Tag Archives: Targeting

Get Better Tradeshow Coverage with EventTrak by Business Wire

by Leon Harbar, Vice President, Global Tradeshows & Events, Business Wire Los Angeles It may seem obvious, but many companies often go into an important tradeshow sending hundreds of generic emails to the registered media list and hoping for the best: A meeting with any journalist or blogger. Unfortunately, the result is a series of [...]

Looking to Target Political Media? Tips from Four Political Journalists

– by Cecile Oreste, Media Relations Specialist, Business Wire/DC If you’re interested in politics, you may recognize the following names: Aaron Blake, Keith Koffler, Erin McPike and Shira Toeplitz.  These four reporters have worked for some of the top political media outlets in the country including POLITICO, National Journal, Roll Call and The Hill. Despite [...]

Marketing to Latinas: LatinVision Conference Recap

– by Nikelle Feimster, Media Relations Specialist, Business Wire/New York On Thursday, June 10th, I had the privilege of attending LatinVision Media’s Latinas Conference.  The panelists, made up of industry leaders, marketing experts and media executives, presented interesting stats about this evolving demographic and gave strategies on how marketers can effectively target this viable consumer [...]

Business Wire White Papers Now Available

- by Phil Dennison, Senior Marketing Specialist Recently, Business Wire launched a series of white papers on a variety of public relations- and investor relations-related topics. The first two in the series are now available:  Engaging Global Audiences – Public Relations and Bridging Borders by Neil Hershberg (Senior Vice President, Global Media) and The State of XBRL [...]

Recap: Media & Public Relations Best Practices

Business Wire and Black PR Wire recently launched their joint Minority Leadership Series, in honor of Black History Month, with a webinar entitled Media & Public Relations Best Practices.
This 90-minute event, co-moderated by Bernadette Morris, President and CEO of Black PR Wire; and Raschanda Hall, Global Media Relations Manager for Business Wire, highlighted the [...]

Mobile Is A Game-Changer

Jesse Stanchak wrote recently at SmartBrief’s Smart Blog on Social Media about the growth of the mobile market and what it means to marketers and PR people.  Jesse says that aiming your news at mobile users is less of a small, tactical change to the industry and more a revision of entire strategies, much [...]

New on Twitter: Corporate Social Responsibility News

You may have noticed a new addition to the “Follow Us on Twitter” box over at the right:  @BWCSRNews.  Anna-Christina Cabrales, our Global Disclosure & Financial Reporting specialist, will be tweeting the latest in Corporate Social Responsibility news from Business Wire as well as links to other CSR-related topics around the Web.  Make sure to [...]

Technology Journos Share Trends and Tips in DC

Business Wire/Washington, DC hosted a panel discussion last Thursday with five distinguished DC area journalists who discussed methods of reporting technology stories that emerge from the Metro area. Watch as they share forward-thinking trends that may emerge from recent changes in the news industry.

The panelists (from left to right)
Paul Sherman - Editor-in-Chief, Potomac Tech Wire
Gautham Nagesh - Staff Correspondent (Technology) [...]

Journalists-Turned-PR-Pros Offer Tips on Pitching

Former journalists turned PR professionals offer tips for PR people looking to improve their pitches and work better with reporters.

Brackets,Tourneys & Cinderellas: March Madness is Here!

Got those brackets filled out? March Madness is upon us & everyone’s talking about the Big Dance. If you’ve got news about the NCAA Tournament to send out, check out Business Wire’s March Madness target media list, a new SportsWire distribution channel for all things March Madness, from Selection Sunday to the Final Four.
The March [...]