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PR Agencies Need To Be More Diverse And Inclusive. Here’s How To Start

Remote PR Jobs

In January, fashion retailer H&M came under fire for an advertisement featuring a young black boy in a green hoodie bearing the words “coolest monkey in the jungle.” One of the biggest risks to a company’s reputation is a tone-deaf advertising campaign. Some leading agencies have made changes. African American, 2.6%

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Is a PR Agency Trying to Get You Fired?

Bianchi Biz Blog

Lately, we’ve noticed that a few PR agencies have been trying this pitch to CEOs and CFOs: “Why do you need in-house PR capabilities? First off, you don’t have in-house marketing, advertising, PR or social capacity because it’s cheaper … but because it’s better. The outside agency brings a distinct perspective. More effective.

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The Hallmarks of a Great Internship Program

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Rob Culp, Fellow PRSA , is the professional director of the graduate PR and advertising program at DePaul University in Chicago. Prior to joining DePaul, he served in leadership roles for two agencies, Ketchum and Sard Verbinnen and Company. Don’t give up if you’ve been focusing on large agencies or major corporations.

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5 Reasons Not To Cut PR In A Recession

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

As any ad or PR agency knows, our budgets are vulnerable when the economy turns soft. Already, Facebook parent company Meta has warned of an advertising slowdown. It stands to reason that some businesses will cut back on marketing, advertising and PR when a downturn looms. No amount of paid advertising can buy trust.

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How PR Can Solve Its Diversity Problem

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

How we can be the change As a person of color, I am drawn to companies with a diverse employee base. It was refreshing and exciting and definitely influenced my decision to join the agency. It’s a PR agency with fewer than 25 employees, and more than a third are people of color. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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$100 Million M&A for Internal Comms Tool: What’s Older is Still News in Marchlyjunetember [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

Internal comms tool SocialChorus acquired by a PE firm; Burton-Taylor digs up revenue numbers; Nexis Newsdesk Simplifies news search; Propel adds broadcast monitoring Welcome to the beginning of September. >>> Can your agency bring big ideas and execute? I’m blaming it on the blur that’s been time the last several months.

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For PR Agencies, Does Cannes Really Matter?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity – the Oscars of the advertising business – was held last week, and apparently it was a big disappointment for the public relations industry, which won fewer awards than in previous years. Cannes used to be called the “Festival of Advertising.”

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