Communications
Becoming a trusted source for a journalist is one of the best ways to achieve expert status and build credibility. Reporters are required to produce content at a dizzying pace; making it imperative to understand their world, be accessible and provide information they need in a digestible format. Reporters we work with today frequently return…
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A window into the soul of your company: that’s what your positioning is. Before you can effectively promote your agency, you need clear, precise positioning that shows why you are different and how your work makes a difference for your clients. Here are five things to keep in mind: Focus on the needs of your…
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Maybe you never thought of podcasting as a great way to promote yourself, but you may be missing out on a way to reach new audiences and share thought leadership. If listeners value the information you present, they will save it, use it to refer back to, and share it with others. James Carbary, co-host…
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Experts on just about every topic are a dime a dozen. If you want to be the guru in your field, sought after by journalists for quotes and known for instigating responses, then you need to take a contrarian position. It takes guts and confidence to rise above the noise of the crowd, but the…
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We’ve all heard the saying that “Any PR is good PR,” but in the BtoB world, having a solid PR strategy can make the difference between just getting your name out vs. getting in front of the right audience with a great story and message. This type of success doesn’t happen in a vacuum. While…
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One of the first pieces of advice I share with new clients is, “You can’t be a thought leader if you don’t want to think.” Too many companies believe they have a strong, unique, and provocative point of view when, in fact, they repeat the same messages and ideas as their competitors. If you want…
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Normally we think of PR for effectively tooting your own horn and sharing thought leadership and ideas with your target audience. Well, sometimes it’s also the stories that we don’t want to share with the world that must be handled with a great degree of professionalism and care. It’s these unexpected and highly charged situations…
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Business may be going gangbusters for you while clients seem to be taking up just about every last second of your time, and your staff’s time, and you’re not worried about keeping your website updated or promoting your work. Developing thought leadership articles? Forget about it! Who has the time to even think beyond client…
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Every company should have a social media presence on at least one, if not multiple media platforms. For B2B, the most relevant are LinkedIn Twitter, Instagram, and (possibly) Facebook (more about that in a future post). But, simply having an account without a strategy behind it will not benefit or help grow your company. You…
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You get quoted in an article that’s published in your target media outlet. You’re excited and hope that it will generate a large amount of traffic to your corporate website and that the phone will ring off the hook. You’re disappointed when the phone doesn’t ring and new clients are not lining up at your…
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