Priorities of B2B Marketing: Owned, Shared, Earned, Paid – in that Order
If the PESO model had a drawback, I think it’s the order of things. I know, I know, it’s got a circular shape in there that’s suggestive of integration, but I’ve never been able to get past the order of...Read More
How 2,400 Journalists Use Social Media for Reporting [And Why PR Should Get Serious about Social]
Journalists say Twitter is the most valuable social media platform and they spend a lot of time there; if you want to improve media relations you should invest more time there too Business efforts on social media tends come in...Read More
Press Release Pricing: How Much Does Press Release Distribution Cost? [and other FAQs]
Press release pricing ranges from about $400 to $2,000 dollars depending on the distribution vendor and options A client of mine was preparing a press release for publication, and when they told me how much they had paid for distribution...Read More
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How Do You Monitor for Mentions on Podcasts [PR Tech Sum]
PR technology summary: new podcast monitoring option from Critical Mention; Cision updates its media contact database More than 100 million Americans listen to podcasts monthly, according to The Infinite Dial 2020 by Edison Research. That’s up roughly 5% from the...Read More
The News May Be Recycling Much of its Content; Implications for PR and Content Marketing
Amid layoffs and closures stemming from the pandemic, news organizations are republishing political content leaving less time and space for business news Survey data shows media relations keeps getting harder, but now there’s a new analysis of content being published...Read More
Are Embargoes and Exclusives Still Useful in Media Relations?
52% of PR pros say embargoes are still useful but one in five disagrees; 64% of comms pros still find value in offering reporters exclusives. Three-quarters (75%) of public relations professionals say media relations is getting harder, according to the...Read More
Get a Big Picture of the PR Landscape with these Notes from 10 Industry Surveys
Surveys show earned media is still the most credible; exec appreciation and collaboration with PR improved during the Coronavirus Regular readers know these pages are filled with surveys and statistics. Some of the studies are surveys I’ve helped field, like...Read More
Quantum Entanglement? A PR View of Media Bias [Survey Data]
Twenty-some years ago, I was a communications student in a college class on media criticism. One of the debates in that classroom centered on whether or not the media was bias in its reporting. As I recall, while those debates...Read More
Free Training: Earned Media Trends and Best Practices [Earned Media Mastery Summit]
In a couple of weeks, I’ll be presenting a session at the Earned Media Mastery Summit by Agility PR Solutions and Bulldog Reporter, alongside, Ned Lundquist, Our session is titled, “Earned Media Trends and Best Practices Revealed in an Analysis...Read More
Earned Media vs. Media Relations [PR Tech Sum]
Summary of monthly PR tech news: Critical Mention adds a media database; Talkwalker acquires Nielson Social; Watch out for fine print in media monitoring contracts As a term, earned media made a big splash in search trends in late 2004...Read More
