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5 Surefire Ways To Generate Quality Content For PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

A white paper is a workhorse. One form of content that works particularly well for B2B brands is the white paper. A high-quality white paper does double or triple duty: it showcases a company’s expertise in its given area; offers solutions to customer problems or needs; and it often works as a lead-generator as well.

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8 PR Tools for B2B Thought Leadership

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Thought leadership is part of public relations best practices, and it’s particularly powerful in B2B and technology categories. The answer may be a strategic thought leadership plan. But remember that thought leadership is not directly about capturing new business. Stellar bylined content. Expert commentary.

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Beyond Publicity: What Your PR Agency Can Do

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

While such content is meant to earn media coverage, PR pros also routinely create collateral for owned media like blog posts, white papers, social posts, and case studies. Leadership events. Inexperienced executives shouldn’t commit to a media interview or TV appearance without media prep. Speaking opportunities.

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How PR Supports “Thought Leaders”

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Thought leadership is a common term in most B2B public relations programs. We examine these questions on behalf of clients and have a blueprint of sorts for developing and supporting thought leadership in a company executive or expert. But what does it really mean, and which qualities make a successful thought leader?

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The Sales Connection: Bridging the Thought Leadership-Sales Gap

Stern + Associates

Thought leadership is critical to brand differentiation and business growth – and core to effective communications strategies, particularly in today’s complex, crowded and commoditized world. Yet the sales community generally views thought leadership as a fancy name for marketing, outside their job to court new customers and close deals.

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4 Tips for Authentic Executive Communications as a Ghostwriter

PRSay

Executives seek to amplify their own voices through “thought leadership.”. Speeches, white papers, blog posts and even tweets create expectations about an executive’s communication skills that must be met when they do live Facebook chats, meet customers or talk with employees. Find the 2018 Trust Barometer here.).

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Five Reasons Why B2B PR Works

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

A solid B2B PR program offers ample tactics for a brand to educate its customers and convey its expertise through business conferences, content like bylined articles and white papers, customer seminars, and the like. Industry thought leadership is a differentiator. It was fun and exciting work, but often not very original.

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