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Earned Media Tactics: 5 Ways Brands Can “Pop” in Pop Culture Media Moments
by Irene Rogers and Erica Saviano Tsioutas| April 20, 2022
As we scroll through our social media feeds and flip through TV channels, brands are popping up in pop culture moments. Whether it’s big events like the Super Bowl and the Academy Awards or small ones like what’s trending on Netflix and the latest TikTok trend, when brands are involved in these cultural conversations, PR […]
Apes, Beanie Babies and Communities – The ABCs of NFTs
by Elyse Richter| March 21, 2022
Let’s take a journey back to the ‘90s for a minute: Britney Spears on your sticker-covered CD player, Dunkaroos in hand as you dangle a stretched out cord on the landline chatting with a friend— your favorite Beanie Baby perched proudly on the shelf. Pretty vivid, right? Except now that Peanut the Elephant, the Beanie […]
7 Media Landscape Trends to Watch Now
by Ketchum| March 2, 2022
The start of 2022 brought uncertainty as we navigated the Omicron variant and once again needed to take a nimble and quickly evolving approach with media, including at key events such as CES. Now as restrictions once again relax across the US, brands are having to assess the best avenues to engage journalists to ensure […]
In-person Media Interviews Are Back (If You’re Prepared)
by Marissa Kandel| June 17, 2021
As COVID-19 restrictions begin to recede, one of the mainstays of media relations is slowly beginning to reemerge: in-person media interviews with journalists. Like most other forms of face-to-face communications in the past year, the “deskside” briefing has been on sabbatical, denying spokespeople and print, broadcast and online reporters from engaging in the more intimate, […]
Five Communications Strategies That Will Outlast the Pandemic
by Bill Zucker| March 25, 2021
The one-year anniversary of the near-global shutdown for COVID-19 has been a moment to reflect: on lives lost, on the promise of medical science and on a year of resilience. It’s also been a time to look ahead at how changes in our lives will impact business, the workplace and the role of communications. Executives […]
2021 Tech Media Landscape: A New Administration, Virtual Events, a Hybrid Normal and Beyond
by Lisa Sullivan| January 28, 2021
What are technology reporters and editors looking for this year? It’s a question we as communicators ask under even normal circumstances. But as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, and the nation strives to turn the page after a long and contentious election cycle, it’s even more pertinent. To help frame editorial planning for the coming […]