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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. No one wants to be the one that caused THAT headline or article that harms your business. 1) They think an interview is just about answering questions. Source: meowgifs.com.

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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. Before a PR firm was hired, unfortunately, an assistant to the president gave an interview full of inaccuracies which haunted the company for years. Your innovative new product is close to launch…but competitors are close behind.

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5 PR Lessons From Our Favorite Instagrammers

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

With 68 percent of users saying they engage with brands on Instagram, big brands, small businesses, and influencers alike have embraced the social media platform, producing content that professional communicators can learn much from. Here are some PR lessons we gleaned from some of our favorite Instagrammers.

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Boost Your Brand’s Appetite: How to Find the Perfect Food PR Agency

Prohibition

Others focus on food and beverage product launches, working closely with food companies to generate excitement and media coverage around new offerings. Time and resource savings : Managing PR in-house can be time-consuming and resource-intensive, especially for small businesses.

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How to Prepare a PR Crisis Plan

Prohibition

That’s why it’s so important to monitor the media for your brand, especially if you’re a small business. There are people who are already familiar with your brand or product and have a large following of their own. Track media coverage and online mentions. Monitoring the media is easy.

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15 Steps to Build Your Performance-Driven Marketing Plan

PR 20/20

For small businesses, start-ups, and short-term goals, we'd recommend following Ready North's Marketing Growth Hackathon TM to identify quick wins and accelerate success. Potential discovery research elements include: Competitor analysis (brand positioning, marketing strategies, pricing, product mix, website).

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12 Months of Content Marketing

Beyond PR

June: Plan Around Product Launches. The launch of a new product should have a certain degree of fanfare surrounding it, and your content marketing should play a big role in that. One launch could spur posts like a video review of the product, a tutorial on how to use it, or even the story behind its creation.