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Growing out of lockdown: how to scale an agency

Stephen Waddington

COVID-19 is an opportunity for assertive agencies to scale and grow. As we kick off the new quarter and lockdown lifts, agency bosses are planning for the remainder of the year and looking to 2021. Independent agencies that specialise in sectors hit by COVID-19 have had the toughest time. There is no magic.

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Pride Month in a Year of Loathing: Allies Needed

PRSay

And it acts like your straight neighbor Fran who puts a rainbow flag up on their house and volunteers to help at the local LGBTQ+ center. And it acts like your straight school principal who blocks book banning in their school library and hosts a local drag queen for Story Hour.

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The 22 Responsibilities of PR and What They Entail

Onclusive

Originally Published August 23, 2017; Updated August 9, 2021 ; Updated November 2023 PR is always evolving. Companies often hire specialized agencies on a project basis to assist with specific repositioning or market research. Managing PR Agencies Remember when we mentioned PR pros at the Director level?

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Challenges and changes for PR in 2021

Stephen Waddington

Redundancies, business transformation, remote working, and juggling work with homeschooling, has seen many employees swap their agency or in-house jobs for the freelance world or even take career breaks. Jules Herd Like many other sectors, COVID-19 has had a huge impact on the communications industry.

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COVID Vaccine Distribution – First Crisis PR Event of 2021

The Stalwart Blog

The year 2021 certainly kicked off in fine Crisis PR style. Do this on a regular basis and give people an understanding as to where the bottleneck is related to your local neighborhood and how you’re working with state and federal agencies to fix it. If you don’t have all the answers, that’s okay for now.

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5 Ways Your Company Can Make a Social Impact Today

PRSay

If you lead a growing PR agency, then perhaps you can make a significant impact on a social issue such as food insecurity. Before getting started, remember to carefully vet all nonprofits and authentically align your agency, clients and employers with mutually beneficial partnerships. Our neighbors collectively donated $2,000.

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A new term for professional communicators

Stephen Waddington

Here are some of the issues that need to be front of mind as we head towards 2021. Agencies and in-house organisations in smaller organisations started to return to the office before the summer. The has already given rise to a series of new agencies and models. The next four months are likely to be as chaotic as the last eight.