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PR Tips For A Deep Media Spokesperson Bench

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Given that each story angle is different and every organization has its own internal structure, most can benefit from a deep media spokesperson bench that extends beyond the C-suite. That’s helpful in offering immediate and constructive feedback to company spokespersons. Start with key topics, then expand. Encourage honest feedback.

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Faces & Markets of PRGN: Toronto, Canada: Diversity is Our Strength

Bianchi Biz Blog

David Wills, senior vice president of Media Profile We are pleased to share the next post in a series of in-depth profiles of key international markets written by one of our PRGN partners. The skyline is filled with construction cranes and there are numerous transit expansion projects underway. Toronto is a rapidly growing city.

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How To Set Expectations In Public Relations

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Yet corporate PR officers also fall victim to inflated or impractical expectations when their internal clients don’t understand what’s possible. No one wants to be negative, but a viewpoint grounded in experience and phrased constructively can go a long way in heading off trouble later. Offer honest feedback.

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How To Get The Best From Your PR Agency

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Even an inspired agency team likes to be challenged in a constructive and creative way. Be an internal champion. Even more than marketing or advertising, a PR budget can use an advocate inside the corporation. Speak up about problems. And encourage the agency team to do the same. A professional agency team will understand.

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Trust and the Unlikely Reinvention of Advertising [UML]

Sword and the Script

Use PR to build a brand and advertising to defend it. The point of that philosophy used to be that, while you can build a brand with advertising, it’s very expensive. More recently, fake news has laid the groundwork for a new-found trust in advertising. 1) In advertising, we trust. PR is less expensive than advertising.

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Thank You, Mr. Burson

PRSay

Harold Burson, named the 20 th Century’s most influential PR practitioner by PRWeek , thought his two most valuable contributions to the profession were, first, for Burson-Marsteller having led the way for agencies to move past being a “cottage industry” to become international institutions. A champion of research.

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Public Relations: In History, at Crossroads and in the Future [UML]

Sword and the Script

If you are a large independent PR firm, then the consolidation of PR businesses, by the holding companies like Omnicom and WPP, into an advertising construct is a key point of differentiation. PR is the Best Kept Secret in Effective Content Marketing. 2) PR at crossroads.