Recently I was asked to give a presentation to our growing team about media relations and creating media opportunities. We have a few people on the team who are starting out in their PR journey, and so we ran an interactive session to focus on this topic. There are fundamentally a few important factors that brands need...
If you’re a school leaver, graduate, or even someone currently employed in a related industry and thinking of embarking on a career in public relations and media, here is my personal take on the top five skills that you need to succeed: Skill #1: Multi-tasking No day in PR is the same. In fact, the only constant in...
Aspects of pitching and relationship building with the media have changed over the last 10 – 20 years. There was a time when the strength of these personal media relationships created telephonically, on behalf of clients, played a key role in generating high-quality coverage. Over time, this has changed to include the use of automation to...
We may work in the world of PR, meaning ‘Public Relations’, but one of the most common abbreviations we find ourselves using is ‘PR’ itself, but instead for the term ‘press release.’ And in short, a press release is a form of communication, announcing a news story, such as a partnership, product announcement or appointment to...