By Kaity Dunn Account Associate Inchworm, inchworm/Measuring the marigolds/You and your arithmetic/You’ll probably go far. For some reason I often think of this poem when I’m reporting the media hits a client has secured for an announcement or event. It’s like I’m an inchworm that works at a Cincinnati PR agency instead of garden. Aside […]
Kaity Dunn Account Associate In order to make informed marketing and communications decisions, it’s important to have data as a compass to guide the messaging. At our Cincinnati public relations agency, Rasor Marketing Communications, we often use surveys to measure public awareness and opinion for a project or service. For some large transportation projects for […]
By Erika Turan, APR Senior Account Executive There are at least a hundred good reasons to think about hiring a marketing communications agency. Here are a few reasons to think about hiring a great marketing communications agency. 1. Because they can provide an outside perspective. Before working in an agency, I spent 15 years in […]
By Erika Turan, APR Senior Account Executive I’m dating myself here, but as a little kid, Walter Cronkite was the newsman for our house (which begs the question as to why a little kid was watching the news, but whatever). Walter Cronkite was the CBS Evening News anchorman for a staggering 19 years, starting in […]
By Mimi Rasor, APR President Anyone who has spent time in healthcare marketing knows all too well what it’s like to present results to doctors who have spent their careers in research. They speak data. Fluently. They ask questions like, “Why is three percent missing on that market share chart?” and “What’s the methodology behind […]
Kaity Dunn Account Associate One of the many things I like about Cincinnati is its entrepreneurial spirit and momentum in the startup industry. Since I work at a Cincinnati public relations company, I felt that it would be interesting to hear the questions and views startup owners have about PR. The “PR Primer: How public […]
By Libby Esterle Senior Account Executive Someone once defined “insanity” as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” While this may be true, there is also an inherent value in being consistent- as long as it is done right. Recently, a co-worker sent me a link to several stories to […]
By Libby Esterle Senior Account Executive The other night, my annual People magazine subscription renewal notice came in the mail to my husband’s chagrin. An example of previous years’ conversations: Him: “Why do you care about other people’s live so much? People you don’t know and will probably never meet? ” he’s asked several times […]
By Erika Turan Senior Account Executive In the marketing world, how do you know when your product has made the big time? Well, to a certain degree, it’s when it crosses the radar of the writers at “Sesame Street.” PBS’ unexpected mega-hit “Downton Abbey” is one of the most successful series in the network’s history. […]
By Libby Esterle Senior Account Executive There is no escaping it. If you work in a public relations and marketing agency like I do, media relations is a big part of the job. Whether it is drafting and distributing releases, crafting thought leadership pieces or bylined columns, or pitching the next “big” story, reporters and […]
