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Crenshaw Communications, PR Fish Bowl, public relations, social media, technology • March 21, 2014

Tips to Whip Your Business Blog Into Spring Shape!

There are an estimated 31 million people blogging in America. That is a lot of competition for your company’s posts. Now is a good time to examine your content with fresh eyes and make sure it is “lean and mean” and relevant to a discerning audience. Ask yourself these questions and then choose a shape-up […]

Crenshaw Communications, PR Fish Bowl, public relations, social media, technology • March 18, 2014

Spring-Clean Your Tech PR Tool Kit

Though much of the nation’s weather belies it, spring starts March 20th. With it comes a good excuse to examine how your PR firm is doing “digital” and do some sprucing for the rest of the year. Start with these five tips. Define and declare. Everyone wants to jump on the tech PR bandwagon. If […]

ImPRessions, leadership, social media • March 16, 2014

Whatever Happened To The Big Tech PR Launch?

Some former colleagues in tech PR and I were talking recently about the “good old days” when nearly every tech launch included a splashy press conference. Maybe it wasn’t as theatrical as Steve Jobs taking the stage at MacWorld, but it was entertainment, complete with a dramatic unveil, executive presentations, and striking models who would help […]

Crenshaw Communications, PR Fish Bowl, public relations • March 14, 2014

Put Your Best (PR) Face Forward

Do PR agency pros and their clients have something to learn from Pope Francis on his one-year anniversary? According to veteran papal watcher and professor Father John Wauck, perhaps so. “Francis is…a transparently happy person,” Wauck says. “And it sounds really simplistic, but unfeigned happiness on the part of a public figure is not that […]

communications, Crenshaw Communications, PR Fish Bowl, public relations • March 11, 2014

Are Better Client-Agency Relations the Key to Better Public Relations?

At our New York public relations agency, we can never be accused of under-communicating with clients. Beyond daily e-mails and weekly status calls, we manage to achieve maximum “touchpoints” throughout the week. If you ask anyone in our firm, they will agree that better client agency relations are, if not THE key, certainly one key […]

communications, Crenshaw Communications, ImPRessions, public relations • March 7, 2014

7 Reasons To Work At A PR Firm

For those set on a career in PR or communications, there are many forks in the road. Here’s the argument for a stint at a public relations agency, as opposed to a corporate or nonprofit gig, as a great place to start. Our bias is for a smaller, independent agency, but it’s really more about […]

Crenshaw Communications, PR Fish Bowl, public relations • March 7, 2014

The Elusive PR Prospect: When They’re Just Not That Into You

PR firms are often asked to develop proposals on spec in order to secure business from a potential client. Sometimes it’s as simple as a word document laying out a strategy to solve a communications challenge, or it can be an excruciatingly detailed RFP (sometimes known as Request for Pain!) It also happens that many […]

Crenshaw Communications, media relations, PR Fish Bowl, public relations • March 4, 2014

PR Agencies’ Faux Pas: Art Imitates Life?

Anyone at a New York PR firm has experienced those “you can’t make this stuff up” moments. Whether dealing with a touchy tech reporter or a mercurial consumer PR client, things happen. But how good are you at telling the difference between true-life PR disasters and those occurring only on TV? Answers to “art” or […]

communications, Crenshaw Communications, ImPRessions, reputation • February 28, 2014

Five Ways To Create The Right CSR PR Plan

Corporate or brand reputation is often at the heart of a sound public relations strategy. And the companies who enjoy the best corporate reputations are typically those who make a commitment to social responsibility. The reasons are many: a strong reputation can help an organization differentiate its products and services, attract talent, and even mitigate […]