by Alan S. Morrison | Oct 22, 2020 | brand awarness, communications, Local News, marketing, PR, public relations, Trust
[6-minute read] Local newspapers are well past their heyday in sales and the big companies which own the vast majority of them are struggling financially. But there are several reasons why you should still look seriously at them when planning to do some media...
by Alan S. Morrison | Sep 14, 2020 | brand awarness, communications, marketing, PR, public relations, reputation, Reputation management, Sales
When it comes to talking to any potential commercial client about why they should consider using PR, it always comes that moment where they ask me the same ‘$64,000’ question – how will this bring me new business? It’s a very fair question and one which you deserve a...
by Alan S. Morrison | Sep 7, 2020 | communications, marketing, PR, public relations, reputation, Reputation management
Most people who’ve heard of or seen the term ‘PR’ or ‘Public Relations’, often in the news, have an understanding of what they think it is. But, for various reasons, what they understand is usually either wrong or, at best, only a partial picture. What they typically...
by Alan S. Morrison | Aug 18, 2020 | communications, marketing
This month’s print edition of Wired UK has a great piece in the Ideas Bank section about how marketer Jose Miguel Sokoloff and his team at Lowe-SSP3 in Colombia helped the struggle against the FARC guerilla movement there by using clever marketing techniques. Careful...
by Alan S. Morrison | Jul 28, 2020 | advertising, communications, copywriting, marketing, Sales
In last week’s blog, I wrote about the third step in the AIDA model of advertising, Desire. This week it’s the turn of the final step – Action! By this point you’ve honked the car horn at your target customer, they’ve turned their head, you’ve got their interest in...
by Alan S. Morrison | Jul 20, 2020 | advertising, communications, copywriting, marketing, PR, public relations, Sales, stakeholder management
In last week’s blog, I wrote about the second step in the AIDA model of advertising, Interest. This week it’s the turn of Desire. By this point you’ve honked the car horn at your target person, they’ve turned their head and you’ve got them interested in the idea of...
