Every person that has an interaction with your brand – whether it’s good, bad or indifferent – forms a perception about your brand. Every person in your company is a representative of the brand and now that we’re all online, that’s truer than ever. Anyone considering doing business with your company moves along a particular path, often referred to as the customer … [Read more...]
How to Create Content that Attracts Links From Influencers
Creating content is one thing, getting it seen is another. It's that 'tree in the forest' question: If you create the perfect piece of content and nobody sees it, does it matter? Distribution and amplification of your content is a vital part of your content strategy. One of the places you need visibility is in the search engines - Google in particular. So … [Read more...]
Who Loves Ya Baby?
Most of you are probably not old enough to remember Kojak, his lollipops and the iconic greeting, Who Loves Ya Baby? Today this phrase takes on a new significance: who are your loyal fans? Influencer marketing is all the rage right now, but how many brands are doing fan-centric marketing? Interviewed at Envision 2016 Microsoft CMO Chris Capossella described this … [Read more...]
Online Newsrooms: the Secret Sauce for Media Relations
There is a saying that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Take media relations - despite the major changes in the media landscape, it's still a core part of PR and there are reporters, editors and producers we have to reach out to. So although there have been major changes in the media landscape, the fundamentals of media relations are still the same: find … [Read more...]
5 Content Pitfalls in Fast-Growing Businesses
When your business takes off and hits a period of explosive growth it's the stuff of dreams, right? Not always. A fast-growing business can be just the opposite, if you don't have the planning and systems in place to cope with the rapid growth. Witness Fuhu - they were number one on the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing companies in the US for two years running and … [Read more...]
