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My Internship Mantra: There is No Growth in Comfort

The Hoffman Agency

For anyone considering an internship in public relations, The Hoffman Agency truly sets you up for success. They do so by allowing you to jump right in on pitching, media relations, content development, social copy, client calls and so much more. Every task you’re given at The Hoffman Agency prepares you for the next.

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2016 – A Year in Traditional Media

Shift Communications

As SHIFT and the entire industry continues to evolve there is always the question… Is traditional media relations dead? So when a colleague and I pitched a local McDonald’s news story, little did we know what was to come. After an aggressive media relations push, we began to pick up traction in the local market.

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Anaheim Mayor Pitches American Idol?

Bad Pitch Blog

Cingular Wireless subscribers may text the word VOTE to the Text Messaging 4 digit number provided for Tucker. From there, we''ll remind everyone that a news release does not double as a pitch. Too many facts can turn your pitch/news release into an act of desperation. Voting is open for two hours after the show''s conclusion.

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HWH Public Relations’ Spam E-Mail Tactics

Bad Pitch Blog

HWH Public Relations/New Media gets the distinction of being the first agency, in its entirety, to be out-ed by the Bad Pitch blog. 1) Where’s the Pitch? In all five offenses, there was no salutation or pitch letter. In all five offenses, there was no salutation or pitch letter. 2) Where’s the News?

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Your audience with the public

Stephen Waddington

This is when telecom operators such as BT started to offer broadband to consumer users, and wireless networks appeared in public spaces. 1 Media relations The first area of transformation to consider is where traditional media relations programmes can be modernised. It’s stood the test of time. #1