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Archive: May 2015
5 Ways to Spark Your Instagram Content Plan
May 20th, 2015 by Brian GreeneAppreciating the value of Instagram’s user base is easy. Creating an account that is authentic, relevant and engaging—that’s a little harder.
PR News Salary Survey: Writing Still Viewed as Most Important Skill for Advancement
May 19th, 2015 by Matthew SchwartzThose skills deemed the most important for advancement within an organization are the kind of skills that brought PR pros to the dance in the first place: writing and pitching the media.
How St. Baldrick’s Agency Secured ‘TODAY’ Coverage on a Tiny Budget
May 19th, 2015 by Brian GreeneSt. Baldrick’s PR agency, FleishmanHillard, successfully secured an innovative live segment on NBC’s “TODAY” show, earning millions of impressions and raising significant funds for childhood cancer research.
4 Media Engagement Tactics That Work for the UN Foundation’s PR Team
May 18th, 2015 by Richard BrownellThe UN Foundation’s partnership program for media engagement offers tips that can serve as a model for nonprofit groups looking to share their story with a wider audience.
Making Time for Face Time With PR Clients
May 18th, 2015 by Jennifer LeckstromWhile it’s possible to conduct business without ever meeting in-person with clients in certain cases, but we shouldn’t forget about the value of such interactions.
Ten Lines from Mad Men You (Hopefully) Won’t Be Hearing at Work Today
May 18th, 2015 by Diane SchwartzThe series finale of ‘Mad Men’ left it up to us to decide if Don Draper took on a new, third identity or whether California bliss and an inspired retreat experience led him back to the advertising life and to create the iconic “I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke” commercial.” After 92 hours […]
The Week in PR, May 11 – May 18
May 18th, 2015 by PRNEWSTom Brady gets sacked by Bob Costas and are social media buttons really all that social?
4 Ways to Boost Your Social Platforms
May 18th, 2015 by Alyssa RunnerThe tips outlined below should help put your thinking, writing and wordsmithing in alignment with what your audience is saying and what it wants to hear.
How to Manage Communications for a Merger
May 18th, 2015 by PRNEWSFor most PR pros preventing leaks is just part of managing an M&A process. Communicators also are responsible for convincing stakeholders that the merger will bring added value to the company and, if the deal is rejected (read: Comcast-Time Warner Cable), where the companies goes from there.