When we get new business inquiries at Clearpoint Agency we often find the potential client is trying to decide between hiring a large agency or a smaller PR agency. We firmly believe that organizations get the best “bang for the buck” when using a small firm. Here’s why: 1) No Account Team Bait-and-Switch This is a real pet peeve of …
5 Similarities Between Baseball and PR
When you hear the words pitching, hit and home run, the first thing that probably comes to mind is baseball. But after working for a PR firm and spending many of my summer nights and weekends at the ballpark, I have come to realize baseball and PR have many parallels. Teamwork – Both Baseball and PR are team efforts. Whether …
Clearpoint Agency Earns Three More Awards
Public relations, social media and digital marketing agency has been recognized by PRSA, Health Care Communicators of San Diego County, and PR Daily over its 13-year history SAN DIEGO – Oct. 27, 2015 – Clearpoint Agency, Inc., a public relations and digital marketing firm, received three awards at last week’s San Diego Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Edward L. …
Misconceptions About Public Relations – An Insider’s Perspective
When I was younger, I never really understood the point of public relations. The first time it was described to me, I thought it was a more upscale and esoteric version of advertising, with the occasional writing task and a lot of PowerPoint presentations. With that uninformed perspective, of course, I thought it sounded easy. But as I grew up …
Substance Or Style? 10 Things to Consider When Hiring a PR Firm
Working with a public relations firm can help your company generate buzz and differentiate against your competition, creating awareness of products and services as well as improving brand identity. A good PR firm will create messaging, develop a customized communications strategy, manage your corporate reputation, communicate with your audiences, pitch the media on your behalf, and even build loyalty with …
5 Ways Video Content Drives Results for Your Brand
Videos are a mainstay for the modern marketer and for any business wanting to compete for attention online. Engagement rates are often higher with video than with other forms of marketing content today. Competing for attention in a vast marketplace is challenging, demanding and often confusing for marketers and content managers. Utilizing video will help get attention for your brand …
Five Tips to Make Your Business Facebook Page a Success
Today it seems like everyone is on Facebook. That’s probably because more than half of the United States population has a profile. Even Grandma writes “happy birthday” on your timeline. The good news is Facebook isn’t just for catching up with grandma or posting pictures of your cat anymore, it is an effective marketing tool for business! According to HubSpot …
The Press Release is Not Dead
The value of press releases has been a topic for debate for a few years now, and we heard it discussed recently on a PRSA Google+ Hangout with several top Los Angeles tech reporters. That inspired us to give our answer: we contend the press release is not dead! Coincidentally, so did all of the LA reporters on the Google+ …
The Life of a PR Professional
I was recently asked to create a video to share with Public Relations and Marketing students at SDSU. The goal was to hear from PR professionals about their experiences working in the field. In particular, they had two questions: what I wish someone had told me about PR, and what my favorite part about working in PR is. We thought …
Awards are expensive, labor intensive and stressful – and we highly recommend them!
Recently our public relations firm received three Bernays Awards from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) for media relations, internal communications and blogs. We also recently placed as a finalist in PR Daily’s Digital PR Awards 2013 for best website for our agency’s website redesign. Clearpoint Agency has been entering and winning these types of awards throughout its 11 …
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