November, 2020

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PR and Journalism – Symbiotic or Divided?

Ronn Torossian

Although most people associate him with circuses, P.T. Barnum is also acknowledged by many experts as being one of our country’s first successful PR practitioners. PR’s come a long way since then. Though symbiotic, the relationship between PR professionals and journalists has survived over the decades even though today’s media’s speed and diversity appear to […].

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Can Sponsored Content Work For PR?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

For anyone who works in public relations, content still reigns supreme. An effective content marketing calendar will complement a PR campaign to help differentiate a brand and generate business growth. How? Both PR and content share the same goal: to reinforce positive visibility, engage specific target audiences, and in some cases, issue a call to action.

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Hola and Hello: When Translation Isn’t Enough to Reach the U.S. Hispanic Market | Business Wire Blog

Business Wire

We recently wrapped National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 - Oct. 15) celebrations, but it doesn’t mean your media outreach efforts must stop right there. For Latinos, Hispanic Heritage is all year round, so let’s make sure you’re not missing out.

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How to Grow Your Agency During Tough Times

Cision

3 Ways to Ensure Your Agency’s Profitability Amid Uncertainty.

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The Upside of Leaked Internal Communications: 2024 Mini Benchmark Report

Leaked internal communications can be strategically valuable assets rather than just risks to manage. When used proactively, these leaks can highlight leadership and innovation—qualities that resonate in today’s media. By approaching internal comms with a dual-purpose approach, companies shift from mere risk avoidance to leveraging these moments as credible public messages around strategy.

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A super-simple explanation of how your PR is boosting your client’s results on Google

The Resolution Blog

Getting your website to appear for a lot of search terms, also known as SEO, can seem very complex - full of algorithms and computer wizardry. While there is a technical element to it, PR plays a bigger role than you may think. The post A super-simple explanation of how your PR is boosting your client’s results on Google appeared first on PR Resolution — by CoverageBook.

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How to Work Zoom

ReimaginePR

Susan McLennan from Reimagine PR walks you through how to work Zoom — everything from how to optimize your video and mic settings to changing your name on the screen to spotlighting, pinning, hiding, and bringing back your video — and one career-saving thing to know about the chat function. By the end of this video, you will know how to work Zoom along with all of its most important features.

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PR And Communications Trends For 2021

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

In PR and elsewhere, 2020 has been a year like no other. Even the Oxford English Dictionary is at a loss for words to describe it. If we could wipe it off the calendar and start again, most of us probably would. So, the sooner we finish our 2020 roundup posts and forecasts for the coming year, the quicker we can put it all behind us. The year of COVID-19, Black Lives Matter, assorted climate disasters, and a historically divisive presidential contest has accelerated existing trends and opened up

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Make Sure Your Reputation Management Agency Doesn’t Ruin Your Reputation | Business Wire Blog

Business Wire

Reputation has always mattered. We might not have had to worry about “cancel culture” or bad online reviews in our past, but there’s never been a time when people didn’t gossip with their friends and neighbors about other people. Consumers today talk about businesses the same way, backed by a social-media megaphone that can make or break a brand in an instant.

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What to Expect for 2021: Key Takeaways from the 2020 Comms Report

Cision

Key takeaways from our 2020 Comms Report to help you plan for 2021.

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The Importance of Personalizing Your Press Release for Journalists

Journalists receive an overwhelming number of press releases daily, making it hard for your news to stand out. While some news is valuable, most is not.

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PR Job Coach - Untitled Article

PR Job Coach

Ageism: The Pause that Perplexes Patti Temple Rocks and Scott Monty Opine on the "Agedemic" at the PRSA Silicon Valley Friday Forum on November 20, 2020. Ageism is getting old. “Long on experience” used to be a badge of honor. Oh how times have changed. Ageism, the practice of sunsetting experienced pros , has been with us in the work force for many years but today has become a routine practice in technology and many other industries.

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Fact or Opinion? One Big Flaw of Sentiment Analysis & How Brands Can Get Around It

Prowly

Sentiment analysis (also referred to as social listening and opinion mining) is used in media monitoring and allows brands to get a real handle on what people are saying about their product or service on the world wide web. It’s been used to a great extent to achieve the following: Get an overview of how […]. The post Fact or Opinion? One Big Flaw of Sentiment Analysis & How Brands Can Get Around It appeared first on Prowly Magazine.

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B2B Brand Storytelling – Using Stories to Engage

ReimaginePR

Smiling black businesswoman leader tells a story as part of her B2B Brand Storytelling Strategy. A fav client of ours asked me to review a pitch recently because they wanted to try out some brand spanking new B2B Brand Storytelling. They’re a big digital agency that builds and maintains websites you know and use frequently. But they’re behind the scenes, mostly handling site mechanics.

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PR Tips For A Deep Media Spokesperson Bench

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

In B2B public relations , there are few assets more valuable than a terrific media spokesperson. PR teams depend on a company or brand representative who can deliver a quick, incisive comment about a breaking news story or deep insights about a company move. For some organizations, the CEO or founder is the best spokesperson due to broad-based knowledge and presumed clout with media.

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Do's and Don'ts: How to Pitch Your Press Release to Journalists

Speaker: Michelle Garrett, PR Consultant, Author, Speaker

Yes - press releases are still relevant in the world of public relations! 🎯 Ever wondered how to write a compelling press release, or what are current best practices for pitching your news to earn media coverage? In this exclusive webinar with Michelle Garrett, PR Consultant, we’ll cover tips and advice to help you get the most out of each piece of news you pitch!

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So What’s Your Post-election Communications Strategy? | Business Wire Blog

Business Wire

For any organization, 2020 has been a messaging challenge. COVID-19, personal anxieties, work and school disruptions, and the economic and political issues have disrupted even the best communications strategies. People are distracted, and now we’re at the end of a contentious election cycle where emotions are running high. As communicators, how do you navigate election season and beyond, and what are the best strategies to get your message in front of your target audience?

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Introducing Cision's New Analytics Dashboards and Interactive Reports

Cision

Today we are so excited to introduce our powerful new Analytics Dashboards and Interactive Reports, the latest addition to Cision’s Next Generation Communications Cloud.

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PR Messaging Shifts in a Post Pandemic World

Ronn Torossian

With some counties and countries facing and dreaded “second wave” of coronavirus outbreaks, while some of us are still fighting the first one, it can feel like this pandemic will never end. But there will come a day when all of this is behind us, and we are marching forward into a world free from […]. The post PR Messaging Shifts in a Post Pandemic World appeared first on.

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How to Write a Media Pitch Email Subject Line to Get Noticed (w/ Examples)

Prowly

With so much effort and attention directed at the press release itself, it can be easy to overlook a key bit of text when it’s time to send it out—the subject line of your media pitch. The post How to Write a Media Pitch Email Subject Line to Get Noticed (w/ Examples) appeared first on Prowly Magazine.

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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How Has the Pandemic Changed Journalism? I Asked a New York Times Reporter

PRSay

It isn’t a secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything — from the way we interact with our colleagues to the way we operate our businesses. But one of the most important things for communicators to analyze right now is the way the pandemic has affected journalists, who are our most important relationships in the PR profession. Five months into the pandemic, I sat down to talk to New York Times staff reporter Anahad O’Connor.

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What are LinkedIn Stories and How Can PR Pros Use Them?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Since LinkedIn launched its Stories feature last month, it has won mixed reviews. But PR professionals shouldn’t be so quick to dismiss it! Of course, with over 706 million global users , LinkedIn is the go-to social platform for B2B professionals, and it’s probably still the best way to build a network with colleagues, classmates and industry professionals.

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The FuturePRoof book series & diversity in PR

The Resolution Blog

In this episode Stella interviews Sarah Waddington, founder and curator of the FuturePRoof book series and discusses the latest edition, ‘celebrating BME talent’ Stella and Sarah explore representation in Public Relations, from an inclusivity perspective on the communicators side but also our responsibility in truly understanding, connecting and relating to the public.

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How you should be measuring your PR.

Cision

It's AMEC Measurement Month, but we don't need an excuse to talk on the subject! Here's how you should be measuring your PR.

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Adapting to the Future: The Evolving Role of Crisis Management Firms in a Rapidly Changing World

As the Internet continues to grow and change, the role of Online Crisis Management firms is evolving. This article explores how these firms are adapting to the new topography of Online Crisis Management. Through interviews with industry experts and case studies, we uncover the key strategies and tactics that are driving success in this dynamic field.

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Choosing the Right Marketing Channel

Ronn Torossian

Companies are always looking to make it easy for consumers to find the business online. However, they should also be looking to reach out to other potential customers who might require the same products or services. This is precisely why choosing the right marketing channels is important. Depending on what the business does and what […]. The post Choosing the Right Marketing Channel appeared first on.

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6 Tactics to Increase Brand Awareness For Your Small Business

Prowly

Brand awareness is a foggy concept for many business owners. They prefer launching tons of lead generation and sales campaigns, but they hardly ever think of the importance of simply being in front of their target audience’s eyes. Brand awareness is difficult to measure, and therefore, they prefer to dismiss it. Are you making the […]. The post 6 Tactics to Increase Brand Awareness For Your Small Business appeared first on Prowly Magazine.

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8 Writing Tips I’m Thankful for This Year

PRSay

At Wylie Communications, we’re getting ready for our 2021 Master Classes. With that in mind, I wanted to share some of my favorite slides from our workshops: Make sound bites sound better. One-quarter of journalists rank quotes as the least important element in a news release — after the boilerplate and the dateline. Make yours short, rare and memorable, and also sound like a real person said them.

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10 Tech Buzzwords PR Folk Should Avoid In 2021

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Unique, disruptive, innovative. From Silicon Valley to New York’s own “Silicon Alley,” PR people tend to use these tech buzzwords in press releases and marketing materials. They wind up in pitch decks, tech journalists’ inboxes, and in business meetings. We’ve all used them at one point or another — but shame on us. . Tech culture is well-known for its overuse of buzzwords.

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Communicating During a Crisis & Navigating the Chaos

Speaker: Shawna Bruce, Director of M.D. Bruce & Associates Ltd.

Are you ready to face the unexpected? When the stakes are high and the pressure is on, there's no time to waste - you must be prepared to communicate clearly and confidently. In today's unpredictable world, mastering the art of crisis communication is a must-have skill for any public relations professional. Whether you're facing a weather disaster, a cyber attack, or a PR nightmare, knowing how to craft a clear and compelling message can mean the difference between chaos and calm, confusion and

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Are Twitter users an accurate reflection of real public sentiment?

Muck Rack

Are Twitter users an accurate reflection of real public sentiment?

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What to Expect for 2021: Key Takeaways from the 2020 Comms Report

Cision

Key takeaways from our 2020 Comms Report to help you plan for 2021.

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Improved Video Marketing Tactics

Ronn Torossian

One of the leading forms of marketing in recent years has become video marketing, and businesses making video content are getting ahead of their competitors. According to some reports, the businesses that use video content grow in revenue 49% faster compared to those that don’t. This growth is because consumers feel more connected with the […].

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