Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 15, 2020

There were some clear misses in my original essay: social media activism, internal communications, storytelling and professionalism in PR. The most common approach to social media management is an agency or junior member armed with a monitoring tool and limited ability to feedback to operational areas of the business.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 21, 2018

The 2016 election and the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal accelerated what has been a gradual erosion of Big Tech’s reputation. For tech PR agencies who represent early-stage companies and other technology companies, the dominance of the giants extends into the mediascape, monopolizing the attention of key journalists.

Trends 157

Trends Privacy Data Reputation 157

PRSay

OCTOBER 12, 2021

He connected me with the opportunity to explore communications and public relations, which led to an internship at a PR agency. working with nonprofit organizations, foundations, associations and government agencies for nearly 35 years to open hearts and minds about issues and individuals, and realize a more inclusive and equitable world.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 4, 2016

Every good PR agency knows how to turn a holiday into an opportunity for good work. Here’s what we promise to do more of in 2016. Here’s what we promise to do more of in 2016. For the New Year, we’d like to seize the occasion to make a fresh start and set new goals. Get ahead of the newest media developments.

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5W PR

MAY 16, 2017

Just conquered The International Home + Housewares Show. With more than 2,100 exhibitors from around the globe showcasing the latest and greatest in innovations for the home, The International Home + Housewares Show returned to McCormick Place in Chicago and this year did not disappoint. Ran a half marathon, you ask?

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The Proactive Report

DECEMBER 27, 2017

The number of brands that consider a content strategy effective in raising revenue increased from 74% in 2016 to 83% in 2017. There are many tools available to harvest data about your customers and stakeholders, both internally and externally: CRM systems, social media analytics, web analytics and more. Content strategy.

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Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Practitioners have an important role in supporting international trade, and engaging public opinion in shaping a vision for the future of Britain. #3 That’s growth of seven percent since 2016 when it reached £12.9 The PRCA claims it employs 86,000 people, up 3,000 from 2016. CIPR data is more conservative.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 13, 2019

This is true whether you are in-house or work for an agency. 17% more likely to be expanding beyond traditional agency partners.”. “18% 17% more likely to be expanding beyond traditional agency partners.”. “18% About one-quarter or 23% of social media activity is handled by outside agencies. in the next 12 months.

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The Resolution Blog

MAY 24, 2017

How refusing to offer AVE’s led to two global AMEC awards and very happy clients On May 17th, 2017 AMEC announced the winners for their International Communication Effectiveness awards. Launched in January 2016, the brand had one fundamental problem — low awareness. By outsourcing we remove ay client concerns over this.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

But the health and medical app arena is becoming quite crowded; one report stated that 259,000 such apps were listed on major app stores in 2016. Making a name for yourself in a crowded space can seem daunting, especially if your internal team is small. It should also inform your next 6-month PR plan. Victoria Khamsombath.

Healthcare 144

Healthcare How To Analytics Mobile 144

Stuart Bruce

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The PRCA Digital PR and Communications Report 2016 reveals a sharp rise in digital PR budgets, but continuing concern over the lack of investment in training. This might partially explain why 19% claim not to use their PR and communications agencies for any areas of digital and social. The lowest ranking is Foursquare at 4%.

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Training Digital PR Media Training Education 119

Stephen Waddington

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The PRCA was started by a group of CIPR members in 1969 who wanted to create an organisation to address the specific needs of agency owners. None of the top 20 UK agencies participated in the recent PRWeek pay gap study. Publicists and agencies focused solely on the media exaggerate the issue. It’s a reasonable enough purpose.

Industry 153

Industry Publicity Agency Community 153

MaccaPR

JANUARY 17, 2017

Now that 2016 – our Minneapolis PR agency's 20th Anniversary Year – has rocketed to a close, join us for a tour of the most popular MaccaPR blog posts of the past 12 months. Let's dive back into your favorite posts from 2016 one last time! the Top MaccaPR Posts of 2016. We ask you to please enter at your own risk.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Sumeru Equity Partners acquired a majority stake in the internal comms platform SocialChorus. Agencies are cheap and don’t want to spend on tools that cut into margins. He was instrumental in Cison’s 2016 acquisition of PR Newswire for $841 million – and the eventual SPAC acquisition and “blank check IPO.”

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Software Marketing Leadership B2B 182

Sword and the Script

JULY 7, 2020

Two small international PR tech vendors Prezly, and Propel, both promote a similar concept ( here and here ). Prowly is headquartered in Poland and is among a growing list of newer international PR tech companies worth keeping an eye on. In an interview with PRWeek, the company likened it to a CRM for PR. Give our services a try.

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Technology Publicity Software Print 129

Cision

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

With Pew Research Center’s 2016 State of the News Media showing audience growth in cable and network news , as well as an explosion in the digital video sector, brands’ communications strategy must look beyond the written word. As the brand or PR agency behind the media tour, you will be driving the action.

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Business Wire

JANUARY 19, 2017

Business Wire has partnerships with 60 national and international news agencies facilitating reach to more than 89,000 media outlets in 162 countries. According to a media survey conducted by Business Wire in 2016 , 53% of the responding journalists use a newswire service daily.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

This year, we saw in-house teams get downsized and agency budgets get reduced. And so, I believe that those PR agencies or freelancers who over-use AI like to ‘read the room,’ with a view to becoming more productive will reveal how much less credible they are compared to those who do not do this, so create a credibility gap.”

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 24, 2016

As you might remember, last week I moderated the June #measurePR Twitter chat live from the AMEC International Summit in London. CEO and founding partner of byBrick Insight, a communication strategy agency, Annsi Krol. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn #measurePR Recap (June 2016): Live from #AMECSummit.

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Cision

MARCH 22, 2016

Then, I worked my way through the ranks at various weekly and daily newspapers until I joined a press agency specializing in real-life women’s stories for international magazines and newspapers. Cision’s State of the Media 2016 Report found that 93 percent of journalists prefer to receive pitches via email. I think so.

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Newspapers Pitching Interviews Writing 120

Cision

OCTOBER 8, 2015

To date , 23 states and the District of Columbia have legalized its use, and a number of marijuana-related ballot measures will be before voters in 2015 and 2016. Drug Enforcement Agency as a Schedule I narcotic — an illegal drug with “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.” Research and testing in the U.S.

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Company Newspapers Transportation Measurement 120

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 27, 2017

We see modest growth below, as Twitter adds an additional 1.23% quarter-over-quarter growth in monthly active users: Twitter now addresses 330 million users around the world; their presence is largely international. increase in Q3 growth from Q3 of 2016. Only 69 million of those users are in the United States. Christopher S.

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Twitter Social Media Media Analysis 87

PRSay

OCTOBER 29, 2019

That’s my job: To protect peoples’ distinct voices, but also to get them to work together,” he said in a 2016 interview. “I From “Wayne’s World” to The Lonely Island, “ Saturday Night Live ” has been writing internationally recognizable sketches, songs, jokes and characters for 45 seasons now. Just ask producer Lorne Michaels.

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Television Writing Video Storytelling 112

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 20, 2016

More than ever, clients demand that PR agencies prove their value. Successful agencies have become very good at telling their stories and quantifying the impact of their work. But what about the PR agency itself? Guest Post by David Klein. What can or should be measured about how the firm delivers its services? It’s not sexy.

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Measurement Agency Employee Insurance 40

The Hoffman Agency

JULY 29, 2020

By Chauncey Rasmussen, Intern. Having graduated from art school in December of 2016, I was adamant that I was going to take on the design world — or so I thought! I jumped at the opportunity for an internship at The Hoffman Agency, and I was fortunate enough to be selected to join the team.

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International Internal Creativity Interviews 68

The Hoffman Agency

JANUARY 26, 2022

Starting as a full-time intern with Hoffman is like eating Pad Thai at a spice level four. Starting at University of Oregon (UO) in 2016 after growing up in Corvallis, OR (Sco Ducks, and Beavs too, but low-key), I declared as an economics major for my first three years, in which I served as vice president of the UO Econ Club and UO Senate.

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Internal International Chemicals Fashion 36

Maxim Behar

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

In order to do it correctly, we must have a completely different level of understanding of the company's activities, we must know the internal organizational structure, and even to put ourselves in the CEO’s place. Only PR agencies communicate directly with the CEO and this is our undeniable advantage! Now the leadership is horizontal.

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Communications Conversations

MARCH 29, 2019

A North Minneapolis native, Tess excelled in her journalism program at Drake University, during which she presided over the Coalition of Black Students and interned in business development with The Integer Group and in marketing/group sales with Iowa Events Center.

Social Media 128

Social Media Agriculture Marketing Media 128

Stephen Waddington

JUNE 12, 2018

Members include public relations agencies, leading not for profits, governments, and global corporations. In 2016 AMEC brought together academics, measurement experts, public relations practitioners and organisations to create an Integrated Evaluation Framework that would work across all integrated communications.

Measurement 75

Measurement Government Education Conference 75

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 22, 2017

It’s a tall order to work full-time at an agency and then go to school all day two weekends per month, but I am enjoying this period in my career so much. 2) The 2016 PR Week salary survey indicated about one-fifth of PR pros have earned an MBA and the numbers are trending up. 5) You seem to do a lot of international work.

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International Internal Interviews Airlines 86

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Sixty-two percent of respondents answered that they planned to increase internal public relations staffing over the next five years and a full 75 percent said they planned to increase overall spending on PR over that same time period.”. Can your agency bring big ideas and execute? Boldness in Content Marketing ). Future of Marketing ).

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Content Marketing Social Media SEO Publicity 142

Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

The Global ESG Monitor (GEM), the result of an international collaboration between communication and research agencies cometis , KOHORTEN , Xenophon Strategies and currie , examined the sustainability reporting of 140 companies from DAX, EUROSTOXX-50, Dow Jones and ASX-50. In addition, Volkswagen took further steps.

Automotive 95

Automotive Study Report Transportation 95

Maxim Behar

MAY 12, 2021

won 6 awards at the annual BAPRA Bright Awards , organized by the Bulgarian Association of PR Agencies (BAPRA). At a glamorous ceremony, the prestigious international jury honored the agency for its successful projects in 2019/2020 among a total of 150 entries. M3 Communications Group, Inc. M3 Communications Group, Inc.

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Groups Communications Public Affairs International 52

Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The statistic that alarmed investors was Twitter’s flat user growth, which was a repeat of the year before: Twitter now addresses 330 million users around the world; their presence is largely international. increase in Q3 growth from Q3 of 2016. Only 69 million of those users are in the United States. Christopher S.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

And the conversation about the company continues to grow, as we can see in this Google Trends chart from the company’s launch in August 2013 to January 2016. We’ve used it internally for projects, for specific team needs AND used it with outside partners and clients. Derek Lyons. Senior Vice President, Integrated Services.

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B2B Marketing Enterprise Community 60

Wadds Inc.

JULY 6, 2022

There’s little to distinguish it from the career path into hairdressing or estate agency. billion in 2016 (Public Relations and Communications Association, 2016). This data in each case has been collected by a third-party research agency. It subsequently led to the collapse of the agency (Kwan Yuk, 2017).

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Publicity Ethics Training Education 72

Communications Conversations

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

2016 Skills of the PR pro of the Future. Sure video production skills are still in demand in 2016. But, suddenly, with more brands considering audio content as part of their mix, audio production skills are also in demand (this is the 2016 addition). 8: Ability to write clearly for external AND internal audiences.

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