Just Launched: A New Podcast about Miltary Veterans in Business
Is now a good time to launch a podcast? I’ve seen commentary that says it’s a great time because everyone is stuck at home and consuming more media. There’s also contrarian advice that says this is a terrible time to...Read More
What are the PR Tech Vendors Doing During the Pandemic? [PR Tech Sum]
Some PR technology vendors have made pandemic-related announcements, but there’s a bit of “business as usual” too On the first Tuesday of the month, I publish a summary of news from the vendors building PR technology tool (PR tech sum)....Read More
Content Marketing: Is Now a Good Time to Double Down? [Coronavirus]
Buyers were taking in content before talking to sales even before the Coronavirus hit; now is a great time to double down on content marketing Today is the last day of the first quarter of 2020. The pressure has been...Read More
Why You Should Absolutely, Positively NOT Cut Your Marketing and PR Budget Right Now
Product launches and marketing campaigns are getting delayed. That’s probably not a surprise – you’ve probably experienced this yourself – but Econsultancy has put some numbers to it: “A survey of more than 2,200 marketers conducted by Econsultancy and Marketing...Read More
A Modestly Contrarian View of External B2B Comms about Coronavirus (Covid-19) that Borrows a Few Ideas from Military Planners
Contrary to traditional PR wisdom to over-communicate in a crisis, businesses should identify thresholds for publishing external or client comms about Coronavirus The military has well-defined etiquette for radio network traffic. When you have a TIC – troops in contact...Read More
Datelines, Bylines and Credible Citations: 3 Elements of Trust You Should Include in Company Blog Posts
Somebody said something sometime. That’s the approach some companies are taking with their blog posts and content. First, they removed the dateline, then offed the byline and next, the quality of sources and citations declined. Companies have all sorts of...Read More
PR Tech Vendors Pitch Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Integrations and Podcast Monitoring [PR Tech Sum]
The top news in PR tech this month includes: Artificial Intelligence updates for PR, Microsoft integrations for internal comms; podcast monitoring grows This is your monthly summary of all the news out of the PR technology community. The PR Tech...Read More
Long-Form Content is King: 4 Studies Show the Power of Long-Form in Content Marketing [UML]
Data analysis of millions of articles and surveys thousands of bloggers find long-form content outperforms short form A long time ago an agency owner called me into her office. I was being put on a client account that was deemed...Read More
3 Reasons to take the 2020 JOTW Comms Survey
What do you think the top challenges facing communications and PR professionals today? What tactics would do you think are more important this year? How do you measure PR results? These are just a few of the questions on the...Read More
The Top Arguments For and Against Including Dates on Blogs and Content
The case for including datelines on content include context, credibility and user experience; those opposed cite evergreen content Should you put dates on your blog posts and content? There are a lot of strong opinions on the right answer to...Read More
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