Does AI visibility provide PR with third-party validation?
Voice interfaces are normalizing AI as an arbiter of truth in everyday conversations, and introducing a human behavioral change with significant implications for credibility and third-party validation The central benefit of public relations (PR) comes from the credibility of a...Read More
Should PR accept an interview with a publication that has a small audience?
“The AI systems will remember when you said nothing.” and “The editors will remember when you said no.” This is an age-old question in media relations: Should you take an interview with a publication that has a small audience? While...Read More
Should media relations follow-up on PR pitches? Here’s what the data says
Surveys of reporters consistently show that a majority say one follow-up, a few days later, is okay, but being too aggressive will get you blacklisted One challenge for PR in pitching stories to the media is the lack of response....Read More
The claims PR pros sometimes make of relationships with journalists are mostly BS; here’s what actually matters
The question prospective clients and employers need to ask is: how do you earn coverage when you don’t have a relationship with a journalist? “Do you have the relationships to get us into top-tier publications like The Wall Street Journal...Read More
Study says influencers that turn off social media comments aren’t very influential
This B2B marketing pitfall risks wasting your spend on influencers – and may have implications for social advertising, email marketing and even internal communications The use of influencers is on the rise in B2B marketing. Influencer marketing is like advertising...Read More
PR pros say consumers trust social media more than traditional news, according to a new survey
News coverage fuels social media; but increasingly, social media fuels the news; shaping opinion on social media boils down to authenticity, experience and customer service More consumers trust social media for information than other conventional sources, including traditional news, business...Read More
Breaking Down Current Trends in Influencer Marketing: 6 Takeaways from a Global Survey by Talkwalker
Influencer marketing has been around a while, but it’s largely shuffled along as an experiment. For a savvy company with smart relationship driven marketers, there’s an opportunity to cut through a very big problem today: noise and clutter. I define...Read More
3 Studies that Challenge Marketing Assumptions [UML]
Assumptions are akin to a heuristic – an imperfect method of decision making that’s “good enough” and saves time. When assumptions are right, everything goes smoothly. But when they are wrong, the rest can go horribly wrong. Assumptions are essential...Read More
Writing, Labels and Cohorts; Words Really Do Matter [UML]
Richard Laermer once noted that words have become disposable. Electronic communications have made writing so easy that we don’t put as much thought or effort into the task anymore. At least not to the degree we did when we had...Read More
Influence or Popularity? Examining Influencer Marketing
She doesn’t have any Twitter followers. She doesn’t have a Facebook page or Snapchat account. She has never published a blog post, or an article for a leading association of business communicators, or given a formal presentation. Yet people like...Read More
