Public Relations Review Podcast

The pandemic opened the door to massive opportunities to pitch video media tours. Are you up to speed on producing "successful" video media tours. How do you plan? What is a successful pitch?  What advance preparation is needed?   This and much more is available as you listen to Douglas Simon, D S Simon Media,  provide guidance for successful virtual video media tours preparation an...

If you continue to repeat diversity outreach efforts the same way with little to no results perhaps its time to change.  Jalana Torres outlines several methods to increase recruitment of people of color into public relations.  Currently, 90% of public relations jobs are held by caucasians. African Americans hold 8.3%, Hispanics hold 5.7% and Asian American only have 2.6% of the jobs. Wit...

Public Relations in philanthropy is an intriguing topic.  How does a public relations person develop a message for the variety of people and organizations capable making donations to worthy non-profit groups across the nation.   Anita Ford Saunders, AFS Communications, Hartford, CT, provides guidance of how to approach potential givers.  While it is not difficult it does require a t...

Student members of the University of Nebraska/Omaha won a record 17 public relations awards at the 2020 Nebraska Public Relations Society  of America's Paper Anvil Awards event.  Three of the winning awards competed against professional firms.  They also won the "Best of Show" award in the Student Division.  Eleven of their awards received "Awards of Excellence."  Listen t...

Law enforcement around the nation have public relations programs.  This podcast interviewed Flathead County Montana Undersheriff Wayne DuBois about their 4 1/2 day Public & Media Relations training session.  Wayne outlines why this program is held, how it benefits his Montana County and the overall benefits to his community. Listen to this very informative program which is useful for...

Law enforcement around the nation have public relations programs.  This podcast interviewed Flathead County Montana Undersheriff Wayne DuBois about their 4 1/2 day Public & Media Relations training session.  Wayne outlines why this program is held, how it benefits his Montana County and the overall benefits to his community. Listen to this very informative program which is useful for...

Orla Clancy, founder &  editor-in-chief provides an update on the status of her recently launched Strategic Magazine,  an international digital publication for communications professionals around the globe. Her primary readers are in the United States, Ireland and the United Kingdom.  The balance is spread among other nations worldwide.  This magazine is visually compelling...

Listen as the communications director of the South Carolina Research Authority provides an overview of the strategies and tactics being used to raise the visibility of new technology  in South Carolina and steps to keep the stakeholders informed of the benefits.

Expecting an important media interview soon?  PLEASE do NOT have that interview without some advanced training.  Listen to this episode as Dierdre Dickerson, former NISSAN senior PR executive and television news reporter provides an overview of how to successfully manage and handle a media interview.  How to prepare!  How to take charge!  How to respond to unexpected quest...

A public relations crisis can happen at anytime. Solid preparation is key to managing such a disaster.  Listen to learn how the McDonald's corporation implemented its crisis communications plan to avoid what could have been a national embarrassment when their former CEO was released--with a $40 million package-- for having internal relationship with a staff member.  But there was more. &...

THE AUDIO FOR THIS PROGRAM  IS BELOW OUR NORMAL STANDARDS BECAUSE IT WAS RECORDED VIA TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL. Being involved in managing media, events planning, meetings with senior officials, etc for a presidential campaign can do wonders for boosting public relations careers. You gain actual "hands-on" PR experience not offered in graduate school. You may often communicate with governors...

 Zal Sthalsmith, CEO of ApexDrop, founded his marketing firm with a  different approach. He wanted "truth" and 'trust" to be an essential "take away" for consumers following his influencers. ApexDrop influencers promote products they love. Hence, followers are impressed by the honesty and truthfulness of these influencers. True, mega influencers have boat loads of followers but do their...

On-line reviews.  Most of us read them.  Some even write a few.  How can a PR firm  or any organization earn great reviews. Also important, how can  organizations go about correcting a negative review.  Even those that are particularly bad.  Erik Bernstein, president of the renown Bernstein Crisis Management firm offers proven guidance and information on how to s...

Justin Bannister, Associate Vice President at New Mexico State University, knew it was time for a change.  He explains how his department made the successful transition from traditional media outreach to digital platforms.  He talks enthusiastically about how he started with My Space years ago and now embraces Facebook, TicTok, Twitter, etc to present the university's multiple messages t...

Your organization--or you--experience a crisis on social media.  What do you do to salvage your reputation?  What corrective action do you take?  How can you monitor mentions of your organization on-line?  How could this have been prevented?   Erik Bernstein, President of Bernstein Crisis Management, an international crisis prevention team answers these and other ques...

Lonny Kocina, CEO of the Minnesota Media Relations Agency, launched his firm 30 years ago by only charging his clients for actual media interviews he secured. Now with a thriving firm he recently published "The CEO's Guide to Marketing" an Amazon 2017 best-seller and a 2018 Axiom Business Book Silver Award winner.  Listen as Lonny presents the SIX most important actions to implement to become...

Digital marketing expert Jill Kurtz, Kurtz Digital Strategy, provides a generous amount of solid guidance to help you make your on-line content much easier for search engines to find. Keyword trends are not always needed. How you can give search engine users just what they are looking for. Search engines search for the same words the users input to locate the information. Knowing your audience wil...

Like other organizations in America the nationally renown St. Jude Children's Research Hospital had to hit the brakes to decide how to best develop its communications plan to provide useful information to its audiences. Being a research hospital that caters children their team decided upon a coloring book. With this book kids could color the images while the parents read to them a story about how...

With minority populations expected to be the majority by 2050 how can public relations & marketing firms effectively penetrate, message and market to these groups and be accepted without making embarrassing cultural mistakes.  Representatives from the experienced Cultural Shift Team offer important tips and guidance on how to successfully engage minority and foreign born populations. Gett...

Whether we know it or not many of us have been exposed to FALSE information. False information comes I several forms: mis-information. Dis-information and Mal-information. Michael Cherenson, Exec VP of Success Communications Group, addresses the forms of misinformation, the threat it imposes, its impact on our society and other important False Information matters. What impact does it have?  H...

Gayle Falkenthal, Noted San Diego PR pro, offers expert guidance for producing an effective virtual press conference. She also cautions you to examine closely if you actually need to have one. Gayle takes you through the preparation needed to have a successful outcome, several platforms you can use and the need for speaker preparation/training. If you enjoy the show, leave a review.  Thank yo...

In our first Public Relations Review podcast international interview Orla Clancy, founder and editor of Strategic Communications magazine, gives listeners an understanding of why she launched this new magazine, the issues and the wide range of topics to be covered and the multiple PR audiences that can benefit from this publication.  On the call from Ireland she also lets listeners how to dow...

Solo-or individual-public relations practitioners have a 12-year old national organization standing ready to offer the support needed by a one-person operation. "Solo PR Pro"  provides the tools, education, advocacy and community resources to help communications consultants succeed and grow. Solo PR Pro president Karen Swim provides an overview of the many services available from this 7000+ m...

Josh Ritchie, co-founder of Column Five Media, outlines the important steps needed to include "Empathy" in your marketing programs. He says it is important to ENGAGE your audience, not sell to them to be successful. It's about helping your audience solve their problems. NOTE: Josh was on "lock down" in Costa Mesa, CA and on his mobile phone--thus the static in this interview. Enjoy the program? &n...

Cathy Hackl is a globally recognized augmented reality, virtual reality and spatial computing thought leader. She’s been named one of the top 10 Tech Voices on Linkedin for two years in a row, the highest honor on the platform.  Listen as she outlines how this technology is now and will continue to impact public relations in the future. She provides details of how this fascinating technology...