Ishmael's Corner

JULY 27, 2020

The Art Of Storytelling In Business Communications And Public Relations. Techniques For Effective Business Communications. “You know, we have other interests. We don’t all go home and talk to our families about cloud storage all weekend — well, not all of us anyway.” Bryan Glick, Editor-in-Chief, Computer Weekly In this latest episode of “The Story is Always There,” Computer Weekly’s editor-in-chief Bryan Glick drops some gems, including.more.

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 29, 2020

A new CIPR #AIinPR project finds that AI tool vendors are not addressing the PR market. Tool adoption is almost entirely limited to automation tools. There is an important ongoing conversation in public relations about the speed of innovation, the adoption of tools and artificial intelligence, enabling people to work smarter or replacing roles. Technology is impacting practice in a variety of ways, including the simplification of tasks; listening and monitoring; and automation.

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Business Wire

JULY 30, 2020

If Public Relations teams are responsible for sharing and amplifying the company’s messaging, why are so many using marketing assets to supplement their outreach? The time has come for PR communicators to start creating their own visual content that appeals specifically to reporters and readers.

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Cision

JULY 30, 2020

We dove into the data to show PR and comms pros the stats that can help them do their jobs better, including best times and days to distribute a press release, and more.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 30, 2020

Tech PR offers constant opportunities for jumping on news and trends. And, yes, PR people in general are always “on,” because we’re subconsciously or overtly thinking of ways to bring clients into the conversation or use news to generate coverage. But tech PR takes things to a different level because of its constant innovation and dominance of the news.

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Prowly

JULY 29, 2020

Financial services brands spent over $15 billion in advertising in 2019, up 18.8% year-on-year. A large percentage of this amount goes to media coverage that includes finding and working with journalists and reporters. Whether you run a big financial organization or a fintech startup, you will need a solid finance press list to get your […]. The post Top Finance Journalists to Cover Your Story – The 2020 List appeared first on Prowly Magazine.

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Cision

JULY 31, 2020

For our latest Take 5 Live, we sat down with Sarah Paynter to discuss the importance of pitching and press releases.

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PRSay

JULY 27, 2020

As employees look for answers during the COVID-19 crisis, they need simple, straightforward language. For communicators, that means eliminating hype, jargon, buzzwords and corporate-speak. Employees have never liked corporate-speak, of course. In their 2005 book, “Why Business People Speak Like Idiots,” authors Brian Fugere, Chelsea Hardaway and Jon Warshawsky wrote that employees perceive jargon, hype and buzzwords as packaged and inauthentic.

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Ronn Torossian

JULY 28, 2020

After Elvis Presley was discharged from the Army, he decided to make movies instead of recording songs since he already had a stockpile of recordings that were being released. He made movies for seven years before deciding on a “live” tour comeback. Once on the road again, Elvis sported a ring and necklace with the […]. The post TCB: Taking Care of Business appeared first on.

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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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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 28, 2020

Exciting news for our client Verizon Media ! Earlier this year , it was nominated for the second annual Adweek Readers’ Choice: Best of Tech Awards. These awards recognize the top advertising and marketing technology providers, all voted on by readers. Verizon Media brought home an unprecedented four awards — for best demand side platform, supply side platform, ad network: video and ad network: mobile.

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Cision

JULY 30, 2020

You may already be familiar with some finance news sites, but we have a few more that we think you should bookmark.

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PRSay

JULY 30, 2020

We can all empathize with the many different ways that COVID-19 has impacted our lives these last several months. This is especially true for students around the country who were hit with a particularly hard curveball — the sudden end to the joys and celebrations from graduation and senior years. They were abruptly sent home, transitioned to all virtual classes, and not able to say goodbye to their friends.

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Ronn Torossian

JULY 27, 2020

That quote by Israelmore Ayivor, noted inspirational author and blogger, accurately defines the reason why marketers should switch from focusing on conversion rates to lifetime value to achieve long term success. The value of doing so became even more acute after the pandemic was declared as more consumers not only searched online but also tried […].

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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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Muck Rack

JULY 28, 2020

9 PR facts that might surprise you from The Museum of Public Relations

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Steve Barrett on PR

JULY 31, 2020

Michael Phelps’ comments as he accepted the 2020 Communicator of the Year title during a virtual gala ceremony summed up the spirit of an extraordinary year for the PRWeek Awards.

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Contently - Strategy

JULY 27, 2020

Every marketing leader on earth needs to focus on developing their team’s content muscle if they want to thrive. With the pandemic raging across the United States, it’s clear that in-person events aren’t coming back until the end of 2021, and that’s being optimistic. Even if a vaccine is rolled out at scale in the first half of the year, it’ll be some time before we can safely pack convention centers again.

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Cision

JULY 27, 2020

Maria Eloisa Capurro joins Bloomberg News, Jamie Goldberg hired full-time by Oregonian, and more.

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Flack's Revenge

JULY 28, 2020

I love the band Talking Heads, and saw them for first time in college many years ago. Back then, I thought they had a cool name – but only found out that it refers to the disembodied heads of yakking newscasters when my friend and fellow concert-goer explained. Fast forward many years later, and I am afraid I am becoming a talking head on tech startup PR and branding.

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 28, 2020

A market gets the tools that it deserves. There is a long-standing joke in the PR industry that the most popular tool is Excel. It isn’t very funny. Excel isn’t used to track the value that the PR industry creates but instead as a crude relationship management tool. It’s the wrong tool for the wrong job. The PR industry tool market emerged from Cision , Kantar Media formerly Precise, and Meltwater.

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PR for Anyone

JULY 30, 2020

Before you work with anyone, what do you do? It’s very likely that you Google that person or company. The same is true for the media. They are very likely going to check you out on Google before they use you as a source or expert in a story. What happens when you Google you? Do you check out? I encourage you to open a private tab in your browser and put your name in and see what comes up.

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Cision

JULY 31, 2020

Jan Ransom joins The Times’s Metro desk, Bob Costas now also contributes to CNN, and more.

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Buzzstream

JULY 29, 2020

We’ve all read the statistics. There are now six PR professionals for every journalist. For every campaign, project, or announcement you send to a journalist, six others have done the same that day. At the least—some journalists who excel with engagement and reach receive far more pitches from PR pros than that. . That, combined with an overall sense in the industry that PR is getting harder , and you have a dilemma.

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Culpwrit

JULY 30, 2020

By Mario Vasilescu There is one infuriating catch-22 that plagues both new grads and seasoned professionals looking to move up or laterally: your experience – or lack thereof – limits your options, but you need those options to get the right experience. This is a challenge that doesn’t discriminate by profession. Yet there is only one […].

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Sword and the Script

JULY 28, 2020

Content marketing is about the audience. You can rent an audience (paid media), borrow it (earned media), build it (owned media), or acquire an audience to accelerate growth. Speed, quality, or cost – pick two. Ask any product manager at a software company for a new feature and these choices are liable to come up: Speed, quality but not cost. You can build a quality product quickly – but it will cost more.

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Cision

JULY 30, 2020

Rachel Carter has joined Cogora as Deputy Editor; Al Riddell is now Senior Journalist for BBC World Service podcasts; role change for Hannah Chapman at Newsquest.

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

Awario

JULY 29, 2020

If you feel worried, I can reassure you: choosing a social listening tool won’t be the daunting task you imagine it to be. To make it as easy as possible, I’ll tell you what to look for in a social listening tool. This will leave you with enough options to choose from, as the social listening market is alive and booming, but you'll know what to focus on among the ads and vague benefits the marketers are throwing at you, and your search will become easier.

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Prowly

JULY 28, 2020

In a lot of ways, ours truly is a golden age of communication. Perhaps never before have public relations been so dynamic or so interconnected. Nowadays, it’s not just the PR pros who are talking. The customer is talking, too, and not just with their wallets, anymore. They’re talking with their tweets and texts, their […]. The post Crisis Communications in an Era of Media Distrust appeared first on Prowly Magazine.

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5W PR

JULY 27, 2020

In his October 9, 2016 blog about the Baltimore Ravens fourth-quarter loss to the Washington Redskins, former NFL player Dan Birdwell threw in this quote: “You have to play this game just like somebody just hit your mother with a two by four.”. Game or what’s since evolved into gamification perked up again during the pandemic with so many people quarantined at home.

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