Fall has arrived, and with it a nice boost in Bulldog Reporter traffic on the heels of the summer slowdown. With September being one of our most popular months, we brought our A game, piling up some of our biggest readership numbers of the year. Leading the pack were...
Don’t wait until you’ve “made it”: Five reasons why startups need PR
As a startup founder, you have a lot on your plate. You're not just building the product and getting it to market; you're working on customer support, fundraising, pitching investors, communicating with partners and vendors, managing employees—the list goes on. With...
5 ways PR and customer service support each other
How do the customers feel while interacting with our brand? This question frames a brand's most crucial decisions, both in person and digital. The reason? A great customer experience is pivotal to a brand's reputation and long-term growth as it promotes customer...
ICYMI: Bulldog’s Top 10 most popular posts in August
With summer in full swing, Bulldog Reporter was also in top gear, with some notable traffic driven by tactics-focused articles and byline contributions throughout the month of August. Topics of our most popular posts included driving PR strategy with social media, the...
Level up your crisis communications: How an integrated PR platform will transform your crisis preparation, response, and outcome
Infinite crisis possibilities loom on the horizon, threatening chaos, anxiety, and reputational harm. The consequences of delivering a delayed, incorrect, or tone-deaf response are costly. Your organization must prioritize responding in a timely and appropriate manner...
Integrated marketing and communications for PR pros: Agility webinar recap
Anika Jackson started out in marketing long before she got into public relations. “I don’t think I made the connection between the two because I worked with them in silos,” says Anika, in her intro to the August webinar for Agility, “A Successful Union: Integrated...
5 Important KPIs for PR
Key performance indicators (KPIs) are measurable indicators of progress that show if you are achieving set objectives. Before you determine what KPIs you should set for your PR objectives, you need to know what overarching business goal you will be aligning your PR...
ICYMI: Bulldog’s Top 10 most popular posts in July
As summer rolls along, Bulldog Reporter’s post traffic keeps on chugging as well, with another big month of high readership in July. Some of our newsier research articles were among the leading posts last month, addressing timely topics such as the impact of a...
PR Profiles, Episode 14: A Conversation with Lindsey Groepper, President of BLASTmedia
PR needs a seat at the table—but it won’t happen so long as the C-suite views PR as a luxury and not a necessity. This idea has been a prominent theme over the past thirteen months of PR Profiles, and it came up once again in Episode 14 with guest Lindsey Groepper,...
The 5 PR measurement mistakes sabotaging your success: Agility webinar recap
Jeremy Parkin, Manager of Data Analytics & Media Intelligence at Agility PR Solutions has some good news when it comes to PR measurement: “You don’t need to be a numbers person to powerfully leverage data in your work.” You do, however, need to avoid making five...
7 lessons I’ve learned from a decade of pitching journalists that will boost your results
Did you know that an average media reporter receives five pitches per day, but crafts only up to five publications per week? Only 25% of the stories written by journalists come from pitches. That’s why you need to work out some winning approaches to slip your content...
Thoughts on PR from a 2022 grad: Julia reflects on her university experience and the lessons learned
In November of 2016, I was thrilled to be accepted to the University of Ottawa and Algonquin College's joint honors Bachelor of Arts Public Relations program. My university education helped me build self-confidence and independence, allowed me to enjoy exciting...