1. May 1, 2009

    How to Keep Your Public Relations Strategy “On Message”

    A politician gets asked about abortion and the answer somehow comes back to education. They’re asked about tax reform and the answer relates to education. Foreign policy is inexplicably linked to, you guessed it, education. What’s going on here? The politicians are using messaging points, the essential and core elements of an argument or pitch. It’s the message that you want to get across, regardless of the subject. It’s like getting a piece of press on “your terms.” Too often, success in public relations is measured by how much publicity you get. But if the publicity isn’t “on message,” what good is it? (Read more…)

  2. March 23, 2009

    Are You Unhappy with Your Public Relations Job?

    These days it seems like everyone I know in the public relations game is looking for a new job. If nothing else, the sheer amount of people I know looking for a change in the public relations industry–I honestly believe that about 50 percent of the PR reps I know are looking to change employers–signals that PR vets and newbies alike are feeling less secure about their actual responsibilities as the definition of “public relations” continues to evolve. (Read more…)

  3. February 25, 2009

    Do You Have What it Takes for a Career in Public Relations?

    A PR Fuel reader recently wrote to ask if I had any advice for someone looking to start a career in public relations. Of course I do! (Read more…)