Across the pond and along the Thames, Adrian has a rant up on DailyDOOHabout the sorry state of press releases he gets all day, every day, from companies looking to get some love and attention in that blog. He kindly mentions that when he gets press from pressDOOH, it’s actually useful and ready to go. I am [...]

Though one of the core reasons I started pressDOOH was to write press releases and related material for client, it’s actually developed into only a small part of my company’s activity. But when I do produce press material, I operate with one key objective – drawing people into the story. And this IS storytelling. If [...]

I am looking at the lead of a press release and assuming the poor PR people knew better than to NOT include the CEO’s name in any missive they issue. That could be the only reason for this sort of thing: “Charles J. Beech, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Trivantis, the [...]

Stating what would seem obvious, but evidently is not, your choice of words in your media material reflects how your company conducts business. So if your communications material is a torrent of BS, your credibility is in question before you even get to the starting line with customers. Consider the release this morning from an [...]

I was just at my industry’s biggest event last week, and I was run off my feet the whole time. I go in part as a consultant to see what’s up and meet clients, but also as a quasi-journalist who “covers” the event. I knew this already, but it was really enforced last week how [...]