Last week, New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Segal aired his grievances about untargeted PR pitches in an article titled Swatting at a Swarm of Public Relations Spam. He called blanket PR pitching antiquated and a waste of money, urging fellow journalists to contact Vocus, Cision, and similar services and ask to be removed…
These are heady times in the public relations industry with news of layoffs at some of the larger firms and the continued transformation of traditional media practices by social and digital. At RH Strategic, we have always been proud of our position in the PR landscape; our ability to garner great results; and our success…
Seattle, which is one of the home bases for our PR firm, is a hugely crowded technology market. Between the excitement of the startup community in the city and the marketplace domination from the tech behemoths like Microsoft and Amazon, it can be really tough for mid-sized B2B enterprise technology companies to get attention from…
There seems to be a day, a week or a month for just about everything these days – from National Grilled Cheese Day (yes, you can look it up) to World Space Week to International Walk to School Month. Some of these are more interesting and important than others, and some are so important that…
PR pros pride themselves on mastering the art of the written word, but it’s time to get into a new mindset. Pounding out prose to populate press releases, fact sheets and talking points can be all consuming, client-pleasing and often mentally rewarding (“I nailed that lead”). No matter how perfectly fashioned, words on paper sometimes fail to…
My fiancĂ© shared an ad with me recently that was compelling, funny, and true (which also happens to be the basic formula for capturing attention of key audiences). The ad, from the UK’s mobile carrier O2, points out a universal truth about the way we view technology on a day-to-day basis without even mentioning their…
If there’s one thing that really grabs the attention of reporters and readers alike, it has to be data. Facts, figures and stats can really back up a story, add perspective to the market and demonstrate thought leadership for your organization. And one of the hottest trends with data right now is presenting it visually….
One of the ongoing challenges in the PR and Marketing field is a culture where we must be “on” all the time, ready to respond at a moment’s notice, whether it be a crisis response situation or an opportunity to provide thought leadership on a given trend during a short news window. This requires us to…
Last week I attended the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) annual conference in Austin. For over 10 years I have been going to this conference – in person and remotely – to keep abreast of the latest developments in this unique segment of the healthcare IT industry. More Than an Academic Experiment As has been the…
A recent PBS special on the coming-of-age of Silicon Valley reminded me of the excitement I had dreaming up the seemingly endless uses for my family’s first home computer (a Timex Sinclair 1000, with 1.5k of built-in memory, circa 1982), and the epochal significance of the work everyone in the technology sector is doing today,…
You’re ready to launch. Your development team has worked its magic, your distribution and pricing models are set, your shareholders and partners have bought off. All set, right? Too often emerging and established companies leave marketing and PR considerations as the last piece of their launch puzzle. It’s easy to push these elements to the…
Earlier this month, the Puget Sound Business Journal published an article about the growth of Seattle-area businesses involved in fighting cybercrime. The article included our client Stroz Friedberg, which helps business customers manage digital forensics, data breach and cybercrime response, electronic discovery, security risk consulting, and business intelligence. There next to the Front Page headline…
