PR Matters

APRIL 21, 2016

In celebration of 2016* marking the 110th anniversary of PR, this article is the first in a series of reflections on the profession and its practice. (* Ivy Lee , arguably the founder of modern PR, published his Declaration of Principles about the purpose and value of PR in 1906.).

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As I’ve done for the last several years , I solicited and compiled a list of predictions from professionals across the PR and marketing community. It’s good news for contextual advertising companies, who have already started reaping the benefits of marketing’s ‘identity crisis.’ Dorothy Crenshaw , CEO, Crenshaw Communications .

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Cision

JANUARY 19, 2016

Without it, we better have a large surplus of advertising budget lying around. Content marketing is publishing, except that instead of monetizing the content with paid content or advertising, we sell more products and services. In 2016, we’ll have over 4,000. Where is your focus in 2016 and beyond?

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Cision

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

It ’ s 2016 (Almost) and thankfully you don ’ t have to convince your boss that social media is a good idea. Changing media habits coupled with massive pushes in ad blocking, including iOS9 ( TechCrunch ), are increasing the importance of organic content and native advertising. You now have a different, more exciting challenge.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 30, 2016

The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity – the Oscars of the advertising business – was held last week, and apparently it was a big disappointment for the public relations industry, which won fewer awards than in previous years. But 2016 turned out differently. Cannes used to be called the “Festival of Advertising.”

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Stephen Waddington

JUNE 5, 2017

4 Internet advertising set to pass television. Global spend on internet advertising is set to overtake television advertising in the next six months. It’s a key reason that digital advertising is growing so strongly. The rise of ad blocking was the story of Meeker’s 2016 report. 9 Talk to me. 14 Doormen as foremen.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. a) Many community newspapers going away and hopefully still being available in some kind of online format. Strengthening community-building and connections.

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PR Job Coach

JANUARY 15, 2016

Is it PR, marketing, advertising or some other function? And what does 2016 hold for the field and for public relations pros ? PR professionals are enablers and connectors, helping organizations stay grounded, stay human, and stay sensitive to the needs and desires of their communities. Always has. Always will.

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 28, 2020

Cision has spent more than $1bn on the acquisitions of Visible Technologies (2014), Vocus (2014), Gorkana (2016), PRNewswire (2015), Prime Research (2017), Falcon.io (2019) and Trendkite (2019). Until recently few PR agency or communication team budgets had a line item for tools. Thank you to all the contributors.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

This class is unlike others in PR, Marketing, and even Advertising classes. It’s a constant prep, and the level of engagement, currency in topics and trends, and expectations students and the community have of you is huge. Karen is also the author of A Roadmap For Teaching Social Media published in August 2016.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 26, 2018

A 2016 study by Edison Research found avid listeners spend four hours and 10 minutes every week listening to an average of five different podcasts. That’s a valuable amount of attention to hold and the money has followed, as Alex Weprin reported for the Media Post : “Podcast advertising revenue in the U.S. daily | ~15 minutes).

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Deirdre Breakenridge

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Rather than share my New Year’s resolutions or point out the latest trends in PR for 2016, I’ve decided to share my thoughts about some important lessons this past year. Think about what has stopped you from making the smallest change to your next big, bold move, and make 2016 your year of reinvention. Here are the 7 lessons: 1.

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Communications Conversations

JANUARY 15, 2018

But, we’ve been down this road before (in 2016, for example, Facebook shared similar news ). And, the culture is much different than 2016. But, on the flip side, Facebook makes a lot of revenue each quarter from brand advertising on Facebook. No one knows for sure. Facebook is certainly saying they will.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

.” Jo Detavernier , SCMP, APR | Detavernier Strategic Communication. We can measure the initial impacts of marketing and advertising efforts almost immediately, but that doesn’t mean we should. But it’s not advertising, and it’s not ‘influencer marketing’ in the Kardashian style.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

MARCH 23, 2016

Compare that with digital advertising, in which.02% If you’re interested in learning more about Romancing the C-Suite, you can check out the CommPRO free webinar on April 6, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. 02% to 2% of ads ever drive someone toward action on bacon.com. Molto impressivo!

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PR Matters

APRIL 21, 2016

In celebration of 2016* marking the 110th anniversary of PR, this article is the first in a series of reflections on the profession and its practice. (* Ivy Lee , arguably the founder of modern PR, published his Declaration of Principles about the purpose and value of PR in 1906.).

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Facebook showed a strong third quarter, powered by North American ad revenues: Quarter-over-quarter, Facebook showed a 10.67% Q3 improvement in revenue, a solid showing compared to the same quarter in 2016: This brings Facebook close to an almost-unheard of number in social media marketing: $5 average revenue per user. How might they do this?

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Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

AI is among the fastest-growing marketing trends, with 80 percent of marketers predicting in 2016 that AI would revolutionize marketing by 2020. In today’s digital landscape, rife with an oversaturation of advertisements, customers have high standards when it comes to personalized experiences. Community building (27%).

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

There’s an old saying in marketing that half of the advertising budget is wasted, we just don’t know which half. Advertising spots for the big football game this year grew to $5,000,000 for a mere 30 seconds of airtime. Some people don’t even like football, but watch the game for the community – and the commercials. And later.

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Business Wire

JANUARY 19, 2017

Rather than simply promoting the content via owned channels or social advertising and platforms, which can limit visibility, utilizing a newswire can enhance visibility, coverage and engagement and drive the traffic needed to make the program achieve its objectives.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Our trio of guests included: Ashley Brown , Head of Global Communications at Spredfast; Austin Gaule , Media Analysis Director at Universal Information Services; and Angie Jeffrey , Vice President Brand Management at ABX Advertising Benchmark Index. Author information Shonali Burke President & CEO at Shonali Burke Consulting, Inc.

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Solo PR Pro

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

This week, we will be joining forces once again with the savvy and insightful social media-focused #SMchat community for our regularly scheduled #solopr Twitter chat hour. As a quick reference, we will be discussing the following questions: How does PR/SM differentiate from other disciplines in 2016? Here’s how.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 16, 2016

In 2016, public relations saw its share of highs and lows. Yet public relations is not scaleable in the way that digital advertising and direct marketing are. But perhaps the most notable thing to happen to the industry this year was the way it evolved, thanks in large part to constantly-changing technology.

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Cision

OCTOBER 27, 2016

In fact, according to Edelman’s 2016 EARNED BRAND study , 86% of surveyed consumers rely on peer sources for learning about brands and 71% rely on peer sources for buying decisions. Multichannel promotion is a given for any communications strategy; however, many brands are missing the right channel mix.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 28, 2016

If no engagement from the community, numbers mean nothing #measurepr. Founder and publisher of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke helps smart businesses make bank by taking their communications from corporate codswallop to community cool™. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn #measurePR Recap (October 2016): Measuring Content.

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Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I wrote a post back in 2016 about the 10 skills the PR pro of the future will need to have. Here are top 5 “skills” that I believe are most valuable for social media managers: * Advertising. Community management. However, I LOVE the concept they’re driving at here. Vishakha Mathur, associate director-social media, Merck.

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ISEBOX

DECEMBER 7, 2016

79 billion people scroll through Facebook every month, according to November 2016 statistics. Facebook is all about making things easy for marketers, going so far as to develop a common advertising structure that can be used across all of its sites – including Instagram. One billion of them accessing via mobile device every day.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Performance marketing has led the community to this wild notion that B2B marketing should only engage in measurable tactics. presidential election, which means misinformation and deepfake advertising will rise, putting pressure on communicators to combat false narratives. Finally, 2024 also brings another U.S.

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Reputation Us

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Our team works collaboratively with the selected nonprofit to provide communications guidance and support via media relations, message development, media training, community outreach, social media, communications training and other related services. The deadline for nominations is Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 6:00 PM PST.

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Cision

APRIL 12, 2016

Check out Cision’s free “State of the Media 2016 Report!” And on a trade level, it involves working with business, advertising or fashion industry media, whether it’s to announce an initiative or a partnership, or to serve other strategic goals for the brand. Want more insights on media professionals?

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Beyond PR

JULY 13, 2016

Civil and human rights, gender equality, criminal justice reform, poverty, immigration and other social advocacy topics have long been important, with the 2016 election season being no different. Take this pair of news releases from the National Alliance on Mental Illness as examples. Social Advocacy. What’s the goal of your campaign?

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Beyond PR

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Communications professionals are aware of the importance of targeting, for example, the considerable number of Hispanics who prefer to consume media in Spanish. Is there a reason to specifically target this community? Census Bureau reported that between 2015 and 2016, the African-American population grew by 1.2

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Blue Cypress is also the lead investor in our sister company, Marketing AI Institute , which raised a $1M seed round earlier this year to help advance the understanding and adoption of artificial intelligence within the marketing industry and broader business community. Invest in your future!

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Several surveys reviewed by eMarketer suggest social media advertising continues to advance – and Facebook is often voted the most effective paid platform – even for B2B. For example, a survey of 342 B2B marketers – the State of B2B Social Media Marketing 2016 (reg. req.) – by Regalix found. “…of It’s not an isolated result either.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

It mirrors a trend that’s already underway in PR’s sibling departments in marketing and advertising. It found as the Wall Street Journal reported , “Advertisers with in-house agencies increased to 64% of the survey’s respondents from 42% a decade ago, according to the study.” Who do you see advertising on those pages?

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Communications Conversations

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

2016 Skills of the PR pro of the Future. 1: Social advertising copywriting skills and an ability to manage social media advertising campaigns. Sure video production skills are still in demand in 2016. Not exactly a new development, but I feel like more PR people are being asked to do this in 2016 vs. 4-5 years ago.

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Prakkypedia

DECEMBER 13, 2017

That was created by Ogilvy & Mather, a New York City-based advertising, marketing and public relations agency. Arnott’s wasn’t quite as adventurous in March 2016 when it remodelled some of its Shapes flavours, but that move also generated widespread commentary across social media and in the mainstream media. Darn it all.

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