Topic: public-relations
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Tips for managing multiple editorial calendars on the go
Friday, April 26, 2013 · Topics: cms, editorial-calendar, planning, public-relations, strategic-planning
From Marketing.ai: A typical marketing manager will have a team of content creators working under them on a variety of different content items. They may be working on several different campaigns simultaneously with output going to websites, social media and content sharing platforms for video, slides or ebooks. Managing all of these people and tasks can become overwhelming as multiple deadlines start to loom, while strategy for the upcoming months must also be planned. · Go to Tips for managing multiple editorial calendars on the go →
How to respond to a national tragedy
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 · Topics: crisis-communication, customer-emotions, customer-experience, public-relations
From Nancy Schwartz: Stay relevant. Take a couple of days off from your asks. Show you care. Review all queued-up communications. · Go to How to respond to a national tragedy →
My Communications Director is an idiot
Sunday, August 5, 2012 · Topics: communication, leadership-development, marketing, public-relations
From Kivi Leroux Miller: I’m friends with many nonprofit program and research directors who confide in me about their various scuffles with communications or fundraising staff in their organizations. Nothing strange there.
What I do find a little surprising is how often I will meet a program or policy director, or even an executive director, for the first time, and upon learning what I do for a living, they will say, “Ugh. Our communications director is a complete idiot.” · Go to My Communications Director is an idiot →
The ultimate crisis-communications checklist: 6 steps to master your disaster
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 · Topics: crisis-communication, public-relations
From FastCompany: Whether you’re digging your way out of a negative PR avalanche or simply need to scrub a less-than-squeaky-clean outburst, here are tips from branding experts on how to handle public outrage with grace and style. · Go to The ultimate crisis-communications checklist: 6 steps to master your disaster →
Transforming PR for a mobile world
Friday, January 6, 2012 · Topics: public-relations, social-media-strategy
From FastCompany: While everyone’s business has been forced to change in this 24/7 always-on, mobile world, we as PR practioners (and here I am as guilty as anyone) still tend to release news according to our schedule and timing, not that of the media. Like gladhanding politicians, we knock on journalists’ virtual door fronts with our campaign literature (that is news releases) in hand, asking the media to endorse us by writing our story — not their story. Scott asks a simple but insightful question: What if you reverse the equation, and instead of reaching out to journalists on your schedule, get them to find you? · Go to Transforming PR for a mobile world →
Newsjacking: A new approach to PR
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 · Topics: news, public-relations, social-media-strategy
From Ann Handley: The traditional PR model is dead. Traditional PR sticks close to the script, embargoes press releases, follows a prescribed timeline, and all that. But here’s the problem: Conversations careen with such speed and velocity that you need to rethink your approach if you want to be part of them, says David Meerman Scott.
Enter “newsjacking” — a process, as defined by David, “by which you inject your ideas or angles into breaking news, in real time, in order to generate media coverage for yourself or your business.” · Go to Newsjacking: A new approach to PR →
8 ways to get people to discuss your new product in social media
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 · Topics: e-marketing, public-relations, social-media-strategy
From David Meerman Scott: I’d suggest that these techniques should be used at launch to get people to discuss any new product in social media. It is not just for books. · Go to 8 ways to get people to discuss your new product in social media →
10 essential PR tips for startups
Monday, October 31, 2011 · Topics: marketing, public-relations, startups
From Erica Swallow at Mashable: It can be challenging for unknown startups to garner press attention — budgets are tight, relationships with journalists may not be that strong and explaining a new concept is difficult. Not to mention, early-stage startups usually only employ a few people focused on product and development. Therefore, marketing and public relations are often tackled piecemeal by whomever has time.
Good press, though, can be one of the biggest drivers for startups looking to grow their user bases, and as a result, a pretty important component for success. · Go to 10 essential PR tips for startups →
