Tips for Prioritizing When Everything Is Urgent
Every PR professional has had days when your inbox feels more like a tennis-ball cannon firing a seemingly endless stream of requests marked “Urgent!” With each ping, you become a little more frazzled. On busy days like these, it can be tough to see the big picture and determine what to tackle first. However, taking […]
Top Social Media Demographics
In an increasingly digital world, social media is fast becoming one of the easiest and cheapest ways for a company to create, develop and its brand. In PR we work with multiple social media platforms to announce company news, stay up to date on business trends and connect with industry leaders. One of the great […]
PR Guidance for April Fools’ Day
With April Fools’ Day fast approaching, we want to provide some guidance to PR and marketing professionals before pulling the trigger on any planned pranks. Below we have listed past blog posts we developed that share tips to consider when planning an April Fools’ Day spoof announcement. These posts share best practices for evaluating whether […]
New Study Shows What Journalists Want in an Online Newsroom
As PR professionals, we often find ourselves explaining the importance of an online newsroom to the companies and organizations with whom we work. Newsrooms are a great way to highlight earned coverage and offer another medium to build thought leadership and share company updates and milestones. They serve a variety of audiences, including current and […]
Interested in Meeting Next Week? Communiqué PR Shares Tips for Successful Media Outreach at Industry Trade Shows
Recently, we’ve been preparing announcements for several of our clients attending upcoming industry trade shows. In fact, we’ve developed and executed strategies to support attendance at conferences across different industries all around the country, including ProMat 2017 in Chicago, ShopTalk in Las Vegas and Enterprise Connect in Orlando. As we’ve been knee-deep in planning, we […]
Writing a Case Study? Try Thinking Like a Reporter
Of all of the different types of PR materials we get to develop for our clients – ranging from press releases, media pitches, FAQs, byline articles and more – my all-time favorite is customer case studies. There’s excitement and enthusiasm behind case studies that are all-too often lacking in other types of PR content. For […]
How to Score With Facebook Sponsored Content
If you’re a Facebook user you’ve probably come across sponsored content in your news feed. Because people willingly give Facebook so much personal information, the social media giant is good at serving up highly relevant paid content for their consumption. This content comes up alongside user-generated posts, so as people quickly scan their newsfeeds they […]
The Importance of Social Media for B2B Marketers
In PR, social media activities can be a major part of your communication strategies. Whether you are creating a social media plan for a client, developing content to post, or providing guidance on which platforms to use, it is clear that social media has become an increasingly important part of any marketing campaign. B2C companies […]
The Experts’ Guide to the Ever-Elusive Perfect Email
Since email went mainstream in the ‘90s, PR professionals everywhere have all labored toward the same goal: to write the perfect email. The good news is it appears we’re not the only ones on this communications odyssey. My LinkedIn newsfeed is often flooded with articles declaring with authoritative certainty that the secret to email nirvana […]
The Power of Assuming Positive Intent and How it Impacts Productivity, Performance
We’ve all heard the saying, “To assume is to make an ass out of U and me.” The reality is that our assumptions can be powerful. That power can be positive or negative, and can drive you toward your objectives and goals or hold you back. It is easy to fall in the trap of […]