Apr 26
What to Do When a PR Disaster Strikes Your Startup Written by Audrey Watters Last Thursday was a good PR day for the social buying site Blippy. They were featured in two New York Times articles. But Friday wasn’t so great, as the major technology blogs reported that credit card information from its users were …
Apr 14
I just realized that I have not been supplying your dosage of social media insight. It’s been a crazy month so far. I’ve been dealing with quick and timely breaking news for my clients. One involves handling communication on behalf of the iFreaknik organizer concerning public safety. If you remember last month, I helped a …
Apr 14
Nonprofits try to recruit Baltimore’s pro athletes for their events, hoping to boost attendance and the bottom line Pitching to local sports celebrities is sometimes challenging Baltimore Business Journal – by Ryan Sharrow He may be baseball’s Iron Man, but Baltimore Orioles icon Cal Ripken Jr. can’t be everywhere at once. So when the Hall …
Apr 13
Here are the multiple press outlets and media coverage that I was able to secure. WATCH: CBS Atlanta’s Bernard Watson had tough questions about security for the organizer of this weekend’s Freaknik party. Los Angeles Times | Atlanta Freaknic Party Runs Up Against the Mayor Freaknik returns to Atlanta Story posted 2010.04.13 at 11:21 AM …
Mar 18
Media Coverage Secured for Ais York of the York Agency as he is featured in this month’s issue of Nightclub & Bar Magazine. Savvy nightclub and bar operators noted a funny thing happening as album sales fell and the compact disc market imploded: Consumers became more interested in seeing live acts. Perhaps because, thanks to …
Mar 11
By BidMyServices Whether you are a budding writer looking to be published, or an aspiring professional seeking to offer your services on a wider scale, this is a question you are most likely to ask. While hiring a publicist may cost a pretty penny, it does have its benefits. Some independent artists/professionals can still get …
Mar 09
Last week was wild! Client, model and good friend Dawn Montgomery had to deal with mounting pressure from both national and local media outlets as a result of a controversial ad from Akoo, a clothing line by Atlanta rapper, T.I. In a matter of days, more than 300 news articles were posted online about this …
Feb 24
According to BlackVoices.com, the ’41st Annual NAACP Image Awards’ producers have announced actors Hill Harper and Anika Noni Rose as hosts of the ceremony, which will be broadcast live from Los Angeles’ historic Shrine Auditorium on FOX Feb. 26. Client, Romeo Brown, will be attending, so watch out for him on the red carpet! “Anika …
Feb 10
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Feb 09
This just in from one of my favorite media blogs, Journalistics By Jeremy Porter Reach – a journalist that shares links to their most recent content via an RSS feed, tweets or social bookmarking will get a lot more traffic to their posts than somebody that doesn’t use these tools. If you’re a journalist, and …
Feb 09
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER- New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — Three weeks after Curtis Kimball opened his crème brûlée cart in San Francisco, he noticed a stranger among the friends in line for his desserts. How had the man discovered the cart? He had read about it on Twitter. For Mr. Kimball, who conceded that …
Jan 14
As we approach a new year in business it is crucial to articulate that PR IS NOT SALES. If you are using public relations in substitute for a professional and well-trained sales team you may be sorely disappointed in the long run because the two job duties and responsibilities are night and day. Public Relations …
Jan 05
You want to get your company and your brand out there. You want people to know who you are and you want consumers to be influenced through some channel or medium to buy from you and only you. When it comes to directing your spending dollars, you may get stuck wondering, where should we start, …
Nov 19
by Jeremy Porter You hear a lot of talk about press releases as a PR tactic, but what about the media alert (also commonly known as a media advisory)? Before the days or email and Twitter, media alerts were the short form way to alert news organizations about something timely you wanted them to cover. …
Nov 10
I am not mad at Larry Johnson, former RB for the Kansas City Chiefs. He tweeted what he wanted and how he felt-as ignorant as it may be. However, I am upset that his publicist let him get away with this social media faux pas. There have been red flags waving that he was on …
Nov 06
Today, I participated in my first speaking engagement teaching a group of real estate agents on how they can use social media for their business. My speaking engagement became more of a discussion and I quickly realized I had to start from the beginning. I called my presentation, “The Power of Social Media Networking.” Before …
Oct 28
I was just featured in an article from Ragan.com-one of my favorite PR news resources. I’ve learned how to be a better communicator thanks to Ragan.com. Once again, thanks to HARO I was able to help my favorite writer from the company build a news story. Dressing for excess: Is your Halloween persona the real …
Oct 25
So, you are taking better care of your online brand. You have an SEO website and you are maintaining your blog. Great! Now what? The point of establishing an online presence is to attract web traffic, so let’s take a look at some tools to help gain attention to your site. First, let’s examine the …
