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The Basic Benefits and Drawbacks of Owned, Shared, Earned, and Paid Media

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24 Jan 2023
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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Understanding the unique characteristics of owned, shared, earned and paid media helps marketing and communications professionals consider how to weave these together to best execute an overall strategy A couple years ago, a startup founder and CEO approached me about...
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PR Coverage May have a Bigger Influence on SEO than Links 

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23 Feb 2021
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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Media coverage PR earns can drive searches for branded terms which technical SEO experts say can be more powerful than even links or keywords for search rankings We’ve long known that PR can have a significant impact on search rankings,...
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Your Response to Business Reviews Might Count as Much as the Review Itself

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26 Jan 2021
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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Respond to reviews with diplomacy; while you may not change the reviewer’s mind, it will have an impact on other customers that read it A friend of mine with a small business was worried about a negative review. He’s a...
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Are Embargoes and Exclusives Still Useful in Media Relations?

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22 Sep 2020
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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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...
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Partisan Politics Complicates PR and Comms for Business, Survey Finds

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26 May 2020
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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72% of communications professionals say partisan politics makes their job harder, according to third annual JOTW Communications Survey for 2020 The majority of professional communicators say partisan politics has complicated communications for brands and businesses. Some 72% of professionals believe...
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Dear PR and Comms 3 Reasons to take the 2020 JOTW Communications Survey

3 Reasons to take the 2020 JOTW Comms Survey

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25 Feb 2020
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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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...
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The Benefit of Calculated in Risk in Public Relations

The Benefit of Calculated Risk in Public Relations

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16 Jul 2019
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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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...
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Dispelling 6 Myths PR Sometimes has about Content Marketing

6 Myths about Content Marketing and the Role of PR

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26 Feb 2019
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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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....
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Press Releases aren’t Dead but Maybe Press Release Distribution Is

Press Releases aren’t Dead but Maybe Press Release Distribution Is

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10 Apr 2018
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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A couple weeks ago a client was locked out of their press release service.   We couldn’t get in to post and distribute an announcement.  So, we kept going without it. The release was published on the company’s online newsroom without...
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Most PR professionals believe media relations is getting harder according to the 2018 JOTW Communications Survey

New Survey Identifies the Hottest Trends in Corp Comm and PR; Announcing the 2018 JOTW Communications Survey

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19 Mar 2018
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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A new survey of primarily corporate communications professionals identified the hottest trends and tactics in PR – and perhaps those that aren’t so hot too.  Respondents said storytelling, content marketing and thought leadership will be more important over the next...
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