The Changing Face of Public Relations in Government; Off Script #30: Merritt Allen of Vox Optima
She says she worked in radio long before earning a commission, but the Navy saw fit to assign her as a weapons officer. Incidentally, her arrival at her first duty station in the Philippines coincided with a volcanic eruption and,... Read More
This is How the Sorry State of Media Relations Ends
A while back a reporter I had been pitching threw me what I thought was an unexpected softball. How about some commentary on X topic from X executive he asked? Of course, I jumped to make it happen. I’m an... Read More
Did Outbrain Try to Pitch Content Marketing at Cannes?
Outbrain is one most recognizable brands in advertising technology (adtech). You’ve probably seen some of the native ads the company makes available even if you weren’t aware they were rendered by Outbrain. Where I see Outbrain the most, is at... Read More
9 Highly Recommended Marketing Podcasts that Stand Up over Time
Podcasts have been on a steady growth streak for years. A 2016 study by Edison Research found avid listeners spend four hours and 10 minutes every week listening to an average of five different podcasts. That’s a valuable amount of... Read More
Prerequisite to Magic: 6 Ways to Get More from Analyst Relations
“The Gartner Magic Quadrant is the passionately discussed tool for product selection in the IT industry. It is criticized for its simplicity, subjectivity and blind spots,” says Richard Stiennon. Mr. Steinman is a former Gartner analyst, has a new book out... Read More
Two Creative PR Stunts that Turned a Press Release Upside Down
In 1999 I was introduced to an emerging nightmare in high-tech PR. PR pros, who at that time, were still new to a feature that Microsoft introduced around 1995, were sending pitches or releases by email with tracked-changes still on.... Read More
Here’s Why GDPR is Good News for PR and Content Marketing
Like many American marketers, I didn’t pay too much attention to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) until recently. However, the noise level grew so loud and so hysterical over the last six weeks, that, deadline notwithstanding, I could no... Read More
38 Things PR Professionals Wish they Could Get Senior Management to Understand about Corporate Communications
Open-ended questions can sometimes be the most insightful part of a good survey. Often the answers to such questions provide nuance, context and even lead to new questions. More than once I’ve analyzed survey results for a client and wound... Read More
Marketing has Gotten Better as a Profession; Off Script #29: Tom Pick of Webbiquity
He’s one of those social media connections I’ve never met in person but have known for about a decade. If you’re into the technology marketing scene, chances are you do too – because he’s everywhere. After working on the in-house... Read More
Marketing Budgets to Grow: 5 Datapoints from the CMO Survey for B2B Marketers
Marketers are relatively upbeat about the economy and growth prospects over the next 12 months or so. That’s according to the newest edition of The CMO Survey, a semiannual study spawned out of Duke University’s business school. It’s a survey... Read More
