Onclusive Provides PR with Attribution Capabilities and Promises Novel Approach to Distribution [PR Tech Briefing]
Recently, I’ve begun looking more closely at PR technology, companies. This is an effort to illustrate some of the interesting innovations occurring within the PR vendor community – and provide an agnostic source of information on tools and technologies I...Read More
Industry Consolidation Revs Up Among PR Vendors; Onclusive, SocialChorus, Teletrax, iQ Media, Agility PR Solutions [PR Tech Sum No. 1]
There isn’t a whole lot of coverage about PR technology. I got to thinking about it when putting together this piece – The Top 10 PR Tech Vendors by Familiarity and Favorability – and decided I’m going to do something....Read More
7 Media Statistics from an Annual Survey of Reporters that Gives PR a Glimpse of their Mindset
If you work in PR and engage in media relations, it’s a good idea to keep an ear out as to what is on the minds of those that work in the media. The 2018 State of the Media report...Read More
Press Releases aren’t Dead but Maybe Press Release Distribution Is
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...Read More
NewsAI: An Impressive New PR Software Tool [Product Review]
Update 7/6/18: NewsAI is shuttering the business. “We’ve been working hard on the NewsAI idea for 2 years now. We’ve managed to increase our customers, improve our product, and make a product that we’re proud of,” wrote co-founder Abhi Agarwal in...Read More
Ahrefs: An SEO Tool PR Pros Can Use to Outsmart the Competition [Product Review]
It’s hard to pin down a precise anniversary date, but PR and SEO have been together for the better of 20 years. The intersection these two marketing functions is powerful: when both are on the same page – literally and...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
Modern PR Different not Harder; Off Script #12: Tressa Robbins of Burrelles
The more things change the more they stay the same. It’s an adage Tressa Robins say appropriately describes PR. While PR has changed, the change hasn’t made things any harder – it’s just made things different. Even those that know...Read More
