ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 10, 2016

Those seeking public relations services often pigeonhole it into media relations. Here are just a few: High-level media training. Thought leadership events. An excellent way to create quality content and gain exposure for a trendsetting company is a thought leadership event. Long-form content.

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Media Relations Agency Media Training Media 120

5W PR

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Thought Leadership Positioning a company as an industry authority involves focusing on thought leadership initiatives. Additionally, encouraging executives to participate in speaking engagements, podcasts, and interviews allows them to share insights and expertise with a wider audience.

B2B 78

B2B Company Crisis Management Measurement 78

5W PR

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

By weaving compelling narratives, securing media coverage, and organizing targeted events, PR professionals can generate significant buzz around a new product or service, capturing the interest of potential customers and industry influencers.  Seek out customer feedback through surveys, interviews, and social media monitoring. Use

Product Launch 78

Product Launch B2B Industry Case Study 78

5W PR

JANUARY 14, 2025

However, navigating the media landscape in niche tech requires a strategic and nuanced approach. Deeply Understand the Niche and Target Audience The foundation of any successful media relations campaign lies in a profound understanding of the company’s niche and target audience.

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How To Media Case Study Technology 78

5W PR

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Generating media coverage in industry publications, trade journals, and general news outlets allows companies to reach a broader audience and position themselves as thought leaders. Media Relations Securing interviews, press releases, and feature articles in relevant publications helps B2B tech companies gain exposure.

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B2B Company Publicity Media Training 78

Sword and the Script

MARCH 10, 2019

Media Relations is Hard and Getting Harder. A majority (68%) of PR professionals say media relations is getting harder or much harder. This is up 17% from last year where 51% said media relations was getting harder. 1) Storytelling, analytics and thought leadership are the top PR tactics and trends.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Interested in the trends and issues that media relations practitioners are facing today? The we encourage you to check out the recently published study “ Managing the Media: Corporate Media Relations Officers and the Evolving Media Landscape.” Interesting right?

Media Relations 93

Media Relations Automotive Media Survey 93

PRSay

MAY 23, 2018

While local broadcast TV segments typically last one to three minutes and reach an audience in the low thousands, podcast interviews last between 15 and 60 minutes and give your client an opportunity to tell his or her story to an engaged, knowledgeable and passionate audience. Podcasts offer many opportunities to amplify coverage.

Media Relations 136

Media Relations Publicity Media Blogging 136

PRSay

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

For instance, one of his favorite ways of generating sources was to have a “deskside meeting” with people, talking casually over coffee rather than doing a formal interview. I think we’re much more open to (remote interviews) nowadays, of course,” O’Connor said. Now, that dynamic has completely changed.

Journalism 211

Journalism Report Interviews Meeting 211

Reputation Us

APRIL 18, 2017

Many blogs focus on media relations through the lens of news releases. There’s another powerful tool in the PR toolbox — Thought Leadership. But, what is thought leadership and who constitutes being a leader of thought? Here are three quick tips to get your thought leadership marketing in motion.

Leadership 83

Leadership Print Training Radio 83

Prowly

JANUARY 23, 2025

To find expert comments and thought leadership opportunities, create a query for #journorequest or #bloggerrequest. When offering an expert for a comment or interview, show how one-of-a-kind they are. Focus on solving their problems and your thought leadership might just shorten your brands sales cycle.

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Pitching How To Media B2B 104

5W PR

JANUARY 22, 2025

The first step is creating a dedicated crisis response team that includes representatives from communications, legal, operations, and executive leadership. Managing Media Relations Traditional media remains a critical component of crisis management.

Crisis Management 78

Crisis Management Crisis Crisis Communications Training 78

Deirdre Breakenridge

MAY 23, 2017

Fast forward almost ten years and blogging is so ubiquitous that not only are blogs supplanting traditional media channels as sources for breaking news, practically every single company I can think of has one. Interview each other or trade posts. Maris Callahan is the director of public relations for Donuts Inc.

Blogging 282

Blogging Case Study Social Media Instagram 282

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 16, 2018

Misguided media relations strategy. Lack of preparation for a media interview. Some CEOs and others in leadership positions shun the idea of media training. Broadcast and online media are filled with examples of mediocre executive interviews, missed opportunities, and even a few disasters.

Skype 170

Skype Interviews Crisis Communications Crisis 170

Sword and the Script

JULY 11, 2023

Pitchin’ and Sippin’ by Lexie Smith Lexie Smith covers PR trends and tips (over “sips”) and also features interviews with journalists and other PR pros, mostly in the consumer lifestyle space. Small Business PR by Gloria Chou Like Christina, Gloria Chou aims to teach fundamental PR and media relations skills to founders and small businesses.

Publicity 146

Publicity Small Business Trends Leadership 146

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Whatever your point of view on outside agencies, handling PR and media relations for an early-stage business is a blend of art and science. Sometimes you get lucky and you land a story with a reporter you haven’t worked with before because it’s timely, relevant, or perfect for that particular media outlet.

B2B 232

B2B Agency Energy Media Relations 232

Rock the Status Quo

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Consider ways to expand editorial placements with personal branding campaigns for c-suite leadership and your subject matter experts ! If you are the type of PR pro that focuses largely on media relations, the first two ideas can easily mirror skills and processes you already know: byline articles.

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Corporate Leadership Brand Branding 100

Cision

APRIL 18, 2017

While at the conference, I’m going to do several media interviews that link to that original blog post. Step 4: Amplify Your Content with Media Relations. Once you published several months’ worth of content on a topic on your owned site, you’re ready to begin your media relations efforts.

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Exercises Google Writing Blogging 198

PRSay

JANUARY 8, 2019

As communicators, we have long relied on earned media or public relations — usually in the form of media relations — to place our clients’ names on the internet, on TV, in print and on the radio. Earned media demonstrates credibility, since the organization doesn’t pay for the placement. Keep it ethical.

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Storytelling Media Nonprofit Government 163

Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

But, as you’ll quickly see in this short interview, Dan is a whole lot more. And, he may be the first (and only) journalist to interview cats on TV! Let’s go back to the beginning–how did you get your start in the media world? I spend a good chunk of my time on media relations and pitching.

Radio 167

Radio Journalism Interviews Energy 167

Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 15, 2019

This just in: media relations is getting tougher. Consider the following: Demand for media attention is high: Most top-tier writers now receive 100, 250 or 500 pitches a week for 5 story spots. Media is outnumbered: PR Pros now outnumber journalists by a factor of 6 to 1. Much, much tougher. The stats back up the claim.

Media Relations 100

Media Relations Pitching Media Report 100

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Erick Sherman , a prolific freelance journalist, beautifully summed up what I believe is central to the TechCrunch conundrum in an Off Script interview, the Q&A series for this blog: “Companies also have to invest their own time. It’s like asking someone to come in and write a thought-leadership piece and then have no thoughts to offer.”.

Leadership 60

Leadership B2B Pitching Technology 60

PRSay

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Media relations hinges on the relationships that we create and maintain with the press. After being a professional journalist for more than four years, I recently left the field to pursue a career in public relations. I really try to maintain my relationships with people who are in media relations.”

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Report Local Media Pitching 174

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 11, 2017

When considering an agency to handle reputation management and media relations for a company, consider these signs as indicators of the need to boost PR efforts. We once worked with a tech company that experienced rapid growth and found itself scrambling when media came calling. When does the team put out a press release?

Company 136

Company Interviews Reputation Privacy 136

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

We interviewed ChatGPT about public relations and while it does well with high-level questions, it becomes repetitive when those questions were more nuanced; the system says it is “unlikely” that it “or any other AI system will fully replace public relations (PR) professionals”. What are some examples of public relations?

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Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 113

Critical Mention

JANUARY 3, 2019

And then, starting around 2015, compliance leaders that were at those compliance and anti-bribery forums started asking me to share my story with their compliance, commercial and leadership in-house teams, so I started going to corporations to present. And my passport, along with other civil rights (voting, jury duty, etc.) SCHEDULE A DEMO.

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Interviews Ethics Government Internal 105

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

It’s also why it hurts when, after investing in researching and shaping a potential story, an interview doesn’t make its way past the initial phone call. All media opportunities aren’t alike. So if an interview opportunity is important, you’ll need to prioritize your availability, even on short notice.

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Resources Media Interviews Comparison 149

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

It dates back to the days when authors would travel from city to city to promote a new book in a blitz of media interviews, or when celebrities push a film to 20 cities in an afternoon of local TV chats via satellite. Today most media tours aren’t exactly like that. The term is a little misleading, however.

Media 207

Media Meeting Interviews Film 207

PRSay

MAY 4, 2022

The same barriers that deaf people face in the movie business also arise in media relations and other PR functions, the panelists said. PR professionals can help prepare journalists for interviews with deaf actors, writers and other storytellers to help be better allies and more inclusive communicators.

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Film Communications Media Interviews 157

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Extreme Leadership. Using simple stories to get to the “human” side of leadership is part of what makes Extreme Leadership a valuable read. As we navigate the “relations” part of public relations, we can all use a primer on the value of business friendships, for example.

Blogging 159

Blogging Pitching Fashion Sports 159

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 17, 2018

Media ghosting. She pitched the story, got a reporter to commit, facilitated the interview, and was promised it would run. Mounting any kind of media event is tantamount to planning a small wedding. But for the PR team, media attendance is a critical barometer of success. Orchestrating media interviews.

B2B 159

B2B Interviews Enterprise Report 159

PRSay

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Over the past month, the disgraced crypto celebrity continued to contradict legal and communications counsel by speaking freely to the press, undertaking an apology tour, tweeting, sending direct messages and giving Zoom interviews with reporters about matters that could land him in prison.

Interviews 78

Interviews Financial Fashion Report 78

Cision

JULY 20, 2016

Rachel Madden Johnson, account supervisor at 3rd Coast Public Relations, says brands should invest in unique opportunities, such as thought leadership and research, to cut through the noise. What are the keys to media relations success? But how do you know what will resonate?

Leadership 120

Leadership Local Pitching Social Media 120

Cision

MARCH 23, 2016

Brooks Wallace, account manager and media specialist at Hollywood Public Relations and part of the PRSA Boston Leadership Team, says continuing to follow up after sending a pitch, even if it’s a no, is how she finds success for her clients. My personal media relations motto is “no means maybe.”

Pitching 120

Pitching Media Relations LinkedIn Social Media 120

The Hoyt Organization

JULY 22, 2024

But with social media and round-the-clock news cycles, an increasing number of executives are leading the charge in public relations. Senior executives must therefore be proficient in managing media relations. Media Relations Training gives executives a glimpse of what journalists seek in a story.

Media 81

Media Training Ethics Media Training 81

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In reality, your PR person or team needs you to stay actively involved, particularly if thought leadership is part of your strategy. Way too many businesses think of media interviews as a chance to sell their product or service, rather than an opportunity to help the readers or listeners.

Company 118

Company Publicity Leadership Pitching 118

Stern + Associates

JULY 8, 2024

A recent survey by LinkedIn and Edelman revealed that nearly 90% of B2B decision-makers are receptive to outreach from companies known for high-quality thought leadership. When tied to a founder, this leadership can be particularly impactful, making the founder the ideal face of their company’s brand.

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