Dec. 28th, 2021

The Blurb On The Back:

Once upon a time, public relations departments and agencies had no way to effectively tell their clients’ stories other than through the mainstream media. Journalists, editors, and analysts were ultimately the mouthpieces for every PR campaign. Then came the age of digital disruption and now PR professionals can tae full control over their messages, deliver the directly to the intended audiences, and accurately quantify the return on investment. Inbound PR tells the story of how inbound marketing can refresh, expand, and optimise PR for today’s connected world.

Written by a global thought teacher at HubSpot, the pioneering software company behind inbound marketing, Illiyana Starve applies her expertise for growing businesses with inbound marketing to PR in an innovative methodology that both grows your PR business and your network of engaged media contacts. This step-by-step road map to amplifying your PR influence to standout levels gives you practical guidance on using the attention-grabbing content you already produce to raise awareness, generate leads, and delight them into followers.

The secret to this game-changing approach is measuring results. Forget about advertising value equivalents that only measure cost, and start calculating the meaningful bottom-line returns your work generates in the four major types of media with a turnkey framework. Specifically written for everyone in the day-to-day mechanisms of PR and especially agency owners, this custom-fit guidebook enables you to embrace metrics and put analytics at the centre of your campaigns and organisation so that you can make highly informed, data-based decisions that give state-of-the-art leaders a competitive advantage.

This go-to resource makes transforming your business into an inbound PR agency simply and profitable by giving you:
- A proven, seven-step process for writing the best positioning strategy for your agency and practical advice on defining and packaging Inbound PR services into a twelve-month retainer
- Detailed systems for taking an inbound approach to media relations, including creating a robust online newsroom specifically for journalists, bloggers, producers, etc
- Actionable guidance for working every step of the inbound process, from attracting leads into your sales funnel, nurturing them, and finally retaining a new client.

Stop pushing your message and chasing clients by attracting them all to your brand with Inbound PR.


The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )

The Verdict:

Ilyana Stareva is a global partner program manager at HubSpot and runs a highly regarded blog discussing inbound PR. This book is aimed at people who run PR agencies but is still useful for clients who are looking to get something extra from external PR advisors. Be aware though that it is repetitive, lacks detail on how to use the techniques described and is silent on GDPR considerations (a notable omission in these data sensitive times).

Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
The Blurb On The Back:

Five things that happen in this book that you DO NOT WANT TO MISS:
1. I appear on ACTUAL TV.
2. My teacher LITERALLY tells us to P.E.E. in class.
3. I locate dead people’s lost jewellery in exchange for luxury BISCUITS.
4. I discover where you can get FREE HOT CHOCOLATE.
5. I find out about a HUGE secret my mums have been keeping from me.

WARNING: Janey has been extra painy recently (one thing that might put you off).


The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )

The Verdict:

The second in Jen Carney’s self-illustrated ACCIDENTAL DIARY series for readers aged 9+ is an enjoyable read with good inclusivity (notably its matter-of-fact attitude to adoption). Billie’s obliviousness is quite endearing, the humour’s silly in a good way and I enjoyed the frenemy thing going on between her and Janey, but there was slightly too many poo jokes for me and the resolution to the Billie/Janey rivalry was a bit pat.

THE ACCIDENTAL DIARY OF B.U.G: BASICALLY FAMOUS was released in the United Kingdom on 19th August 2021. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.

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