Crenshaw Communications, ImPRessions • March 8, 2023
7 PR Tips For Announcing Bad News
In public relations, the goal is often to generate news that tells a positive story about a business or brand. But sometimes, good companies have to share bad news. The last six months have seen waves of layoffs and other staff reduction announcements at major tech corporations, despite record-low unemployment levels. What can smaller companies […]
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Crenshaw Communications, ImPRessions, public relations • February 16, 2023
Triggers, Myths And Archetypes For Powerful PR Storytelling
A prospective client, an entrepreneur, was explaining why his company was looking for a PR firm. The meeting was pretty routine until he mentioned that his new tech product was born of his great personal frustration with current software. Now, business software isn’t a sexy category, but never mind. The words that stayed with me […]
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Crenshaw Communications, ImPRessions • January 11, 2023
For PR, Is ChatGPT An Asset Or Threat?
Everyone’s talking about ChatGPT, including most of us who work in public relations. Opinions and experiences vary, but ChatGPT will likely be a game-changer when it comes to how PR teams work. AI has been promoted as a tool to automate repetitive tasks, freeing us to engage in the strategy and creative work involved in […]
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Crenshaw Communications, ImPRessions • January 11, 2023
How PR Teams Can Use ChatGPT (Generated By ChatGPT)
The post below was not written by a human being. It was generated when ChatGPT was given the prompt to write a 350-word blog post about how PR teams can use ChatGPT in their work. You can be the judge of its accuracy, quality and style! ChatGPT, a language generation model developed by OpenAI, can […]
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Crenshaw Communications, ImPRessions, public relations • December 1, 2022
Press Release Quotes Don’t Have To Be Bad: A PR View
A PR professional recently predicted the “death of the release quote” for 2023 on Twitter. If only. Bland executive quotes are one of my all-time PR pet peeves. First of all, every news release doesn’t need to include a quote. And for releases that do need them, they’re too often overlong, boring, or repetitive. “We’re […]
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