by Lucy Siegel | Jan 30, 2020 | PRBI Blog
At this time of year, you’ve already been bombarded with articles about emerging trends in public relations; most of them deal in generalities. This post, however, will address a couple of nitty gritty issues you are likely to be facing this year: What kinds of new...
by Lucy Siegel | Jan 15, 2020 | PRBI Blog
If raising PR rates is a scary proposition to you as an agency owner, you have a lot of company. Many business people in a wide range of service industries feel that raising fees is one of the most difficult tasks they face. Nobody wants to lose clients who can’t...
by Lucy Siegel | Dec 20, 2019 | PRBI Blog
Speaking opportunities at events come naturally to those who are recognized as being successful. They can also be proactively sought as a public relations effort to improve company (and executive) visibility and reputation. No matter how they originate, speaking...
by Lucy Siegel | Dec 17, 2019 | PRBI Blog
One of the saddest days in my years as a PR agency owner was when we lost a startup client because our firm wasn’t a well-known brand name (similar to many other boutique PR firms). We had been working for this client for a relatively short time on a trial basis. We...
by Lucy Siegel | Dec 5, 2019 | PRBI Blog
No matter how much experience corporate marketing or communications professionals have, unless they’ve worked in a PR/communications firm they can’t fully appreciate the amount of work that public relations agencies put into preparing a proposal. It’s not uncommon for...