The Proactive Report

JUNE 2, 2016

Twitter rules have always restricted content to 140-characters. We’ve all learned to write short, pithy comments making every character count. There have been changes in the Twitter look and feel over time, but the character count has always been the main feature. New Twitter Rules. Follow me on Twitter.

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The Proactive Report

DECEMBER 24, 2015

There’s a good post in Business 2 Community about the challenges of starting out in Digital PR. If you’ve been trained in traditional PR and technology is fairly new to you, it will seem overwhelming at first. Digital PR Strategy. The activity you see in Digital PR is like the tip of an iceberg.

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The Proactive Report

DECEMBER 24, 2015

There’s a good post in Business 2 Community about the challenges of starting out in Digital PR. If you’ve been trained in traditional PR and technology is fairly new to you, it will seem overwhelming at first. Digital PR Strategy. The activity you see in Digital PR is like the tip of an iceberg.

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The Proactive Report

JUNE 20, 2015

Writing a press release and posting it on the wire doesn’t get your media coverage anymore. In fact, according to the 2015 Cision Social Journalism Study only 6% of PR pros still do that. Journalists are very active in social media and Twitter in particular. How do Journalists use Twitter? Go to Lists.

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The Proactive Report

DECEMBER 24, 2015

There’s a good post in Business 2 Community about the challenges of starting out in Digital PR. If you’ve been trained in traditional PR and technology is fairly new to you, it will seem overwhelming at first. Digital PR Strategy. The activity you see in Digital PR is like the tip of an iceberg.

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The Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

News outlets mostly measure the wrong things,” writes Tom Rosenstiel, a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution and Executive Director of API. PR lesson: Take the time to produce content of real depth and value. Provide journalists with the material they’d need to write and publish such a story.

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The Proactive Report

JANUARY 2, 2017

“The fictions and fabrications that comprise fake news are but a subset of the larger bad news phenomenon, which also encompasses many forms of shoddy, unresearched, error-filled, and deliberately misleading reporting that do a disservice to everyone,” writes Snopes founder David Mikkelson. Follow me on Twitter. How to Spot Fake News.

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Buzzstream

JULY 10, 2024

I met Digitaloft’s founder, James Brockbank, at their Digital PR Summit in Manchester. With his deep SEO background, he can explain technical aspects like Google’s patents while still naturally integrating that into his agency’s digital PR and content strategy without it feeling forced. We are, mate.

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

However, it also comes with the unique challenge of delivering results in digital PR on a lean budget. Tips for Doing Digital PR on a Low Budget Based on our chat, here are some great tips for doing digital PR on a small budget. So, I thought it was the perfect opportunity for a podcast!

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The Proactive Report

JUNE 26, 2017

Write good quality content. There are many resources to help you learn how to write your news and content so that it meets Google’s quality guidelines. Watch the video for the full explanation of how and why it works. Follow me on Twitter. Get the Digital PR Tips Newsletter. Call 888 243 3470.

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The Proactive Report

MARCH 14, 2017

Work out a PR strategy that will support that goal. Write down your goal/s for your PR activities – make sure they are SMART goals : Specific : They need to be well-defined and clear. Follow me on Twitter. Get the Digital PR Tips newsletter in your inbox each week.

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Rock the Status Quo

DECEMBER 2, 2014

I write for three specific reasons – to gain an audience to learn with, to do my part improving the PR industry through education, and to build an audience for my book. Or if he had asked me for almost anything related to learning a new skill or integrating something tied to PR, I’d be all in. But he didn’t.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Within Digital PR there are different types of tactics and formats used for creating content, each designed to achieve links and brand mentions. These different digital PR tactics range from surveys, commentary and quick pieces of data analysis through to large scale interactive campaigns. Source: [link].

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Buzzstream

MAY 2, 2024

In the digital PR world , journalists and reporters promote our content. This post isn’t about writing a media pitch because we’ve already done that. Find Relevant Journalists on Social Media According to Muck Rack’s State of Journalism report , X/Twitter is still the number-one place journalists go for news.

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Buzzstream

JUNE 5, 2024

The term digital PR means different things depending on who you ask. We even had an entire podcast episode devoted to the differences between digital PR strategies US and UK with Rise at Seven’s Will Hobson. Some people refer to digital PR as content-led link building. But there is a lot more to digital PR.

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Rock the Status Quo

DECEMBER 18, 2014

SEO Trends for 2015 from Rand Fishkin, MOZ I’ll write a longer post about this in a few weeks, since I’d like to add some ideas to what Rand has to say, but this SlideShare includes some trends that every public relations practitioner should be following. Digital PR'

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Buzzstream

JUNE 30, 2021

As a journalist, I’ve seen and deleted thousands of PR emails over the years. As a Digital PR, I’ve probably produced all of the above. With freelancers, this is a little more tricky because we are often freelancing for a range of publications and writing about a variety of topics. Personalisation.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2016

To that end, I can promise readers three things: This post recommends a manageable number of tools to try four tools, I use each one on a daily basis and these truly provide a digital PR edge. . Even better, it will scrape an appropriate image and auto-complete Twitter handles when you want to credit the source on that medium.

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Beyond PR

MAY 12, 2017

A strong reason for PR pros to start concentrating more on SEO. In the advanced digital landscape and a mobile-first world, digital PR is already closely integrated with SEO. A case in point is that of Google’s algorithms, which apart from the SEO industry, also have a profound impact on the PR industry.

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The Resolution Blog

JULY 20, 2015

If we can't answer the question we'll be inviting our digital PR friends in to help answer too. Either through Twitter using #PRresolution or mail us at: stella@coveragebook.com. Stella is now a director at coveragebook.com and educates public relations teams on SEO-public relations through writing and training.

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Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 5, 2018

I have been blogging about challenges confronting digital PR and social media marketing. In a nutshell, issues have surfaced over the past couple of years (related to fake news, online manipulation, growing privacy concerns as examples) that I believe drive the need to take stock and possibly reevaluate digital strategies.

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The Proactive Report

JANUARY 15, 2016

Traditional and Digital PR are rapidly converging. A new Holmes report lays out five areas where digital changes are likely to intersect with, and have an impact on, Public Relations this year. Earned vs Paid Content: Publishing content is one of the core aspects of Digital PR. Follow me on Twitter.

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The Proactive Report

JANUARY 15, 2016

Traditional and Digital PR are rapidly converging. A new Holmes report lays out five areas where digital changes are likely to intersect with, and have an impact on, Public Relations this year. Earned vs Paid Content: Publishing content is one of the core aspects of Digital PR. Follow me on Twitter.

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The Proactive Report

JANUARY 15, 2016

Traditional and Digital PR are rapidly converging. A new Holmes report lays out five areas where digital changes are likely to intersect with, and have an impact on, Public Relations this year. Earned vs Paid Content: Publishing content is one of the core aspects of Digital PR. Follow me on Twitter.

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The Proactive Report

JUNE 17, 2018

1. Do your homework: Find out what is currently available on your topic, what angles have already been covered, and where you can fill a need or write about a new angle. Follow me on Twitter. Get the Digital PR Tips Newsletter. How to Craft High-Quality Content . Need help with your content? Call 888 243 3470.

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Buzzstream

AUGUST 12, 2020

Does this person write on the topic you’re pitching? . Write for your own blog or company’s blog.). You don’t want a journalist writing on their public Twitter about your outreach: . Let’s say that a journalist is writing a time-sensitive piece on “Best Customer Engagement” tools. . Don’t have any? Key point: .

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The Proactive Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

SEO is a vital PR skill today. Everything you need to know about optimizing news content is in my book: SMART News: how to write branded content that gets found in search and shared in social media. Follow me on Twitter. Get the Digital PR Tips Newsletter.

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The Proactive Report

MAY 3, 2015

Write in the language they understand. Use a monitoring tool to find the people who are already interested in and writing about your topic. Set up searches in Google, Twitter, LinkedIn and blogs using keywords and phrases your tribe would be interested in. Follow me on Twitter for Daily Digital PR tips.

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The Proactive Report

OCTOBER 9, 2015

#viralchat is a Twitter chat hosted by Post Planner on Thursday at 9 pm ET. Q1: Why are influencers important to a business wanting to grow a Twitter presence? Q2: How can a business build their influencer list on Twitter? A2: Do a Twitter bio search on FollowerWonk.com using a keyword for your industry or topic.

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In this episode, I spoke with Hana Montgomery , the founder and managing director of the digital PR agency Shout Bravo. I met Hana at Brighton SEO , and she gave a great talk about running global digital PR campaigns and earning links internationally. Is it changing digital PR? Trying to them to link to.

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The Proactive Report

AUGUST 5, 2016

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is an essential skill for PR practitioners. It should be taught along with writing, in all PR classes. Social: Journalists and bloggers watch sites like Twitter, Reddit and Pinterest for content about for breaking news stories. For more Digital PR Tips s ubscribe here.

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The Proactive Report

APRIL 7, 2022

Traditional marketing and PR skills are still vital, but clients and employers want more. It’s time to supplement your skills by adapting your writing for the web, learning how to create high quality content, understanding search engine optimization and why it’s important for PR as well as marketing. Follow me on Twitter.

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Buzzstream

AUGUST 16, 2024

For example, if I wanted to find a journalist who writes about Italy travel tips. Now we need to run Matt through our previous three checks: Do they still work/write for Dallas News? Favour in-house journalists who have been writing articles for the same publication over the long term. But don’t stop at just Twitter/X.

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The Proactive Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

See what they write about. 20 years ago, when I started teaching PR courses, the number one complaint reporters and editors had about PR pros was that we’re lazy and we don’t do our homework. Since I now have a blog about PR and technology, I’m on lists like Cision. Follow me on Twitter.

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Buzzstream

OCTOBER 21, 2021

When I got promoted to SEO account manager at my previous digital marketing agency, besides all the excitement, I knew it would be a new challenge to create strategies involving Digital PR, Content, Design and other teams on top of my usual SEO work. Templates – Every campaign has the same steps, only write the tasks once.

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The Proactive Report

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Digital etiquette. Digital PR Skills. Many of these skills are particularly relevant to the practice of PR. Communication: PR is a communication function. There are a host of digital skills we need just to manage our jobs as PR pros. We need to know: how to write for the web. Communication.

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ZudePR

JANUARY 21, 2016

I don’t bother with Twitter. There is no better blogger writing about website strategy. Digital PR. At the moment, he’s focussing on influencer marketing and I am learning a lot from a series of posts he’s writing. The Seth Godin of UK PR. There are so many gems in his writing.

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