to a press event. Here are the top underlying reasons reporters gave us for not attending a press event: You didn’t have real news to share. You scheduled it too early or too late in the day.

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Tips for Media Interviews

PR for Anyone

One of the top tips for a media interview I can give you is to be real and authentic. When you try to answer something you don’t know, it could backfire on you – especially on a recorded interview like television, radio, or podcast. Anyone can get publicity! Don’t try to be someone you’re not. Transcript.

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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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How To Set Expectations In Public Relations

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Public relations is known for being versatile, occasionally glamorous, and, yes, stressful. 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. Some of the pressure we encounter in PR is preventable, however.

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