Grunig & Hunt’s Models of Communication Visualized

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  Grunig & Hunt’s Models Communications academics Drs. Grunig and Hunt identified four relationship models: two-way symmetrical two-way asymmetrical public information press agentry These models form the basis of traditional organizational communications programs — but are largely limited to formal “message” or narrative-driven activities. There have been many attempts to quantify the value of usingContinue Reading

Growing A Startup Is Like A Game Of Football

A Game of Inches

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This afternoon I watched a pick-up game of football.  Almost every play was an attempt at a long pass.  Most were incomplete. It’s a problem I see regularly with startup and small business marketing strategies.  Rather than moving the ball down the field with a combination of short runs and passes, the go-to play isContinue Reading

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PR Problems? What they are, and what they aren’t!

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I read articles that talk about a company having a PR problems multiple times every day.  Most of the problems that are described aren’t. They’re operational problems; reputation problems; ethics problems.  They might be a problem that the communications department within the organization but they’re not public relations problems. That’s not to say that thereContinue Reading

The Traditional public relations business model doesn’t work

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The PR industry is hiding a dirty little secret that it doesn’t want you to find out about.  Don’t tell anybody I told you… but the traditional PR ‘sausage factory’ of client win… press release… e-mail/wire distribution… media outreach… interview… coverage… product release… press release… email/wire distribution… media outreach… interview… coverage… [repeat to fade] doesn’t work anyContinue Reading