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Crenshaw Communications, PR Fish Bowl, public relations • April 30, 2019

Tech Companies Concerned About Diversity — Here’s How PR Can Help

One of the top challenges tech PR people are helping clients with today is attracting and maintaining a diverse workforce. In particular, the artificial intelligence (AI) sector is facing deserved and overdue scrutiny about its commitment to diversity and inclusion. As companies continue to talk about their AI, machine learning and data science capabilities, journalists […]

Crenshaw Communications, PR Fish Bowl, public relations • April 23, 2019

Got Funding? Here’s How To Announce It

In B2B tech PR, an infusion of new capital is one of the best opportunities to drive quality media coverage at scale. This holds true whether you’re a startup or a more mature business. Funding announcements can offer instant credibility for a brand, validating the company’s strategy and vision. Yet new funding rounds are a […]

Crenshaw Communications, PR Fish Bowl, public relations • April 9, 2019

PR Lessons From Twitter

In this blog, we often dispense practical media relations or PR advice based on years of experience in the trenches of tech PR. However, no one can advise PRs better on how and what to pitch reporters than… reporters. Journalists love to take to Twitter to offer up best practices or, more likely, let off […]

Crenshaw Communications, PR Fish Bowl, public relations • April 2, 2019

PR Tactics To Boost Executive Visibility

PR is one of the best ways to build visibility for a corporate brand while getting the word out about a given product or service. And a fundamental part of any effective PR campaign is a healthy focus on executive visibility. These days, business leaders can’t afford to sit on the sidelines and simply run […]

Crenshaw Communications, PR Fish Bowl, public relations • March 28, 2019

5 Ways To Ensure A Worthwhile Analyst Meeting

In today’s B2B PR, good analyst relations (AR) are essential. Technology analysts at firms like Gartner, Forrester and IDC can meaningfully shape the overall direction of a category and directly impact a B2B technology provider’s business. This can occur in two ways. First, most analyst firms publish in-depth research that potential clients and existing customers […]

Crenshaw Communications, PR Fish Bowl, public relations • March 21, 2019

PR Tactics To Show Company Values

PR is an essential business function for imparting a company’s values and beliefs to the public. Because earned media confers credibility, it can be decidedly more powerful than marketing and advertising. With the public too cynical to buy into ads trumpeting a company’s inherent beliefs, public relations offers that all-important third-party acclaim. If a young […]

Crenshaw Communications, PR Fish Bowl, public relations • March 14, 2019

Press Releases Aren’t Dead — But Do You Need One?

No, press releases aren’t dead. Despite what many PR pros say, the news release is still a reliable tool for sharing information with media. In fact, when I share information without a press release, the first question many reporters ask is, “Do you have a press release I can look at?” So the press release […]

Crenshaw Communications, media relations, PR Fish Bowl, public relations • March 5, 2019

3 Rules For “Off the Record” Conversations

An “off-the-record” conversation with a journalist can sound mysterious or complex, but in PR it’s a very effective tool. Whether you’re providing candid background about a frustrating trend in your industry or trying to blunt the impact of a coming story about your organization, off-the-record interactions with reporters can deliver benefit for your brand, even […]

Crenshaw Communications, PR Fish Bowl, public relations • February 26, 2019

How To Get A Fast Start On Your PR Program

For PR agencies, winning new business is an imperative for growth, but it’s only half the battle. For those of us who work with entrepreneurial businesses, or really any results-oriented company, the next pressure point is a strong start. We never want a client to be asking, “what’s next?” so we need to get a […]