The Spin Sucks Podcast with Gini Dietrich

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Your Questions Answered: The PESO Model© Certification

If you want your clients to be confident that your communications work is ethical, responsible, and measurable, becoming a PESO Model Certified Guide© is the best way to get there. Gini Dietrich answers your questions about the new program on this week's episode of the Spin Sucks podcast.

04-30
11:21

Combating Weaponized Information

Are you tired of all the misinformation, disinformation, and mal-information in the media? Gini discusses what each type of information is and gives communicators tips for combatting the bad actors.

04-23
16:57

The Changing Landscape of Media Relations

Media relations has been turned on its head in the last few months. Due to media outlets closing or being acquired and revenue down, causing layoffs, the pool of journalists has shrunk considerably. Even as challenging as media relations has gotten, earned media is still an important strategy to build credibility and authority. On this episode of the Spin Sucks podcast, Gini Dietrich gives you five tips on how to get better results from your media relations efforts.

04-16
12:05

How Communications Affects SEO

SEO has come a long, long way since the first search engines started using it to organize results, and Chat GPT is changing the game again. Today on the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich talks about how SEO is working now, the role of communications in it, and what we need to know to take advantage of AI to make sure the right people are finding you at the right time.

04-09
14:02

How to Make Your Metrics Tell Stories

Data interpretation and communication is critical to help translate your efforts to outcomes. This week on the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich is talking about Coverage Impact, a powerful tool that can help you interpret, visualize and share your data and correlate them to organizational goals.

04-02
11:19

Measuring PR Results in the 21st Century

Measuring the results of your PR efforts is far more challenging than linking to the likes and clicks you get on your social media accounts. Gini discusses measuring PR success with outcomes vs. outputs, using AI effectively in a PR campaign, and the future of PR measurement.

03-26
12:12

The Newly Refreshed PESO Model™ Graphic and Process

The PESO model has become a foundational element of the communications industry. The industry isn't static, and neither is the model. Today on the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich is talking us through the changes to the model and graphic, and what it means for communicators around the world.

03-19
18:12

The Transformative Impact of the PESO Model

On this week's episode of the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich is reviewing the PESO model for any of you listening who aren't familiar with it yet, and providing some extra tips and insights for those who are.

03-12
16:31

One of the Most Powerful Tools in the Communications Box

Contributed Content is one of the unsung heroes of communications. While it isn't always the easiest to create, especially if content creation is outside your scope of worth, its a strategy that can pay huge dividends. On this week's episode of the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich is explaining why you should be considering contributed content, what editors are looking for, how to create it and how to measure it.

03-05
10:58

Enough With the Double Standards!

As far as we've come, there is a long way to go when it comes to being a woman in the workplace... and the world. Professionally, women can be sidelined, diminished, talked over and infantilized by even the best-intentioned of men. And sometimes women help them do it. There is a long way to go and on this week's episode of the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich is talking about how you can make a difference in your workplace and relationships - whatever your gender.

02-27
15:56

What Makes a Thought Leader?

Being a thought leader means having and sharing original thoughts that demonstrate your expertise. Doing this can take a lot of time or a lot of money or both, and that can sometimes be a challenge. Today on the Spin Sucks Podcast Gini Dietrich is talking about how to get thought leadership right.

02-20
12:36

Why Owned Media is Always Worth the Time

Owned Media is the most important element of a PESO Model™ plan - it has the most potential for long term benefit, and can perform the heaviest lift in terms of driving your marketing forward. Of course, it also takes the longest to pay off. Gini Dietrich is talking about why owned media is worth the time and investment on this week's episode of the Spin Sucks Podcast.

02-13
10:09

Rise of the TikTok News Anchor

The PESO model is evolving like everything else we do in business, and that means you need to review your strategy, evaluate it's results and make changes as the environment you're working in does. On this week's episode of the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich is talking about some of the changes you might want to make in your application of the model in 2024.

02-06
17:09

Communicating Bad News in the Age of TikTok

It's never easy to lay someone off, deny them leave, reduce benefits or share any other kind of bad news... but there are definitely ways to make it much worse - especially when your actions might end up on TikTok or another social media platform. Gini Dietrich is talking about what not to do, and what to do instead on this week's episode of the Spin Sucks Podcast.

01-30
12:00

[Replay] Winning Business without Proposals

Requests for Proposals are the bane of many agency's existence, and although they're popular, they're rarely the best way to stary a new professional relationship. On this week's episode of the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich is talking about a better way to position yourself as an expert and get new business without the proposals.

01-23
09:46

From Service Focused to Solutions Focused

To stay competitive in the new world of AI, you need to figure out how to use it, and any other new technologies that come along, to differentiate yourself and the solutions you provide. Gini Dietrich is talking about how on this week's episode of the Spin Sucks Podcast. Article about the Death of Digital Agencies

01-16
10:29

AI is Changing Everything, and That's Okay.

The internet made a huge change in how PR and Communications professionals work. Then social media did the same thing. Now, AI is changing everything yet again and on this week's Spin Sucks Podcast Episode, Gini Dietrich is talking abut how AI is changing the industry, and what it means for you.

01-09
14:17

Surviving the End of the Internet

If you've noticed that you are enjoying your time on the internet, and more specifically social, a lot less? Gini Dietrich has too and that's what she's talking about this week on the Spin Sucks Podcast.

12-19
11:41

Rediscovering the Art of Commenting

The most reliable way to get people to open your emails is to make sure they recognize your name - and one of the best ways to do that is to engage meaningfully with the content they share on social media. Gini Dietrich is talking abut rediscovering the art of commenting on this week's episode of the Spin Sucks Podcast.

12-12
10:54

How Not to Handle an Executive Transition

You've probably heard about the Open AI drama that has been happening over the las few weeks, and you may have noticed how they broke almost every rule of communicating an executive transition. On today's episode of the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich is taking a look at what went wrong with Open AI's leadership turbulence, and how to make sure your transitions, when the happen, go much more smoothly.

12-05
10:28

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