Home for the M,M,&M podcast covering Public Relations, Corporate Communications, Media, Branding and Marketing along with a dose of intriguing and offbeat stories from around the web.
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Mediums, Messages and More Substack (https://mediumsmessagesandmore.substack.com/)
My personal website where you can find all the content in one location (https://www.genekinglive.com/)
AI has intensified the public’s desire for authenticity as it rejects an overly staged & excessively commercialized marketplace. CEOs can separate their brands from the pack by offering communication not the pitch.
In this episode of the Mediums, Messages, and More Podcast, I share how AI has added to the damaged reputation of corporate America, retail, and overall perception of business and advertising today. Plus, a look into how the current aggressive push of AI has resulted in not only backlash by the public but also the creation of content that is less than satisfactory for consumption.
Already navigating an overly commercialized marketplace that too often does not live up to the hype or promises pitched in marketing, Americans are increasingly seeking sincerity, reality, and authenticity in brands, personalities, and consumer relationships.
Today’s CEOs can separate their brands from the pack by going back to public relations & building a corporate reputation through PR that connects by genuinely communicating, not selling; from the top down.
16 Jul 2025
Connect with Customers: Add Depth to the Brand
Consumers have serious marketing fatigue. Combined with escalating purchase prices and deep dissatisfaction with the customer experience, the public is tired of the constant hard sells and over-promising and is tuning out and turning away.
AI has only intensified the public’s desire for authenticity as it rejects an overly staged & excessively commercialized marketplace that all too often fails to deliver on its messaging & promises.
What stands out in the marketplace today is communications with purpose and where the sell is at least second (if not third or fourth.) Smart organizations are realizing their brands and corporate reputations have been hurt either by themselves directly or as collateral damage as a result of too much focus on marketing and sales and not enough on public relations. PR can add depth and meaning to a brand and its organization that can connect and stand out to consumers no longer loyal to legacy, logos, or advertising.
This episode explores how an organization can add meaningful depth to its brand, products, and business that will resonate in a marketplace filled with consumers looking for it.
4 Jun 2025
Media Notes: the Fastest Rising Source for Breaking News, OTA TV Season Ends with Clear Champion, Cancelled/Renewed Shows for the Fall & Streaming Rankings
Industry experts analyze data on breaking news media channels, broadcast television season champions, show renewals, streaming rankings, and media compensation bills.
19 May 2025
Public Relations Job Seeker Beware
Public Relations and Media Relations professionals should think twice about engaging or accepting offers from organizations that insist they have contacts with reporters or editors as it could indicate some serious internal issues that set them up for drama, “failure”, and dismissal and organizations should be wary of individuals equating contacts with media coverage.
30 Apr 2025
Public Relations Investment Returns as Advertising Costs & Frustrations Mount
A resurgence of Public Relations and Media Relations programs at organizations is occurring as growing costs, declining returns, vague data, and concern over brand safety is generating serious dissatisfaction with advertising.
Leaders seeking better economics and performance on investment, more control over messages and branding, and clearer KPIs are pivoting to creating, expanding or rebuilding PR and media efforts as a safe harbor in these stormy financial times.
This episode explores the numerous market forces that are influencing executive decisions to move money back into PR and media relations as well as:
the state of legacy media and advertising
where current ad money is going online
ad industry reports for the first two quarters and their indicators of an ad decline
digital advertising and the reasons for the frustrations and pullback
why pr?
the advantages of building a public relations & media relations program
Artificial Intelligence in pr and media relations
7 Apr 2025
Advertising the Brand...without Advertising
How can you advertise your brand without traditional advertising? Look inward! There is so much potential internally to harness. This episode addresses how to raise the visibility of your organization, brand, and messaging without dedicating capital to ad campaigns including:
creating a comprehensive external communications / media relations program
becoming an internal content creation producer
all the different branded pieces of content to create and own
market your organization through your content
beyond media: additional methods to raise your brand visibility
humanize the brand, tell your story, be real
artificial intelligence pros and cons
social media strategies for the brand
brand ambassadors
the CEO role
28 Jan 2025
Unified Branding & Messaging
Multiple logos, different letterheads, and departments fielding media inquiries on their own? No cohesive and integrated organizational messaging? Sales reps 'going off-script and external audiences receiving information the company would not support? Internal confusion or apathy to what are the goals everyone is supposed to be working together to achieve and do not know what the mission and vision is of the company they are employed to support?
These items and more are explored in this episode where I discuss four main points in establishing an unified brand and messaging methods as well as infrastructure that supports it.
Previous episodes at: https://dashboard.rss.com/podcasts/mediums-messages-and-more/ (https://dashboard.rss.com/podcasts/mediums-messages-and-more/)
Additional content, including the Mediums, Messages, and More Substack newsletter and YouTube Channel at:https://www.genekinglive.com/ (https://www.genekinglive.com/)
4 Dec 2024
Media Relations Mistakes - Creating, Building, and Sustaining a Successful Media Program
Media Relations expert, [Name], discusses common mistakes in media relations, effective content strategies, and building reliable media relationships to achieve successful media programs.
20 Nov 2024
Media Notes: The last legacy media election despite record ad spending; TV network winners & losers; the rise of podcasting & what's next?
Media industry experts discuss the last legacy media election, TV network winners and losers, and the rise of podcasting, revealing the seismic shift in media consumption and advertising spending.
10 Oct 2024
Presidential Election Advertising Reaches Stunning Level of Spending
The 2024 Presidential Election will result in the most money spent ever on an American election yet again. We break down the advertising spend of the Trump and Harris campaigns along with groups supporting each candidate: where the money is going in media, what states and cities are receiving the most money, the spending difference between Trump and Harris and also look into the money being spent for Senate, House and state office races.
https://mediumsmessagesandmore.substack.com/ (https://mediumsmessagesandmore.substack.com/) or https://www.genekinglive.com (https://www.genekinglive.com)
27 Sept 2024
TV Powers Facing Same Future as AM Radio & Printed Newspapers
A new industry report has confirmed that the power structure in television is rapidly changing where legacy media, once all-powerful players in an industry defined by themselves, are now quickly facing an existential crisis and scrambling for survival and any relevancy. Are traditional broadcast networks facing an unstoppable freefall and becoming media relics like AM radio and the printed newspaper?
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10 Sept 2024
Too Much Advertising in Sports? Do Brands Marketing in Games Connect with You?
Advertising in Sports has proliferated & fills our screens with branding everywhere. Is the advertising too much? Has it become expensive visual clutter? Does it inspire you to learn more about the brands & purchase their goods or services? Or, is just an annoying distraction that diminishes the viewing experience?
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