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Convergence of Marketing & Comms: Insights From E*Trade, Dolby, BitGo,  Bank of the West

Onclusive

At the recent Growth PR Conference from AirPR, leadership from E*Trade, Dolby, BitGo, and Bank of the West shared their personal experiences and thoughts on what works… and what doesn’t. I went to Schwab and had responsibility as CMO, which included corporate communications as well as for PR, basically everything but Investor Relations.

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PR Lessons From The Biggest Failures of 2023

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

As always, this year brought some truly spectacular “PR failures” by high-profile organizations and brands. Some were management failures, while others were about corporate values or behavior. Yet, nothing happens in a vacuum. Still, there’s something to be learned from each one. It was a lose-lose.

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Reputation Management: Making Employees Brand Ambassadors

Ronn Torossian

In fact, the bigger the company, the less control it seems to have over people’s beliefs about its corporate values and decisions. Take a look at industry leaders like Wal-Mart and Bank of America, versus smaller competitors like Target and SunTrust. Need some convincing? The perception is not the same.

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Three lessons brands can learn from the Hockey Canada Scandal

NewsWhip

Canadian brands know this. If you want to appeal to Canadians, connecting your brand to the game has always been a safe bet. . For context, Tim Hortons’ brand DNA is hockey so their departure made headline news. Tools like NewsWhip’s real-time and predictive alerts can keep you informed when a story about your brand breaks.

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Power of Possible Podcast: U.S. Bank takes interesting approach with new podcast

Communications Conversations

Bank, which launched its “Power of Possible” Podcast earlier this year. Why did you decide to start a corporate podcast? Why did you decide to start a corporate podcast? I have been inspired by other corporations and organizations that have started podcasts. Bank focused podcast wouldn’t work.

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Only 5% of B2B buyers are in market today; but where did that statistic come from?

Sword and the Script

And in turn, that tells us about how advertising works: it mainly works by building and refreshing memory links to the brand. So, if your advertising is better at building brand-relevant memories, your brand becomes more competitive.” These memory links activate when buyers do come into the market. How can this be?

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What I learned from 3 of the top corporate podcasters in Minneapolis

Communications Conversations

The panel consisted of General Mills’ Kevin Hunt, US Bank’s Monica Wiant and Hubbard Interactive’s Melissa Young. And, there’s a lot to be said for the brand affinity podcasting can drive for your brand. Paul series. Photo credit: Debbie Friez. Start managing expectations now. #4

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