As owner of a New York-based public relations agency who has been working with college-age interns forever, I wanted to go on record saying that it is time that the rest of you realize that they are not slaves, nor indentured servitude. If they are providing a valuable service, well, then they should be compensated for […]
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What is PR?: 7 Public Relations Definitions
For an industry that does so much to help define its clients and their industries, it is an unfortunate turn of events that our own industry has such a vague understanding among many audiences. When I first told my parents I had entered into the field of public relations they went about telling all of […]
Tips for When You Interview at a PR Firm
OK, story so you got yourself that interview with a public relations agency. Now what do you do? 1. Review their website. I can’t stress enough the importance of becoming familiar with the agency, its philosophy, client categories, client list and work samples. From this you’ll be able to discern whether this is the shop […]
Blame It on El Niño: When Good PR Goes Bad
After El Niño conditions were declared in March and the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast predicted El Niño’s continued strengthening during the summer and fall, I think it is safe to say we are well within the time period where everything will be blamed on El Niño. It rained on your wedding day? El Niño. Had an […]
Free Book Offer From Amazon Kindle: November 23—24th
THEY SAY YOU ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR FIRST. TJ Sacks, award-winning writer and owner of a New York-based public relations/marketing communications agency that bears her name, has published her first non-fiction entitled “Slick the Cat: The Adventures of a New York City Kitty,” available free as an ebook on Amazon Kindle November 23—24th. After that, the book […]
New York PR Exec Launches Debut Non-Fiction Book
THEY SAY YOU ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR FIRST. TJ Sacks, award-winning writer and owner of a New York-based public relations/marketing communications agency that bears her name, has self-published her first non-fiction entitled “Slick the Cat: The Adventures of a New York City Kitty, ” available as an ebook on Amazon Kindle. The last thing that I […]
8 Skills They Don’t Teach You as a PR Major
You’ve learned a lot in college, including algebra, U.S. history and how to text under your desk. But once you leave your beloved alma mater behind, you may realize there are some very important life lessons that you never learned. If you want to avoid that terrifying task of entering the real world without many […]
Know When to Go—Exiting a PR Firm
Do Your Parents Understand Public Relations?
So I had been working in public relations for about a year when my parents asked me, “What exactly is public relations? Is it like advertising?” If your parents or spouse don’t understand the difference, don’t be surprised. A recent survey of 1000 PR pros found 72% of them say their parents don’t understand what PR is, […]
Where Do PR Big Ideas Come From?
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 and […]