Each week Glean.info (formerly CyberAlert) publishes educational articles in its blog as a service to our customer base in PR, marketing and competitive intelligence. Last week we published the 2016 Top 20 Blog Posts on Media Monitoring, Measurement & Analytics for PR and Marketing. The following articles were the most popular of 2016 on other topics of import to PR and marketing. We hope the articles prove helpful to you in improving your PR and marketing skills in the coming year.

Happy New Year!

Bill

William J. Comcowich

Editor, Media Measurement News

Glean.info

 

PR Management

 

On Establishing C-Level Executives as Thought Leaders – the Role of PR

 

How to Select a PR Agency

 

Chatbots: Will PR Again be Late to a New Communications Method

 

Why Key Messages are Essential for PR – and How to Create Them

 

Media Pitching

 

Why Journalists Loathe PR People

 

Be a Purple Cow and other Media Pitching Tips

 

Common PR Pitching Mistakes to Avoid

 

How Rapid Response Pitching can Produce Immense PR Value

 

Media Relations

 

12 Tips on Running Press Conferences that Produce Widespread Media Coverage

 

How to Prepare for Successful Media Interviews

 

How Rapid Response Pitching can Produce Immense PR Value

 

10 Often-Overlooked Ways PR Earns Journalists’ Attention & Wins Media Coverage

 

5 Ways to Avoid Saying “No Comment”

 

PR Writing

 

How to Write Photo Captions that Boost PR & Marketing Messages

 

9 Tips for Writing Outstanding Conclusions

 

8 Horrendous Press Release Headline Mistakes

 

Crisis Management

 

10 Assumptions to Save Your Organization in a PR Crisis

 

Major Steps to Develop a Social Media Crisis Plan that Actually Works

 

Keys to Crisis Management: Create Strong Community Relationships & Prepare Crisis Communications Blueprints

 

Trump’s Attacks Require New PR Crisis Response Methods

 

PR Crisis Plans Must Now Include Fake News Attacks

 

PR & SEO

 

Is PR Missing its SEO Opportunity?

 

Benefits of Integrating PR and SEO – and How to Do It

 

Video SEO: The Definitive Guide

 

Why Bing SEO is Vital – and How to Do It

 

PR Tactics

 

Are Press Releases a Waste of Time or an Effective PR Method?

 

The Truth about Free Press Release Distribution Services

 

How to Create Surveys to Produce Potent Publicity

 

Should PR & Marketing Learn to Speak Emoji

 

11 Tips for Conducting Stellar PR Interviews

 

How to Create Fantabulous Webinars that Deliver Kick-Ass Results

 

Content Marketing

 

7 PR & Content Marketing Lessons from Star Wars

 

What Types of Content Are Shared Most

 

The Power of Controversy as a Content Marketing Tool

 

Influencer Marketing

 

7 Steps to Develop Successful Influencer Marketing Campaigns

 

Many Influencer Marketing Campaigns Lack Proper Disclosures

 

Micro-Influencers an Overlooked yet Valuable PR & Marketing Strategy

 

Why Influencer Marketing Is Faltering and How PR Can Save It

 

Storytelling

 

Storytelling Proven Methods to Make Your Point

 

Visual Storytelling the Path to Your Audience’s Heart

 

Video in PR

 

How Video Live Streaming Fits into PR & Marketing

 

Virtual Reality: The Next Big Thing for PR and Marketing

 

How Major Brands Repurpose Videos across Social Media Networks

 

 

Social Media

 

PR Implications: the Fast-Growing News Reach of Social Media

 

How PR Can Use Social Media More Effectively

 

 

PR Measurement & Analytics

 

2016 Top 20 Blog Posts on Media Monitoring,

Measurement & Analytics for PR and Marketing

 

Bonus:

 

The 2016 PR Measurement Handbook

A FREE educational eBook for PR professionals

from CyberAlert LLC and Paine Publishing.

Contains 21 articles from 2015 in 74 pages with 40 illustrations.

 

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