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Publications Continue to Characterize Brand Journalism as “The Devil Wears a Keyboard.”

Ishmael's Corner

With the story “ The Invasion of Corporate News , The Financial Times became the latest publication to skewer brand journalism. I suppose the FT figured a headline along the lines of “You’re Too Stupid to Figure Out Journalism from Propaganda” might alienate readers. Because that seems to be one of the themes in the FT piece.

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What Does Top-Tier Media Mean In PR?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Naturally, the initial response may be a preference for splashy stories in top-tier outlets like The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Times, or Fortune. Moreover, these trades are an excellent avenue for vertical-specific reporters at bigger business publications like Bloomberg or The Wall Street Journal.

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Just Like Bad PR, There’s Bad Journalism Out There

Ishmael's Corner

Which brings me to a recent episode of bad journalism, a USA Today feature with the headline, “7 Companies Outspend Apple on Innovation,” by Matt Krantz. To USA Today’s credit, the premise of the headline offers the promise of contrarian storytelling. Uncategorized bad Journalism bad pr bad public relations contrarian storytelling'

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In Praise of Trade PR For B2B Companies

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Businesses looking to kickstart a PR campaign may shoot for stories in publications like The Wall Street Journal or New York Times. Trade allow more in-depth storytelling. All PR teams want to earn coverage in top-tier media outlets. Trade pubs may seem unglamorous, but they have their own kind of superpower.

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5 Insights From The Best Emails Newsletters in Financial Services

Contently - Strategy

Email newsletters are a particularly useful tool for financial services companies, especially if you’re writing about personal finance. Because of email’s inherent intimacy—it’s just you, your subscriber, and a secret list of every other BCC’d subscriber—financial services content marketing can really shine.

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Contrast as a Storytelling Technique in Business Communications

Ishmael's Corner

In conducting our storytelling workshops, the concept of contrast is one technique that always resonates with participants. On the visual storytelling side, the classic contrast immediately comes through: One of our clients, Alcatel-Lucent, put contrast to good use in communicating its vision as it embarked on a turnaround plan.

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How does PR fit into marketing

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Using PR in your marketing mix helps manage your overall brand sentiment with continuous storytelling, which has an added bonus of improving your search rankings. That’s where PR comes in with negative publicity and crisis management, as well as proactively demonstrating your company’s goodwill efforts.

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