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How The Media Works – An Introduction For Entrepreneurs
One of the most frequent conversations I have entrepreneurs is about pitching the media in order to secure coverage. The majority have had limited success contacting journalists. Even less have had a response to email pitches. This workshop explains how the media works and why most of what PR companies tell their customers – andContinue Reading
This post will save you $000s in PR retainer fees
THIS POST WILL SAVE YOU $000s IN PR RETAINER FEES If you’re paying a public relations agency thousands of dollars to issue and follow up press releases this post will explain how you can save money and increase your chances of achieving commercially-valuable media coverage. What’s more you will be able to measure the commercialContinue Reading
The Traditional public relations business model doesn’t work
The PR industry is hiding a dirty little secret that it doesn’t want you to find out about. Don’t tell anybody I told you… but the traditional PR ‘sausage factory’ of client win… press release… e-mail/wire distribution… media outreach… interview… coverage… product release… press release… email/wire distribution… media outreach… interview… coverage… [repeat to fade] doesn’t work anyContinue Reading
Do I Need Public Relations, Marketing or Publicity?
*Before you read this post please check out my definitions of public relations, marketing and publicity. It’ll take you less than two minutes. PR is the process of building and maintaining strong relationships with the people that are critical to the attainment of a goal. Marketing is compelling a defined person or group to takeContinue Reading
Copy Apple’s PR Strategy – Not Apple’s Publicity Strategy
I read this article by Ed Zitron on the Inc website earlier and tried to comment. When the comment wouldn’t load for technical reasons [I’m assuming] I thought the comment was worth turning it in to a short blog post. The point Ed makes is that most companies shouldn’t try to emulate Apple’s publicity strategy.Continue Reading
Why nobody trusts press releases
Research by a PR company claims that press releases are the most trusted source of company information. I’m not convinced. Update: April 27 I’ve received no response to my tweet asking for clarification on the data. Watch another THINK PR Espresso for help with PR, marketing and publicity strategy. AUTHOR DETAILS Lyndon Johnson is theContinue Reading
What Is Engagement?
Engagement comes up in almost every conversation about PR, marketing and publicity, yet very few people are able to define it, how you measure it, or the value it delivers to an organization. What it’s not is an exchange on twitter or Facebook or shared content because you have asked them to. Engagement is theContinue Reading
How To Build Relationship With Journalists
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