The PR Wine Down

In the virtual recording booth this week, our hosts welcome Donna Loughlin, founder and president of Loughlin/Michaels Group PR (LMGPR). She's here to chat with April and Laura about the evolution of the Silicon Valley tech scene and how the pandemic has changed trade shows and supply chain issues for the tech sector. Together, they also discuss Donna's advice for female entrepreneurs and PR pros seeking to find a better work-life balance. April and Laura also share their best practices for crafting the perfect press release for rookie publicists and seasoned practitioners alike. They also cover the latest news on the rise of independent newsletters and freelance journalism, with a discussion on how Substack and Facebook Bulletin have attracted high-profile reporters and commentators to their ranks.

Read the PR News of the Week here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/journalists-venture-beyond-their-newsrooms-to-try-to-cash-in-11635606509

Learn more about Donna’s work here: https://www.lmgpr.com/

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Happy Holidays from the PR Wine Down team! In this special episode, hosts April and Laura are closing out the year by unwrapping the best listener horror story submissions from the past year. Pour some nog, kick back and relax as we revisit some tales of holiday horror to keep your spirits bright and start off 2022 the right way. The lineup includes stories and advice about: a client who went off-script during a live interview, an account executive working with limited senior guidance, inappropriate behavior from an executive-level boss, tough reporter feedback and a PR pro who got sick during a major client meeting.

You can find the original episodes containing the stories from this year's roundup below:

Horror Story 1: Episode 41: Cristina Dennstedt - Pandemic Branding Pivots & the Remote Work Reckoning

Horror Story 2: Episode 46: Jenn McManus-Goode - Managing Clients, Accounts and Tough Conversations

Horror Stories 3 & 4: Episode 50: Halloween Special: Media Mishaps & Tricks of the Trade

Horror Story 5: Episode 47: Rick Smith - Content Syndication 101

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This week on the podcast, April and Laura sit down in the virtual recording booth with Anna Boudinot! She's the the CEO and founder of the Mustard and Moxie content marketing agency, and she's here to break down the differences between owned and earned media. Together, they chat through the best ways to ensure your brand has an iron-clad content strategy to support effective media relations and rich storytelling. Our hosts also offer some training tips for how to conduct a new business pitch with your agency team, and share a new Anonymous PR Horror Story from a listener whose dream job turned out to be more of a nightmare. April and Laura also analyze the handling of and public response to the Dave Chappelle comedy special on Netflix, and share their hot takes on Facebook's rebranding as "Meta."

Read the PR News of the Week here:

Netflix: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/netflix-strikes-softer-tone-ahead-of-worker-walkout-over-dave-chappelles-anti-trans-comments/

Facebook: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/19/22735612/facebook-change-company-name-metaverse

Learn more about Anna's work here: https://www.mustardandmoxie.com/

Connect with Trust Relations on our website at https://www.trustrelations.agency/

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This week on the PR Wine Down, our hosts welcome Kaila Przymus, CEO of KMO Consulting. Kaila specializes in generating high-revenue affiliate-based PR programs, and she's here to walk us through the key elements of a successful affiliate program, from setting up your links, to boosting your pitches, to landing placements that can generate revenue for years to come. April and Laura also discuss best practices for managing reporter relationships when a media contact goes dark — even after an interview. In this week's PR News segment, April and Laura take a critical look at the PR strategies business leaders should consider when navigating vaccine mandates for their employees and customers; they also touch on the recent Facebook whistleblower interview and discuss the role of data privacy in media today. As always, they also read the latest Anonymous PR Horror Story to land in their inboxes, this time from a listener whose client failed to pay for their PR services.

Read the PR News of the Week here: 

https://www.inc.com/brit-morse/vaccine-mandates-employee-walkout-strikes-business-covid.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/03/tech/facebook-whistleblower-60-minutes/index.html

Learn more about Kaila's work here: https://www.kmoconsulting.co/

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On the show this week, out hosts are sitting down in the virtual recording booth with special guest Mandy Menaker, the Global Head of PR at ClassPass! She's here to share her experience leading the health and wellness brand throughout each phase of the pandemic, and discuss how using metrics can help communicators to generate meaningful stories even in challenging times. April and Laura also chat about a recent NPR report uncovering one man's experience with false accusations reported in the Wall Street Journal, and discuss the impact of reporting revisions and SEO for negative press. Your favorite hosts also offer advice for navigating common questions during client media training sessions, and share an Anonymous PR Horror Story from the audience about a client with a tendency to stretch the truth during interviews.

Learn more about Mandy's work here: https://www.mandymenaker.com/

Learn more about ClassPass here: https://classpass.com/

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Stop the presses — Season Two is here! Join us this week for The PR Wine Down Anniversary Special, as our hosts April and Laura grab a glass and reflect on their first year in the virtual recording booth together! With special guest Brandy Whalen, co-founder of Kitcaster and CEO of Whalen Media, they're discussing all things PR and podcasting. April and Laura also throw it back to re-read our first-ever Anonymous PR Horror Story submission — still as chilling as ever — and take a walk down memory lane to chat about the highs and lows of starting the show. Thank you for joining us, and cheers to another year!

Learn more about Brandy's work here: https://kitcaster.com/

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The PR Wine Down Halloween Special is back from the grave! If you loved our Halloween episode last year, you're in for a treat. Our hosts April and Laura are getting into the spirit of the season with back-to-back PR Horror Stories, and a lineup of ghastly tales from the news this week. This year, our hosts are sharing the tricks of the trade for handling horrifying media feedback on a pitch gone wrong, and responding to one listeners' encounter with some frightfully inappropriate workplace antics. They're also diving into recent coverage of a branding nightmare at AT&T and assessing the fate of Instagram's kid-focused platform. 

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On the podcast this week, we are welcoming Trust Relations' fabulous account director, Sofia Coon! Sofia is here to share about her experience in carving a unique path in the PR field, including her experiences working at agencies large and small, as well as some lessons learned from working on an in-house communications team and now as a full-time freelancer. April and Laura also chat about the dos and don'ts of staffing a client kickoff meeting, and take a deep look at Fortune's decision to postpone its CEOI conference over fears of disruptions from newsroom staffers who planned to picket the event. As always, our hosts share an anonymous PR Horror Story from the audience — this time, about a PR pro who found himself on the receiving end of a scathing Tweet from a reporter.

Read the PR News of the Week here: https://www.thedailybeast.com/fortune-ceo-postpones-major-event-after-magazine-staffers-plan-to-str

Learn more about Sofia here: https://www.sofiakathryn.com/ and https://www.trustrelations.agency/meet-your-dream-team/sofia-coon

Connect with Trust Relations on our website at https://www.trustrelations.agency/

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This week on the PR Wine Down, our hosts are joined by Lee Caraher. She's the CEO of Double Forte, a national independent PR and communications agency, and an acclaimed communications strategist. She's wining down this week on the show to discuss the work Double Forte is doing to close the gender "Say Gap" in PR, evaluate how PR has changed over recent decades and discuss what small brands can do to make a splash in the news media today. April and Laura also deliver a new Anonymous PR Horror story featuring an account coordinator who offered inappropriate advice, discuss gender dynamics in the workplace today and chat about the latest viral Tweet in journalism this week.

Learn more about Lee's work here: https://leecaraher.com/

Read Anna Merlan's Twitter thread from the PR News of the Week segment here: https://twitter.com/annamerlan/status/1430914345525911559

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On the show this week, April and Laura welcome Rick Smith, Founder and CEO at NewsUSA and NewsCanada. He's here to discuss his experience in the content syndication business, including the differences between a press release and a mat release, how video syndication can complement a company's marketing strategy and where the future lies for independent content creators. Our hosts also discuss the latest Anonymous PR Horror Story to land in their inboxes, this time about an account lead learning to manage an overzealous new hire, and share tips on the questions clients always ask when they've been burned by PR in the past. They also deliver the latest PR industry news on The New York Times' subscription newsletter launch -- featuring a bonus baseball story from Laura! 

Learn more about Rick's work here: https://www.newsusa.com/

NewsUSA discount code: APRIL500

Read the PR News of the Week here: https://www.businessinsider.com/the-new-york-times-makes-hires-for-newsletter-project-2021-7

Connect with Trust Relations on our website at https://www.trustrelations.agency/

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