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Effective B2B public relations transcends basic networking, shaping perceptions and...

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Manufacturing businesses are often so deeply entrenched in the production and delivery of...

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Growing a supply chain business can be challenging. Even if you do good work, it’s not...

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Editor's Note: Digital PR focuses on creating and promoting "linkable assets"—valuable...

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As your business grows, you'll want to consider expanding your reach to new audiences by ...

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There’s no doubt that Digital PR is an important part of any successful public relations...

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As a business professional, you know that podcasting is a great way to reach new...

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Dallas-Fort Worth is a major technology hub, and it's home to some of the top tech...

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When it comes to public relations, many businesses tend to focus on the short term. They...

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Are you launching a B2B SaaS startup? Developing an effective public relations strategy...

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In today’s constantly changing PR landscape where new technologies, methods, strategies,...

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Carefully tracking and analyzing media placements is one of the most vital and...

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Earlier this month, Idea Grove CEO Scott Baradell delivered the closing keynote at the...

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As public relations practitioners, we know a lot of preparation and hard work goes into...

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Public relations is hard work; B2B public relations is even harder. The audience you’re...

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Staying up to date in an industry that’s constantly evolving, like public relations,...

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Even before our COVID-inspired economic downturn, the media world—and especially print...

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We talk a lot about the importance of having something original to say. Effective PR and...

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Once upon a time, Americans started their day with a cup of coffee and the morning...

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There's a phrase we are seeing and hearing everywhere. In newscasts. In industry blog...

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We’ve been having a lot of conversations at Idea Grove about the one-two punch of the...

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As the COVID-19 pandemic spurs more industry convention and trade show cancellations,...

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As we kick off a new decade, it’s a great time for companies to evaluate how each of...

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What does it mean to have authority? When you speak, do others listen? It’s something...

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PR pros see it all the time. A company’s communications team secures an impressive...

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As public relations professionals, we spend much of our time trying to secure coverage...

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One of our primary objectives as publicists is to secure consistent, relevant media...

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I came across a story on "happiness lessons" being offered to schoolchildren in the U.K....

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Neil Foote, a journalism and communications lecturer at the University of North Texas and...

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When news broke in the summer of 2006 that Mark Cuban was entering the journalism game as...

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Most working journalists have to deal with hundreds, if not thousands, of press releases...

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If you work in the world of public relations or marketing, you’ve heard it 100 times...

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It’s no secret that clients want to see results when those end-of-month and...

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Every company wants to grow and has its eye set on the prize: more prospects, customers,...

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The scenario is all too familiar for many CMOs. Your team has been working for months on...

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It’s impossible to overstate how important media relations is to our clients. But while...

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What value does a message have if it’s not directed to the correct audience? It’s almost...

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The world of brand communications is getting increasingly difficult to navigate. In the...

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Most companies know that marketing to customers is imperative to maintaining a...

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The world of B2B technology is exploding but, as with nearly every space with the...

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Most technology companies understand that marketing is an important part of elevating...

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If you are a small, medium or enterprise class business-to-business technology company,...

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As the technology sector actively grows larger and more convoluted every year, our...

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Many companies take an “If you build it, they will come” approach to their media...

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Let’s face it, media relations isn’t always a walk in the park. It can be a challenge to...

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Your team is pumped. The deal you’ve been working on or the product you’ve been...

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I remember the day I became addicted to the news. It was the day after the 2000...

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You’ve gone through the RFP process. You’ve made your decision. Contract terms have been...

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For any growing B2B technology company, engaging a PR firm is a smart move, and one...

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At some point, most B2B technology companies will hit a point in their growth when the...

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Being a consultative advisor on PR is one of the best jobs in the world. But having a...

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Much of what we do in PR lends itself to repeatable tasks. If you have a perception...

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Recently I took some time off to visit Big Bend National Park for a couple of days. I was...

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The world of PR is ever-changing. It’s all too easy to get lost in the crowd of PR...

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PR professionals know that work can sometimes seem like a juggling act. Whether you’re...

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In the world of public relations, you have to run to keep up. The landscape is constantly...

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If you’re a technology vendor, an industry analyst relations (AR) program can go a long...

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2014 has been a year of great moments in social media, as well as more than a few ...

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Tech PR firms have long struggled to provide their clients with hard proof of a...

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The American Business Awards, also known as the Stevie Awards, recently named Idea Grove...

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Gini Dietrich, the PR pro behind Arment Dietrich, Spin Sucks and Spin Sucks Pro, recently...

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(This post originally appeared in 2006. It's a different ethics world today. So you might...

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When I launched the Idea Grove in 2005, I had never worked for or led a marketing firm or...

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(Author's update: RiseSmart's heightened profile helped lift it from two guys with a...

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Our Silicon Valley client RiseSmart, which provides outplacement and recruitment...

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Before I started the Idea Grove, I was a senior corporate communications executive for...

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Blogs are by nature personal. Therein lies the beauty -- as well as the danger -- of...

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We just had a call from someone from a company that did not like what we said about them...

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We’ve already explained why reporters aren’t too good at exposing things like the Enron...

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Hugh Macleod, after boasting that he is “doing nothing but make money via blogs,” ripped...

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(Author's note: Blogger relations memories, circa 2006.)

Gawker has an e-mail exchange...

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(Author's note: "Fake news" circa 2005.)

A man named Ed Klein leads the team at Parade...

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Media Orchard stumbled upon an interesting site called Top 10...

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(Author's note: This blog post is a golden oldie -- or moldy oldie, depending on your...

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I originally posted here, back in 2005, some links to blogger analyses of the...

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The senior internal PR person is one of the most important leaders within an organization...

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As the Wall Street Journal reports, CNOOC, the state-owned Chinese oil company, is...

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Crisis communications is PR playing defense. I've worked crises ranging from workplace...

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(Author's note: This post was written amid the comparatively quaint media landscape of...

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I know what it's like to be the client of a public relations agency. As a senior...

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The Idea Grove team helped our partner law firms, Forrest Weldon and Duncan Stubbs, to develop a communications strategy and raise awareness of their case against Bayer’s harmful Roundup product—ultimately resulting in a $1.56 billion verdict against Bayer. Idea Grove consistently provided us with senior counsel, often on little notice—one of the great values of working with a quality boutique.

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Managing Partner, Excelsior Dynamic Capital

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ALPLA is a global manufacturer and recycler of plastic products. We sought out Idea Grove to help us to build awareness of our sustainability initiatives and to advocate for recycling in the North American market. Scott's team has been a perfect partner for us in building visibility and engagement for this initiative.

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Communications & Corporate Responsibility Manager, ALPLA

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