public relations

communications, Crenshaw Communications, PR Fish Bowl, public relations • March 18, 2022

Media Alert Or Press Release? PR Tips

In PR, we often draft, edit, and distribute press releases to announce news about our companies or clients. In ad tech PR, we might write releases that detail new hires, acquisitions, partnerships, or product launches. There’s no real limit to what we can write a release about, as long as it’s newsworthy. Yet, a press […]

communications, Crenshaw Communications, PR Fish Bowl, public relations • March 15, 2022

5 Ways To Tell If A PR Firm Is A Fit

PR is something nearly every organization needs. Yet many don’t know what makes an agency a ‘great’ fit. After all, all PR firms are not created equal. Some companies fall victim to the “big budget, big agency; small budget, small agency” myth. Regardless of whether an agency is big or small, it’s the account team […]

communications, Crenshaw Communications, PR Fish Bowl, public relations • February 15, 2022

3 PR Tips For Better B2B Media Placement

A B2B PR firm looking to promote a specific idea or story might think first about pitching large, mainstream media outlets. Why not? Splashy national coverage is terrific, of course, and everyone loves a big name. But not every story is national news. And a story in a publication with a high UVM (unique visitors […]

communications, media relations, PR Fish Bowl, public relations • February 2, 2022

PR Tips For Staffing A Media Interview

As a PR agency team, we know that media interviews help build connections between a reporter and a client company. Even if the conversation doesn’t result in immediate coverage, showcasing expertise often yields future opportunities. In other words, as long as it’s a productive conversation, we’ve already scored a win. But how to ensure the […]

advertising, Crenshaw Communications, PR Fish Bowl, public relations • January 31, 2022

Cutting The Jargon In Ad Tech PR

I recall sitting in the weekly meeting at my first marketing internship. Surrounded by subject-matter experts in the space known as ad tech, I tried to hide my computer screen as I subtly googled almost every other word spoken. It was as if I were in a room of people conversing in a different language. […]

PR Fish Bowl, public relations • January 27, 2022

10 Phrases To Delete From Your PR Vocabulary

PR agency teams, especially those in tech PR, LOVE to speak in jargon. We have shorthand for nearly everything and sometimes forget that people outside our organization or industry might not know what we’re talking about. While those in PR are more than happy to explain what our unique vocabulary means, there are certain phrases […]

communications, Crenshaw Communications, PR Fish Bowl, public relations • January 11, 2022

Writing For Journalism And Writing For PR: How They Differ

Fun fact about me: before getting into PR, I wanted to be a reporter. More specifically, I wanted to be a sportswriter. I was a journalism major, so most of my writing experience in college had a reporting angle. Whether it was through classes, writing for the school newspaper, or my personal blogs, my writing […]

crisis management, ImPRessions, public relations • January 6, 2022

The PR Winners And Losers Of 2021

It’s only the first week of 2022, but the PR scandals and triumphs of last year already seem distant. But before we let them fade into the rear-view mirror, I couldn’t resist one last list about 2021. Here are my nominees for the PR Winners and Losers of the year. The PR Winners Britney Spears […]

communications, Crenshaw Communications, media relations, PR Fish Bowl, public relations, time management • January 5, 2022

New Year’s Resolutions For PR Teams

Ah, 2022! Many of us who work in PR woke up on January 1 and thought about New Year’s resolutions. Yet according to a recent study, people are most likely to ditch their annual commitment to themselves by January 19. How can we stick to our resolutions a bit longer than that? One answer is […]