Public Relations
Different words and ways of speaking will resonate with different target audiences. You can talk in emojis and abbreviated words to millennials… But communicating in casual lingo to a seasoned CEO won’t resonate! Now, some people get hung up on this and worry about alienating other people in their audience by focusing on just one …
What’s the end goal you want your audience to take in your marketing initiatives? Do you want them to pick up the phone and call you? Fill out a form on your website? Comment on a social media post? To come up with your strategy, go backwards starting with your end goal. Consider the answer …
Pitching to the media can be tricky business. Many people worry about annoying an editor or producer by contacting them, so they don’t take any action at all. Or they assume that the media is inundated with requests and that there’s no chance of getting featured. This also stops them from even trying. Unfortunately, this …
Nowadays, creating regular, original content is a non-negotiable. It’s a key way that potential customers can find you, learn about you, and begin to know, like, and trust you. Whether they end up reading your content after googling a question your article offers the answer to, or seeing an article of yours shared on social …
Recently, I got the opportunity to be interviewed on the Zesty Marketing podcast, hosted by Whitney Hahn. Whitey is the managing partner of Digital Bard, a digital marketing company in Frederick, MD. I met Whitney several years ago and I’ve worked with her team on the production of over 30 videos together. We had a …
Recently I got an email from a colleague who asked me if I had attended the Preakness, and “if not, then you have a doppelganger out there in the world!” She sent me a photograph that was in the Washington Post, and well… it WAS me! I had the privilege of attending this event as …