The Best Creative Concepts Blog Links from 2011
We have so much to celebrate here on the Creative Concepts blog! In 2011 we shifted gears by welcoming numerous voices instead of one….great writers and strategists who have shared their research and/or life experiences with our readers which has made all of us much…
Creative Concepts Shares The Art of The Public Relations Follow Up
I believe that follow-up (well-done, targeted, slightly aggressive follow-up) is crucial to turn a well-planned public relations campaign into a success story. I have seen many a promotion bomb because the team did not: Do Any follow-up calls (Do not be afraid to call! The…
Creative Concepts PR How-Tos: Building Successful Media Lists
Every PR person has to create media lists during their career. From building a list from scratch to accessing your own personal database of names and publications, either way – most clients and their products call for the creation of a media list tailored…
Creative Concepts Strategies for Finding the Best Blogger for Your Brand
Last week, I spoke at the M2Moms conference in Chicago; I spoke to a wide range of brand managers and PR people who are sincerely interested in working with bloggers to get the word out about the products and brands they promote. Over and…
Creative Concepts Notes What to Do and What Not to Do When Pitching To Bloggers and the Media
This link is a great example of every PR person’s worst nightmare: a journalist (or blogger in this case) makes fun of your pitch, shoots you back a snarky response, and it doesn’t end there as you continue to make more mistakes and they continue to…
How the Green Industry Has Embraced and Profited from Social Media
A decade ago, the idea of a green industry seemed like a pipe dream. Environmentalism was still an “outsider” idea, and the smart money was on more (big, irresponsible) business as usual. But in our post-9/11, post-Hurricane Katrina, post-An Inconvenient Truth society, something changed. Suddenly,…
Creative Concepts Does Social Media Right!
The phrase “you’re doing it wrong” has long been the cause of many social media arguments. When one of the basic principles of social marketing is to “just be yourself,” how can you be wrong at being yourself? While the merits of that question can…
Creative Concepts Shares 11 Ways We Help Our Clients Stand Out on Twitter
If you think writing novels (or blog posts) is hard, try tweeting for a living. In most forms of communication, the audience invites you to spin your story and enchant them over time. Even a 30 second TV commercial gives you half a minute to…
Why Your New Media Strategy Can’t Survive Without Old Media
If anyone can publish a blog, create a video or launch a meme, you’d think that Twitter, Facebook and YouTube would be the empires of the new, with the latest self-made stars forever in control of the cultural conversation. And you’d be wrong. A recent…
Here’s a Social Media Secret from Creative Concepts: Brands Are People Who Need Love Too!
Nothing makes a brand (or that brand’s agency) happier than seeing how much their customers love their products and services. And when that love is shared in public via social media, so much the better — especially because that love is so often eclipsed by…