by Wendy Alpine | Jul 2, 2013 | Media - Internet, Media - Newspaper, Media - Television, Public Relations, Social Media, Wendy Alpine
If you research Case Studies on the Internet, you will find many different types, from academic proofs of concept to legal case studies. For the purposes of Media Relations, case studies are short (500-word) descriptions of how your product or service is used by a...
by Wendy Alpine | Jun 12, 2013 | Advertising, Media - Internet, Media - Newspaper, Media - Television, Public Relations, Social Media, Wendy Alpine
My last two blogs (Parts 1 and 2) discussed six mistakes businesses make when working with PR professionals. These include the disconnect when the client doesn’t understand what PR is, the confusion when the scope of the work is not laid out, the need for proper...
by Wendy Alpine | May 15, 2013 | Media - Internet, Media - Newspaper, Media - Television, Public Relations, Wendy Alpine
As a boutique PR practice, we often get calls from start-up companies, entrepreneurs or small businesses saying they want public relations. They engage us, but in some cases, the process does not turn out the way either party expected. One of the reasons is that many...
by Wendy Alpine | Apr 3, 2013 | Advertising, Market Research, Media - Newspaper, Public Relations, Wendy Alpine
Remember how your grandmother used to bake a cake? She would throw in a pinch of this and a dash of that, with no recipe in sight. It was all instinct and practice. Well, media relations is something like that. It takes a number of ingredients in just the right amount...
by Wendy Alpine | Oct 17, 2012 | Advertising, Public Relations, Social Media
Every year it seems that retailers begin showing holiday products earlier and earlier. We all complain about seeing Halloween in August or Valentine’s chocolates before all the New Year’s champagne has been finished. But as businesses, we have to begin...