Members of the media and PR pros can be friends. Yes, really. That sentiment is the basis behind the “Media Monthly,” a Q&A that gives our blog readers a better insight into some of our favorite journalists. We ask some questions and our media pals weigh in. This month, we’re...

One of my favorite, most underutilized public relations tactics is penning a Letter to the Editor. I know, you’re thinking that these 150- to 250-word notes on the Opinion page of a newspaper or front portion of a magazine are a dying breed. They’re nothing but a place for a...

    Impact Account Executive Nikki D’Aleo recently penned this op-ed for the Poughkeepsie Journal, in light of the onslaught of negativity in our news cycle.   Je suis sad. Je suis numb. Je suis tired of Je suis-ing. A friend of mine shared the following Tolkien quote on social media in the...

Is Your Brand in Need of a Makeover? By: Katy Dwyer, president of Katy Dwyer Design I’d like to take you back a few years to a time when press releases were just boring press releases, and the local news cycle didn’t know what it was missing. It was a...

One of my favorite bits of public relations advice to give is this: build relationships when things are good. If you proactively tell your story, you prevent someone else from telling it for you. This past week our social media newsfeeds were chock full of images of police officers, along...

Members of the media and PR pros can be friends. Yes, really. That sentiment is the basis behind the “Media Monthly,” a Q&A that gives our blog readers a better insight into some of our favorite journalists. We ask some questions and our media pals weigh in. This month, we’re...

  Members of the media and PR pros can be friends. Yes, really. That sentiment is the basis behind the “Media Monthly,” a Q&A that gives our blog readers a better insight into some of our favorite journalists. We ask some questions and our media pals weigh in. Now, enough...