Explaining PR to your friends and family who don’t do PR
A holiday season gathering wouldn’t be complete without a family member asking what you do for a living. And if you work in public relations, the conversation has probably gone a little like this: “What do you do for a living?” “I work in public relations!” “Wait, do you cover up scandals for a living?” […]
How to Effectively Manage a B2B Social Media Account
At Caster, we believe every business, whether it is B2B, B2C, or B2B2C, benefits from implementing a strategic social media presence, but oftentimes we hear from new B2B clients, “why do we need to be on social media anyway?” Here’s why: Social media offers an enormous potential to reach target audiences at little-to-no cost. It […]
Three Lessons I’ve learned As A PR assistant
After graduating from college, it’s easy to feel like a little fish in a big pond. This past May after I crossed the URI quad to receive my diploma, I remember thinking “I did it! – so now what?” Luckily, I was able to score my first real PR job at Caster. In September I […]
Completing the PR Puzzle – How Smart Advertising Leads to Next Level PR
If you follow the Caster blog, you should already know how important a good PR strategy is to your brand’s success. If not, let me give you a quick rundown on why PR matters. Public Relations is all about communicating the right messages about your brand to the right people (potential and existing customers, business […]
4 Steps for Fruitful Content Strategy
If you don’t have a content program for your marketing and PR, you’re probably about to start one, or you should be thinking about it. The Content Marketing Institute (CMI) reported that content marketing is popular, and growing, with 91% of B2B brands and 86% of B2C brands using it. Quality content brings averages a […]