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Issue? Crisis? What’s The Difference and Why Is It Important?

Melissa Agnes

Of course they are closely related. In other words, it would make no sense at all to be changing course to avoid icebergs if the ship is already sinking and people are drowning. By Tony Jaques. It’s a major mistake to treat issue and crisis as interchangeable terms. Issues can be the warning signs that a crisis is possible.

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Interview with Ann Handley

Critical Mention

In this interview, she shares her insights into how marketing has changed over time, the most valuable social media channel for marketers and how to make more of an impact as a marketing professional in your community. The post Interview with Ann Handley appeared first on Critical Mention - Media Monitoring. Not always in that order.

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Writing For Journalism And Writing For PR: How They Differ

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Whether it was through classes, writing for the school newspaper , or my personal blogs, my writing involved reporting facts, interviewing subjects, and taking down their quotes. In fact, in PR, writers will often create quotes that they attribute to client executives (who then approve them, of course.)

Writing 294
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5 Ways to Reimagine the Press Release

Cision

A century later, companies have to do a lot more to get the attention of not only newspapers but also a newly expanded audience of blogs, influencers and consumers. The first-ever press release, from the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in 1906, was 300 words of plain text and it was published verbatim by The New York Times.

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Behind the Headlines With Ed Chambliss

Cision

In this interview, Ed discusses the benefits of analyzing your communication, why you shouldn’t leave analytics to the last minute and how conversion metrics can give you a good sense of your business impact. I always thought I’d be…a newspaper columnist, like my grandfather. Analytics can tell you. Rapid Fire Round.

Analytics 215
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Behind the Headlines With Sharon Ward Keeble

Cision

In this interview, she discusses how she came to her success, what makes her choose to cover a story and how communication professionals can improve their pitching strategies. It’s frustrating when they take days to return a call regarding an interview with a client you are desperate to get a hold of.

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FedEx Response To Tax Story Is A PR Fail

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

All perfectly legal, of course. FedEx is a logical company to carry the broader story in part because Smith lobbied heavily for tax reform, flogging it conversations with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, in op/eds and in media interviews as a way to stimulate capital investment by companies like his. That’s right, zero.

Policies 149