Sat.Dec 15, 2018 - Fri.Dec 21, 2018

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CEOs and live social video will be a top brand-boosting trend for PR in 2019

Agility PR Solutions

Just three years after the launch of Facebook Live, live video is set to become a dominant communications tool for public relations and marketing professionals in 2019, according to the results of a new Social Media Video Survey from video-focused PR and media relations firm D S Simon Media. The firm’s research reveals that 57 […]. The post CEOs and live social video will be a top brand-boosting trend for PR in 2019 appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

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There is such a thing as bad PR, but who cares?

Mark My Words

The term Succès de scandale (French for “success from scandal”) originates from the Belle Époque (‘beautiful era’) in Paris, where artistic success began to be attributed to the public controversy surrounding their work. The adage is now echoed as ‘there is no such thing as bad publicity’, and instead of Édouard Manet and Oscar Wilde it’s now Primark and Pret.

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Deborah Weinstein on the Challenges Confronting PR and Digital Marketing

Flack's Revenge

Today I share Deborah Weinstein’s answers to questions about the challenges confronting social media marketing and digital communications. It is the latest in my series of interviews with industry experts (see this post , which sets the stage). My good friend Judy Gombita introduced us, and I am glad that she did. As you will see below, Deborah offers great insight.

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Tech Trends Media Didn’t Care About In 2018

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

In tech PR , the only constant is change. Every year, we see new trends in technology emerge that can inform our programs, content, or even real-time newsjacking. To make way for the new trends, others that have had their time in the spotlight may fall out of favor. As tech PR pros, we often have an inside track on what those are. Why? Because our job is to stay up-to-date on what media cover and care about.

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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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Building Internal & External Relationships [Infographic]

Deirdre Breakenridge

A Guest Post By Shayla Costa, UMASS at Amherst Student, Winner of the PR Expanded Infographic Contest. An assignment in my Principles of Public Relations class with Professor Jennie Donohue was to read Deirdre Breakenridge’s new book Answers for Modern Communicators and create an infographic based on one of four concepts. These concepts included media relations, employee and internal communication, building internal and external relationships, and reputation and trust.

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AirPR Raises $8 Million Series C Financing – Bolsters Platform With the Release of Author Intelligence™ Solution

Onclusive

San Francisco, December 18, 2018 – AirPR ( www.airpr.com ), the data science company for communication and public relations, today announced the closing of its Series C financing of 8 million dollars. Pereg Ventures, along with all three of the company’s largest existing institutional investors, Wildcat Ventures, Storm Ventures, and Correlation Ventures, participated in the round.

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Social media trends overview—what’s hot and what’s not in 2019

Agility PR Solutions

A comprehensive new report from AI-powered social marketing platform Socialbakers takes a deep exploratory dive into 2019’s hottest social media trends for comms industry pros and brands who want to work smarter in social media to engage with audiences at scale. The study offers detailed information about the state of social media engagement and advertising, […].

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The road ahead in 2019

Steve Barrett on PR

A long read for the holidays reflecting on developments in PR, politics, and business in 2018 and analyzing the implications and trends set to define next year.

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Many Camps Using Meng Wanzhou Arrest to Promote Their Message?

Ronn Torossian

One of the biggest global headlines of the past few weeks has been the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, which shocked millions and touched off a firestorm of protests in Huawei’s home country, China. There are many social, economic, and political factors in the mix right now, and many different operators are jostling for […]. The post Many Camps Using Meng Wanzhou Arrest to Promote Their Message?

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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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What This Classic Joke From ‘Elf’ Can Teach Us About Marketing

PRSay

Part of my family’s holiday tradition includes watching the movie “Elf.”. You know the part where Buddy the Elf gets excited about the random coffee shop called “World’s Best Cup of Coffee”? Take 20 seconds and watch it again real quick. It’s funny — but why? They say they’re the world’s best — why wouldn’t that be amazing and worth jumping up and down about?

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An A to Z guide to marketing and PR agency management

Stephen Waddington

Agencies are straightforward organisations to manage. It’s no more complicated than A to Z. I caught up with David Brain recently on a visit to London. He’s an agency boss based in New Zealand that helped build Edelman in Europe, and latterly Asia. Brain now has a portfolio career that includes a non-exec role a Enero Group, the group that includes Frank and Hotwire.

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How to pitch TV: 5 tips for success

Muck Rack

How to pitch TV: 5 tips for success

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Media relations mentoring—6 common interview mistakes to avoid

Agility PR Solutions

While it is often a satisfying and rewarding career, sometimes public relations can be like river dancing through a mine field. Unlike marketing, where you have the ability to manage every aspect of the process, in PR there are a lot of variables over which you have no control. Those variables can lead to some […]. The post Media relations mentoring—6 common interview mistakes to avoid appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

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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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2018 in Review: Looking Back on a Year in Issues & Trends

PRSay

In creating the daily Issues & Trends newsletter, an exclusive PRSA member benefit, we here at PRSA’s publications department often share the media stories we find fascinating, informative and pertinent to the evolving communications profession. We also closely monitor I&T click- and engagement-stats to learn more about what you, as PR professionals, want to read about.

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Influencer Marketing Strategies that are Particularly Useful for Small and Medium-sized Businesses

Prowly

Big companies may often spend the equivalent of a small nation’s GDP just on market research and have a marketing department bigger than your entire office. The post Influencer Marketing Strategies that are Particularly Useful for Small and Medium-sized Businesses appeared first on Prowly Magazine.

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How to create a compelling media pitch with video

Muck Rack

How to create a compelling media pitch with video

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Businesses make a difference by committing to societal impact—how yours can too

Agility PR Solutions

In case you missed it, company stakeholders have great expectations of brands and businesses these days—from implementing more diversity and inclusion in the workforce to speaking out on cultural and societal issues that concern them, consumers and employees have raised the bar for doing business with a company and working for them. A growing number […].

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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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I Need to Develop a Strategy. Now What? The Winnie-the-Pooh Way Forward

Waxing UnLyrical

Guest Post by Paula Newbaker. Aren’t word clouds great? They highlight what is important within a mishmash of related ideas. What stands out here? Vision, Statement, Mission, Goals, Organization, Strategic, Planning, Analysis. When planning and strategizing for your entire brand or a specific campaign, all the above come into play. Organization is paramount in moving from planning to developing, and then executing, the strategy.

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The Best of Holiday Ad Campaigns

Barokas

December is usually a hectic time in PR. From juggling performance reviews, to maximizing end of year news cycles, to finding yourself knee deep in mapping out 2019 plans, there’s a lot to prioritize around the holidays. As we’re all drumming up the best and brightest to get our clients noticed in the year ahead, I wanted to share some inspiration in a few of the merriest viral holiday ad campaigns the Internet could find.

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This month in bad PR pitches

Muck Rack

This month in bad PR pitches

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6 key components you need in your PR strategy for 2019

Agility PR Solutions

As 2018 comes to an end and a new year looms on the horizon, PR expert Denise Blackburn-Gay, APR, president and CEO of Marketing Strategies., Inc., offers the following public relations strategies for a successful 2019: The need for strategic planning While many organizations understand the need for a strategic plan, many still view it as an […].

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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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Hashtag: A Comprehensive or Even TL;DR Guide

Brand24

What is a hashtag? How did hashtag start? What are some iconic hashtag campaigns? Here are answers to these and questions about hashtags. TL;DR!

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Do we need PR in 2019?

Prakkypedia

With 13 days until 2019, let’s turn our attention to whether organisations still need PR. The short answer: yes. The longer answer: hell, yes. As long as reputation, stakeholders and relationships are important to organisations – across nonprofits, private enterprise, government and more – PR will continue to be useful and valuable. [Related reading A Snapshot of Public Relations , which explains the difference between PR and marketing].

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Muck Rack's list of journalists not going to CES 2019

Muck Rack

Muck Rack's list of journalists not going to CES 2019

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Americans prefer to buy from socially conscious companies this holiday season

Agility PR Solutions

More than half (54 percent) of American consumers consider themselves to be socially conscious shoppers, and nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of respondents prefer to purchase holiday gifts from brands that support specific social causes, according to new research from application software firm SAP SE. In the firm’s survey, 1,000 consumers in the United States were asked about […].

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Peter H. Paulsen’s Inspiring Tale Continues to Resonate in 2024

Two years after its initial release, Peter H. Paulsen’s book, From Brick and Mortar to Prosperity, continues to inspire readers around the globe.

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Top 5 Twitter Influencers’ Tools

Brand24

Here're 5 Twitter influencers' tools that will help you find the best influencer for your next marketing campaign!

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39+ Social Media Statistics & Trends You Need to Know in 2019

Inbound PR

Did you know that people online have an average of 8.5 social media accounts? I definitely have more in terms of registered accounts but I am active on about 10. Last week, I was in a webinar that Paul Sutton invited me to participate in after doing a podcast together on Inbound PR and during our conversation he pointed us to some very good resources from GlobalWebIndex.

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SHIFT Archives: The Best of Q4 Content 2018

Shift Communications

As each year comes to a close, we like to sneak a peek into the SHIFT archives to see our content hits and misses. When devising a content strategy for a new year, it’s important to take note of what worked (and why) to plan what’s to come next year. Want to see how to do this for your blog? Here’s how. Our top posts, the best of Q4 content of 2018, focused on earned media, Google Analytics metrics, and measuring PR success. 3 CATEGORIES OF PR AND EARNED MEDIA.