63% of PR professionals in India who participated in the 2nd Unofficial Indian Public Relations Survey on India PR Blog ‘are happy’ being in the PR profession, while 30% are ‘ok’, and 7% are ‘not happy’.
The top reasons cited by those who are not happy being in the PR profession include ‘lack of job satisfaction’ [...]

79% of journalists out of 29,000 polled turn to social networking for news leads and 62% obtain less than 10% of their content from PR firms today. One-in-three journalists contribute to blogs. 91% of journalists prefer to be contacted by email and 70% rely heavily on visual attachments. And because of the evolving social media, [...]

Here is a list of select media relations tips from PR professionals and journalists who participated in the recent online survey ‘Media Relations Best Practices‘ on this blog. Check them out:

Stick to the facts, understand what is news and what is not.
Journalists are rated on the basis of exclusive stories they generate everyday. If [...]

What is the best way to issue a press release? What time of the day do we issue a press release and on which day of the week? How do PR professionals pitch for a story and what are the most-preferred options? Recently we conducted an online survey ‘Media Relations Best Practices‘ on this blog [...]

Who would know how to work with the media better than PR people. So if we can collate our thoughts and get some value-additions on about our media-relations practice, it’d be nice. This is a simple survey and it will be interesting to know the PR industry’s feedback. Do give it two minutes.

Example question: Rank [...]

Forbes.com reported on the latest results of the World’s most respected companies poll.
‘Reputation’ has become a watchword in the corporate world, and safeguarding a company’s image is now a top priority for many CEOs. That’s one reason why the Reputation Institute, a New York consulting firm, decided to rate the reputations of the biggest companies [...]