article thumbnail

6 Trends That Will Affect PR In 2022

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

They’re the continuation or peaking of the events and moves we’ve experienced in 2021. Employees are in charge. I’d like to think employers do the right thing out of principle, but in 2021, there’s also expedience. How many “Great Resignation” stories did we see in 2021?

Trends 385
article thumbnail

PR talent is on the move but it’s an employee market

Stephen Waddington

Employers should focus on market proposition, vision, the split between home and office, and employee benefits. Anyone that was made redundant or furloughed at the outset of the pandemic in March and April 2020, had found employment by Spring 2021. Unemployment in May to July 2021 was 1.5 The summer is always quiet.

Employee 133
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Challenges and changes for PR in 2021

Stephen Waddington

Redundancies, business transformation, remote working, and juggling work with homeschooling, has seen many employees swap their agency or in-house jobs for the freelance world or even take career breaks. However, with COVID-19 affecting advertising revenue – in a November report, WARC predicted that 2020 global ad spend would fall 10.2%

article thumbnail

20 PR and Marketing Predictions for 2022

Sword and the Script

Year of the employee. 2022 is going to be known as the year of the employee. Issues from 2021 to carry-over. Several trends that started in 2021 will grow to carry over into 2022. Qualified employees are scarce, and companies recognize that they need to be seen as great places to work and thrive as well as strong brands.

Marketing 215
article thumbnail

Exploring the modern corporate communication function

Stephen Waddington

The study by the Institute for Public Relations and PR NEWS published in August 2021 explores more than 300 US organisations, including international organisations. Other often-mentioned responsibilities included employee communication (69%), brand building (69%), executive communication (64%), and community relations (58%).

Corporate 135
article thumbnail

Should we be de-prioritizing engagements in 2022?

Communications Conversations

Advertising has taken over. In 2021, I’ve done a number of social media audits. And most of these were positive comments from fans, employees and former employees. Facebook posts would have hundreds of comments with active conversations happening in the threads. Engagements were the focus–no question.

article thumbnail

Reputation Risk Insurance: Exercise Your Protection

Reputation Us

The global top-fifty companies have nearly $11 trillion of intangible assets, according to the Howden “ Insuring the Invisible ,” report published by the insurance broker in April 2021. Employee abuse. These are often related to the personal and advertising injury coverage portion of a policy. It may even feel quick and easy.