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When business is tough, your PR matters more - not less

When a business struggles, trust becomes everything. Customers, partners, and employees all start asking the same question: “Will this company still be here tomorrow?” Contrary to perception, this is actually the time you may need to consider doubling down on your PR, but you don’t need to retain your current PR agency to do so.

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60 second PR: Are you pitching the right media?

Using the media to get your company in front of your target audiences is hard and time consuming. Whilst tempting to focus your PR outreach on high-profile media outlets with large audiences, this could be a waste of your time and budget.

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Not getting the media coverage your business wants?

It is reported that 1 in 5 businesses who pitch their stories to the media actually achieve the coverage they want - most don’t generate any at all. There are some factors in-house teams cannot influence, but many more that they can.

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When is the best time to send a press release to a journalist

This question comes up time and again, and the answers are endless. From distribution platforms to marketing media, monitoring providers, and the PR industry itself, guidance is often varied and contradictory. So, what is the best time to pitch your stories to the media?

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Marcoms MD interviewed by ITV News, Reuters and others on personal branding and reputation

We’ve spent decades doing PR for others - we also do it for ourselves too. As a specialist in personal and executive branding, MarComs People’s managing director has recently been interviewed by several of the biggest news networks for his views and insights on one of the biggest stories of the year so far - ‘Brand Beckham.’

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Why communicating ‘value’ is key to PR success

Transforming the way your internal marketing teams does PR from it being a box-ticking activity to becoming a driver of brand authority is often down to this: adopting a value-first approach to your media storytelling.

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Is ‘thought leadership’ right for you?

Thought leadership status can never be claimed – it has to be earned. Key to achieving this is your ability to articulate and communicate your ideas and insights.

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