How Do We Get Articles, Not Just Ads, in Trade Magazines? Manufacturing Masters Video

Rob Felber was recently invited to be a featured expert in a series of Manufacturing Masters videos! Manufacturing Masters is an operational training platform that’s built by manufacturers for manufacturers. The site offers training videos featuring real industry experts who cover hundreds of different topics. The videos cover anything from supply chain, to HR and […]

Our Agency’s Transition to Public Relations

For those who grew up in Northeast Ohio, we cherished those steamy hot days spent at Geauga Lake amusement park and sister property SeaWorld. Getting cooled off by Shamu while trying to keep your Dippin Dots dry was great fun. When Six Flags took over the amusement park, they hired our agency to develop promotions […]

“It’s in There!” Why Pay Extra When It’s Included in HubSpot?

For those of a certain age, you may remember the Prego commercial where the son convinces the father that Prego spaghetti sauce uses the same great ingredients as the old-world family recipe. The father keeps asking about this spice and that, and the line “it’s in there” is repeated. Calendar Integration and Simple Meeting Booking […]

How to Pick the Trade Magazines to Target? Manufacturing Masters Video

Rob Felber was recently invited to be a featured expert in a series of Manufacturing Masters videos! Manufacturing Masters is an operational training platform that’s built by manufacturers for manufacturers. The site offers training videos featuring real industry experts who cover hundreds of different topics. The videos cover anything from supply chain to HR and […]

The Road Less Traveled: Agency Skills Forged by Opportunity

The last three lines in Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken,” has always resonated with me. Consciously or perhaps subconsciously, this poem has framed my life and especially our agency. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Our evolution […]

Felber PR & Marketing is Celebrating 30 Years!

  Party like it’s 1993… with your Sony (radio) Walkman for $29.98, listening to redneck humor from Jeff Foxworthy and obsessing about finding the hottest Beanie Babies. Yes, that was 1993, and the founding year of Felber Public Relations and Marketing.  In recollection, it was more like rubbing two nickels together, driving through downtown Cleveland in […]

Best Practices for Approaching the Media

Spam emailing journalists, reporters and editors with pitches, news releases, announcements, etc., is ineffective, and it establishes your organization as “one of the bad guys.” So, what are the best practices for approaching an editor or journalist? Attract, don’t chase Contacting publications to pitch stories is only one way to get the media’s attention. Much […]

How Do I Get Interviewed More Often? Manufacturing Masters Video

Rob Felber was recently invited to be a featured expert in a series of Manufacturing Masters videos! Manufacturing Masters is an operational training platform that’s built by manufacturers for manufacturers. The site offers training videos featuring real industry experts who cover hundreds of different topics. The videos cover anything from supply chain, to HR and […]

The Trade Show is Over: Time to Maximize Your Investment 

So, you made an effort to capitalize on trade show chatter, before, during and after the show. How do you know you had a successful trade show? After the proper planning, preparation and practice, you met lots of people and started some great conversations. Excellent!  Now, it’s time to make the most of those new […]

Don’t Get SPOOKED by Reporters

Contrary to what you may have heard, reporters and editors in the business-to-business manufacturing world are not scary. They are not ghoulish. They are not out for blood. They do not have razor-sharp fountain pens. These media folks are professionals, curious to a fault, and looking to provide their readers (your prospects and customers) with […]