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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 […]

ImPRessions, public relations • December 23, 2021

6 Trends That Will Affect PR In 2022

As we turn the page on the year, it’s time to look at the trends that affect PR and marketing communications. Of course, the changes we see aren’t usually sudden. They don’t magically start with the new calendar. They’re the continuation or peaking of the events and moves we’ve experienced in 2021. These are the […]

communications, creativity, Crenshaw Communications, PR Fish Bowl, public relations • December 23, 2021

12 Days of Christmas: PR Edition

For PR pros, December can be both a rewarding and stressful time. End-of-year reports, final rounds of prediction pitching, and 2022 planning are all top-of-mind as we prepare for a well deserved holiday break. Our team saw great success across the board in a record high of staff hires and new accounts onboarded this last […]