The Meaning of Staying “On Message”
Staying “on message” is about staying on meaning. It’s not about word choice. There are many ways to say hello that carry the same message. The purpose of messaging is to help a business speak with focus, cohesion and consistency....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
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 Benefit of Calculated Risk in Public Relations
There is a long-running joke in public relations (PR) circles, that it takes more time and effort to get press release through the approval process than it does to write one in the first place. Unfortunately, after going through such...Read More
The Complicated Business of Mixing Brand and Politics [Survey]
It’s very difficult to escape politics these days. Political messages have permeated every possible medium from the mailbox to social media and everywhere in-between. Most of it is shouting, and there is very little listening. That’s the backdrop for brands...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
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
26+ Thoughtful Marketing Predictions that Could Actually Happen in 2019 Across PR, Content, Digital, Social Media and Customer Success
Prediction posts have their critics that often rightly cite hyperbole and nonsense – but this post isn’t one of those by any stretch. Instead, what you’ll find here are well-considered ideas that equal parts analysis and aspiration. As I’m wont...Read More
Amid the Rapid Pace of Change, These 5 Fundamentals of PR are Still Essential
Two is the new five. When people ask what will happen in the next five years, the chances are, whatever it is, will happen in just two. A client of one of my clients said that at a seminar and...Read More
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