So, you are challenged with coming up with the proverbial Big Idea for a new public relations campaign.  Where to start? How to begin? Well, I for one have always fallen upon a Big Idea in the most remarkably unremarkable places.  Sometimes I find that if I leave the tumult of the office behind […]

  There comes a time in every public relations staffer when all of the stars line up and it’s very obviously time to start the job search—while you are currently employed.  There are lots of reasons for taking that next step; these are just a few. Stay for a year. Unless the job is excruciating, […]

  A bad public relations agency client is like a really bad meal—miserable but not life-threatening. Still, it’s good to avoid them as much as possible.  And the best way to do that is to know what qualities to look for in a good client/agency relationship. So I present these qualities for your review: Good […]

  Press releases are essential in any public relations strategy.  They detail product launches, special events and other newsworthy activities that a company produces. Because media outlets are flooded with stories and pitches daily, it is imperative that you make yours stand out from the rest. Here are a few helpful tips to make your […]

  I always said that I could tell a good PR person within minutes of meeting him/her. And the more that I have worked in the business, the more I see that it is not necessarily age and experience that are the best qualities,but often it is their native ability. Recently I had attended a […]

  Social media offers an opportunity for PR agencies to reach out to journalists in a more intimate space. But beware—not all channels offer appropriate outcomes. There are right and wrong ways to use social media to query reporters, because you don’t want to come across as a stalker to a reporter. Here are a […]

  They say “It takes a whole village to raise a child.” Well,  it takes an entire bowl of alphabet soup to implement our role as public relations practitioners. Here’s a guide to your public relations agency ABCs: A= Advertise, Advise, Agency, Amplify, Analytics B= B2B, Blogger, Branding, Brochures, Bottom Line, Budget, Business Development C= […]

   I remember when I was a kid my mother telling me, “Don’t sign your name to anything that you wouldn’t be afraid of appearing one day on the front page of the New York Times.” How true these words of wisdom were then, and how they still apply to developing and maintaining a positive […]

  If you are one of the lucky ones to have invented a new product or service, look or even better a new product category, the likelihood of it being successfully introduced to the general public without public relations and marketing support is highly unlikely. This proverbial: a horse won’t drink the water unless you take […]

  First published in 1988, Robert Fulgham’s book All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten rose to the ranks of a bestseller. But his rules from 27 years ago can easily be applied to today’s public relations industry with just a little jiggering.  Here’s how just five of his rules can be applied […]