by Lynn Lipinski | Mar 13, 2012 | PR
If you’re writing a news release or blog posting or newsletter article, it’s easy and very tempting to make yourself or your organization the star of the show. And it’s the exact opposite of what you should do if you want to get a journalist, blogger...
by Lynn Lipinski | Mar 8, 2012 | PR
The public relations industry is vast and complex, employing some 60,000 people and bringing in a fee income of nearly $9 billion in 2010, according to The Holmes Report 2011 Global Rankings. It’s also perceived as a little, well, fluffy. Usually the first...
by Lynn Lipinski | Jan 31, 2011 | PR
Whether you’re promoting a pie-eating contest, a press conference on the courthouse steps or a perfume product launch, a media advisory is a great tool for inviting the media, particularly television and radio. I think of media advisories as shorthand press releases –...
by Lynn Lipinski | Dec 30, 2010 | PR
Despite widespread reports of its demise at the hands of social media, the news release is not just alive, but relevant. Its basic format continues to be an important way to distribute content to both online and traditional media. The same principles that scored...
