Communications Conversations

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Here’s the new list of skills for the PR pro of the future (with notes about what’s been updated and deleted from that initial list in 2012). 1: Social advertising copywriting skills and an ability to manage social media advertising campaigns. I think I whiffed on the “mobile” skill set in 2012.

Instagram 60

Instagram Analytics Mobile Employee 60

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Due to tight marketing spends, even advertisers are shortening their commercials while maintaining or increasing the number of times they are aired, to ensure maximum spread for their ad spends. In August, the TV 18 group laid off around 500 employees, including several of those responsible for its features programming.

Digital PR 79

Digital PR Newspapers Advertising Advertising 79

PRSay

MAY 18, 2016

We’ve also seen metrics like AVE (advertising value equivalency), which measures the perceived value of media placements, take a backseat to things that more accurately showcase ROI, such as share of voice, mindshare, traffic and increased sales attributed to specific campaigns or activities.

Data 106

Data Meeting Measurement Guidelines 106

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

My focus at PR 20/20 will be on vision, growth strategies, leadership team development, employee recruiting, business development, and AI integration into operations and services. We assembled an amazing team of highly motivated professionals, and created a culture that refused to accept traditional wisdom and conventional solutions.

Financial 52

Financial Conference Agency Resources 52

Mindful Marketing

JUNE 15, 2015

Drew McLellan has worked in advertising for 25+ years and started his own agency, McLellan Marketing Group, in 1995 after a five-year stint at Y&R. Drew launched his agency’s blog in 2006 and it has been on the AdAge Top 150 since the list’s inception. Drew launched the AMI blog in 2012 as a resource to agency leaders.

Interviews 50

Interviews Marketing Financial Insurance 50

Stuart Bruce

OCTOBER 20, 2015

This was no rapid rebuttal piece, but instead a carefully researched take down of the credibility of the New York Times reporters and the ex-Amazon employees they had used as sources. The second, used far less frequently in the days before search and social, was paid advertising. Should it come from an expert in the company (e.g.

Crisis Communications 60

Crisis Communications Crisis Communications Media 60

Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

Social is branding, but unlike traditional advertising—it’s more human. We meet every Sunday night to discuss a different blogging topic, we welcome anyone that wants to learn or help others. Seth’s Blog: Every marketing challenge revolves around these questions [link]. CMO of Meddle.it. pic.twitter.com/D12Q53HHZf. —

Social Media 120

Social Media Twitter Media Nonprofit 120

Polaris

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Every business owner (in fact, every person who is in business either for themselves or as an employee), needs to establish their “Why.” The author recounts how he manipulated bloggers, reporters and media outlets into covering his company’s advertisements as news. Here, here! 5 Sarah Arrow.

Marketing 251

Marketing Resources Content Marketing Leadership 251

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

— 2012 was an incredible year for me. I found myself covered with social media calendars, PR pitches, blog posts, website projects, advertisement assignments, and what felt like a million clients to call. And it’s a time to decide how we want to go about pursuing what we want.

Writing 88

Writing Google Pitching Small Business 88

Frederik Vincx

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Hence, this isn’t a typical 500-word blog post with 10 tips to ( insert random PR activity ). Long form blog posts? And you are not just competing against other PR teams for budgets, but also against advertising, digital, and marketing. Each time an employee gets replaced, knowledge is lost. Choose workflow experiments.

How To 60

How To Software System Employee 60

PR Conversations

JANUARY 20, 2015

Media consolidation and threats to circulation and advertising revenue models are driving more journalists than ever into public relations and other communication positions. Follow Dan on Twitter or read his corporate blog, Reputation and Reality. When trust in journalism is broken, everyone loses. Can journalists work in PR?

Journalism 40

Journalism Reputation Ethics Corporate 40

PR Conversations

JANUARY 20, 2015

Media consolidation and threats to circulation and advertising revenue models are driving more journalists than ever into public relations and other communication positions. Follow Dan on Twitter or read his corporate blog, Reputation and Reality. When trust in journalism is broken, everyone loses. Can journalists work in PR?

Journalism 40

Journalism Reputation Ethics Corporate 40

ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

Your blog is just not working and you’re wondering why. And they all blog. His personal blog is PR Studies and he edits a magazine called Behind the Spin. Author of 27 Blogging from Paradise books. You have a belief in the essential goodness of human nature. Still reading? One Where Good Guys Win. I wrote: 1.

Communications 81

Communications How To Blogging Content Marketing 81

PR 20/20

MAY 12, 2016

In the press release introducing the 2012 report, Donovan Neale-May, CMO Council executive director, states, “There’s an underlying level of frustration among senior corporate marketers worldwide when it comes to agency contributions to business value creation, strategic thinking, and digital marketing development.”. Weak Foundation.

Agency 40

Agency Marketing Financial System 40