About two months ago, my role at Mullen changed quite a bit. I’ve moved from concentrating on one portion of the marketing mix – PR – to another – advertising.
I still help develop social media strategy for clients, but I now spend the biggest chunk of my days helping plan and execute integrated campaigns with [...]
We’re all human, which means we all make mistakes. Sometimes, though, we make the same mistakes regularly – sometimes daily. And we often don’t even realize it.
I was thinking recently about the mistakes we PR pros make every day. The ones that keep us from maximizing the full potential we can achieve for our brands [...]
This is a guest post by Chuck Hemann.
What do you think when you hear the word “measurement?” What about “evaluation?” If you are planning to roll your eyes or let out a heavy sigh don’t. While measurement and evaluation are concepts that don’t always come naturally to public relations professionals, knowing how to talk [...]
We’re one quarter into 2009 and it seems like the only certainty we will have this year is uncertainty. Marketing has often been one of the first budgets trimmed in this tough economy and marketers have not been immune to pink slips and severance pay.
That said, the economy is not the only challenge we face, [...]
Unlike many professions, most members of the general public have no idea what public relations is or what PR pros do. You know what I mean. You’ve been met with the “I’m going to nod my head like I know what that is but my face will give away that I’m clueless” look before.
Doctors don’t [...]
I saw an interesting book on a coworker’s desk last week – The Art of War for Executives by Donald G. Krause, based on Sun Tzu’s classic text The Art of War. As I cracked it open yesterday and began reading it, a particular paragraph stood out to me and I found myself yelling “YES!” [...]
One of last week’s posts – 10 Clues Your PR Pro is Nothing But Show – generated a lot of great comments that added even more clues to the list. So I thought we’d continue the fun by looking at the flip side and highlighting the things that set great PR pros apart from the [...]
I’ve read several posts recently on distinguishing the smart social media marketing professionals from the wannabes. It’s great to have guides likes these in a space that is relatively new in the grand scheme of things.
The social media sphere isn’t the only place where this is needed, though. PR more generally has a long list [...]
My last post – Relationships Don’t Matter MOST in Media Relations – sparked some spirited conversations last week. Most people who commented agreed. A few disagreed. One asked if I would share more about what I believe DOES matter most in media relations.
Here’s my take on that. It’s based on what has helped me hit [...]