By Victoria Knepp, Account Associate Long story short, no. In the marketing communications industry, grammar, spelling and punctuation are everything. One minor mistake could ruin your agency’s or even worse, your client’s reputation. Even today, with your good ol’ pal spell check, there are some laughable errors out there. The problem now is that we […]
By Sabrina Fawley, Intern Everyone loses his or her creativity from time to time. Sitting in an office for eight hours can sometimes zap your creativity, no matter how chicly furnished – I mean our office is gorgeous! Since working at Rasor Marketing Communications in beautiful Montgomery, Ohio and settling myself into a new office/work […]
By Libby Esterle, Senior Account Executive As part of a Cincinnati-based marketing and communications agency, writing is at the heart of what we do. It serves as the basis for almost everything – from new business proposals to strategic marketing plan development to press releases to website copy. So, not surprisingly, spelling is also a […]
By Libby Esterle, Senior Account Executive For the past few months, some of us at Rasor Marketing Communications have found ourselves knee-deep in drafting and editing several hundred bios for one of our clients. Naturally, over time, we have come to develop a pretty efficient and thorough process for developing consistent, yet personal bios that […]
By: Libby Esterle, Senior Account Executive As a member of a Cincinnati-based marketing and communications agency, words are a big part of my life. Given this, over the years, I’ve come to favor some words over others. Same goes for names. In fact, one of the reasons I became an Esterle is because I saw […]
By Erika Turan, APR Senior Account Executive I love to write. Words, adjectives, sentences, grammar…it all makes me happy. Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of writing for clients of our Cincinnati marketing agency and have found myself seeking out synonyms as I write. There are as many heavily used words in American business today […]
By Kaity Dunn, Account Associate One non-negotiable tactic to implement if you work in a Cincinnati public relations agency is to make follow-up calls after sending a press release. I have been surprised to hear some professionals speak as though this practice is optional. Though some refer to follow-up calls as an extra additional service […]
Kaity Dunn Account Associate Take a deep breath Often when I’m starting a new assignment, I think of that scene in The Next Karate Kid, when Hilary Swank finally learns she can only land a certain jump if she centers herself by pausing for a moment before the jump. This actually works in real […]
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 […]
By Erika Turan APR There was a time, long ago, when people said what they meant. And no, I don’t just mean that they were truthful or direct, but that folks didn’t rely on verbal crutches to get them through a conversation. They could state matter-of-factly, “It was so hot today. I was sweating through […]
