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More on PR2020: social media activism, internal comms resurgence, storytelling and professionalism

Stephen Waddington

There were some clear misses in my original essay: social media activism, internal communications, storytelling and professionalism in PR. Social media activism: brands don’t listen In 2012 Steve Earl and I wrote a book called Brand Anarchy. It’s a lesson in crowdsourcing and the mantra of publishing frequently and often.

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Frank Strong on Next Steps in Social Media Marketing

Flack's Revenge

I never quite got on board with the “social media strategy” part (see this post from 2012 titled: Social Media Strategists will be Gone in 2 Years ). You need to have a way of activating stakeholders on social media, like employees, because their efforts are likely to go further and advance a brand’s efforts. Can the ship be righted?

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Conference Recap: Reaching Rural Americans, Preventing Social Media Crises and Using the PESO Model

PRSay

Here are some highlights from three professional development sessions at the PRSA 2017 International Conference in Boston on Oct. Don’t fire an employee and then leave them in control of the Twitter account,” said Regina Luttrell, Ph.D. This type of planning includes making sure that your team is communicating well internally, too. “If

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10 skills the PR pro of the future will need (revised)

Communications Conversations

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.

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Your content strategy is broken–here’s how to fix it

Communications Conversations

And boom–client expectations were even crazier than they already were before that 2012 Super Bowl (which is saying a lot). Figure out what content you have within your organization that you’re NOT using (white papers, employee profiles on the intranet, etc.). Suddenly, clients wanted to give real-time marketing a try.

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My First Six Weeks as a Successful Entrepreneur, Part I: Liftoff

Waxing UnLyrical

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. 24 – Jan. Knowledge is money.

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PR Job Coach - Untitled Article

PR Job Coach

In close to four decades in the communications business, Patti has held senior leadership positions in four different areas of the industry: PR, Advertising Corporate and Start-up. It could be a part time gig for a task that you can do in a time frame much shorter or at a cost much less than a full time employee.

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