ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 5, 2022

Improve client comms – Throughout a PR agency career, no two clients will be the same. Go for it in brainstorms – Creative sessions can be challenging. Brainstorms are by definition collaborative, so a resolution to participate is a good one. . The more you do it, the better. .

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Cision

MARCH 24, 2017

Austin & Williams, the advertising, branding and digital marketing agency has recently tapped Jody Fisher, a NYC PR veteran, to head up its new in- house PR practice. Jody joins the agency with an extensive background in communications. Probably overcoming a misguided definition of success. How can they overcome it?

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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 14, 2014

But the marketers are often busy planning and managing agency resources. Training existing resources to handle content development requires significantly less ramp-up time than it would for an agency or solo. Don’t let the agencies/solos tell you otherwise (and this COMING from a solo consultant). Take a peek: In-house.

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Cision

APRIL 28, 2017

Mónica Cortés recently joined Comunicad LLC , the full-service, cross-cultural national public relations and marketing agency, as their Senior Vice President of Strategy Development! The specifics of how to engage the community are going to change depending on how broad or narrow the definition is of the market.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Strike a balance between creativity and sales Create campaigns that capture attention without coming across as overtly advertorial. Build community In-house work can become repetitive and sometimes isolating from the digital PR community (as compared to an agency). Today, I’d like to discuss in-house versus agency life.

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The Proactive Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Reputation management definition. While digital marketing agencies often provide reputation management services, it is important to differentiate PR from marketing and understand the purposes of both. Mike Falkow is the Creative Director of Meritus Media Inc. It’s often used to talk about “cleaning up Google results”.

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Cision

JUNE 1, 2017

This can be found from the smallest agencies to the largest corporations. KD: The most memorable milestone in my career was taking a leap of faith and starting my own agency, Powerhouse Communications. The traditional agency model is failing. Good competition helps keep you flexible, nimble and creative.

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MaccaPR

JANUARY 4, 2018

Does your PR agency love you? Does your PR agency explode with joy when they come by your office, as they lavish you with their best ideas, assign their strongest talent to your account, surprise you with above-and-beyond ideas, and relentlessly share strategies that will push your brand and your business forward? To be honest, yes.

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Communications Conversations

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Last week, Digiday wrote an article essentially claiming that agencies are destroying influencer marketing (influencer marketing agencies, in particular). These influencer marketing agencies and networks have always seemed to me a little like the former mom blog networks. Not an agency. This should surprise no one.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Parajon — who has agency and creative experience working with National Geographic and HBO, and in-house experience at Spotify and now Netflix — is learning what it takes to build a global entertainment brand and keep it at the forefront of culture. Cut your teeth at a big agency, and hone your craft at a small agency,” he said.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

I sense we are reaching that point in marketing, with respect to data and creativity. This is the role of creativity in marketing: to drive an emotional connection and feeling of belonging. Where every business has data, perhaps even the same data, we cannot have, by definition, the same creativity.

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PR in High Definition

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Launching Reputation Shapers was most definitely a highlight for us – more on that below! With every crisis comes creativity, new thinking and differing outlooks on life, and so I wanted to share some of our best pieces of content. Unrestricted creative thinking in an ever more restricted world. Communicating in a global crisis.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 3, 2019

If a PR team or agency doesn’t work in collaboration with marketing, it may be spinning its wheels — or worse, working in opposition to company business objectives. See our earlier article on how PR agencies set budgets and billing. It’s important to have a clear definition of success at the outset. No creative spark .

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Onclusive

MARCH 6, 2019

I got an MBA and went into advertising back when we basically had general advertising agencies that did your research, media planning and buying, and creative, and we had direct marketing agencies. Becky Saeger, Board of Directors, E*Trade Financial. “I Jennifer Bowcock, VP, Global Communications, Dolby.

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Cision

MAY 31, 2017

Though this was a one-time initiative, the creativity paid off handsomely for Netflix and Snapchat. There’s no one-size-fits-all definition of success, so set goals backed by data. The agency is headquartered in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with offices in Chicago and New York City.

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Solo PR Pro

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

My mix has always included agency partnerships, but 2020 forced me to get creative and leverage those agency partnerships to stabilize my business. What are agency partnerships? Agency partnerships usually form as a result of traditional advertising and marketing agencies not having PR pros on staff.

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Cision

JUNE 22, 2017

Although PSAs have been around since World War II and have been a tactical public relations mainstay for decades, the methods of distribution and best practices for PSAs have definitely evolved over the years. Today, competition for attention can be fierce. Alison is based in Austin, TX. Connect with her on LinkedIn.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Choosing the right PR agency for your company can be a daunting challenge, but fortunately there’s plenty of knowledge to be shared on the subject. Look for an agency with no conflicts but recent experience in your industry. Look for relevant experience. Look for relevant experience. Don’t neglect references.

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Cision

JANUARY 2, 2018

And it’s killing your ability to be creative with your campaigns. Instead, she said her brand’s ad agency was producing a “million-dollar campaign,” and the company’s existing content was just being used by the PR department. This example is the definition of taking shortcuts.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Well, it’s definitely not secret any more (and really, was it ever?) Pledge to leave creative control in the hands of the Instagrammers – it’s better that way for both parties, for reasons explained above. We’re talking “all-expenses paid trips to Iceland” levels of incredible. So what are we left with?

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Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

If you missed it, Alice Walker-Gibbons , the Digital PR Lead at Embryo , an independent UK digital marketing agency, wrote a fantastic case study about how they used reactive PR to land some major links (using BuzzStream, of course ). So yeah, Embryo is an agency and offers kind of integrated services. Alice: Yeah, sure. Vince: Yeah.

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Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

However, the definition of quality gets a bit complicated. Set your definition for quality and stick to it. Another recommendation I have from my time working at an agency is that sometimes site authority shifts due to changes from the monitoring tool itself. Of course, measurable is the keyword here. Lets get into some others.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 13, 2023

It was refreshing and exciting and definitely influenced my decision to join the agency. It’s a PR agency with fewer than 25 employees, and more than a third are people of color. Agencies should shape their policies to attract a diverse pool of applicants for open positions. External mentorship can also be beneficial.

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The Resolution Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

We've been following Manifest's PR campaigns for a while and have been impressed with their creativity and bold approach. Here we interview senior team member, George Hayley about Manifest team's values, creativity and why the traditional PR agency structure just doesn't work for their modern approach.

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Cision

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Courtney is the founder and principal of Gotham Public Relations , a 14-year-old boutique agency in New York City. Teetering on the horizon of a new year filled with opportunities and challenges alike, it is imperative that PR agencies take a long look in the mirror to evaluate the good, the bad and the ugly. How To Win It.

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PRSay

MAY 29, 2019

Although commercials still rule when it comes to disseminating a message, we’ve definitely come a long way from the “Mad Men” days of advertising and marketing. You can also find ways to build on your relationship with creative incentives like free memberships or discounted services that will drive your rapport. The reason?

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

The thing is, you can’t schedule creativity. A diary or a journal is, by definition, a daily written record of things – news, happenings, ideas, thoughts, opinions, questions, you name it. moment in which a creative solution emerges. You might find that your blog content gets a creativity boost. Marketing Analyst.

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Buzzstream

APRIL 2, 2025

” But Jane Hunt from digital PR agency JBH literally wrote the book on Digital PR. Well, so let, let’s get into kind of the definition, I think too, of digital pr. Jane: Yeah, so although we are calling it digital pr, a lot of agencies are basically saying they’re doing digital pr. Vince: Yeah.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 9, 2020

Marty Swant is an experienced advertising reporter who went to Forbes this summer after spending four years at Adweek covering emerging tech, agencies, brands, and the growing intersection of Silicon Valley and D.C. Definitely a good follow for those looking for TV insights especially given the rise of CTV. Marty Swant | @martyswant.

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Cision

MARCH 10, 2016

As founder and managing director of PR agency Manifest London, Alex Myers encourages his clients to focus on why their brand is significant. Definitely our focus on strategy. I think the biggest challenge is achieving true integration across all of their agencies. Curiosity is the foundation of creativity.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Instead, the PR agency or team should work with leadership to commit to a strict definition of the brand voice — and it should come from a place of authenticity. This type of creative, highly effective activity makes a splash.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Hypercreativity – the state of extreme creativity – can be a negative, but, if harnessed, it’s a PR person’s best friend. The most skilled among us push creative limits to come up with new content ideas for the mindboggling media options out there. Here’s a look at some. Harnessed hypercreativity.

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Buzzstream

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

With those definitions set, let’s get into the key differences. Tom Hemingway, Senior PR Strategist at Ride Shotgun echoed a similar cost consideration: A purely SEO-focused approach for a digital PR agency might cost a client anywhere between £4,000 and £20,000 a month, depending on the activities involved.

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wiredPRworks

APRIL 29, 2020

One of the fun things about being a creative is, well, you get to be creative! – that mapped out the best possible creative solutions? When you automate creativity, you discover the best options. Small changes in creative lead to big changes in performance. Yeah, definitely. Source: Marpipe.

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wiredPRworks

APRIL 29, 2020

One of the fun things about being a creative is, well, you get to be creative! – that mapped out the best possible creative solutions? When you automate creativity, you discover the best options. Small changes in creative lead to big changes in performance. Yeah, definitely. Source: Marpipe.

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Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

The best thing about PR – especially in agency life – is the crazy, fast-paced environment. On the people front, I’m lucky to work with a strong team of smart, creative, fun colleagues. As a data-driven agency, we focus our efforts in concrete evidence and research. It’s definitely an exercise in prioritization.

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Cision

MAY 11, 2016

I’m inspired by their creativity and enthusiasm to deliver results. . Brands should seek out communication professionals who are motivated by change and find creative solutions to keep their clients relevant. I always want to represent brands that will positively reflect back onto my brand or agency. Never, ever burn bridges.

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