The Art of the Digital Pitch
In today’s digital era, media pitches are often directed toward non-print outlets, whether they are online-only publications, blogs or mobile news applications. In PR, it can be tempting to direct the same pitch to multiple types of outlets, especially if you’re pitching to different versions of the same publication. For example, you might question why […]
Public Relations Activities Raise Awareness of Verdiem, a Leader in IT Energy Management
Verdiem, one of our Seattle-based clients, delivers IT energy efficiency solutions for mid-sized to enterprise customers across vertical industries. One of the reasons we love working with Verdiem is because they have compelling and timely stories to tell. For example, Verdiem’s Surveyor allows customers to lower their operating expenses, sometimes significantly, by reducing energy waste […]
Flipboard: Best Practices for Building Your Brand Magazine
In this rapidly evolving age of information, the way in which media is consumed is constantly changing. Readers’ attention spans are limited and with only 24 hours in a day it makes sense to filter out relevant information from spam — finding the “signal” in the “noise.” Flipboard, an online, magazine-formatted social mobile app, does […]
How PR Pros Can Work Successfully with Journalists
We came across an article in the Economist that serves as an important reminder for us all. Simply put: Journalists are inundated- inundated with more topics to write about, deadlines and, most likely, pitches from PR professionals (and sadly, some of them aren’t very valuable). The article states that for each journalist in the U.S., […]
Communicating in a Crisis
It seems that bad news is all around lately. I’ve heard this comment a lot from people who reacting to the news of the Boston Marathon, bombings, Newtown, Conn., shootings and fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas. “When it rains, it pours,” we are all saying. Unfortunately, we’ve also seen a lot of bad reporting […]
In a PR Crisis, Be Authentic and Transparent
Rome may or may not have been built in a day, but brands certainly can be built – or destroyed – that quickly, thanks to the Internet and social media. Rumors spread like wildfire and can ultimately make or break a brand as a result. That raises the question: how can companies wrangle and control […]
Media Training 2.0
We recently facilitated a media training course for a client who has offices in two cities and more than a handful of executives who could be called on to speak to the media. Over two days, we conducted a seminar on interviewing techniques and then conducted one-on-one mock reporter interview scenarios with eight company executives. […]
Pinterest’s New Measurement Tool: What it Means for Public Relations
Pinterest has increased its presence as a tool for businesses with the recent release of business Pinterest pages. On March 12 this year, the site announced it would continue to build on this trend with the introduction of Pinterest Web Analytics. This valuable new tool will allow anyone with a verified website to see how […]
The State of the News Media 2013
This week, the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism released its annual State of the News Media report. Not surprisingly, the findings were dismal for some traditional news outlets. Local TV ratings across the country saw a steep decline, losing 6.6 percent of their audience over the previous year. Readership at local newspapers […]
How to Measure PR Impact
Does it make sense to measure impact? This was the subject of a recent article in Harvard Business Review. The article shares the stories of three organizations – Acumen Fund, Robin Hood Foundation, and Millennium Challenge Corporation – aiming to make a major impact on the lives of individuals, including reducing cases of malaria and […]