by PR Coach on February 4, 2012
You could see this public relations vs billionaire Mark Cuban crisis coming for miles. It all started with Cuban’s advice in Entrepreneur.com to startup companies including: “Never hire a PR firm.” His actual advice, number 11 in his 12-point list, was: “11. Never hire a PR firm. A public relations firm will call or email [...]
by PR Coach on February 3, 2012
If sales stats and trends are any indication, tablet devices will have a growing impact on public relations. Soon. Are we up to the challenge? We’d better be because 29% of Americans now own a tablet or e-reading device according to a Jan 2012 Pew Internet study. That number grew an amazing 18% from just [...]
by PR Coach on January 24, 2012
Recently, CNN reported it now has one million registered iReporters in its citizen journalism community. Imagine. Is PR ready to respond? What other newsroom can possibly compete and what are the PR implications of these citizen journalists crowdsourcing news from around the globe? The news channel’s CNN iReport site was completely redesigned, revamped and reinvigorated [...]
by PR Coach on January 16, 2012
73% of journalists using social media channels to interact with PR A new research report may finally convince you to dump email in favor of social media channels when it comes to media relations. The Cision/Newhouse School 2011 Digital Influencer survey found that more than 70% of digital influencers now engage with PR pros through [...]
by PR Coach on January 11, 2012
You could see this public relations vs billionaire Mark Cuban crisis coming for miles. It all started with Cuban’s advice in Entrepreneur.com to startup companies including: “Never hire a PR firm.” His actual advice, number 11 in his 12-point list, was: “11. Never hire a PR firm. A public relations firm will call or email [...]
by PR Coach on January 4, 2012
So, Rupert Murdoch started tweeting on New Year’s eve? Now that’s news of the world! You could have hit me on the head with a two by four and I’d be less surprised. Dude, I mean Sir. That’s awesome! The octagenarian Chairman of News Corp and his PR handlers (Edelman?) have launched a brand-new 2012 [...]
by PR Coach on January 3, 2012
Whether you’re in PR, a journalist, blogger or just a writer with a pulse, you’re always searching for writer’s craft and inspiration. Right? You’ve come to the right place. There’s no better way to start 2012 than with inspiration for your writing. That’s why the Nieman Storyboard series from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at [...]
by PR Coach on December 28, 2011
If there’s one thing a company doesn’t need in a crisis, it’s the four Hs. No, I’m not talking about the original 4-H agricultural club so popular in the 50s and 60s whose motto was head, heart, hands and health. That would hardly describe GoDaddy.com Executive Chairman and Founder Bob Parsons. I’m talking about headstrong, [...]