How Your PR Agency Can Help Drive Content Marketing Success

Content marketing continues to be a top priority for B2B (and B2C) marketers. However, with often limited resources and subject matter, and experts to develop original content and repurpose it across multiple channels, many content marketing programs remained stalled. Indeed, according to the “2016 B2B Content Marketing Trends – North America” survey report from the […]

The Game of PR – What We Can Learn From Our Favorite Game of Thrones Characters

I’m admittedly a little too into HBO’s Game of Thrones. Through the months of March, April and May you can find me around the office discussing new theories and predictions and analyzing characters’ developing personalities. With the recent finale and the laundry list of Emmy nominations, I was inspired to take a closer look at […]

Augment the Reality of Your Business?

After surpassing the number of daily Twitter users, seeing more engagement than Facebook and becoming the biggest US mobile game in history, Pokémon Go undoubtedly has the world talking. For those who have not read or heard about the game, Pokémon Go is a free mobile app that uses your phone’s GPS to enable the […]

Dynamic Storytelling via Social Media: 3 Lessons from Kim Kardashian

Whether you love them or hate them, there’s no denying that the Kardashians have become a ubiquitous force in American pop culture. Twitter, despite having a notoriously short attention span, has become the most recent site of an enduring Kardashian occupation otherwise known as the #KimExposedTaylorParty. For background, this frenzy of a hashtag is the […]

How to Build a Successful Influencer Relations Program

As blogging and social media continue to grow while the traditional media landscape shrinks, the buzz about influencer relations has been getting progressively louder in the PR world. So what is influencer relations? Also referred to as influencer marketing, it is an approach that focuses on building relationships with opinion leaders who could become natural […]

The Perfect Press List

I often tell interns and PR newbies that the press list is the most important part of having a successful media outreach campaign. Of course, you also need to have an interesting story, concise pitch and relevant collateral information to land a story in a prioritized outlet, but if you are not sending the pitch […]

Keeping It Personal: What Companies and Brands Need to Know About Content

LinkedIn, and now Facebook, remind us that ultimately we are all influenced by individuals. Both of these platforms prioritize personal content over that of content from publishers, brands and companies. First LinkedIn launched its Pulse publishing capabilities that are available to individuals only (thus far not available to companies), and now Facebook has announced that […]

Incorporating Webinars Into Your Content Marketing and Lead Gen Mix

Increasingly, organizations of all sizes are leveraging webinars to establish thought leadership, foster lead generation, and interact with their target audiences. The Content Marketing Institute found that 60 percent of marketers are using webinars as part of their content marketing programs. Further, a survey by the research firm Demand Metric, together with Vidyard, found that […]

Live Stream Video—A New Tool for PR Pros to Master?

This year, the NFL announced it will live stream Thursday Night Football games on Twitter, Facebook launched its new video streaming capabilities through Facebook Live, and in 2014 Snapchat experienced a  growth of 57 percent. The idea of video streaming via social media is clearly an idea that is sticking with consumers and driving high […]