Tag Archives: new media

Moving to Mobile: Tips for PR Pros on Creating a Winning Mobile App

What do companies need to know before deciding whether to go ahead with mobile app development? Media Relations Specialist Shawnee Cohn takes a look.

Monika Maeckle: New Media Career Exemplified by Change Morphs to the Next Stage

New media careers don’t come to an end, they just morph to the next stage. Vice President of New Media Monika Maeckle leaves Business Wire to launch a strategic communications consultancy in 2012, and to cover the life cycle at the Texas Butterfly Ranch blog.

BWELA 2011: 7 Key Takeaways from BlogWorld Expo 2011

By Amy Yen, Marketing Specialist, Business Wire Los Angeles BlogWorld Expo is a daunting place to be. There are more than 150 sessions featuring more than 250 speakers over three days, not to mention the fact that the whole place is basically teeming with really smart people with really interesting ideas about absolutely everything. So, [...]

Social Media Press Releases, Like Color TVs, Have Been Coopted: They’re ALL Press Releases

The social media press release, like color TVs and airmail, have been coopted. EVERY press release should be easy to share and friendly to search engines so it can be found, seen and shared. Here’s some tips.

PRSAIcon 2011 Recap: Eight Key Takeaways, From Storytelling to Link Tracking

Amy Yen, Marketing Specialist, outlines eight key takeaways from the PRSA 2011 International Convention. From storytelling to media training to link tracking, here’s what PR, marketing and C-level execs need to know.

Pete Codella Shares Twitter and Social Media Tips in Salt Lake City for Business Wire Phoenix Event

Pete Codella Shares Twitter and Social Media Tips at a recent Business Wire luncheon in Salt Lake City. Don’t miss the video.

Beyond Email and Phone: Tips for Using Form Fields, LinkedIn, Facebook for Pitching Tech Writers

Form fields, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook–contacting journalists and writers has gone way beyond phone and email. This guest post from our friend Travis Van, founder of ITDAtabase.com., details tips for reaching out to tech writers.

Hybrid Approach: Reporters Use Social Networks, but Prefer Phone and Email for PR Pitches

Journalists appear to prefer a hybrid appoach when using traditional and new media for reporting and gathering news, survey finds.

Friday Fast Links: March Madness, Wire Service SEO and More

What do you know about your wire service’s SEO practices? How big are the opportunities for brands and social media during March Madness? (A Google search for “March Madness” + “social media” returns nearly 2 million results.) On the off chance you missed Rebecca Black blowing up the internet this week, you missed a great [...]

Friday Fast Links: B2B Content Marketing, National Grammar Day and more

  Do you find yourself believing the three myths of B2B content marketing? The NFL labor dispute is the first pro-sports labor problem of the social media era. How’s that playing out in the PR world? “O, press release, how do I hate thee? Let me count the ways . . .“ More than 100 [...]