More and more people are using online news sources to find information on products, services, companies and ideas. Most press releases published online are read by the public looking for data and a survey by Outsell found that online press releases are a major source of data for BtoB buyers prior to purchase. There are [...]
In the State of the Media 2011 Pew Research stated that search is the one factor that most affected the news business in the past decade. Since news is a vital part of PR, perhaps we should examine how search plays a part in PR and media relations. For the past 100 years companies have [...]
Jim Brady on the Changes in News Consumption Ten years ago the Internet was in its infancy and most people read newspaper and watched TV news. We were all accustomed to a 24-hour news cycle. Newsrooms are still under financial pressure as they see their circulations dwindle and ad revenues go up in smoke. Who [...]
An image is indeed worth a thousand words. Good images in your blog posts, articles and releases can affect how they are viewed, how they are picked-up, who re-publishes them, search ranking, and how your blog is rated. SEO Although search engines can’t read visual material, having an image with a blog post, article or [...]
A UK-based survey revealed that while 90 percent of journalists are embracing social media tools, half of them feel that PR pros don’t PR people lack understanding of the need to build genuine relationships on social media and don’t provide resources that help them with their requests and queries, say the UK journos. The PR [...]
One of the positive aspects of doing PR and marketing online is that there is a wealth of information available. Pretty much everything can be tracked. This makes it possible to measure outcomes, not just outputs. Back in the summer a bunch of very smart PR and research folk met in Barcelona to discuss PR [...]
Last week I wrote that for a company to successfully integrate social media with their PR activities they have to listen, learn and respond. @HughesPR asked if it is that simple Listening is not hard these days. There are now over 200 tools that can help you gather the conversations. The next step is not [...]
The SNCR Symposium is one of my favorite events of the year. Many of the best minds in PR, Marketing and Social Media present their research findings for the year, so I get a two-day immersion in the state of new communications. And I get to chat with them and ask them questions. Dr. Nora [...]
The Independent, A UK newspaper, recently highlighted the PR trend of publishing content. Instead of relying on the media to tell their stories, as they have for the last 100 years, companies are beginning to act like the media. Public relations is flexing its media muscles like never before and strong-arming its way into areas [...]
Almost everyday I meet someone who asks me, “How do I keep up with the new ideas in social media?” The other question I get very often is, “How do I figure out how a new idea relates to my work in PR?” Since the puprose of PRoactive is to assist PR practitioners to identify new [...]
