What this PR Agency Owner Looks for When Hiring On a recent episode of our PR Wine Down podcast, we discussed best practices to help set young PR practitioners up for success. At the end of the interview, our guest flipped the switch by putting me in the interviewee hot seat and asked what characteristics I look …
What PR Students Really Need to Know Before Graduating The advice I give my PR students changes year after year, considering the industry itself evolves so often. That’s especially true now, both pre- and post-COVID. Before the pandemic, I often told students to think deeply about what they wanted or needed out of a job, …
6 Steps for Improving Agency Procedures PR is a job with a lot of moving parts. There are client calls to join, interviews to staff, pitches to send and proposals to write. On any given day, a PR practitioner’s to-do list might touch five or twenty clients, depending on the size of the agency. There’s …
Mastering the Love-Hate Relationship between Google and SEO One thing I often say when working with clients to help boost their SEO is to think of Google as a person rather than a business, who you are trying to win over. There’s a lot that goes into improving your company’s page rank, and both onsite …
Everything You Need to Know About Influencer Relations The influencer industry is still relatively new, and because of that there are still quite a few misconceptions about how it all works. I often hear people say how “easy” it must be to get celebrities or influencers to rep your brand — as long as you …
Getting to Know Them: The ROI of Reporter Relationships I’ve come to the conclusion that the PR industry as a whole seems “anti-media relations” even though that’s precisely the service most companies want from their agency of record. It takes a level of understanding, research and empathy to build lasting relationships with the media that …
Words of Wisdom for PR Newcomers in 2021 First of all, if you’re just starting out in your PR career, congratulations! While things may not be going according to your original plan thanks to the global pandemic (e.g. having to work remote vs. being face-to-face in an office with your new peers), there are many …
Take to Heart the Power of Perspective When Aligning Your Marketing and Business Goals I had the pleasure of recently joining Trust Relations’ PR Wine Down podcast to discuss key ways you can align your marketing/PR and business goals. As I have seen too often, this crucial step is overlooked, not only during the client onboarding process, …
Is an MBA in PR Worth it? The Truth About Having a Business Degree as a Publicist Many communicators who consider pursuing an advanced degree often ask themselves, is it really worth it? Investing in an MBA requires a great deal of time, energy and money. Most PR professionals are working overtime these days to …
Crossing into Unfamiliar Territory – A Publicist’s Guide to International PR Crossing into Unfamiliar Territory: A Publicist’s Guide to International PR The growth of the global economy has many brands’ operations now spanning across borders. What started out as a U.S.-based company may now have an expanding presence in Europe or Asia — and this …
