Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2024

Top stories in today’s summary of PR news: Cision shutters the HARO brand; Agility adds “Intelligent Insights”; PR tech company replaces employees with AI On the first Tuesday of every month, I sort through all the news I can find on PR technology or comms tech and present it in a summary post like this one.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 9, 2024

In this edition: Cision silently rebrands HARO; Meltwater’s dealmaking continues; PR tech briefs and mentions content picks There have been so many private equity (PE) deals among PR technology companies, that it’s easy to lose track of who owns what. HARO is a name universally recognized brand, so the rebrand doesn’t make sense to me at all.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Good public relations can be an essential way for a brand to stand out from the pack, especially in the B2B/ technology sector. 6 PR tactics to differentiate your brand. A company can set itself apart by speaking in a distinct brand voice. There are some PR tactics that can help. Have a distinct voice. Is it humorous?

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 3, 2023

I’ve been writing this monthly column about PR technology companies for nearly five years – and I’m still continuously reminded that while these companies make software for communicators, they are not typically communication experts. I believe the generative AI is based on OpenAI technology, which makes ChatGPT. Kick-ass” PR blogs.

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PRSay

APRIL 22, 2021

The bulk of this loss comes from stock market volatility stemming from financial disinformation campaigns, but the widespread proliferation of misinformation has also forced companies and organizations to increase spending on reputation management, brand safety, employee health and wellness, and crisis communication efforts.

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NewsWhip

MARCH 15, 2024

Can you talk about the role technology has played throughout that journey? At Disney and most other companies, we rely on technologies like NewsWhip Spike to help us access data from the social media platforms and other online sources through queries. The way that we as analysts and researchers use that technology has changed as well.

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Cision

AUGUST 23, 2017

In fact, consumers think of brands and products as something, or someone, that could address their emotional needs. Fractl, a digital marketing firm, carried out a surveyed of 400 people asking them to record their emotional responses to 100 of the top images from Reddit’s r/pics community. Humanize Your Brand.

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