The Spin Sucks Podcast with Gini Diet...

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What's Up With All the Extra Work?
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Meausuring the Work We Do
Measuring the succes and impact of the work they do is one of the biggest challenges that communicators face. Today on the Spin Sucks podcast Gini Deitrich is talking about how to track, measure and communicate the results of the campaigns you run.
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Using Our Powers for Good
There are a few bad apples that seriously damage the reputaiton of every industry, and PR is no different. Today, Gini Dietrich is talking about how critical it is that professional communicators act with integrity.
8 min
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The Many Benefits of Introverts in Business
Today, Gini Dietrich is talking about the different things introverts bring to the table, and how to make sure they're able to contribute the value they bring to the table - without making them completely miserable.
8 min
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Break the Rules to Discover New Ideas
Sometimes breaking the rules is exactly what you need to succeed.
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Have You Seen What's Happened Now?
That's the question we're asking each other, and ourselves every week now, and when life and work are a pressure cooker of things to worry about, Gini Dietrich wants us to remember to take care of ourselves, and shares some ideas for how to do it.
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Be Nervous, But Also Be Ready
There is reason to be nervous about the economy, and what is going to be happening in the coming months and years. But, it's all going to be okay.
8 min
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[REPLAY] The Differences between Marketing, C...
What drives Gini Dietrich absolutely batty? Thinking that the different elements of communication are totally different fields that stand alone. We're all communicators whether we're in email marketing or crisis communications or anything in between. Listen to this week's episode to find out why.
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Do You Really Want To Go Viral?
Lots of companies are hoping for thier big PR break - but most companies don't have the story to make it happen - and don't really know what they'd do if it did.
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Highlights from Muck Rack's 2022 State of PR Su...
This year's Muck Rack state of PR survey is out and it's a doozy. Gini Dietrich is breaking it down and talking about some of the highlights on this week's episode of the Spin Sucks Podcast.
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Women Change Everything
Research shows that when women step into executive roles, profits increase. Gini Dietrich is exploring why this is on this week's episoe of the Spin Sucks Podcast.
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Focusing on the Positive
Positive feedback is critical to the moral and motivation of your team. While it's important to give constructive criticisim when it's warranted, there's no need to find it just to balance out the good things you want to say!
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Preparing for the Inevitable
As much as we'd like to avoid it, recessions are inevitable from time to time. The is an old adgage that advertising was a bellwether for the economy, and it's proven to be true.
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A Conversation with Mini-Me. Happy 200th Episode!
Happy 200th Episode! Fully recovered from moving house and Covid, Gini Dietrich is celebrating 200 episodes of the Spin Sucks Podcast with a hard hitting, no holds barred conversation with superfan and tough critic, Addie Dietrich.
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It Needs to Be a Perfect Pitch
Earned media is becoming harder and harder tog et with journalists and other gatekeepers, but is increasibly important to executive teams. Your pitches need to be on point, and this week on the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich is talking about how to do it.
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Who is Responsible for Deception at the Top?
Every now and then someone comes along and runs an absolutely epic scam. How people get away with it is baffling, and yet they do - and then sometimes people like to blame PR for at least some of the fallout.
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It All Starts with Owned Media
Every really good PESO model based plan starts with owned content as the foundation
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Building Traction as Fast As Possible
On today's episode of the Spin Sucks Podcast Gini Dietrich is talking about how to make the process of building traction as fast and efficient as possible.
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Make Your Social Decisions Strategically
Shared media is one of the PESO model elemtents it's easy to be wrong about - often because we feel like we should be on a particular platform without having a solid strategic reason to back that up.
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Earned Media in the Age of the Paywall
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Gleefully Share the Spotlight
I always say that people buy from people, and if your clients are happy to buy from - and work with - the other people on your team, it is going to be much easier to scale. This week on the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich is talking about how and why to elevate your colleagues.
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Sometimes You've Got to Pay to Play
When you get a juicy media placement - how to you leverage it? Paid media is a great way to get more out of the mentions and attention you are getting by other means, and on today's episode of the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich is talking about how to do that using the CAB method.
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As the Situation Escalates
While parts of the world are in crisis, it can be difficult for communicators and companies to know what they should be talking about and how. On this week's episode of the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich is talking about how to communicate your ESG efforts.
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PR Pros Behaving Badly
There's more than one reason to keep your nose clean as a communicator - but not everyone does. There are plenty of companys out there who seem to be doing their level-best to keep the reputation of the industry low.
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Navigating the Worst Times
Sometimes, bad things happen, and how companies deal with employees going through bad things is a huge point of potential success or failure. Grief leadership is the skillset required to navigate these situations.
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