Earn fans with a newsletter
Popular publicity question: “Do I need a newsletter?” If you want to attract attention to your genius, then the answer is yes. You may be an electrician, professional team owner, teacher, sports official, author, doctor, movie producer or anyone else who seeks publicity for their work; the answer is yes. Newsletters don’t get enough credit as a simple way […]
Should you create your own podcast?
It feels like at least a dozen new podcasts are introduced each week. The No. 1 question for anyone who coaches publicity is, who’s listening to the reported 2.4 million shows? The quick answer is revealed in a variety of surveys, but each overwhelmingly identifies white males (54% per earthweb) as the dominant audience, with other demographics growing each month. […]
It’s not PR, it’s Rafa’s heart
Let’s talk mensches. Or menschen if you want to be origin-correct with the Yiddish plural of mensch. Specifically, Rafael Nadal. The 22-major-winning professional tennis player continued to show his menschiness when he left the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London after withdrawing from the tournament as a semifinalist. Nursing a reported seven-millimeter torn […]
There are PR implications with Supreme Court rulings
I’m an emotional person. Sometimes that’s a good thing and other times, well …. I was a bundle of them last week when the Supreme Court announced it was overturning Roe v. Wade which constitutionally gave women the right to safe reproductive healthcare. I went so far in emotional dump writing to call it Taliban-like […]
Marketing and PR have helped Title IX, but how much?
Marketing and public relations have played big roles in the rise of women’s sports, but it’s been athletes on their own who have cemented their value. The 50th anniversary of Title IX has brought about stories of old that many today can’t imagine. Until 1972, women weren’t provided resources to compete in sports at the highest […]
Coach K: a legacy of basketball and publicity
Will Krzyzewskiville go the way of Henman Hill? Only time will tell. The Mike Krzyzewski era is now in the books. And there are volumes. In his 42 years as head basketball coach at Duke University (47 years total as a head coach), Krzyzewski — Coach K – developed a program that won. A lot. That created infinite […]
Uncomfortable PR events in Cleveland no surprise
The backdrop with team logos, microphones and team personnel sitting behind a curtain-draped table … looked like hundreds of other team welcomes, but this was no typical player introduction. In fact, if the Cleveland Browns intended for Deshaun Watson’s first press conference to be business as usual, it missed the mark. To be honest, there may not be any scenario during which someone who publicly accepts a job while facing 22 pending civil lawsuits for sexual misconduct would feel comfortable.
The end of BradyBall is a bummer
Have you ever had an awesome weekend that you wish would never end That’s the way I felt when now-former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady pretty much officially but didn’t say the word, “retired” from the National Football League. Tom Brady, pictured with football broadcast analyst, Charles Davis, won six […]
Aaron Rodgers goes for two; doubles down on I’s, me’s and COVID claims
This post was initially published in gpublicity’s newsletter, SIDEbar, November 11, 2021. I, I, I, me, me, me … If Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers approached his regularly scheduled hit with the Pat McAfee Show this week to tame widespread criticism that followed his Friday appearance, I don’t think it worked. If Rodgers’ feelings were hurt, […]
Aaron Rodgers’s smart guy image takes a hit
This post was originally published in SIDEbar, gpublicity’s newsletter. If we learned one thing during the last week it’s the difference between the words “vaccinate” and “immunize.” When Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers told media in August that he was vaccinated against COVID, his eyes veered downward, and he said he was “immunized.” To me, it felt […]