30 Minute PR with Marc Harty

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What are YOUR Wins for the Week?

Feb 11, 2010 10:12am

It’s so easy to get caught up with the micro that we forget the macro. In this case, did our work payoff? What results did we get? Can we track those results and connect the dots to the bottom line? One way to answer those questions is to step back ,...

Big Picture-Wise, What’s Your Theme for 2010?

Dec 31, 2009 3:42pm

As I write this on New Year’s Eve, I’ve seen any number of articles and blog posts on resolutions, both positive and negative. So I make the following promise: keep reading and you’ll learn a new way to plan and focus the coming year—and it’s not work, it’s really fun! You see,...

Negative Publicity a Weighty Issue? Not For Ex-Baywatch Star

Oct 12, 2009 8:37pm

Celebrity and negative publicity often go together like hand in glove. Case in point, I recently spent two weeks in London and the newspapers there are a lot more “tabloid” in their approach to news than their USA counterparts. And of course, I’m sure you’ve been following the David Letterman extortion...

The 4 Pillars of The New PR

Sep 15, 2009 8:37am

PR has evolved. Even to the point it is now more relevant and more public than ever. New PR offers far more publicity opportunities than old PR ever did, especially for those who are not marketing experts. In “The New Rules of Marketing and PR” author David Meerman Scott explains,...

5 Ways Free Press Release Sites Can Cost You

Jun 26, 2009 9:44am

Yes, free press release sites can and do cost the uninformed and even the experienced marketer. Some of the costs are screamingly obvious others are more hidden. And it’s my role as your advocate to review and reveal them all. Let’s roll! OK, so you’ve written your press release. Next action:...

What’s your Buzz Quotient? Social Media Monitoring with Filtrbox

Apr 13, 2009 8:46pm

What’s your BQ? That’s Buzz Quotient… as in are you generating online buzz with your marketing and publicity efforts? Are you tracking and monitoring said buzz? If you’re not, you risk undermining your performance while giving your competition a decided leg up. So what’s the best solution? Well you can sign...

The Top 10 PR Lead Sources on Twitter

Mar 17, 2009 9:26pm

What’s a more likely scenario for media coverage: pitch a reporter out of the blue or a reporter who seeks an expert that matches your background precisely? It’s the difference between “push” and “pull” PR. When you pitch a story, you are pushing your story to the media. Conversely, with “pull”...

The 5 Fatal Flaws of Common Press Release Templates

Mar 13, 2009 2:45pm

Over 12,000 people search Google every month for the keyword search phrase “How to write a press release?” That’s a lot of folks in need of serious press release education and training. And yet how many people behind those 144,000 annual Google searches actually write a press release, rather than just...

30 Minute PR in 5 Minutes or Less

Mar 4, 2009 11:03am

Welcome to 30MinutePR.com. Here, we talk Online PR, Publicity and Press Release tips on a time budget. In short, we share actionable tips and techniques that can be consumed and implemented very quickly. All because your time is valuable, the clock is ticking and our feet are firmly planted in...

5 Ways Online PR Is Like Kayaking

Mar 4, 2009 10:26am

Here’s a different look at Online PR than you might expect. You see, I wanted to combine two of my favorite things: Online PR and Kayaking. At first glance, they couldn’t be further apart. Yet, upon closer inspection, the parallels were many. (Disclaimer: I am primarily referring to sea kayaking...