In 2020, viral marketing has become a common tactic especially in the world of influencers. Those couple minutes or days of fame bring a lot of publicity to a brand or name but can have many downfalls. Related Post: Why Influencer Marketing Is Crucial To Media...
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Selling Through Uncertainty
The way people buy, sell, and work has drastically changed over the past eight months. The days of face-to-face interactions and handshakes have been put on pause, indefinitely, and many are wondering how to adjust. Is it still possible to build a pipeline and close...
Principles of Crisis Communications
We’re almost at the end of 2020 and a lot of us are wondering if it could get any worse. This year, many brands learned tough lessons when it came to crisis communications. To ensure you’re not one of them, prepare your crisis management strategy so you’re able to...
Crafting An Unforgettable Pitch: 5 Tips to Make Your Story Irresistible to Media
Everyone wants media coverage, but with inboxes filling up faster than ever and news being shouted from every platform, sometimes it can feel impossible to get noticed by the media. It’s not enough to just distribute a press release over the wire. According to Oberlo,...
10 Common Webinar Mistakes to Avoid in 2020
Webinars have become an effective tool to showcase your product to an audience while also keeping them informed on a topic they’ve always wanted to learn more about. Especially now in 2020 when working from home is the new norm, webinars have become an increasingly...
UPRAISE Leads the Pack on PR According to Clutch
Our team here at UPRAISE has some incredibly exciting news to share with all of you! Clutch just issued a press release where they listed us as one of California’s top PR firms! All aspects of PR are essential to a growing business, and it makes sense to utilize one...
Preparing to Pitch Media in a Post-Pandemic World
2020 changed everything: how and where we work, the way we communicate, the way we greet one another, and how we pitch media. At the beginning of the pandemic, the news cycle was extremely chaotic. Reporters that used to cover business quickly began exclusive...
What a Great Time to be a Fintech Startup!
Fintech is one of a few market sectors where growth during the pandemic has accelerated. In fact, the fintech sector is predicted to reach $305 billion in sales by 2025, a 22% CAGR. We’re excited to work with one fintech leader, Redrock Biometrics, which develops...
5 Ways to Keep Your Marketing Database Clean
An inaccurate marketing database can plague an organization for many reasons, but the most pressing one is the issue of lead quality. In fact, U.S. companies say that, on average, 30% of their data is inaccurate. When your marketing team sends unqualified leads to...
Harness the Power of Listings and Reviews
We often recommend to clients that part of their marketing programs include building out a presence in web directories and securing positive reviews of their company and products or services. With hundreds of potential directories on which to list your company and...
How COVID-19 Affects Real World Behaviors
It’s safe to say, 2020 is unlike any year in history. As the pandemic is still ongoing and it’s long-lasting impact is still unknown, the people at Foursquare took the step (no pun intended) to track foot traffic data in a variety of places to see how the virus is...
Pro Tips for Instagram Business Accounts
Instagram is one of the most popular social media apps with over 1 billion people using it monthly. According to Hootsuite, 200 million Instagram users visit at least one business profile daily and 1/3 of the most viewed stories are from businesses. Here are some tips...
Why Influencer Marketing is Crucial to Media Relations Success
As social media continues to grow by leaps and bounds, popular networks such as Instagram and Twitter have become some of the most crowded corners of the internet. With so much happening so quickly on social media networks, is it even possible for brands to stand out...
Digital Disruption: How Technology is Changing the PR Industry
Technology drives constant change and innovation for all industries, but how is the PR industry adapting to new services and platforms that are drastically reshaping industry practices? Media Monitoring Software Being able to semi-automate some of the most...
8 Best Practices for Podcast Marketing
So you started a podcast. Great! Now what? Having an interesting topic and a few good episodes are not enough to gain listeners and subscribers. With a large population working from home and having less interactions, podcasts are becoming more and more popular. What...