Walker Sands

JULY 16, 2021

From driving awareness to enhancing credibility, data-driven PR is a powerful tool in helping our clients reach their goals. Leveraging our in-depth knowledge of B2B tech and the media landscape, our teams match clients with unique, attention-grabbing campaigns that deliver real results.

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Oktopost

MARCH 8, 2023

Episode Summary The amount of time and energy it takes to get your brand featured in a top-tier media outlet is not for the faint of heart. In this episode of Radically Transparent, Lauren Gumport, Vice President of Communications and Brand at Faye reveals some of her top secrets for getting top-tier media coverage.

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B2B PR Sense

JANUARY 5, 2018

A solid PR campaign has the power to bolster your brand. Among its benefits, PR can build relationships with the public, boost brand awareness, increase your credibility, and create loyal customers. If PR can do so much for a brand, why don’t more brands use public relations to begin with?

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Hubspot

MAY 11, 2018

If you landed on this blog post, you’re probably considering a career in public relations. Read on to find out if a career in public relations is right for you. What is Public Relations? Public Relations can be boiled down into two main responsibilities: promoting a brand and protecting it.

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Outgrow

MARCH 17, 2022

How Content Marketing and Public Relations Go Hand-in-Hand? In this blog, we’ll talk about how content marketing and public relations together set a strong foundation for your marketing goals. . Why Content Marketing and Public Relations Go Together? How Does PR Support Content Marketing: Key Formulas.

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Champion Communications

JUNE 7, 2023

This in turn has made it difficult for those of us in Public Relations (PR) to confidently say what the year ahead will hold. But, one thing for sure is that the skills previously required to be an effective communicator in the PR industry have broadened. Enter social media. Enter the new wave of social channels.

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Stevens & Tate

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Public relation is vital for a successful business marketing campaign. While marketing involves multiple bits and pieces, public relations ensure your target audience is receptive to your marketing messages by establishing higher brand recognition. This way, media outlets, and journalists will want to tell your story.

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Marketing Craftmanship

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

The relationship between journalists and PR professionals has always been contentious. Reporters claim PR people block their access to sources, and sometimes to the truth. PR counters that journalists often don’t care about facts, or twist them to suit their editorial agenda. It’s a dance that both sides understand.

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Zoominfo

MAY 23, 2019

But, to truly be data-driven, a company must back all decisions with accurate and actionable data—including public relations decisions. Enter, Data-Driven Public Relations. On a basic level, data-driven public relations is the process of using data to develop newsworthy insights that support your organization’s PR goals.

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Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Translated into 26 languages, adopted by hundreds of universities and business schools worldwide, and with over 350,000 copies sold so far, “The New Rules of Marketing & PR” is now in its 5th edition. Why authentic employee advocacy is an important part of any company’s social media plan. In This Episode.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 24, 2022

The nature of social media and marketing has transformed the public relations industry. Similar to marketers and social media managers, public relations professionals must wear several hats while balancing collaboration. What is public relations marketing?

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ClearVoice

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Or more specifically, with the media. This makes a publicist an indispensable part of reporting and journalism, since individuals and agencies are responsible with sharing trends, updates and news for their clients. The other is a robust mixture of public relations executives and writers from all over the world.

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Walker Sands

JULY 20, 2022

The PRSA Skyline Awards recognize campaigns that display creativity and produce exceptional results in public relations, and we are honored to receive an award in the Integrated Communications (Business to Business) category for our data-driven PR campaign for Visier. had left their job in 2021.

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Contently

JULY 10, 2019

What I do hope to explain, though, is how we need to consider the different types of digital PR when crafting marketing strategies. However, relying solely on this PR strategy means overlooking significant opportunities to get your brand name out there. And there’s nothing wrong with this approach! Take Spotify, for example.

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markempa

JUNE 3, 2012

Tweet If your organization’s marketing and public relations teams aren’t working hand in glove, you’re missing a key lead generation opportunity. That’s the word from three experts in B2B PR and marketing: Wendy Marx, president of Marx Communications , a B2B public relations firm; she blogs about B2B communications for Fast Company.

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Walker Sands

OCTOBER 25, 2023

For the next installment of our media insights blog series , I caught up with Lindsey Wilkinson from CIO Dive to discuss how PR professionals can capture tech reporters’ attention. In our interview, Lindsey shares her expertise to help PR professionals get in the mind of a technology reporter.

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Brandpoint

MARCH 14, 2024

Branded content marketing, where public relations and marketing strategies meet, is a great way to create captivating brand stories and engage your audience. In our latest PR survey , 200 PR professionals shared how they promote and distribute branded content to elevate their brand visibility and engagement.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 6, 2013

Has social media ruined public relations? Can the images of business and public figures still be saved by a crisis management team? Can PR keep up in this online social world? The notion that social media can have a larger impact than public relations is fairly new. Image source: Elevate PR.

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Navigate the Channel

DECEMBER 28, 2017

It’s not too early to start thinking about your public relations strategy for 2018. Below are three trends that should be on your list to implement in 2018. Integrate PR to understand multiple business goals. Few other tools are as effective as getting the word out about a company than PR.

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ClearVoice

APRIL 15, 2021

What is earned media? Earned media is when a member of the media discusses a product, individual or company through their preferred media. It is earned because the media professional featured them on their own accord, without payment. What is earned media? Bottom line?

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Walker Sands

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

From data-driven campaigns to strategic funding announcements, our public relations experts continue to produce exceptional results for our clients. The PRSA Summit Awards showcase outstanding contributions to the public relations industry in the Puget Sound area, and it’s an honor to be recognized among this year’s top PR campaigns.

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Bluetext

DECEMBER 11, 2018

For our final post to end the year and look forward to 2019, let’s turn to the marketing component that is perhaps undergoing the most significant transition: Public Relations. PR was once universally recognized as the bread and butter for communications activities, the core element of any marketing program.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 29, 2019

One of my first jobs out of college was working as an entry-level PR associate. If you work in PR, you don't need me to tell you it's a hard field to get started in. We've put together a list of some of our favorite PR blogs (in no particular order) for you to get started. 7 Business Writing Sins PR Pros Commit Regularly.

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Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Even if you’re well beyond the start-up phase, you’d have to have been tucked away in hibernation to have missed the lean business trends. When it comes to public relations (PR) specifically, companies would be wise to reevaluate their strategies through the lens of this approach. Start Being Choosy.

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SmartBug Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

You may already understand that public relations , or earned media, can be an impactful tool in getting exposure for your small business brand. Some say PR has 10 times the impact of traditional advertising because positive media coverage is considered to be an independent, third-party endorsement for your company.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

That’s why Nutanix created The Forecast in 2019 to share news covering cloud computing , the latest technology trends and the impacts of technology on our people and business. The Forecast gives us an authentic way to chronicle the times, define trends, and interview leaders and change-makers across different industries.”.

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Bluetext

JUNE 28, 2019

It’s long been said that public relations media outreach is an art, not a science. But getting the attention of a media target for a client’s pitch is, in fact, both an art and a science. Below are 4 creative ways to re-think your public relations media outreach, starting with the pitch.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

But, under pressure from digital and advertising agencies each looking to be the driver of the social media express, PR firms are sometimes turning over inquisitional rocks that do not portray them as strategic caretakers of brands’ social presences. What’s the hot new trend in social media that we can bring to our clients?

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Walker Sands

APRIL 18, 2023

The relationship between PR professionals and freelance journalists is a symbiotic one. As a PR agency, we look to freelancers to drive media coverage for our clients, while freelancers look to us to provide credible sources and information for their stories. Are you open to being pitched by PR people?

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Bluetext

APRIL 15, 2024

Digital marketing, branding and public relations are core to government contractor and federal IT provider growth strategies. For this blog post, I’ll focus on PR strategies for new and legacy CGOs to consider when seeking to ensure marketing investments and initiatives support growth.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The rapid rise of generative AI has become the most captivating trend in the tech industry today. With the ability to swiftly analyze keyword trends and scan examples, generative AI can create content that is not only well-structured, but optimized for search engines.

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The Marketing Blender

DECEMBER 28, 2020

5 Marketing Trends to Dominate Your Competition in 2021. To give you a significant head-start, we decided to put together this article highlighting 5 of the biggest marketing trends that businesses – big and small – will use to make a substantial mark even in the most competitive industries in 2021. Our Services.

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Content Standard

AUGUST 29, 2019

Every marketer knows there’s a fair share of tension between public relations and SEO teams. Sure, their methods of securing them differ: SEO teams create a masterful highway of backlinks over time, while PR teams pitch the storytelling angle of a product or service to publishers.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

For years, social media was primarily a text-based circumstance, and social media directors were often people with a background in writing. Our 2014 report on the employment histories of guests on my Social Pros podcast found more than 50% of that unscientific sample had degrees in PR/journalism/English). A move to multimedia.

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

You get as much out of your social media channels as you put in. So it’s never been a better time to explore social media management services. When we say social media management services, we’re referring to the social media agency world—organizations that live and breathe social media.

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Walker Sands

AUGUST 12, 2021

The relationship between PR professionals and journalists can be complicated. Consider Twitter, where there’s no shortage of reporters taking to their feeds to roast PR pitches with often hilarious and occasionally expletive-ridden rants. PR isn’t always the right move for your organization.

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Walker Sands

OCTOBER 23, 2023

RSA Conference 2023, held in San Francisco in April, attracted over 40,000 attendees from the global cybersecurity community, including 650+ speakers, 500+ exhibitors and 500+ media members. The conference’s theme, “Stronger Together,” focused on the importance of coming together as a community to eliminate cyber threats.

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