Add Media to Your Press Releases for Maximum Impact
Http://LeonardSipes.Com and I have 15 years of experience creating audio and video for the internet and attaching them to press releases. The results are gratifying. I could never figure out the reluctance of PR people who didn’t emulate the practice. Now comes…
Human Interest Stories are Key to Promotions
Http://LeonardSipes.Com I’m often asked about what works in promotions; what resonates with the media or public—what entices them to pay attention to your issues? There are basic elements in promoting a story to the media. It has to have news…
Can Blogs Fool Mainstream Media? Ryan Holiday’s “Trust Me, I’m Lying”
Http://LeonardSipes.Com This is the second article on Ryan Holiday’s “Trust Me, I’m Lying—Confessions of a Media Manipulator.” Holiday heaps tons of blame on both blogs and the mainstream media for lack of fact checking. See the first at https://www.leonardsipes.com/manipulating-blogs-and-the-internet/ . The…
Reaching Critical Communities through News and Social Media
Http://LeonardSipes.Com Pew Study-Background: “A recent study conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism and Internet & American Life Project, in partnership with the Knight Foundation, finds that nearly three-quarters of Americans (72%) report following local news…
Social Media and Stress in Communications
Http://LeonardSipes.Com I wrote “Stress and Public Relations” last week and received comments and questions via e-mail, LinkedIn and Twitter. Most debated the reasons for stress in communications but several suggested that social media was a contributing factor. The original article…
Stress and Public Relations
Http://LeonardSipes.Com Tonya Garcia from PR Newser reports on findings from CareerCast regarding the most ten most stressful jobs. Selected findings: Public relations officers were second on the list. Photojournalists were fourth. Newscasters (television and radio news presenters) ranked as fifth….
Two Solutions for Journalism’s Most Pressing Digital Problems
Http://leonardSipes.Com “Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing the matter with this, except that it ain’t so.” Mark Twain I apologize for the audacity of suggesting that I know how to fix the media’s digital problems. I have…
Newspapers suck at social. Why are you different?
Http://leonardSipes.Com I recently wrote Newspapers and the internet; the lessons we share. The first and second articles were based on The Story So Far, What We Know About the Business of Digital Journalism from the Columbia Journalism School which may be (and probably…
What if we were really good at social media?
Http://leonardSipes.Com I recently wrote Newspapers and the internet; the lessons we share. The first article was based on The Story So Far, What We Know About the Business of Digital Journalism from the Columbia Journalism School which may be the…
Newspapers and the internet; the lessons we share
Http://leonardSipes.Com The Story So Far, What We Know About the Business of Digital Journalism from the Columbia Journalism School may be the most insightful social media document of all time. The essence is the media’s attempt to master internet and…
