A letter from BAM CEO Beck Bamberger:
A letter from BAM CEO Beck Bamberger:
In this week's episode of the Dear BAMf podcast, we speak with Maya Lockwood, Head of Investor Relations at IndieBio. In her role, Maya oversees IndieBio’s communications strategy around venture capital communications and program messaging. In this episode, Maya explains the role emotional intelligence plays in preparing CEOs for media interviews. She also covers some juicy PR questions from listeners, like this touchy one about handling fluff press releases:
Dear BAMf,
"Story-worthy vs. not" is a problem I'm facing right now with a client in the biotech space. For instance, my client contact suggested that the change of the founder to the title of CEO was "worthy of a press release." I consistently will point back to our goal of wanting to secure some top tier media placements. So this is just fluff news and not strategic. How do I balance the bigger goals of focusing on top tier coverage with the internal pressure to push out non-news?
Listen now to hear Maya's thoughts on why pushing out fluff press releases can actually hurt a brand's credibility.
We are all BAMfs (badass motherf*ckers) according to us, but sometimes even BAMfs need help. Dear BAMf is an advice column-style podcast that lets you anonymously hit us with your hardest marketing and PR questions hosted by Founder & CEO of BAM Communications, Beck Bamberger.
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