The Skullcandy event for the launch of their Method 360 ANC with Sound By Bose Corporation will go down in the media event record books.

Not just for a brand in skate / surf / snow. Not just for a tech brand. For a BRAND.

In a world where many journalists and creators make do with some background information and a product to demo on their own, we helped pack the room with 300 journalists, creators, influencers, and brand stakeholders at 5:30 PM on a Tuesday.

What made Skullcandy’s event appealing from the media-first perspective? It took equal parts strategy, story telling, story SELLING, and timing.

The work isn’t over, but the coverage has been incredible.

Not every brand can throw an event like this. Most of partners can't.

Good thing we're adept at securing tier-A coverage for brands without these resources, too.

You can find more insight on LinkedIn here.

If you'd like to chat about PR – and we promise not to email you incessantly afterward or make a hard sell on a program – shoot a note to partner@remedypr.com.

Cision, PR Newswire’s parent company and a global leader in media intelligence, has named Remedy Public Relations’ co-founder Bill Byrne to its “Ten PR Experts and Influencers to Watch” list. This recognition highlights Byrne’s expertise on the evolving strategic strategies and tactics driving the public relations industry and his candid insights on how brands can succeed through earned media. Cision’s “10 PR Experts and Influencers to Watch” celebrates individuals redefining modern PR practices, from digital strategies to influencer marketing, B2B, and crisis communications.

Earned media coverage from successful PR campaigns is both highly coveted and increasingly difficult to secure consistently in the modern publishing environment. Byrne’s forward-looking, hands-on approach to public relations has helped brands of all sizes tell their story in a way that resonates with journalists and end customers. His portfolio of brand experience includes work with global leaders, challenger brands, and startups in consumer electronics, snowsports, finance, CPG, active / outdoor products, real estate, and emerging tech.

Prior to co-founding Remedy Public Relations, Byrne spent the first part of his career in the New York City offices of major global PR firms, later relocating to San Diego for the role of director of PR for one of the fastest growing social networks at the time. In addition to his leadership role with Remedy Public Relations, he is a mentor in the global Techstars Anywhere and Techstars San Diego Powered by SDSU business accelerator, working advising rapidly growing companies in the areas of SaaS, fintech, AI, B2B, construction, and augmented reality.

Earlier this year, Byrne was named to the “Thought Leaders to Follow” list by Prezly, and is a frequent contributor to multiple marketing industry trades, including Ragan PR Daily, Muckrack, and Bulldog Reporter.

he industry experts at Muck Rack regularly ask us to weigh in on media trends and offer advice on what it takes to secure editorial in the evolving media climate.

To ensure success, we develop our programs using a media-first perspective. To learn what that is, click the link.

https://muckrack.com/blog/2020/10/02/media-first-perspective

We've posted before about what journalists want from PR people here. 

PRNewser recently published a great post on the topic and we thought we'd share, without any commentary (which is very hard for PR people to do ;-).Want More tips? Give us a call or drop us a line at PRCheckup@Remedypr.com

 

Bigger is often not better in PR. How do you measure the results of a PR campaign?

Number of placements? Impression numbers? If that's not how we measure the effectiveness of an ad, why do we translate advertising equivalencies to public relations campaigns?

One of our agency directors was just featured by Bulldog Reporter in an article on the dicey topic of measurement.

You can read all about it here.

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When one door closes, a good PR team will dig you a hole for your message to crawl through. Or find you more doors. Or pry open some windows... you get it ;-).

That said, brands are often disappointed when they don't see themselves featured in certain media outlets. While this could happen for a variety of reasons (timing and lack of real newsworthiness being the top two), there's one reason that few want to admit, but it happens all the time.

Sometimes journalists simply don't like certain brands.  

Since we work in the tech world, we often deal with tech media, from the consumery oriented (that's a word, trust us)  mainstream outlets to the influencers/mavens/tastemakers/other-hot-buzzword journalists and outlets that focus on the latest and greatest before it's even available.

Lately we've been working with LockerGnome on some features and tin the below video, they called out BlackBerry. Specifically, they called out that they may not review a particular BlackBerry device.

Skip to about 5:10 to get a handle on what we're referencing.

Perhaps LockerGnome is just trying to get a rise out of their BlackBerry using audience. Or maybe they're serious and just aren't into the new releases from the brand.

Unfortunately, this is a reality in PR and media relations - sometimes the media just aren't into your product or story.

This is one of the reasons we (and other reputable PR practitioners) will tell you clients in the upfront that coverage is not guaranteed. We have a pretty good relationship with LockerGnome, but we can't dictate their coverage or coverage tone. Any firm that guarantees you visibility for your retainer (without a money-back guarantee) is either lying or selling you advertising.

But again, a good PR team (or consultant, etc.) can work around this. If you can't land that one Tier-A placement this time, they should be able to help you evaluate why for the next go, and in the meantime, work to secure coverage in 10 Tier-B outlets to supplement. It takes more to do less in the PR / media relations world, and anyone who sets their hopes on one placement is setting themselves up for disappointment.

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Note: This post was originally published in 2013 and LockerGnome is on hiatus. However, the message and learnings remain the same.

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