PRSay

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Through the years, the PR and comms fields have been attractive landing spots for journalists with their writing and storytelling skills and media prowess. Journalists have excellent communications skills, such as writing and the ability to speak clearly and concisely. Many of the most successful PR executives were former journalists.

Communications 193

Communications Sports Journalism Fashion 193

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 7, 2019

As opposed to paying for advertising, PR pros earn media coverage by pitching stories reporters want to write, and readers want to see. Actually the term originates with metal printing plates of prepared text that were distributed to local newspapers. Heads down – This phrase does not refer to low self-esteem.

Agency 192

Agency Internal International Pitching 192

Cision

JUNE 6, 2017

In an era where paid advertising access to consumers on television, radio, and print is drying up, influence marketing may become a primary source of consumer connection. The celebrity: Not long ago, to be a celebrity, you had to write a book, star in a television show or movie, or launch a record. Not anymore.

Marketing 239

Marketing Television Handbook Web 239

Sword and the Script

APRIL 1, 2017

Use PR to build a brand and advertising to defend it. The point of that philosophy used to be that, while you can build a brand with advertising, it’s very expensive. Where a few years ago, print was dragging the publishing industry into a morass of unprofitability, today, it is hinting at revival. 1) In advertising, we trust.

Advertising 61

Advertising Advertising Print Study 61

Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Drew also hosts Renegade Thinkers Unite , the #2 podcast for CMOs and writes the CMO Spotlight column for AdAge; is the author of The CMOs Periodic Table: A Renegade’s Guide to Marketing and serves on the boards of the Urban Green Council and Duke Alumni Association. He’s an impressive guy. What comes after social media?

Social Media 149

Social Media Marketing Media B2B 149

Cision

JANUARY 15, 2016

Buyers no longer pay attention to traditional advertisements. Use social listening tools to monitor what people say in response to rework your distribution methods, change story types or locate new ideas to write future content. Will you set up a digital newsroom to host everything or mail out a printed newsletter? Story Type.

Journalism 120

Journalism Strategy Branding Brand 120

Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

I culled through the answers pulling out as many as possible that were fit for print and listed them below. 10) “Write and create content for internal and external audiences about my company.”. 10) “Write and create content for internal and external audiences about my company.”. 12) “Write for businesses.”.

Employee 146

Employee Print Writing Survey 146

5W PR

JULY 15, 2020

Throughout the years, one thing has remained the same: the purpose of a media kit is to act as a one-stop shop of information for a journalist or media source to write a feature on the company. There’s no reason to stress about typos that were printed on 100 physical copies of materials. What to Include in a Media Kit?

How To 176

How To Media Guidelines Pitching 176

Polaris

DECEMBER 14, 2014

The author recounts how he manipulated bloggers, reporters and media outlets into covering his company’s advertisements as news. She encourages everyone to have a print edition alongside Merriam Webster’s. #11 This eye-opening book examines the underbelly of the media world. You’ll never look at media in the same way.

Marketing 251

Marketing Resources Content Marketing Leadership 251

Cision

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

In their book, “Think Like a Freak,” Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt describe an group of marketers who assert that video advertising is four times as effective as their print advertising. In other words, TV ads only ran when people were most apt to buy stuff.

Social Media 120

Social Media Facebook Twitter Print 120

Cision

JUNE 29, 2015

Jeremy is also a nationally syndicated journalist and writes for Huffington Post. The decline of television as a news source pales in comparison with the decline of print, which has been drastically declining since 2013. The visual nature of television may be serving as a buffer to the greater decline faced by print media.

Comparison 120

Comparison Television Print Social Media 120

Flack's Revenge

AUGUST 9, 2016

They reported the experiences of social teams and editors at some of the largest broadcast, print daily and native web outlets. Those featured, however, didn’t go into detail on the role of advertising to boost reach. Their RobinHood platform improves image usage and the all-important headline.

Viral 120

Viral Data Web Trends 120

Cision

JULY 13, 2016

In this interview, Nick discusses how to approach integrated communication, why print may still have a place in your strategy and how to build relationships with reporters. Some brands really lend themselves well to print and out of home advertising.

Print 120

Print Tourism Transportation Film 120

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

You can’t just spend your way to success in social media advertising. They can and do comment on paid promotions as this advertisement for AT&T Fiber demonstrates. As I write this post, there are 450+ likes, 50 retweets and 250 comments (screenshot nearby). Because your customers and prospective customers get a vote.

Advertising 60

Advertising Advertising Social Media Twitter 60

Stephen Waddington

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Excellent writing demands excellent editing. In Ogilvy on Advertising first published in 1983 he imparts writing wisdom from his career. Use short words, short sentences and short paragraphs. […] If your writing is important get someone to review and edit it,” said Ogilvy. “Use What have I missed? Standards have fallen.

Writing 84

Writing Print Advertising Advertising 84

David PR Group

OCTOBER 17, 2014

Remember, journalism was created to educate, inform, and persuade people, and our nation’s first journalists were not writing to please advertisers. Thomas Paine did not write Common Sense as a vehicle to promote furniture discounts, closeout sales, or classifieds.

Journalism 85

Journalism Print Newspapers Advertising 85

Marketwired

APRIL 12, 2016

Podcasts Can Help Advertisers Reach Niche Audiences. Most of the leading podcasts these days rely on the same group of advertisers. But the size of the audience is hardly what makes advertising unique on podcast, it’s the specificity of the audience you can reach. “If But to Attract Advertisers, Promotion is Key.

Advertising 100

Advertising Advertising Television Radio 100

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

As I write this, I can’t recall a single announcement from an incumbent vendor that included AI in the last twelve months. This may not seem obvious if you are accustomed to monitoring online or print coverage. For the most part, they still are silent. What does that mean? In those mediums, you can spot a mention in a story.

Software 119

Software Technology Advertising Advertising 119

Critical Mention

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

As social media and search advertising have become integrated into our everyday lives, many believe that direct mail is an outdated way to reach consumers as smartphones allow millennials to access information, products and services instantly. “Ninety percent of millennials think direct mail advertising is reliable.”

Advertising 84

Advertising Advertising Privacy Analytics 84

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Ad tech clients want to speak to marketing decision-makers, 3D printing clients target prospective partners in medical or architectural sectors, and so on. Make it simple and specific, you can add drama or something startling later, but get your story’s “promise” down before you start writing.

B2B 120

B2B Customer Service Software Technology 120

Solo PR Pro

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

He developed a love of sports and print media at a young age, and set off to the University of Florida to pursue a degree in journalism. Figuring he could brand himself as a media and broadcast expert with keen writing skills, he hoped someone would take a chance on him. Stu Opperman, APR hadn’t always planned on being a solopreneur.

Meeting 131

Meeting Radio Sports Telecommunications 131

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

This person is also well-versed on the inner workings of broadcast, print and online media and on how to sell a brand’s story to an outlet. These individuals may be behind-the-scenes, the better for them to tackle topics from multimedia advertising sales tools to cutting-edge email marketing.

Agency 136

Agency Analytics Creativity Social Media 136

PR Fuel

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Whether or not you choose to advertise on TV or on the radio, it’s always a good idea to think about print and digital advertising. These forms of media tend to have a wide reach because their content is appropriate not only for their website or printed media but for social media, too. Bring It Home.

Radio 80

Radio Print Writing Consumer 80

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Content marketing isn’t just a constant stream of advertisements. As Fox writes: As we collaborated with our marketing teams, they began featuring athenaInsight regularly in campaigns. The desire to push our content out in print campaigns compelled us to create a quarterly print edition of the pub.

Content Marketing 110

Content Marketing Print Analysis Data 110

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The addition rounds out the company’s monitoring suite which includes online print and social media monitoring. At the time of this writing, it wasn’t clear if Propel built broadcast monitoring tool itself or partnered with a mature provider to obtain it.

Internal 146

Internal International Tools Software 146

ReimaginePR

JULY 11, 2016

Content marketing includes everything you say in person, print, online and in video. Most businesses I work with only associate content marketing with blog posts and writing articles—but this is just one small fraction of the much larger puzzle. Social media posts. YouTube/Vimeo videos. Now I have to tackle these areas, too?

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Marketing Writing Strategy 120

MaccaPR

DECEMBER 10, 2014

based Internet marketing agency that caught our eye with its savvy pay-per-click advertising management, Web development and digital design services. Our agency’s been helping clients with search engine optimization (SEO) and pay-per-click (PPC) online advertising for seven years. Clint is co-founder of ThinkSEM , a Roseville, Minn.-based

SEO 98

SEO Interviews Blogging Engineering 98

Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 1, 2018

In the newspaper business, it’s common to print your issues on something called “broadsheets,” which are 22-inch sheets of paper. They could print the same number of words on fewer sheets and thus avoid the tax. I was part of the sales team at Google that helped launch SiteLinks to advertisers.

Marketing 102

Marketing Google Newspapers Print 102

Cision

JUNE 10, 2015

In 2015, traditional media companies are expected to continue shifting towards rebranding, new media entrepreneurism, native advertising and the adoption of digital newsrooms. Today, USA Today ranks first in combined print and digital circulation, underlying the importance of this digital transformation for newsrooms around the world. “If

Pitching 120

Pitching Policies Ethics Mobile 120

Presspage

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Write a snappy email subject line that will grab attention, but stay away from clickbait. Instead of including a full press release, consider writing just a paragraph or two about why this story is right for their publication or website, and then offering an interesting spokesperson for an interview or invite the journalist to your event.

Pitching 78

Pitching Advertising Advertising Product Launch 78

Cision

JULY 14, 2016

For as long as I can remember, I have loved art, writing and being creative. While I excelled at all my classes, I would always rather write an essay than take a multiple choice test. In this interview, Lauren discusses how to multitask effectively, her exciting plans for the Harley-Davidson Museum and the challenges brands face today.

Travel 120

Travel Agriculture Tourism Internal 120

Stephen Waddington

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Given that we have clients that span a variety of sectors, we engage with journalists who write for everything from mainstream to specialist publications. However, with COVID-19 affecting advertising revenue – in a November report, WARC predicted that 2020 global ad spend would fall 10.2%

Crisis Management 88

Crisis Management Print Ethics Local 88

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The company works with adtech networks to do for media coverage what adtech is doing for advertising. Adtech networks already have tracking on major media sites to deliver performance information for advertising hosted there, and Cision works with these companies to do the same thing for coverage.

Publicity 89

Publicity Media Advertising Advertising 89

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 15, 2016

The copy I bought of David Ogilvy’s “ Confessions of an Advertising Man ” roughly 15 years ago was used. To the best of my recollection, it appeared the book was out of print, yet there was a seller on a little startup called Amazon.com willing to part ways with a hardcover copy. It was akin to a desktop manual for my profession.

Advertising 60

Advertising Advertising Print Interviews 60

Beyond PR

JUNE 28, 2016

In public relations, Advertising Value Equivalency (AVE) or “ad value” refers to the cost of buying the space taken up by a piece of media coverage, had that coverage been an advertisement. Ad values lack context: News articles and advertisements are not one in the same. It’s time to look beyond ad value.

Measurement 73

Measurement Advertising Advertising Agency 73

Cision

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

We also know the flip side all too well where someone (perhaps a client or colleague) says too much and suffers the consequences in print.

Social Media 120

Social Media Media Reputation Training 120

Cision

APRIL 12, 2016

I’ve always been an avid consumer of journalism and loved writing. And on a trade level, it involves working with business, advertising or fashion industry media, whether it’s to announce an initiative or a partnership, or to serve other strategic goals for the brand. Focus on developing your writing skills.

Fashion 120

Fashion Pitching Journalism Social Media 120