Category: Public Relations
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You Ask, I Answer: Difference Between Digital PR and Traditional PR?
Elizabeth asks, “What’s the difference between digital PR and traditional PR?” This is in reference to a set of techniques promoted by search engine companies to focus PR outcomes on SEO. In reality, there isn’t and shouldn’t be a difference. If you’re doing public relations well, the outcomes are the same. There shouldn’t be a…
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You Ask, I Answer: Tips for B2B Public Relations?
Katy asks, “I recently started at a startup and am responsible for all marketing. I’ve been doing digital marketing for a long time, but one of my weaknesses is PR. I would appreciate any advice on how to approach B2B PR.” PR is a sales job, without the commissions. It’s one of the most difficult…
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You Ask, I Answer: Advice for May Graduates in PR?
Brianna asks, “What advice would you give to a communication college student graduating in May?” This year’s graduating class will undoubtedly be in one of the most challenging environments for employment in the last decade. For starters: – Do all the passive work: personal website, solid CV, LinkedIn profile – Start the process of building…
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You Ask, I Answer: 2020 Predictions for Communicators and PR?
Michelle asks, “What lies ahead for communicators in 2020?” An interesting question. Looking back over the past decade, communicators transitioned from traditional PR with some social media (remembering that the social media press release was created by Todd Defren in 2006 but not widely adopted until years later) to digital, to seeing the collapse of…
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You Ask, I Answer: What is the Value of PR?
Stephanie asks, “So I’m curious, what is the value of PR? What do companies gain from it?” An excellent question with a lot of caveats – and I say this as someone who worked in a PR firm for half a decade. PR is ultimately about building awareness and trust, and promises (at least in…
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You Ask, I Answer: Leveraging Senior Executives for Content Marketing?
Sandra asks, “How do I leverage senior leaders from our company, many of whom aren’t social or digital media savvy and pressed for time, for content marketing?” There are a few ways to handle this for maximum benefit to your company and minimum inconvenience; for leaders who want to really jump in, folks like T-Mobile’s…
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You Ask, I Answer: How Effective is Share of Voice?
Amanda asks, “How effective is share of voice as a measure? Is there a better way to measure PR?” Share of voice is one of my least favorite measures of media and attention for a few reasons: – It’s often denominator-blind, meaning that it rarely takes into account the whole of a space. – It’s…
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You Ask, I Answer: The Future of PR?
Erin asks, “What is POV on the future of PR? As media landscape changes and print/cable become less mainstream, how are companies innovating within the practice?” The future of PR depends on our definition and concept of PR. There’s old school PR – blasting out emails to fewer and fewer reporters, cranking out press releases,…
