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About Ronn Torossian
Ronn Torossian is the founder and chairman of 5W Public Relations, one of the largest independently-owned PR firms in the United States. With over 25 years of experience crafting and executing powerful narratives, Torossian is one of America's most prolific and well-respected Public Relations professionals.
Since founding 5WPR in 2003, he has led the company's growth, overseeing more than 275 professionals in the company's headquarters in midtown Manhattan. With clients spanning corporate, technology, consumer and crisis, in addition to digital marketing and public affairs capabilities, 5WPR is regularly recognized as an industry leader and has been named "PR Agency of the Year" by the American Business Awards on multiple occasions.
Throughout his career, Torossian has worked with some of the world's most visible companies, brands and organizations. His strategic, resourceful approach has been recognized with numerous awards including being named the Stevie American Business Awards 2020 Entrepreneur of the Year, the American Business Awards PR Executive of the Year, twice over, an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year semi-finalist, Metropolitan Magazine's Most Influential New Yorker, a 2020 Top Crisis Communications Professional by Business Insider, and a recipient of Crain’s New York 2021 Most Notable in Marketing & PR.
Torossian is known as one of the country's foremost experts on crisis communications, and is called on to counsel blue chip companies, top business executives and entrepreneurs both in the United States and worldwide. Torossian has lectured on crisis PR at Harvard Business School, appears regularly on CNN & CNBC, is a contributing columnist for Forbes and the New York Observer, and has authored two editions of his book, "For Immediate Release: Shape Minds, Build Brands, and Deliver Results With Game-Changing Public Relations," which is an industry best-seller.
A NYC native, Torossian lives in Manhattan with his children. He is a member of Young Presidents Organization (YPO), and active in numerous charities.
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Most cannabis brands make the mistake of not honing in on their PR efforts and simply hoping that they’ll be good enough to generate positive results.
However, even with a little bit more effort, cannabis brands can use PR to streamline the buying journey while generating positive media coverage.
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Personalized Experience When a business decides to work with an independent PR firm, it gets to work with the same professional for any of its public relations needs. That includes everything from media outreach to billing and contracts.
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No company wants to lose out on conversions and sales over something as simple as the website loading speed, especially if that business provides its customers with plenty of great solutions.
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Robotics and various products from robotics companies have been excessively used by consumer, commercial, and other industrial businesses, which gives robotics companies plenty of opportunities for utilizing strong public re1 month ago Read more -
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However, no matter which way someone looks at the market, the cannabis industry, which includes cannabidiol (CBD) products, has been getting increasingly popular.
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For this reason, marketing professionals now need to create new strategies without any kind of guideline present.
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Depending on the type of negative comment, there are different ways that companies can respond to the people leaving those comments.
Complaints The most common type of negative comment that most companies tend to receive on social media platforms are complaints from customers.
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A very small percentage of people have stated they’re very familiar with the metaverse, or that they’re able to understand it and correctly describe it to other people.
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Instead of leaving consumers to spread the word about a business, top brands have started to actively encourage customers to share their reviews and experiences. Wi3 months ago Read more -
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Pets are becoming extremely popular among millennials.
They are beginning to spend a large portion of their incomes on their furry friends.
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The reality, in fact, is that there’s a big difference between them.
The mistaken belief might arise from the fact that both of them have to do with the information found about a person or brand in the media, making both of them marketing. However, that’s where the similarity ends.
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There are plenty of opportunities for B2B businesses to utilize digital storytelling, given the amount of consumer engagement in the industry, as well as the consumer research that many companies have been executing.
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Blog postA number of brands, such as Duracell, Pizza Hut, and Bombay Sapphire, have already joined the Metaverse. Many of those brands are working with the creative agency Hogarth Worldwide, which has managed to create The Metaverse Foundry.
Hogarth Worldwide, a WPP-owned global company that provides marketing implementation services, created The Metaverse Foundry as a resource to all clients of WPP. This resource gives WPP’s clients suggestions for ways to develop immersive VR experiences in3 months ago Read more -
Blog postThose companies in the habit of turning down every request for an interview could be missing out on opportunities to raise their profiles, and to establish themselves as organizational leaders. Speaking with journalists can be daunting, but with the right preparation and a few tips, it becomes easier to take advantage of these opportunities when they present themselves.
When being interviewed, it is important to focus on one or two key messages, and to weave them into each answer. The4 months ago Read more -
Blog postThe list of social media platforms available to the regular user seems to be constantly growing. Marketing industry pros must have probably heard of most, if not all of them. And while the number of platforms and their type is changing, there’s one thing that remains constant: social media is staying and the public is […]
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Blog postSocial marketing is used to develop different activities to maintain or change an audience’s behavior, for either the benefit of society as a whole or individuals themselves. It combines the ideas of social sciences and commercial marketing, and it’s an effective tool to influence behavior in a cost-effective and sustainable manner. People come across social […]
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Blog postPublic relations is one of the best ways to expose a business to new people and gain a bigger audience. To put it simply, it’s the way that businesses can communicate with people. PR isn’t just for the companies that are undergoing a crisis in the public’s eye, and then have to make their businesses […]
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Blog postThere are a countless number of promotional tools and strategies that can make an ICO successful; however, one of the most effective ones has been public relations. Additionally, there are plenty of ways that an ICO can be promoted through public platforms – through blog posts and articles, to speeches at conferences, to pitching the […]
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Blog postBusiness owners, as well as marketers, are constantly looking for ways to improve and are always prioritizing the newest trends to promote brands and corporations. It’s essential for any business looking to remain a relevant competitor within their own industry, because anyone that doesn’t adapt to all of the changes soon is not going to […]
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Titles By Ronn Torossian
For Immediate Release will show you how to:
Frame the debate and control the conversation
Use new and old media in tandem to find your audiences and create highly personal, relevant impressions tailored for them
Promote the interests of your brand or business; deter or potentially stop what is not in your interest
Build on great press, and avoid or minimize bad press
Ensure the first thing people see about your business or brand during an Internet search is exactly what you want them to see
Handle a crisis in the most effective and efficient manner
See the positive difference effective PR makes through compelling case studies—Louis Vuitton, Fubu, BP, Toyota, Philip Stein, Zappos, and interviews with experts including Dr. Keith Ablow, political strategists Frank Luntz, Roger Stone and Hank Sheinkopf, and many others—and your own business.