Onclusive
APRIL 6, 2015
'When you’re a part of young company, ‘the grind’ shifts from doing the same thing day in and day out to constantly being asked to do a different (and often seemingly impossible) things day in and day out. As those … Continued.
Deirdre Breakenridge
APRIL 21, 2015
'On Tuesday, April 28th at 8:30 p.m. ET, the #PRStudChat community will gather to discuss the state of video communications in 2015. Today, professionals are using video as a part of the communication campaigns and programs, whether it is on the fly, raw footage from a smartphone or professionally recorded and produced video segments. When you’re in PR, you’re very familiar with video, having used videos over the years for B-Roll footage, Satellite Media Tours (SMTs), and video to enhance your n
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Cision
APRIL 20, 2015
'If you’re developing digital content in any capacity, you’ve probably run across some of the following advice: Develop a content strategy. Entertain, don’t sell. Write “good” content. To read some of these it becomes a bit laughable how useless they are. You could develop a content marketing strategy , but that doesn’t mean that it will be a good strategy, or that it is related to the corporate goals in any meaningful way.
ReimaginePR
APRIL 4, 2015
'We had a fire: . We didn’t talk too much about it or post it on social media sites. Too many people we love have lost children, so to boo-hoo about stuff seemed somehow wrong. Christmas + ice storm: It was just before Christmas and we were on the third day of the great Toronto power outage and ice storm.We were bundled in coats and under blankets, camping in our living room near the fireplace.
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Ronn Torossian
APRIL 27, 2015
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Onclusive
APRIL 1, 2015
'Company Institutes Mandatory “CSO” Position For All In an effort to fight for one of the most controversial equality issues of modern day tech culture, Title Equality, technology company AirPR has announced it will change all employee titles to CSO. … Continued.
Deirdre Breakenridge
APRIL 6, 2015
'A Guest Post By Richard Fogg, Managing Director of CCgroup. As someone who’s seen Deirdre on stage in London, I know that her appeal and reach is truly international. So I know that I’m speaking to both large U.S. and European audiences in this post. Which means I should be careful about how I phrase aspects of this article. But I’ve decided against that… I’m just going to be honest.
Cision
APRIL 14, 2015
'Since the start of public relations, media placements have been the holy grail of PR success. However, with shrinking newsrooms and journalists being bombarded with pitches, how does a media relations campaign stand a chance in this new age? After attending Ragan’s PR & Media Relations Summit in New York, it’s clear relationships are still the foundation of good PR.
ReimaginePR
APRIL 21, 2015
'If you’re anything like me then you know that life is difficult and less satisfying than a dog’s breakfast. Unless, of course, you happen to be a Giant Schnauzer; in which case a dog’s breakfast is a healthy way to start the day. That said, the harsh truth is that Giant Schnauzers can’t read. And even if they could they wouldn’t be reading this article, they’d be outside catching rats… Because that’s what they’re bred to do.
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Polaris
APRIL 14, 2015
'Unless you happen to be a gifted writer, there is nothing simple or painless about writing blog posts. Finding an idea, collecting your thoughts and then communicating them in an interesting way that someone will actually read feels like childbirth for most of us. Yet business blogging is an important part of marketing today. According to research , the more your business blogs, the more visitors you’ll attract to your site … and the more possibilities there are of generating leads and cu
Flack's Revenge
APRIL 23, 2015
'Many PR and marketing teams target the usual suspects. They launch campaigns to get customers, recruit employees and channel partners, and cozy up to investors and local communities. But if you are in tech, there is an increasingly important audience that may be getting short shrift. The software developer is becoming the linchpin in more and more business plans.
Onclusive
APRIL 27, 2015
When it comes to PR prowess and expertise, there are not many individuals who possess both in droves like Sally Falkow. As president of PRESSfeed and one of the industry’s leading minds on new technology and digital PR, Ms. Falkow … Continued.
Deirdre Breakenridge
APRIL 30, 2015
On April 28, 2015, the #PRStudChat community gathered to discuss the State of Digital Video. Our special guest that night was Sarah Katz from D S Simon. Sarah and our community shared many video insights in a fast paced, dynamic chat session. Here are some of the highlights of the conversation regarding PR and the use of video in 2015. The post The State of Digital Video: A PRStudChat Session Recap appeared first on Deirdre Breakenridge.
Speaker: Michelle Garrett, PR Consultant, Author, Speaker
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Cision
APRIL 6, 2015
'“(Podcasts) are so easy and cheap, and because there’s an infrastructure that’s been built by other third parties, I can just be a free-rider. I can make my content for very little cost as an experiment, distribute it freely and easily and see if it works.” – Stephan Dubner, author of Freakonomics. Podcasting has a low-barrier-to-entry, has proven distribution channels, and is increasing in popularity.
ReimaginePR
APRIL 18, 2015
'Can you believe it? Gravity CEO Dan Price was spending time with a friend who talked about how hard it was to make rent on what she was being paid. In that moment, Income Inequality became a very real thing for him. He realized he was part of the problem. So he took a $930,000 salary cut setting his wage at $70,000 a year. But he didn’t stop there.
Polaris
APRIL 21, 2015
'With few exceptions, almost everyone is at least a little anxious about public speaking. Whether you’re gearing up for an important marketing presentation to the board—or making the toast at your brother’s wedding—you likely struggle to get those butterflies flying in formation. PowerPoint decks present their own unique challenges. Is your font large enough for the audience to see from the back of the room?
The Proactive Report
APRIL 3, 2015
'The 2015 Media Trends Affecting Online Newsrooms highlighted 9 areas where companies, both large and small, are missing opportunities. Here is the checklist. Use it to evaluate your newsroom. A featured story with visuals : Most company newsroom are still web 1.0. There’s just a list of press release headlines with a link to the full release.
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Onclusive
APRIL 13, 2015
'In my opinion, nothing is more unappealing than ego-driven anything. When arrogance and bravado are the core principles of a leadership team, the result is often one of three things, if not all of them: 1. Your employees will despise … Continued.
Deirdre Breakenridge
APRIL 13, 2015
'A Guest Post By Sally Falkow, President and Co-developer of PRESSfeed. There’s an old saying – when opportunity knocks don’t stand with your hands in your pockets. Fling open the door. Grab it with both hands. Or before you know it, someone savvier will have scooped it up and it’ll be gone. Right now there’s an opportunity that’s not just knocking on the PR door – it’s banging and demanding to be let in.
Cision
APRIL 8, 2015
'When it comes to getting more people to read your press release, nothing does the job better than a well-written headline. After all, it’s the first thing people see, and if it sucks, they won’t click it to read your release. On the other hand, a killer headline can attract journalists and customers alike to your release, where they can click back to your website.
ReimaginePR
APRIL 11, 2015
'Wes Moore: Wes Moore was a troubled youth whose father dropped dead in front of him when he was 4 years old. It was the 80’s in the Bronx , where drugs were plentiful and relations between police and the Black community were further complicated all too easy to access guns. After vandalizing some buildings, Wes found himself in the back of a police cruiser.
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Melissa Agnes
APRIL 11, 2015
Welcome to episode #045 of The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, with Melissa Agnes and Curtis Midkiff. The American Red Cross is known for their amazing, life saving emergency management and humanitarian work. A big part of their success is due to their evolutionary mindset and corporate culture that empowers them to change and adapt with the times. What has always fascinated me are their extreme capabilities in the use of social media for real-time emergency management.
The Proactive Report
APRIL 17, 2015
'FREE WEBINAR. APRIL 22, 2015. 10 AM PDT 1 PM EDT. REGISTER NOW. The importance of optimizing PR content for search engines was first spoken about 10 years ago. One would think that by now every PR practitioner knows how to do it – and does it on a regular basis. Not so. According to the 2015 PRESSfeed study of online newsrooms, only 26% of US companies are optimizing the PR content that’s in their newsroom or posted on news wires sites and social media sites.
Onclusive
APRIL 20, 2015
'As an entrepreneur, it is both a privilege and a tremendous responsibility to build a company–often from mere ideation all the way to IPO. A successful and fulfilling life, much like a business, offers many roads by which to travel. … Continued.
Rock the Status Quo
APRIL 23, 2015
'Don’t Let The Plethora of Blog Posts Fool You It’s easy to tout the benefits of brand advocate programs – of which there are many – but there isn’t enough discussion around just how difficult it is to create and sustain one. What is the difference between a brand ambassadors, brand advocates and just an online community?
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Cision
APRIL 11, 2015
'Writer’s block is the worst, no? As communication professionals in the business of content creation , we want to make sure we are consistently coming up with thought leadership pieces that will be helpful for our audiences. But it can be hard to generate innovative content ideas when deadlines loom daily. Here are five quick tips for coming up with fresh content when writer’s block hits. 1.
Polaris
APRIL 28, 2015
You know the drill. Your corporate communications department or PR agency emails you the first draft of a press release and asks, “What do you think?”. It might be an easy task. If you’ve been working with one writer for a while, the release won’t require many revisions. Yet most of the time, it’s hard to know where to begin—especially if you don’t have a public relations background.
Shift Communications
APRIL 13, 2015
'One of the top questions in social media marketing (and content marketing in general) is, how do you know what content is worth promoting? Will a blog post go viral? Is a tweet less or more likely to work? Predicting the future is difficult, expensive work. It’s certainly possible, using predictive analytics, to get a rough sense of what might work and what might not work, but few companies have access to that much technology and expertise.
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