Digital & Technology

5 Ways for PR Pros to Think Like Journalists

May 27th, 2014 by

It’s a perennial in the PR field: If you want to stoke any interest in your media pitches, you have to think more like a journalist. But the theory doesn’t always translate into practice.

PR’s Stake in the Evolution of the Internet

May 26th, 2014 by

Without deploying IPv6 on their public websites, PR professionals could lose reliable Web metrics—the very tool that allows them to determine ROI and other critical business strategies.

Decoding the Millennials

May 26th, 2014 by

New study shows that a majority of millennials will provide more personal data to a company they trust. Just make sure you’re not accessing data that millennials consider more sacred.

Make Sure Your Stories Get Found

May 26th, 2014 by

As PR pros we take a big chunk of our time creating exciting campaigns with a solid strategy that meets our clients’ goals. We pitch our most trusted contacts and strive for A-list media coverage. But even when we do get coverage in the top media outlets in our field the expected traffic does not follow.

Developing an ‘Earned’ Media Plan

May 26th, 2014 by

In today’s world, advertising is evolving towards ‘storytizing,’ which is driven by earned media, not paid. In earned media, our customers are deciding what is relevant, what they will share and whether they will, quite frankly, pay attention.

PR’s Goal: ‘Talk Less, Say More’ as Brevity Becomes Norm

May 26th, 2014 by

In an increasingly mobile (and hyper-busy) society, the trend in content format has been to serve messages in smaller and smaller morsels that consumers could accesss without committing much time.

Survey: By Slim Margin, More PR Pros Use Facebook Than Twitter for Brand Communications

May 22nd, 2014 by

PR News and Cision fielded the “State of Social Media for PR Pros” survey to take the pulse of the PR community and find out which social media platforms it’s using most, how it’s measuring success on those platforms and which sources of information it trusts most.

5 Tips on Using the Magic of Live Video in Your Media Strategy

May 21st, 2014 by

YouTube is on the cusp of acquiring of Twitch, the largest video game live-streaming network, for a $1 billion, according to reports. The deal is another indication of the growing power of streaming video as a communication tool.

Chipotle’s Stance on Guns in its Restaurants Creates PR Challenge

May 20th, 2014 by

Chipotle is asking its customers not to bring firearms into its restaurants after gun rights advocates brought assault rifles into one of its locations in Texas.

Facebook’s Newest Project, Slingshot, Looks to Take on Snapchat (Again)

May 19th, 2014 by

With the rumor that Facebook is developing a Snapchat-like service making rounds after a new report from the Financial Times, the social networking giant is continuing to prove how conscious it is of Snapchat’s popularity.