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Why You Shouldn’t Pay a PR Agency Retainer

By Lyndon Johnson On December 15, 2017 · Add Comment · In Communications Strategy, Public Relations, Publicity, Strategy, Toronto
  If you’re a small business or startup and paying a traditional PR company to manage the relationships between your organization and the media here are three reasons you might want to reconsider the arrangement. Watch another THINK PR Espresso for help with PR, marketing and publicity strategy?       AUTHOR DETAILS Lyndon Johnson is theContinue Reading
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Most PR + Marketing is Publicity

By Lyndon Johnson On December 15, 2017 · Add Comment · In Communications Strategy, Marketing, Public Relations, Publicity, Strategy, Toronto
Last year I wrote a blog post about how I felt that most PR was either marketing or publicity.  In this edition of the THINK PR Espresso I revisit the topic and see whether anything has changed. Watch another THINK PR Espresso for help with PR, marketing and publicity strategy.       AUTHOR DETAILS Lyndon JohnsonContinue Reading
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What Is Positioning?

By Lyndon Johnson On December 15, 2017 · Add Comment · In Communications Strategy, Lean Communications Framework, Lean Communications Methodology, Strategy, Toronto
Positioning is a challenge for every small business. It is especially difficult when both the competition and prospective customer are large organizations. Effective positioning in these situations is about focusing on the value you can offer that a larger organization cannot.  Small businesses also have the advantage of being flexible, in terms of approach, modelContinue Reading
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What’s The Difference Between A Press Release & A News Release

By Lyndon Johnson On December 15, 2017 · Add Comment · In Communications Strategy, Lean Communications Methodology, Publicity, Strategy, Toronto
It’s very simple.  A press release is about distributing a single piece of information to as large an audience as possible, via the media.  A news release is about communicating news to an identified audience.  What’s the difference between information and news?  That will be the topic for tomorrow’s PR espresso.        Continue Reading
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What Is Content Marketing

By Lyndon Johnson On December 15, 2017 · Add Comment · In Communications Strategy, Marketing, Strategy, Toronto
Content marketing is the latest buzzword, but in reality, it’s nothing new!  It’s just marketing that uses content as the delivery mechanism for the call to action.       AUTHOR DETAILS Lyndon Johnson is the founder and general manager of COMMS.BAR™. COMMS.BAR provides early-stage companies with right size, right time communications strategy advice toContinue Reading
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How To Build Relationship With Journalists

By Lyndon Johnson On December 15, 2017 · Add Comment · In Communications Strategy, Media Relations, Media Relationships, Strategy, Toronto
Are you paying a PR company for pitching services, or are they helping you to build relationships with journalists?  If it’s the former, these tips will help you to do the latter       AUTHOR DETAILS Lyndon Johnson is the founder and general manager of COMMS.BAR™. COMMS.BAR provides early-stage companies with right size, rightContinue Reading
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Evaluating PR + Marketing Effort

By Lyndon Johnson On December 15, 2017 · Add Comment · In Communications Strategy, Marketing, Measurement, Public Relations, Strategy, Toronto
Evaluating the effectiveness of any communications program is essential – but too often agencies say it’s intangible – citing awareness and thought-leadership. In reality, if you know what success looks like before you start and create a campaign designed to achieve it, it’s easy to measure whether something is working. Here are a few tips:Continue Reading
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Maserati’s SuperBowl “Strike” Was Public Relations NOT Advertising

By Lyndon Johnson On December 15, 2017 · Add Comment · In Communications Strategy, Lean Communications Methodology, Public Relations, Strategy, Toronto
 Did you see Maserati’s first TV advert?  What did you think?  I’ve watched it… I don’t know how many times and every time I watch it I’m impressed.  Very impressed.  Many people didn’t understand it when it ran.  Most hadn’t heard of the Marque, let alone the Ghibli brand. Questions and analysis about theContinue Reading
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David Bowie Is… [the future of communications]

By Lyndon Johnson On December 15, 2017 · Add Comment · In Lean Communications Methodology, Strategy, Toronto
At the end of last year I went to the ‘David Bowie is’ exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario and I saw the future of marketing communications.  If you’re in the business of communications, “David Bowie is” – a V&A exhibition – is a glimpse at the future of our industry.  It’s an exampleContinue Reading
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PR & Marketing. In That Order.

By Lyndon Johnson On December 15, 2017 · Add Comment · In Communications Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Lean Communications Methodology, Marketing, Public Relations, Strategy, Toronto
  PR always comes before marketing, but do you know why?  Here’s our explanation of why it’s always PR & marketing – and not the other way around. Watch another THINK PR Espresso for help with PR, marketing and publicity strategy?
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