The Basic Benefits and Drawbacks of Owned, Shared, Earned, and Paid Media
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...Read More
Are Communications Professionals Concerned about Media Bias? Survey says…
Most comms pros have some concern about bias across eight different media sources; at one end, 54% expressed strong concerns about social media, while at the other, 28% expressed strong concerns about professional journalists Are there still two sides to...Read More
The Volume and Variety of Communications Work is Shifting, Finds 5th Annual Survey of Comms Pros
More than three-quarters of respondents (78%) say the volume of work has increased – and one in three say it’s increased significantly. The type of work has also changed with 90% reporting it’s changed at least some while 50% saying...Read More
Twitter Offers Advantages in PR for B2B Brands Willing to Put in the Effort
A survey of 2,500 journalists finds Twitter is still their favorite social media network – here are time tested PR tips for B2B to earn some traction on the platform It’s no secret that media relations gets harder every year....Read More
Priorities of B2B Marketing: Owned, Shared, Earned, Paid – in that Order
If the PESO model had a drawback, I think it’s the order of things. I know, I know, it’s got a circular shape in there that’s suggestive of integration, but I’ve never been able to get past the order of...Read More
A PR Firm’s Excellent Pitch for Paid, Earned, Owned and Shared
“It’s one thing to pitch an eBook, but it’s a well-executed marketing initiative to exemplify the very concepts described in the eBook during the process of pitching it.” That’s my take on a marketing campaign that Shift Communications is...Read More
6 Creative PR Ideas for Blended Media
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” -Darwin In marketing and public relations, creativity is often more art than science. One way to get ideas is to...Read More
Groundswell: It Takes Customers to Make Customers
by Frank Strong “The product sells itself.” It’s a favorite line in the repertoire of many entrepreneurs. A product is so good, that customers talk it up to the extent their buzz generates more sales leads. To this end, it...Read More