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I'm writing a series of case studies on our clients' experience with
our software solution. I'm trying to keep them brief -- easier for
media to print, easy for me to throw in a press or sales kit, etc. My
boss told me last night that he thinks they're weak and too short (he's
the prez and a sales guy, not a PR guy). He says there's no "oomph!"
but I just can't figure out how to charge them up without making them
too salesy.

Add to that that our clients are mostly sole proprietors with a small
staff if any at all (read: VERY busy people wearing many hats) so they
didn't give me a ton of information so part of it is also making due
with what I have or trying to fill in the gaps with research.

Feeling totally incompetent today -- any advice would be much
appreciated.

Thank you,
Lisa






Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:57 pm

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I'm writing a series of case studies on our clients' experience with our software solution. I'm trying to keep them brief -- easier for media to print, easy...
lrgittleman
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Oct 20, 2006
4:39 pm

Lisa, ask each client for their most single most outrageous, funny, exciting, strange--you can think of some other adjectives--incident or experience they ever...
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Oct 20, 2006
7:34 pm

Lisa Interview the clients; get them to offer sizzling quotes they'll stay behind. Write them up not as case studies, per se, but as if they were 450-word...
Ned Barnett
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Oct 21, 2006
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Hi Lisa, I feel your pain! I've been there with a number of CEOs. One thing I would do is ask a few key clients what they would want to see in a case study. It...
Sherbeam Wright
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Oct 22, 2006
2:41 pm

I think the problem is you're trying to be all things to all people. A piece you submit for publication would naturally be very different than a piece a...
kezia_jauron
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Oct 23, 2006
7:19 pm

Lisa, Although I agree with Kezia's first comment, let me disagree wholeheartedly with second part. Yes, edit your case studies depending on the audiences ...
Marc Snyder
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Oct 24, 2006
12:33 pm

You guys are just terrific! It's so nice just to have the support but the suggestions are fantastic. I'm still trying to walk the tightrope but I think it's...
lrgittleman
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Oct 24, 2006
4:43 pm

Lisa, if you think it would help to see a few published case histories like the one you're aiming for--e.g., Microsoft, Boeing, and a few other, smaller ...
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Oct 24, 2006
6:25 pm

OK, a baldfaced lie is optional (yes, it's BALDfaced, not BOLDfaced) - but I stand by my point that you as the PR/media specialist have to stick to your guns...
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Oct 25, 2006
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