Deirdre Breakenridge

JULY 3, 2015

Most of the work I’ve seen profiled in best practices, case studies, award entries, panel discussions and other channels has been consumer-facing – as in work done by companies or agencies to advance the agenda of a B2C company or a consumer product (Oreo, Dove or Skittles anyone?). … Read more.

B2B 150

B2B Social Media Consumer B2C 150

Wadds Inc.

OCTOBER 9, 2022

tool supports business planning for creative agencies. Strategic planning can be time consuming and complex but it can provide important insight into the marketplace now and future direction. As professional advisers to creative agencies and comms teams, we have done some of the work here at Wadds Inc. A new Wadds Inc.

Creativity 118

Creativity Agency Enterprise Crisis 118

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 6, 2022

For example, media monitoring, once a tedious and time-consuming daily ritual, is now far more efficient given AI-assisted tech. Digital technologies have disrupted both journalism and PR, in ways that often help us work together. Digital technologies have disrupted both journalism and PR, in ways that often help us work together.

SEO 333

SEO Analysis Meeting Travel 333

Deirdre Breakenridge

JANUARY 6, 2020

Wei’s academic studies are in journalism, consumer technology, and resource economics; he is passionate about the intersections of the fields. Winner #1 is (drumroll please) … Wei Cai, who is an undergraduate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Winner #2 will be announced next week.

Video 352

Video Journalism Education Resources 352

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 11, 2023

AI has been promoted as a tool to automate repetitive tasks, freeing us to engage in the strategy and creative work involved in a typical PR engagement. It’s useful for analyzing data, like consumer behavior, demographic trends, or media consumption patterns, all of which can support PR program research and key audience targeting.

Tools 353

Tools Trends Creativity Web 353

Deirdre Breakenridge

AUGUST 26, 2014

Throughout my 25 year career I’ve worked with clients from an array of industries – aviation, healthcare, government, museums, education, technology, and more. But this direction has kept me flexible and enhanced my creativity by ensuring I do not simply rely on what works in any one industry. I define myself as a PR generalist.

Industry 316

Industry Fashion Travel Tourism 316

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

For example, we worked with a smart home device company and the goal was consumer media placements on the day of launch. Any good PR person knows that consumer publications have long lead times and are often tricky to crack. From Slack to Zoom, PR pros have gotten creative about how to stay connected in a remote environment.

Agency 310

Agency B2B B2C Pitching 310

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

corporate communications will be challenged to involve and engage employees, with an emphasis on mental health and wellness, team-building, and creativity. It will require new technology tools as well as unprecedented involvement on a strategic level by corporate communications pros. Our work will be bifurcated.

Trends 407

Trends Communications Employee Corporate 407

Cision

AUGUST 6, 2015

Want to learn how travel technology impacts your brand? Read Cision Global Insight’s free “Integrating Travel Technology Into the Customer Experience” white paper today! Want to see all of Cision’s key findings on travelers’ technology preferences? In-Flight Entertainment (IFE). Travel Fee Fatigue.

Travel 120

Travel Technology Airlines Wireless 120

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 26, 2021

The Consumer Electronics Show and SXSW have gone virtual this year, and most events well into summer are still being planned in virtual or hybrid formats. Yet savvy producers created compelling online conferences with the help of tech advances and good old-fashioned creativity. Virtual is more “real” than ever.

Conference 299

Conference B2B Meeting Fashion 299

Cision

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Insights provided by the agency practitioner client-side include the importance of mobile, from both a creative and business standpoint. As Harvard Business Review notes, the ability of the agency to critically and creatively coach the client is vital in order to engage specific solution. Search dominates.

Creativity 120

Creativity SEO Mobile Journalism 120

5W PR

DECEMBER 29, 2024

The consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry is undergoing a rapid transformation driven by evolving consumer preferences and technological advancements. As consumers become increasingly discerning, seeking personalized experiences and sustainable products, CPG companies must adapt their strategies to stay competitive.

Consumer 78

Consumer How To Privacy Data 78

Cision

MAY 17, 2016

I knew that I wanted to be around creative people so I majored in graphic design and minored in fine art. From the upfront research, to communication insights and strategy, to creative execution and the consistent evolution and optimization of a campaign, in today’s world, it’s all important. Each step of the way feeds into the next.

Real Estate 227

Real Estate Pharmaceuticals Automotive Healthcare 227

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 20, 2020

Ad tech PR isn’t like consumer PR where you could be hitting up different people every day, and it’s impossible to keep track of changes without a deep database. Many reporters aren’t willing to write a story about a technology provider without an advertiser or publisher willing to speak about the value proposition. It makes sense.

How To 241

How To Advertising Advertising Data 241

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 30, 2020

While we have access to a wide breadth of digital platforms to consume our daily dose of news and information, let’s not ignore an essential medium for staying smart – podcasts. Because they’re easy to consume and offer a certain intimacy, brands are using podcasts to inform, entertain, and be visible. Podcasts are mainstream.

Marketing 306

Marketing Advertising Advertising Industry 306

5W PR

DECEMBER 21, 2024

The consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry is undergoing a rapid transformation driven by evolving consumer preferences and technological advancements. As consumers become increasingly discerning, seeking personalized experiences and sustainable products, CPG companies must adapt their strategies to stay competitive.

Consumer 78

Consumer How To Privacy Data 78

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 18, 2023

Dive into research and audience analysis Each holiday brings unique associations, cultural nuances, and evolving consumer preferences. Especially for long-tail holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, it’s a bustling time for businesses, consumers, and the media.

Examples 293

Examples Consumer Software Analysis 293

Deirdre Breakenridge

OCTOBER 3, 2016

We need to look beyond easy and recognize that no software application can supplant our own curiosity and creativity. We’re creating, curating, consuming, and confronting a daily tsunami of information. John cares about putting humanity first, and our stories about technology second. It’s daunting.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Storytelling will become more creative. Today there are a plethora of niche outlets that strive to receive business and consumer attention. More specifically, companies will need to craft more creative stories in order for them to get any attention at all. In 2018, we will see the rise of more storytelling.

Trends 0

Trends Storytelling Creativity Reputation 0

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 1, 2019

Many people who work in PR thrive on the creative nature of what we do; after all, not everyone can dream up a winning idea for a product launch, or even the email subject line that will capture a journalist’s attention. But the best campaigns are fueled by creativity, yet informed by research. Muddling the message. Bad timing.

How To 257

How To Interviews Measurement Storytelling 257

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In 1926, psychologist Graham Wallas outlined the basic creative process, which has been the overall framework for understanding and fostering creativity for almost a century. The Wallas process has four general stages: Preparation : loading up your mind to be creative. Vice President, Marketing Technology. Christopher S.

Creativity 96

Creativity Product Launch Examples Energy 96

Cision

JANUARY 2, 2018

It’s also known for helping increase consumers’ engagement with brands, given Facebook’s 183 million daily users. And it’s killing your ability to be creative with your campaigns. There are no shortcuts to engaging today’s consumers. Staying Creative With Content.

Facebook 0

Facebook Marketing Journalism Creativity 0

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 8, 2019

Alexa, will technology change the public relations industry? This isn’t new technology, of course, but it has only recently become reliable enough to reach a tipping point in consumer adoption. It already has, of course. Brands are already gearing up to use smart speakers for voice search optimization.

Google 186

Google Course Technology Creativity 186

NewsWhip

JULY 15, 2021

Recently, we sat down with PepsiCo’s Lauren Powell to talk about how her team works to transform trends into successful campaigns and how data can power creative. Every successful modern creative campaign is powered by insight and data. This keeps the topics they explore relevant, specific, and consumer-centric. .

Creativity 78

Creativity Data Trends Analytics 78

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 28, 2016

Earning coverage in the top-tier tech press is a mainstay for any technology PR program, whether your brand deals in consumer tech or B2B services. Universal pitching rules apply here, but a few twists are in order when it comes to getting out technology news. And all tech media are not the same. Narrate the story.

Pitching 180

Pitching Technology Trends Consumer 180

Onclusive

DECEMBER 16, 2020

We will begin seeing more jobs and spending from both businesses and consumers. As companies continue to capitalize on the power of livestream, there will be a lot of room for creativity and innovation around employee and customer communications, including hybrid events and programs for both virtual and physical participants.

Industry 221

Industry Content Marketing Corporate Analytics 221

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 22, 2021

The feature offers a fun, creative way to display your brand’s product releases, how-to’s, and even its workplace culture. While you should pay attention to the level of adaptability, you should consider how your audience wants to consume media. Instagram Reels can be used to promote brand awareness and even recruitment.

B2B 405

B2B Social Media Media Twitter 405

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 2, 2020

New York, NY, June 2, 2020 — Crenshaw Communications , a New York-based public relations agency specializing in technology, today announced the analysis of dozens of B2C brand email marketing communications sent during the COVID-19 pandemic between mid-March and mid-May. A Third of Brand Emails Offer Free or Discounted Services Amid Pandemic.

Study 170

Study Branding Brand B2C 170

Agility PR Solutions

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

There are new technologies and tools discovered every day. Creative thinkers find more advanced ways to generate compelling material. But the diversity and sheer number of content posts are so massive that target audiences are unlikely to ever consume them all. The world of content marketing is changing rapidly.

Content Marketing 140

Content Marketing Trends Marketing Creativity 140

Business Wire

AUGUST 9, 2017

Always at the technological forefront, and keeping a strong connection with the audience that helped transform what the conference/festival is today, SXSW continues to place the keys to the kingdom in the public’s hands. We’ll also tackle how both sides, are harnessing this technology to feed seemingly insatiable news appetites.

Conference 164

Conference Technology Mobile Analytics 164

Cision

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

There’s a new trend in the creative world — more companies are building their own in-house teams for a range of creative work that used to be assigned to external agencies. Agencies also need to be educated on your internal data, technology platforms, and processes, which can be cumbersome and time-consuming.

Agency 189

Agency Creativity International Internal 189

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 22, 2023

Crenshaw Communications, an award-winning B2B PR firm representing high-growth technology companies and leading ad tech brands, recently welcomed former ad tech journalist Mez Ambachew and PR agency professional Elana Warshavsky to the team. Before Adweek, she served as a media technology analyst at Digitas North America.

Agency 156

Agency Communications B2B Enterprise 156

Cision

JUNE 22, 2017

Since then, his work at MCS has included the successful implementation of PR activities through the many stages of a drug’s lifecycle including early clinical trial data, FDA approval, direct-to-consumer and reinvigorating older brands. The most important thing I can do is help cultivate and grow the future leaders of our industry.

Healthcare 266

Healthcare Analytics Agency Trends 266

Cision

MAY 23, 2017

South by Southwest (SXSW), a conference and festival mashup of film, interactive media, and music that takes over Austin every March, lends itself well to creative brand expression. It’s difficult to be creative on command, especially when you don’t know where to start. Be Imaginative. But what happens afterward?

Industry 195

Industry Trade Shows Marketing Film 195

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 18, 2021

Specific sectors like ad tech , for example, offer a relatively small number of relevant trade publications compared to consumer categories. Or, if you want to keep tabs on the latest campaigns and creative, check out the Hot Spots column. . So, if you want a more personal approach to your ad tech news, this is the way to go.

Advertising 322

Advertising Advertising Privacy Television 322

Business Wire

JUNE 28, 2017

New technology brought in new challenges and revolutionized our relationship to media consumption. 51% of consumers are getting their news from their mobile device and the trend is going upwards. First, that journalists must today master editorial and technology techniques, social media specifics and creativity.

Mobile 152

Mobile SEO Web Training 152

Cision

APRIL 7, 2017

Kristin Daher, the President and founder of Powerhouse Communications , spearheads the creative communications agency providing a wide range of media relations, brand strategy, and social media services with a specialty in the foodservice and franchise space. The agency life is the only life I’ve ever known. If it doesn’t, get rid of it!

Pitching 228

Pitching Agency Social Media Creativity 228