Rock the Status Quo

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Like fluffy yellow chicks marching in line after their mama, many companies are stuck in push marketing tactics of the past, favoring carefully crafted, conservative external messaging and expecting their executives to rigidly follow corporate directives when it comes to having (or not having) a digital voice. “It’s too risky!”

Corporate 100

Corporate Leadership Brand Branding 100

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 22, 2017

Some say the goal of a great PR program should be to build brand reputation, while sales and marketing actually drive sales. There are many ways to use PR initiatives to add depth, color, and cohesion to the building blocks of brand identity. Generating credibility for the brand message. Showing a brand’s humanity.

Brand 185

Brand Branding Marketing Wireless 185

PRSay

APRIL 18, 2024

Taylor Swift’s much-anticipated album, The Tortured Poets Department (out April 19), sounds like it should be about a corporate communications team. I wanted to be so over-rehearsed that I could be silly with the fans, and not lose my train of thought,” she told TIME in her “Person of the Year” interview of her Eras Tour.

Leadership 188

Leadership Storytelling Viral Banking 188

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 25, 2020

And most CEOs acknowledge the benefits of social engagement for their personal and corporate brands. Social content has a humanizing effect on a brand, making it and the resulting conversation more authentic. A blog can also help mix it up with guest posts, video entries or interviews. Or do they? It’s a tall order.

Social Media 380

Social Media Leadership LinkedIn Corporate 380

Cision

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

I recently spent a year interviewing senior public relations professionals in 31 countries about best practices in their cultures for my newly-published book, Pitch, Tweet, or Engage on the Street: How to Practice Global Public Relations and Strategic Communication. That’s one thing that our communities love.”. “You

Local 216

Local Government Community Corporate 216

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 23, 2020

For young practitioners especially, it’s heady to have bragging rights about working with brands like Starbucks, Apple, or Netflix. For many firms, consumer work typically offered lower margins, and the PR budget was at the end of the brand food chain, but the glamor factor made up for that, or so we thought.

B2B 242

B2B B2C Software Consumer 242

MaccaPR

AUGUST 26, 2015

Your brand can share storytelling moments from its company history with your key stakeholders, too. Corporate histories are important to customers, employees, business partners, and community members. But, it takes strategic insight and smart planning to communicate a brand’s history well.

Corporate 48

Corporate Examples Storytelling Brand 48

wiredPRworks

MARCH 10, 2022

This was an interview I was so looking forward to – after all, Beth and I go way, way, way back to the early days when corporate communications was just making the transition to the first evolution of social media: the intranet. ” says Beth Nyland, the Corporate Poet & Cutter of C.R.A.P.

Creativity 98

Creativity Communications Instagram Interviews 98

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 6, 2022

The brand had put the problem of a TV character’s fatal heart attack after an indoor cycling workout firmly behind it. The brand recovered quickly by featuring actor Chris Noth in a clever campaign promoting indoor cycling’s very real health benefits. And just like that… Peloton was blindsided again. Badly played.

Facebook 310

Facebook Crisis Employee Government 310

Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2024

It was great for media pitching, and we landed a ton of interviews. I’ll never forget one interview we landed about the state of VC investing. At the same time, many are struggling with corporate real estate leases, even as their offices remain largely vacant. At the time, deals across the sector had dried up.

B2B 135

B2B Government SMB Real Estate 135

Deirdre Breakenridge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

“The global business community is being challenged by Millennials who want to change the world — and the results are going to be incredible.” As a result, businesses are actively working on becoming more socially conscious by placing organizational purpose over corporate mission and profits.

Ethics 218

Ethics Exercises Energy Corporate 218

PRSay

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

According to Cision’s “ 2022 State of the Media Report ,” which surveyed more than 3,800 journalists at about 2,160 media outlets, 76% of respondents said news releases are the content they want most from brands. In your pitch, convey how the story affects the community, Thrasher advised. How is this [business] impacting people?

Report 174

Report Local Media Pitching 174

Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The Talking Points Podcast Created by Arik Hanson , a solo marketing and communications consultant, and Kevin Hunt, leader of corporate communications content at General Mills, The Talking Points Podcast is a one-stop shop for relevant news and advice regarding public relations, corporate communications, social media and marketing.

Pitching 100

Pitching Interviews Trends Journalism 100

PRSay

APRIL 22, 2021

The bulk of this loss comes from stock market volatility stemming from financial disinformation campaigns, but the widespread proliferation of misinformation has also forced companies and organizations to increase spending on reputation management, brand safety, employee health and wellness, and crisis communication efforts.

Financial 193

Financial Reddit Advertising Advertising 193

Ethical Voices

DECEMBER 12, 2022

How do brands balance their commitments to practical short-term issues versus long-term issues? Key findings from the 2022 Brands In Motion Study. The two things every ethical communicator must embrace. And I also lead our annual Brands in Motion Research. We’re focusing on purpose-driven brands.

Ethics 74

Ethics Brand Branding Internal 74

Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 13, 2015

When it comes to corporate volunteerism and social media, isn’t this what we normally see from brands? Posts like these are all too common when it comes to corporate volunteerism and social media for big brands. Enhanced brand reputation? Why couldn’t brands do something similar with volunteers?

Corporate 60

Corporate Creativity Employee Instagram 60

Onclusive

JANUARY 31, 2018

Marketing and communication expert and author Andy Cunningham spoke about how to create a company’s positioning and branding as the foundation for success in the New PR. The Yin and Yang of Positioning & Branding. Once you have that rational description, you can put the frosting on the cake and do the branding side.

Content Marketing 191

Content Marketing Marketing Exercises Employee 191

Business Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

By Serena Ehrlich, Director of Social and Evolving Media, Business Wire In early 2018, Facebook announced a news feed update that dramatically changes how brands can engage with their communities and audiences within the Facebook platform. However, there are still ways brands can get their content into the Facebook newsfeed.

Facebook 177

Facebook Community Advertising Advertising 177

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Recently, PR teams have been pressed into crisis duty in a series of corporate missteps that have something in common: marketing or advertising departments that shows a type of “cultural appropriation” – borrowing a sensitive ethnic or cultural theme for commercial purposes. Bodega’s botched branding.

Corporate 149

Corporate Viral Community Crisis 149

PR Job Coach

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

In close to four decades in the communications business, Patti has held senior leadership positions in four different areas of the industry: PR, Advertising Corporate and Start-up. Prior to Redphlag, he was vice president of Branding and Corporate Communications and general manager of the Web Strategy Center of Hitachi, Ltd.

Corporate 274

Corporate Leadership Advertising Advertising 274

NewsWhip

MAY 12, 2021

How PepsiCo’s Creators League transforms trends into brand activations. Turning insights into brand content | 8:18-9:58. Monitoring for corporate social responsibility | 13:13-14:58. And, I think progressing in that role, I started to not just look at brand conversations, right? What are people saying about our brands?”

Trends 78

Trends Brand Branding Reddit 78

Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" animation_type="default" bg_image_animation="none" border_type="simple" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][vc_column_text] Originally seen in Harvard Business Review Over the last year, there has been no shortage of avoidable PR nightmares for leading corporate brands.

Agency 100

Agency How To Survey Employee 100

PR for Anyone

JANUARY 28, 2024

Erica Keswin is a 3x WSJ bestselling author, public speaker, and consultant for various major global brands. You’re Missing Out, Corporate America Women navigating the workplace in their 50s encounter a unique set of challenges distinct from their younger colleagues. But what about women who are looking for new job opportunities?

Employee 130

Employee Policies Creativity Company 130

5W PR

JANUARY 31, 2024

It encompasses strategic communication to build and maintain positive relationships with the media, stakeholders, and the general public. Tech PR professionals work to generate favorable publicity, manage crises, and position technology brands as industry leaders. It’s important to have a plan in place before a crisis might arise.

Technology 78

Technology Product Launch Crisis Management Case Study 78

Landis PR

MARCH 18, 2024

By Andie Davis Photo courtesy of Pixabay There are many great benefits that come from media training, and not just for media interviews. If you get media interview requests, you will want experienced media trainers to guide you through the ins and outs (and the dos and don’ts) of being a great interviewee.

Media Training 59

Media Training Training Media Interviews 59

Landis PR

APRIL 29, 2024

For us, communications is the world’s most powerful tool for change. It is not advisable to have an employee of a communications firm present in the interview situation. The festival pays attention to its impact on the local community, residents, and the environment and works determinedly to cut down its harmful effects.

Radio 64

Radio Pinterest Television Government 64

PRSay

AUGUST 6, 2019

As Gen Z, individuals born starting in 1997 as defined by the Pew Research Center, replaces millennials as the primary consumer target for many corporations, organizations and brands, PR practitioners must delve into this consumer segment and understand how to effectively engage them for the next 15-20 years.

Television 158

Television Instagram Consumer Newspapers 158

Deirdre Breakenridge

MARCH 7, 2016

On February 24th, IABC NJ, together with Rutgers University and the Rutgers PRSSA chapter, hosted a panel session on “Obtaining & Enhancing a Career in Communications.” When interviewing, a Google search uncovers everything on a candidate. Always prepare for the interview. Your work is “at the moment.”

Communications 120

Communications Interviews Social Media LinkedIn 120

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 29, 2019

They may be about the brand that punches above its weight, one that makes a comeback against the odds, or even the crisis that didn’t happen. This one’s a controversial entry for the winners’ column because reaction to the brand’s 2019 ad campaign was sharply divided. Those are harder to assess. Gillette Gets Woke.

Crisis Management 218

Crisis Management Crisis Insurance Insurance 218

Flack's Revenge

JANUARY 10, 2019

Last month I interviewed top PR and social media experts about the challenges facing online marketing. Drew Neisser: What’s not safe is ignoring social conversations, especially those related to your brand and category. Neal Schaffer: I think it is getting more and more intrusive for brands to try to take part in the conversation.

How To 159

How To Facebook Social Media Advertising 159

Cision

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Chris Dobson, president of Speyside Corporate Relations, recommends continuing to push yourself out of your comfort zone. In this interview, he discusses the importance of authenticity, how information and news is distributed so quickly and what successful brands are doing differently. Want more media coverage? Authenticity.

Corporate 120

Corporate Sports Agency Reputation 120

Cision

JUNE 28, 2016

Shannon Bell of The Orogen Group says aligning your communication strategy across departments is key to your success. While I am currently in charge of everything from operations to finance, my main focus will be providing communications and strategic counsel to the companies we invest in and to our CEO. In a word: trust.

Financial 149

Financial Groups Banking Crisis 149

Cision

AUGUST 11, 2016

Howard Stutz, vice president of corporate communications at Golden Entertainment, says brands’ messages need to be clear and comprehensible. In this interview, Howard discusses the challenges facing casino gaming companies, how to deliver an effective message and how to adapt to the immediacy of the media.

Corporate 0

Corporate Airlines Financial Journalism 0

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 31, 2018

For public relations and reputation experts, it’s easy to point out the brands and personalities who mishandled bad news or missed opportunities after public mistakes. They knew the press would want fresh faces for interviews, so they organized a deep bench of media-savvy spokespersons and messages for journalists and news crews.

Fashion 255

Fashion Reputation Social Media Brand 255

Mark My Words

MARCH 29, 2021

The former Royal’s first foray into the corporate world has seen him take up the role of chief impact officer at Silicon Valley coaching firm BetterUp, while also sitting alongside Rupert Murdoch’s daughter-in-law on a commission aiming to fight “misinformation”. Now people desire to give back and give back support to the community.”

Corporate 60

Corporate Interviews Community Newspapers 60

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They may be about the brand that punches above its weight, one that makes a comeback against the odds, or even the crisis that didn’t happen. This one’s a controversial entry for the winners’ column because reaction to the brand’s 2019 ad campaign was sharply divided. Those are harder to assess. Gillette Gets Woke.

Crisis Management 156

Crisis Management Crisis Insurance Insurance 156

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

If you’ve created neat Listly lists the WUL community and I should know about, please leave the URL(s) in your comment below! Adding context and community. Last year, Jay Baer did a terrific interview with Mark Schaefer on his book, Return on Influence , and you should read both. They’re probably not even on Twitter.

Community 79

Community Nonprofit Twitter Measurement 79