ReimaginePR

DECEMBER 8, 2014

It’s 2014! It’s not them, it’s you: And yes, finally, as of this writing, the school has just issued a formal apology. The workforce that these Ivy League managers will be managing probably won’t be all that content with sitting under the cone of silence because someone with a better suit told them to.

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Storytelling Training Resources Branding 323

Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

It’s everything from becoming a regular contributor on a media website to having a newspaper or trade publication write about you to appearing on the noon news to talk about your company. This is the PR industry’s bread and butter, most often referred to as publicity or media relations. Shared Media.

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Media Relations Newspapers Measurement Social Media 331

Melissa Agnes

MAY 7, 2014

On April 15, 2014, Google had a one day sale of its Google Glass. So why am I writing about this? This leads me to and enforces my second reason for writing this article: The use of Google Glass to invade and violate the privacy of others. This beta version cost $1,500 a pop that you had to pay by using Google wallet.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

JULY 24, 2018

I’ve been writing a lot about the Modern Communicator and answering questions that have flowed in through Twitter, Skype, LinkedIn and Facebook. In 2014, Richard Bistrong , a former international sales executive, contacted me after he was released from prison. Who is the Modern Communicator? All great questions.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 1, 2025

As you write a pitch, it uses generative AI to build a media list based on the text of your pitches. Prior to that he was CEO of LogMeIn and served as CMO and later, COO, of Vocus, a PR software company acquired by Cision in 2014. PRophet takes a different approach to finding media contacts to pitch.

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Software Pitching SEO Tools 159

The Stalwart Blog

JULY 17, 2014

Many ask the question, should I write on spec? First, what does it mean to write on spec? Writing on spec is when you write an article for a publication without the promise of the publication purchasing the article. So why not invest your time into spec writing? So the big question is, is it worthwhile?

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Writing Communications Advertising Advertising 84

The Proactive Report

JULY 28, 2014

Verify who you are and what sites you write for. Trust is vital to your search visibility and your news content can provide that trust if you learn how to write and optimize it correctly. I’ll be talking about these points at the PR News SEO Bootcamp in San Francisco August 11, 2014. Google Authorship. Online PR'

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Google SEO Reputation Writing 174

Onclusive

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

I came to the name after incorporating my initials — ‘MAS’ is Spanish for ‘more’ — and ‘ink’ references pen-to-paper; writing your story to build and manage your communications. Mika: TMI (The MAS Ink) is the name of my new boutique PR firm. The name doubly fits, since our job is to manage TMI (“too much information”). TMI does PR.

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Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 16, 2014

I am the Planning Section Chief for our agency so I write all the incident action plans for planned and unplanned events which I really enjoy. It seems so long ago that I was at EMI and working on my Masters (Confidential personal correspondence, 2014) 2. Retrieved September 2, 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2012.

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 7, 2014

The 2014 World Cup and the protests in Brazil. They are the ones who provide students with real-time situations and simulations , hands on experience with hypothetical scenarios, and ask students to propose and write up a crisis communication proposal or playbook. Malaysian Airlines (twice). US Airways. The list goes on and on.

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Crisis Communications Crisis Communications Exercises 262

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Writers that report success with blogging share the following characteristics: They are more likely to write longer or more in-depth content; They tend to spend six or more hours writing a post; They are 2.5 Here’s what the survey found this year: “As with time spent per post, the length per post climbed year after year since 2014.

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Blogging Survey B2B Analysis 127

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 15, 2016

But King’s life and writings offer more inspiration for professional persuaders than even his most famous speech. Check out this post from 2014 about “the greatest MLK speeches you never heard.” Martin Luther King, Jr. The celebrated “I Have A Dream” address can still give me chills.

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Technology Ethics Leadership Examples 199

PRSay

JANUARY 11, 2018

That’s right: Nearly 70 percent of journalists spend less than a minute reading a news release, according to a 2014 study by Greentarget. Learn more about her training, consulting or writing and editing services at WylieComm.com. The rest spend one to five minutes. Clark figures the average adult can read 200 words per minute.

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Guidelines Survey Google Writing 151

Rock the Status Quo

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Without exception, journalists tell me their NUMBER ONE issue with pitches are lack of relevancy – frustrated about wasted time listening to off-topic pitches that have nothing to do with what the journalist actually writes about. THE PITCH This example of a bad pitch came in just this morning.

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Communications Conversations

JANUARY 28, 2015

Each year, about this time, I write a post highlighting all the big PR and social media career moves here in Minnesota in the last twelve months. A lot of agency folks stay put in 2014–something I didn’t see coming. Regardless, there were a number of moves worth noting in 2014. David Folkens. Gabby Nelson.

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Social Media Media Airlines Local 60

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 4, 2016

New sites like Little Things , which launched in September 2014, grew at an exponential rate in 2015 while other sites, like Gigaom , closed their “doors,” only to be acquired and started up again in a new form. Sharpen writing skills. Solid writing skills never go out of fashion when it comes to media and public relations.

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Fashion Writing Pitching Internal 149

Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 14, 2014

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the 2014 AEJMC conference , which took place in my hometown of Montreal. Otherwise, in my opinion, they’re simply adding to the useless noise that we’re already drowning in.

Crisis Communications 251

Crisis Communications Crisis Communications Case Study 251

Cision

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Often, people write about journalists as “journalists” – a nebulous bunch of undifferentiated people who perform the same tasks (perhaps in different verticals). One interesting thing about this archetype is that the journalists falling into this category have increased by more than 100 percent since 2014 and almost 400 percent since 2012.

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Social Media How To Media Journalism 247

Rock the Status Quo

AUGUST 1, 2014

THE PITCH On Jul 24, 2014, at 8:42 AM, John Larkin (kudos, John!) I would be delighted to write an in-depth article about Facebook that your audience would find really useful & hopefully interesting! Also, any preference as to what type of post I might write? wrote: Hey Lindsay, My name is John Larkin, from PropelAd.

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Cision

MARCH 18, 2016

Ethan Fixell has been a beer writer for FWx since July 2014. Fixell focuses on industry trends and includes his own personal experiences in his writing. I mostly write about larger trends in the beer/wine/spirit industries (e.g. We asked him to share some advice on how to pitch him, and he’s given some great tips below.

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Pitching How To Travel Writing 120

Cision

JULY 10, 2017

And we’re at an all-time high with those complaints: in the UK, complaints about businesses on social media went up 800% between January 2014 and May 2015. Be open to letting employees in different departments write content for your blog, as long as it keeps in line with your overall content objective. It’s only getting worse.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 8, 2014

2014 is clearly my year to be in Florida. I always mean to write a post (or several) about what I learned, but once a few days slip by, the posts usually slip by too. ” - @rolandsmartin #C2Miami ”  Alayna Middleton (@LoveLivePurpose) August 8, 2014. On mentorship & growth: @soledadobrien hit it on the head.

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Polaris

JANUARY 2, 2015

A quick check of my Twitter feed on Tuesday morning told me it’s that time of year: the end of December when bloggers write about their most popular posts from the last year. Here are some of Polaris’ most popular blog posts from 2014, along with the lessons they taught us. This post was our most viewed in 2014, with more than 2.5

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Cision

JUNE 15, 2017

Lorie has been with the organization since 2014 and is thrilled to lead this group of the foremost Hispanic public relations practitioners in the U.S. For those preparing to make the leap, it is important to write well, multitask, and be consumed with a variety of topics: pop culture, politics, media trends, and beyond.

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Automotive Resources Consumer Strategy 245

Melissa Agnes

JANUARY 5, 2015

2014 was an eventful year, especially when it came to crises of all different sizes and scales. 2014 is officially behind us, but the risks and threats that leave every organization open to destruction are not. That said, I’m at the point now with this blog where I write for the intermediate to advanced readers / organizations.

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Ishmael's Corner

AUGUST 24, 2014

Out of the 139 posts published between May 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014, 126 played at the industry level. It might seem odd that I write as much on journalism as social media, but this comes from the belief that communicators should be students of journalism. Would the data support my premise that the blog strives for thought leadership?

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Leadership Blogging Storytelling SEO 164

Cision

MARCH 1, 2016

In the Journal of Marketing Management, a group of British researchers write that crisis communication has “implications for brand equity and consumers’ purchase intentions.” They write: “Facebook’s IPO is a flop.” Writing recently in Public Relations Tactics, John J. Identifying a PR crisis.

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Crisis Crisis Communications Journalism YouTube 120

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Mike knew his client had a programming unit originally headquartered in Crimea, and that business was disrupted when Russia annexed the area in 2014. If the writer opens the pitch and sees that he’s been tricked, he’s not likely not open any pitches from this PR guy again. And it’s highly unusual.

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Pitching B2B Interviews Employee 180

The Proactive Report

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Google has recently admitted to Search Engine Land that since October 2014 their Penguin algorithm that addresses the quality of inbound links and fights spam has been put on a rolling, continuous optimization schedule instead of sporadic updates. Sharpen up your writing skills and creativity. What does that mean for PR pros?

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Digital PR Google SEO Content Marketing 154

The Resolution Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

You have to be an excellent writer who enjoys writing. Great writing is key. Our customers have varying levels of technical ability so we’re looking for somebody that can be flexible in their response. With the ultimate goal of ensuring they get the most from the tool.

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Cision

MARCH 29, 2016

– Richard Toohey, writing in Public Relations Quarterly , Fall 1972. Steve Radick of Cramer-Kasselt (2014) writes that the entire customer journey is oftentimes ignored by communication professionals. How to Write a Press Release. Write better news releases: 6 common mistakes and how to avoid (or fix) them.

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Retail Pitching Print Writing 120

Prakkypedia

APRIL 6, 2014

Writing it now, it sounds like the dream app – a one stop shop for all my social addictions but it wasn’t. Tom (@big_hawkeye_tom) April 4, 2014. Janis (@Janis_Hill) April 4, 2014. Melissa Gibson (@Leisha_Kate) April 4, 2014. It rarely does. For me, Path was too similar to too many other apps. Prakky tumblr.

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Cision

APRIL 21, 2015

billion in 2014 , numbers that closely mirror the increase in searches. Branded video views increased 73 percent from Q3 of 2013 to Q3 of 2014. From interns to executives, everyone has some writing skill, but many have never put together a professional video. One reason is that Google is always within arm’s reach.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Using photos and effective hashtags can help your audience find custom stories, but writing the right caption that tells a story is key! A new Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults finds that a majority of Americans use Facebook and YouTube, but younger adults (especially ages 18 to 24) are heavy users of Instagram and Snapchat.

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Nonprofit Storytelling Instagram Facebook 240

5W PR

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

In the nonprofit arena, the public relations specialist usually has a more expansive role that can range from writing press releases for distribution to news sources to drafting a donor appeal letter and arranging a public tour of the facility. BLS was forecasting strong competition for these jobs with a growth of 6% between 2014 to 2024.Here’s

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Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

As part of an effort to get smaller blogs to write about the film, I contacted blog owner, Jamie Bullock, of Project:Women and told her about the film. I suggested she post a story that we would write, to not only help the film – but to help her add valuable content to her blog about women going after their dreams.

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Film Social Media Video Writing 150

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Barnes to forgive me the editorial liberty I’ve taken with this headline, but that’s my takeaway after finally reading the UMASS Dartmouth Study: The 2014 Fortune 500 and Social Media: LinkedIn Dominates As Use of Newer Tools Explodes.

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