by Wendy Alpine | Aug 20, 2013 | Public Relations, Wendy Alpine
Recently I had a meeting with a consultant for our local Small Business Development Center. He asked if my clients were my advocates, which is a question I hadn’t really thought about. Often in PR we are so used to promoting our clients and building brand awareness...
by Wendy Alpine | Jul 25, 2013 | Advertising, Public Relations, Wendy Alpine
This past Saturday, I received a holiday card offer in the mail from the American Humane Association. I had ordered holiday cards from them in the past, so they are reminding me that the holidays are coming and inviting me to order again. But thinking about the...
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 | 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...