Communications Conversations

AUGUST 27, 2019

It began as a way to standardize rules around editing based on mass media–specifically, mainstream print media. In the golden age of print, AP Style reigned supreme because editors and reporters used it–therefore, PR types like us were forced to learn it and use it. Think about the genesis of AP Style.

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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. Now I have to tackle these areas, too? Start “Batching” Your Tasks Together. Click Here.

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Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 16, 2018

It’s not a definitive story that will last forever he says, but rather today’s version of an evolving story. The CBI’s Director General, Carolyn Fairbairn writes about this issue and the opportunity for practitioners to help drive the UK’s place in the world post-Brexit though skills, innovation, infrastructure and competitiveness.

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ReimaginePR

MAY 9, 2016

When they spot something that doesn’t add up, they’ll just pick up and leave—which is definitely not something you can afford. After a quick search , the simplest definition for our purposes is the quality of being genuine. You could be hesitant about writing your personal bio or publishing an engaging blog post each week, for example.

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ReimaginePR

MAY 30, 2015

Press kit used to mean kits meant exclusively for print outlets and technically it still does. Great broadcast quality high-definition video. Footage must be high definition since stations no longer broadcast in analogue. Again, the highest resolution and biggest photos you can manage are critical to anything print.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 23, 2011

One downside to Onswipe, as Tom mentioned and that I saw in several other write-ups on it, is that embedded videos don’t play. In addition, if you like to type your posts in full-screen mode, as I do, you lose the Zemanta “as you write&# view. That said, Zemanta is definitely worth a try. Print Friendly and PDF.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Having that unfiltered advice or feedback, I guess from a journalist, I’ve definitely gotten that before, not from a journalist. ” I think that’s definitely one of those instances where it was too far from the brand. So I definitely have had that. We want earned media and earned coverage. Vince: Yeah.

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Reputation Us

APRIL 18, 2017

I’ll skip the dictionary definition that often opens a blog post and put it bluntly. I’m not here to say stop writing news releases. I am here to say write fewer, better ones and spend more time leveraging your best kept secrets – your thought leaders. There’s another powerful tool in the PR toolbox — Thought Leadership.

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Polaris

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

A professional practitioner helps clients with internal communications, community engagement, social media best practices, speech writing, investor relations. Sure, you may save a bit of money, but you definitely won’t save yourself any time. Media relations definitely takes time. the list goes on.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 1, 2023

The second is an enhancement to its AI Writing Assistant, first unveiled a couple of months ago. That assistant helps to write social media content but now includes an integration to DALL-E. Muck Rack’s AI wants you to write shorter pitches A few months back Muck Rack added generative AI to write press releases (PressPal.ai).

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PRSay

OCTOBER 1, 2018

That left me alone managing the press, doing 40 to 50 interviews a day, with six or seven satellite trucks here, and writing news releases. Yosemite is a wild place by definition. You have to know the media outlets — what print journalists need versus what broadcast reporters need versus what radio people need.

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Polaris

MAY 19, 2015

While it sounds simple, high converting landing page design is definitely not as straightforward as it seems. There’s definitely a science (and a bit of an art) to designing high converting landing pages. As you write, spend some time thinking about and answering the question: what’s in it for them? 1: Think Before You Start.

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Stephen Waddington

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

In short, 2020 into 2021 has been tough and, while there is most definitely light at the end of the tunnel, patterns have emerged that have changed and will continue to change forever the industry and how we practice communications. Take editorial, for example.

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Solo PR Pro

JULY 5, 2022

reviewing all the news alerts I have set up for my clients and their industry competitors and fielding urgent emails before devoting the rest of the morning to writing and other client work. I write or pitch media in the mornings, so I am only available beginning at noon daily. I try not to schedule any calls or meetings after 3 p.m.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Before we dive in, here are some quick definitions: Emerged trends are trends that are already present and becoming more widespread and important. Right now, the biggest focus is on writing and presenting content for mobile consumption. Horizon Trends: 3D printing, everyday use of drones, and strong artificial intelligence.

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Ethical Voices

JANUARY 30, 2023

I spent about the first 15 years of my career doing radio, television and also some print journalism over the years. ” Full disclosure, I used to support Lilly at a prior agency, and I know there are reasons for different prices, so I definitely have a bias there. My background is in radio and television journalism.

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OnePitch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Whether that’s trying to find something, trying to find a person I’ve spoken to in the past or I have used to where if I’m writing a new topic to myself, and I’m like, “Oh, I think I got a pitch on this at some point in the past.” What is exclusive to you in your definition? “I How She Writes Stories. [00:09:13]

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 18, 2012

The first thing we did was reach out to the foodies in the city to let them know we were coming; so food bloggers, the newsletters that wrote about food, the actual print media food writers to include outlets like the Washington Post , the Washingtonian , and others. So I would say culture is definitely a big thing.

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PR Insiders

AUGUST 26, 2021

One lesson we definitely learned is that you don’t want to put your publicity efforts on hiatus until the pandemic is over, as some people were tempted to do. This time the pandemic hasn’t completely hijacked the news, but it does still touch nearly everything in one way or another. Stay In The Game. Who knows when this will all end.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 31, 2017

It may seem like a full-time job to stay on top of trends but the time investment is definitely worth it. Launching an attention-getting idea for 3-D printing client, WhiteClouds came to us this way. Take stabs at writing up the dream media results and crafting the headlines that would spell success.

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Doctor Spin

MAY 10, 2021

To be honest, I sort of feel an urge right now to write up a series of twelve articles with those exact titles and then just name the series “The PR papers” — as if they were the definitive articles on these subjects, haha. Cover photo by Jerry Silfwer ( Prints / Instagram ).

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Communications Conversations

JANUARY 26, 2016

Meanwhile, print circulation numbers among the nation’s largest newspapers are plummeting. In fact, if these numbers are accurate, the USA Today went from a print pub circ of 1,424,000 in 2013 to just 299,000 in 2015. I keep wincing after every sentence I write. Just give this shocking post a read. I can’t help it.

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Maxim Behar

MAY 13, 2024

In fact, the definition of a publisher is someone who owns media. I believe that nowadays, and I'm sure it will be the same in the future, we shouldn't divide journalists into those who write for mainstream media and get paid as journalists, and those who sit behind their keyboards and inform society about what’s interesting.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 1, 2022

Cision – the Swedish company that grew up making printed directories of media contacts – ought to have the institutional knowledge to know better than to call it as such. That could be good or bad for you depending on where PR sits in your organization ; it’s definitely a question to ponder in procurement. Meltwater beats earnings.

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Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Several attempts at creating a “code of conduct” for emergency managers have produced the IAEM Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) designation, the Principles of Emergency Management, including a definition, mission and vision. There are commonly held broad definitions of professions. 1 (Printed in Wikipedia, “Lorne M.

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Communications Conversations

MAY 30, 2018

Alice Riot is a line of professional women’s garments that serve as the canvases for limited-edition prints of original works by female artists. Definitely the friends and amazing people I worked with. but you definitely bond with a team when you’re working on a challenging, but rewarding project deadline together.

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Critical Mention

JUNE 21, 2017

Search for the definition of copyright, and you’ll find that it’s “the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same.” Think about how print, online and broadcast media operate their businesses.

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Critical Mention

JUNE 22, 2017

Search for the definition of copyright, and you’ll find that it’s “the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same.” Think about how print, online and broadcast media operate their businesses.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 15, 2016

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. He’s an icon, which by definition requires both success and admiration. He writes that humanity has changed little in the grand context of history.

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Communications Conversations

MAY 21, 2020

And, I fell into a career of writing, social media and blogging. The printing. Whatever you call it, we definitely brainstormed and dreamt up new ideas for columns and stories each month. Fast forward to today and my brother-in-law works in media at Hubbard Broadcasting. Namely: The power of personal profiles. We did the layout.

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Bad Pitch Blog

JULY 8, 2008

While answering our questions he notes he was “on a conference call while writing a story and updating Twitter on the awful cliches (he’s) hearing.” What’s more, since PR is about hits, this means a bias toward a very broad definition of relevance. BM: Well, I’m digital editor of a news organization that used to be a print magazine.

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Ethical Voices

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

I started my career as a print journalist more than 20 years ago. These are codes of ethics from other industries that you’ve got to factor into your approach and your writing and your advice. And let me write something, a placeholder in the meantime, and get that to you.” Give me X amount of time.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 29, 2025

Write the subject line as if it’s already a published headline. I’d definitely recommend trying it out. So I was a fresh-faced reporter, you know, just writing on council news and stories like cat stuck up a tree. And I got that into the Brighton Argus in print. And that was probably 11 years ago now.

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Mora Communications

MAY 7, 2015

Definitely. Whether you’re approaching a blogger a newspaper editor or a TV producer, always keep in mind that without a story that has a definite arc and strong angle, you’re in trouble. Let them know you care enough to know who they are and what they write. Do they overlap? Are they both important? Not by a long shot.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 15, 2018

There’s nothing that truly and definitively measures the quality of a placement – traditional or social.” – open survey comment regarding the state of measurement. Navy print and broadcast journalist and Philadelphia native, he is a lifelong student of writing and connecting with audiences by practically any means at his disposal.

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Bad Pitch Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2006

Sure I make errors on what I write but – I just shake my head when I read stupid mistakes: Why can''t people be careful – particularly the newer to PR types? Sure, you heard your parents mumble that at one time or another, but I''m talking about writing. Lately I’ve been wondering about whether or not it’s the little things that count.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Image: jbcurio via Flickr , Creative Commons For the few who don’t know or recall, an “ advertorial is an advertisement written in the form of an objective article, and presented in a printed publication – usually designed to look like a legitimate and independent news story,” according to Wikipedia. Its almost sad. Cheesier [.]

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