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
Public Relations and COVID-19: Studies Surface Challenges, Changes and Optimism
Public relations has wrestled with messaging during the COVID-19 pandemic, but studies also show it has improved business collaboration and internal communications The events of 9/11 changed air travel. The recession of 2008 changed housing. The COVID-19 pandemic will certainly...Read More
Media Relations Keeps Getting Harder; Here are 6 Dynamic Techniques to Adapt
75% of PR and comms pros say media relations is getting harder – up 25% over three years; here are some practical techniques for adapting A majority of public relations and communications professionals say media relations keeps getting harder. Three-quarters...Read More
Be Relevant: 21 Media Relations Insights From 3 Surveys Polling 4,000+ Journalists [UML]
Of all the media relations insights the best one is this: be relevant. These three studies polled 4,000 journalists and their answers all center on relevance. I’d do a considerable amount of blogging. Occasionally, I’ll use the service Help a...Read More
Prezly is CRM for PR that’s Built on an Online Newsroom [PR Tech Briefing]
It’s not the best content or the best contacts that drive success in PR – it’s the connection between the two. So says Jesse Wynants, the founder and CEO of Prezly. The Belgium-based company takes customer relationship management (CRM) approach...Read More
New Tech Products and New Features for PR Pros; Agility, Meltwater, Prezly, Business Wire, Onclusive, Intrado, Cision and TVEyes [PR Tech Sum No. 6]
The solution providers serving the PR and communications space have been busy. There were more product releases in September than in any other month, since I started tracking a list of 30 or so vendors about six months ago. You...Read More
6 Myths about Content Marketing and the Role of PR
Some time ago I pitched a reporter, who was looking for sources, on social media for a client. The pitch was about a study they had done. The reporter responded she hadn’t seen the study yet and would review it....Read More
Why PR Pros are so Versatile and the ‘Relations’ Part of PR Hasn’t Changed; Off Script No. 35: Michelle Garrett of Garrett Public Relations
A while back I started seeing her everywhere online in PR circles. If you look at all the publications to which she contributes, you can easily see why. Though she says writing has always been part of her career, her...Read More
3 PR Takeaways from the State of the Media Report by Cision
These are strange times for those in the news business, as public trust and confidence in the news media has eroded. By a measure of their own assessment, “journalists perceive they are now struggling to maintain the public’s trust.” In...Read More
Thought Leadership Actually Requires Thought and Leadership
The popular technology news site TechCrunch recently announced it was curtailing contributed content. It will stop considering unsolicited pitches from the public in favor of invitation-only contributions. Why the sudden change? Editor-in-Chief Matthew Panzarino and Senior Editor Jon Shieber underscore...Read More
