Press releases are one of the top ways to promote your brand online. There are many tools available that make creating and sending a press release easy. When combined with syndication, search engine optimization, and other forms of content marketing, they become a powerful tool in your digital marketing strategy. As more marketers begin to use press releases, the whole process can become less effective as the market becomes saturated. It also becomes challenging to […]
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The myth out there is that startups don’t have very high budgets because they’re – you know – startups, so they shouldn’t pay marketing agencies, ad agencies, the gardener, the people at the counter at Burger King – or other professionals at the same rates that those nasty big brands do. They should pay more. Working with a startup team takes every bit as much time, creativity, effort, critical thinking, planning, strategizing, communication and resources […]
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Right after I graduated from the University of Southern California, my first job was to party like a rockstar, mostly to suppress the disbelief that I had actually just graduated from college. You see, three years earlier, I had dropped out of college in Atlanta and moved to Hollywood to be an actual rockstar, but after my first and only construction job, carrying 4×8 sheets of plywood up five flights of stairs for about a […]
Read More PR has evolved, and it’s time for a new PR plan for games, apps, startups and product launches! The ubiquity of social media and 24-hour access to journalists, bloggers, publications and blogs by practically anyone, combined with an increase in mobile games, apps, startups and new products launching every day, the PR game has changed significantly, resulting in a lot more competition. Need help? Contact Supercool Creative Agency! PR is being used for KickStarter and […]
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Did your latest PR pitch include video? Videos can tell stories in ways that words can’t. Marketers are including videos into their marketing mixes, and so are PR professionals. Here are the top 5 reasons why every PR pitch needs a video. 1. Video makes your PR pitch stand out Always remember that you are not the only person who is sending out PR pitches to the media. The media has thousands of pitches flooding their […]
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Ever heard the expressions “any press is good press,” or “any attention is good attention?” Know why these expressions exist? Because every brand, business, startup, celebrity, musician, actor and wannabe needs to start by getting attention or they’re going nowhere fast. The most successful people out there understand one thing. Businesses need attention to survive, because without attention, nothing else happens Are you focused on getting your customers’ attention? Advertising is paying for attention. PR […]
Read MoreNew movies, video games, apps and even new flavors of existing products all pre-market before they’re available, so why shouldn’t your startup or crowdfunding campaign do the same? Unless there’s a specific reason for flying under the radar, get out there early and often on social media channels, create compelling content like videos and blogs start your PR outreach and get blogs and publications writing about you and interviewing you. Instead of waiting until everything […]
Read MoreI’ve often argued that video is a tool of social media. So as many social media responsibilities are being taken on by PR departments, we are seeing public relations teams becoming more actively involved in the creation and deployment of social video content. Viral videos, branded entertainment, web series videos and video game trailers top the list along with original, entertaining product launch videos. This new breed of video content, rather than simply supplementing the […]
Read MoreLife moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in awhile you could miss it. – Ferris Bueller Dear all my friends in digital marketing, Take your faces out of your phones once in awhile and look around. I know it’s hard, but you’ll thank me. Besides the idea of spending face to face time (no, not FaceTime) with friends and family, there are some really good reasons why marketing, advertising and […]
Read MoreI don’t care of your game involves stacking cherries on top of ice cream before it melts or shooting hookers in the street. Own it.
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