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The Spin Sucks Podcast with Gini Dietrich (album art)

Spin Sucks 179: Rethinking and Unlearning

January 19, 2022 by Gini Dietrich Leave a Comment

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In this week’s episode, Gini Dietrich discusses the importance of staying curious and unlearning to improve and excel in your communications career.
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Filed Under: Spin Sucks Tagged With: Adam Grant, ClickUp, communications, Spin Sucks, spin sucks community, Think Again

The Spin Sucks Podcast with Gini Dietrich (album art)

Spin Sucks 176: Creating a Culture of Trust

December 15, 2021 by Gini Dietrich Leave a Comment

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While there has been a great decrease in trust in the media these past couple of years, communicators have the capability to step in and do something about it. Gini Dietrich discusses this and more on this week’s episode of The Spin Sucks Podcast.
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Filed Under: Spin Sucks Tagged With: diversity in communications, harvard business review, ny times, Spin Sucks, the atlantic, trust, work from home

The Spin Sucks Podcast with Gini Dietrich (album art)

Spin Sucks 175: 7 Steps to Starting a PR Firm (Or Side Gig)

December 8, 2021 by Gini Dietrich Leave a Comment

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Starting your own business is a dream for many, but can be daunting to make a reality. On this week’s episode of The Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich breaks down 7 steps on how to start your own PR firm.
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Filed Under: Spin Sucks Tagged With: Agency Leadership Podcast, communications, entrepreneur, PR firm, Prezly, Spin Sucks, spin sucks academy, spin sucks community

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Spin Sucks 167: PR vs Journalists – Who is Telling The Truth?

October 6, 2021 by Gini Dietrich Leave a Comment

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On today’s episode of the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich discusses the complex (and often negative) relationship between the PR industry and journalists, and what can be done to improve it.
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Filed Under: Spin Sucks Tagged With: mother jones, Spin Sucks, techcrunch, Wall Street Journal, washington post

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Spin Sucks 161: Who’s Opening Your Pitch?

August 18, 2021 by Gini Dietrich Leave a Comment

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In this episode of the Spin Sucks Podcast, Gini Dietrich discusses a recent survey that outlined the statistics around how many PR pitches actually get opened, and advises how to ensure your pitch stands out.
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Filed Under: Spin Sucks Tagged With: PESO Model, Spin Sucks

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Spin Sucks 094: How to Deal with Stress In a Crisis

March 25, 2020 by Gini Dietrich Leave a Comment

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These are unprecedented times. This week, Gini Dietrich talks about the mindset shifts that will get us through this crisis.
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Filed Under: Spin Sucks Tagged With: Dan Sullivan, Spin Sucks, Spin Sucks Comumunity, Strategic Coach

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Inside PR 536: As newsrooms disappear…

March 18, 2019 by Joe Thornley, Gini Dietrich and Martin Waxman 2 Comments

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We have some news to break on this week’s Inside PR. Gini and Martin are going to be working together. Martin has joined the Spin Sucks team. Gini has been building Spin Sucks as a community for a decade – and growth has reached the point in which she needs help leading the content team. Enter Martin.
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Filed Under: Inside PR Tagged With: journalism, Spin Sucks

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Inside PR 524 When a client stops returning your calls

October 28, 2018 by Joe Thornley, Gini Dietrich and Martin Waxman Leave a Comment

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Have you ever had a client stop returning your calls? Also, minus Google+, you and algorithms, and a new podcast for PR leaders
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Filed Under: Inside PR Tagged With: Agency Leadership Podcast, Algorithms, Google+, Spin Sucks

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Inside PR 471: You can’t say that anymore

April 30, 2017 by Joe Thornley, Gini Dietrich and Martin Waxman Leave a Comment

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Changes to Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat underline how competitive the social media platforms are. Plus we get onside with changing norms in acceptable language. And Spin Sucks surveys PR pros.
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Filed Under: Inside PR Tagged With: Facebook, snapchat, Spin Sucks, Twitter

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Gini Dietrich knows how to promote content

September 6, 2016 by Joe Thornley, Gini Dietrich and Martin Waxman Leave a Comment

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Gini Dietrich, Martin Waxman and Joseph Thornley talk about Gini’s approach to promoting content on Spin Sucks. Plus we discuss Blab’s demise and Instagram stories.
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Filed Under: Inside PR Tagged With: blab, instagram, Spin Sucks

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