Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

He published a paper called PR 2020 on behalf of the CIPR in 2011 that examined the future of PR. The PR 2020 project was based on interviews with PR practitioners throughout the UK and the outlook for the forthcoming decade. They are all issues that will occupy us all in 2020. Here are the headlines. Issues in practice 1.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

And now on with the marketing and PR predictions for 2020. In 2020 I think we will see analytics playing a bigger role in helping teams become more proactive in their approach with customers and less reactive. 3) Brands blur the lines between company and friend. Podcast advertising revenue will exceed $1 billion in 2020.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 3, 2023

BuzzSumo edges into PR with journalist database for SMBs; Poppulo adds generative AI for internal comms; why don’t PR software vendors follow basic PR standard practices? Poppulo adds generative AI for internal comms Poppulo, which develops an internal comms platform called Harmony, said it embedded generative AI into its platform.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

So as we plan for 2020, we take stock of the events we’d like to attend. To share the knowledge wealth, below is my list of the 20 coolest marketing events in 2020 (coming to a venue somewhere in the U.S.). Disclaimer: Some of our favorite events have yet to release their dates for 2020. March 1 - 3, 2020 | San Diego, CA.

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Stephen Waddington

JUNE 23, 2020

In any normal year, this week would see the start of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. There's no need for industry awards for at least 12 months. I've written up the winners across all categories. Creative, marketing and PR industry events have either been postponed or moved online for at least 12 months.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Trust Insights , a marketing analytics and data consulting company, just dropped a stellar report about social media trends and what they mean for 2020. It’s all about user interest in social networks, and how that translates for marketing strategy—namely, where marketers should put their time and money as they plan for 2020.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 6, 2020

Brands are feeling pressure to speaking out right now. At the same time, some brands that have spoken out were subsequently criticized because their own house wasn’t in order. Should brands show up and engage people about this issue? Should brands show up and engage people about this issue? “…it How about now? Aina: “…Ms.

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 3, 2022

Public relations academics and practitioners explored a diverse range of societal and communication issues at BledCom. The event was pitched as a reboot of internal and external communication for stakeholders. The lack of proactive community management meant that misinformation was rife in comments.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 25, 2023

Her newsletter has over a million subscribers, making her, as of December 2020, the most successful individual author of a paid publication on Substack. Many freelancers take advantage of Substack to establish their personal brand and gain a following, so it’s a fertile area for identifying specific writers. politics and history.

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PR Job Coach

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

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. 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.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The largest PR and comms tech companies, along with many startups, are now controlled by PE firms; is this good for the PR community? This adds to a growing collection of private equity firms (PE) that have taken an ownership stake in software companies that provide tools to PR and communications professionals.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 5, 2024

Propel rolls our new UX, AI plugins for email; Meltwater signs Microsoft for monitoring; Onclusive wrestles with a cyberattack and outage The last 60 days have been pretty slow in terms of news from the PR software vendor community. Sumera previously acquired SocialChorus, an internal comms platforms for $100 million in 2020.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 6, 2021

In 2020, as protests over George Floyd swept the nation, companies moved quickly to create or renew initiatives aimed at promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I). More than a year later, these DE&I communications and programs are entering their sophomore phase, where enthusiasm has tempered and calls for action go unanswered.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Dozens of marketing and PR professionals express aspirations for 2020 along with educated guesses about the future . Predictability is dead – 2020 killed it. Brand-to-brand collaboration. Trust and relatability really come to the forefront for me when thing about marketing and communications in 2021.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. a) Many community newspapers going away and hopefully still being available in some kind of online format. Internal comms takes center comms stage in hybrid work.

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Konnect Agency

APRIL 20, 2021

It aims to contain negative commentary about the brand by ensuring prompt, honest, and informative communication between all crucial parties, both internally and externally. As we learned in summer 2020, a brand’s social and digital channels are just as susceptible to crises and cannot be ignored when crisis planning.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Brands will need to become more human. Communicating why it matters to marketers was the first step in unpacking the challenge. Workflows : Internal and external workflows were used to run all marketing campaigns. The Results: From a Pilot Blog to a Global Media Brand. The approach isn’t just growing the brand’s audience.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 26, 2020

72% of communications professionals say partisan politics makes their job harder, according to third annual JOTW Communications Survey for 2020 The majority of professional communicators say partisan politics has complicated communications for brands and businesses. That is, yes.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 6, 2020

And suddenly we’re in Q4 of 2020. Let’s just hope 2020 ends on December 31 st. As I’ve done for the last couple of years, on the first Tuesday of the month, I summarize all of the news I’ve seen from the PR technology community. The scope is completely up to you – search terms are not limited to tracked themes and brand drivers.

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Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

At the same time public relations has become elevated as the eyes and ears of an organisation not just in the public sector as means of public engagement, but in corporate communications, internal communications, and marketing. Tools serve two purposes in PR.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 4, 2021

times Klear’s revenue in 2020. It gave the product high marks for analytics, which can be used to parse social data to find social media influencers a brand may wish to engage. The company has been explicit that M&A is part of its growth strategy – ever since it raised $400 million in capital from a public offering in late 2020.

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5W PR

MARCH 26, 2020

5W Public Relations launched its Cannabis practice in late 2018, and have recently been recognized by Green Market Report as one of the most effective Cannabis PR Firms in 2020. Cannabiniers, a cannabis brand management company is focused on providing exceptional, lifestyle integrated consumer products. Recovery Products.

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Landis PR

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Are you hoping to drive brand/company awareness? There are many tactics to utilize – as Landis Communications did with its client, Velodyne Lidar, and the World Safety Summit on Autonomous Technology in 2019. As speakers and panels were confirmed, we distributed press releases to national, international and trade media.

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NewsWhip

AUGUST 18, 2020

2020 engagement. People were also very open to positive stories, on a personal and community level. One of the first big stories was about an Italian town that came together to sing on their balconies to show community spirit in the face of the tragedy. . Brett Lofgren.

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Wadds Inc.

JULY 3, 2022

Public relations academics and practitioners explored a diverse range of societal and communication issues at BledCom. The event was pitched as a reboot of internal and external communication for stakeholders. The lack of proactive community management meant that misinformation was rife in comments.

Communications 59

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5W PR

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Advertising is a fascinating study in social strategy and messaging, and marketers tend to be observant of the initiatives other brands are taking to reach consumers. Several key factors likely played into this strategy to push out mainstream advertising in order to update a brand’s reputation or make a push for consumer involvement.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This week I paused to catch up on reading several other PR and corporate communications surveys that I haven’t had a chance to read yet and summarize them here for you. Companies should be investing in the story behind their quarterly or annual results to resonate with the investment community and positively influence valuation.”

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 21, 2020

Watch for innovation and move fast to help brands capitalise. Digital design and production skills are in demand as physical events shift online for the remainder of 2020. The future is likely to be a mix of the two which will mean investment in shared community work spaces and home offices.

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NewsWhip

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

When brands are more trusted than media and other Trust Barometer findings. Tonia Ries is the Executive Director of Intellectual Property at Edelman, a role that includes stewardship of the Edelman Trust Barometer, the largest global survey and foremost authority on trust in institutions and brands. FEBRUARY 26, 2021. Watch webinar.

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5W PR

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Whether selling a pink version of your product during October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month or redirecting profits to a timely cause, many brands choose to align themselves with a charitable cause. Furthermore, some brands are entirely built upon the mission to give back. One for One. Rotating Causes. Consumer’s Choice.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 7, 2020

Welcome to the second half of 2020! Two small international PR tech vendors Prezly, and Propel, both promote a similar concept ( here and here ). Prowly is headquartered in Poland and is among a growing list of newer international PR tech companies worth keeping an eye on. Give our services a try.

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PR 20/20

MARCH 26, 2020

The impact of COVID-19 is still uneven in communities across the country and around the world. One of our core tenets is the belief that marketing can make brands “more human.”. On your brand (the relationship your audience has come to know and trust with your company). Want your brand to be “more human”? In the U.S.,

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Stephen Waddington

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Sarah Waddington has handed over #FuturePRoof to the BAME community for her latest book. Along the way she has published three books and created a vibrant community. How would you recommend graduates from the class of 2020 get hired and get ahead? How would you recommend graduates from the class of 2020 get hired and get ahead?

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Solo PR Pro

JANUARY 11, 2021

There’s a whole community of like minded people you can lean on. When in-person touchpoints were suddenly at a minimum, the strategic communicators stepped up and helped brands break-through the Zoom screen with the right word and at the right time to keep brands top-of-mind. PR is the storyteller of the organization.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Second, these weren’t just emails lists from downloaded content – but communities of engaged readers. Semrush did the inverse: the SEO software company acquired the European PR software Prowly in 2020. Notified said it can now monitor brand mentions on TikTok. Further the transactions create buzz and coverage.

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Stern + Associates

JANUARY 6, 2022

Meeting planners are seeking out authoritative Black perspectives, accomplished Black professionals are being appointed to leadership positions, and companies are actively working to root out conscious or unconscious biases in product development, supply chains, brand messages and the workplace. Communicating Your Brand to Diverse Audiences.

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Solo PR Pro

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Its annual ICON conference is your opportunity to develop your skills, share ideas, learn fresh ways to grow yourself and your business, all while immersing yourself in a fostered community of professionals and resources that can enhance career knowledge. For independent practitioners like us, there’s PRSA’s Counselors Academy Section.

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