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After lockdown: the creative agency market

Stephen Waddington

By comparison, during the 2008 recession GDP shrunk by no more than 2.1% Behaviour change, internal communications, online events, training design and voice technologies are in huge demand. The economy is slowly recovering but the impact of COVID-19 has been brutal. in any quarter. There is no magic.

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Optimism Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels Among Marketing Leaders: 5 Statistics from a Survey of CMOs

Sword and the Script

A client of mine produces an annual survey of creatives and marketers which had a similar finding in this area. Creative teams showed remarkable adaptability and “gained a higher standing in business, which relied on their expertise to support the remote work transformation.”. 28% said brand building. 21% said acquiring new customers.

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Treat Your Communications Counselors Like Your Lawyers

Solo PR Pro

The comparisons between lawyers and communications professionals are endless. The same comparison is true of a big PR/Communications agency vs a boutique or solo practitioner. They have knowledge, experience and skill in something specific that can help support your business. In the case of a lawyer, you pay for their time.

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Martech is NOT Marketing; Long Live Marketing

Sword and the Script

Or consider these comparisons: Graphic design software is not creativity. This makes the education of business leaders – the internal marketing of marketing if you will – a continuous effort. Marketing technology (martech) is not marketing. Not any more than, a CRM database is customer service. A spreadsheet is not accounting.

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Maxim Behar on the ethical use of artificial intelligence in "One more thing with Flora" on BNT TV

Maxim Behar

This is regulated by international conventions and laws. Making that comparison is a bit of figurative thinking. Host: Will this take the creativity and fun out of art? I think it will support creativity. I think that all of this will support business development and creativity. Where does copyright come to play?

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Flying into PR

The Hoffman Agency

By Mariah Botkin, Intern. Normally, I don’t dare entertain the self-comparison LinkedIn invites this late at night, but I’m in London, so it’s around 8 a.m. After a few minutes of scrolling, I came across a post from The Hoffman Agency saying it’s looking for interns. in the U.S., This time, I mean it,” I said.

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Journey to the Center of the PR Industry

The Hoffman Agency

By Kendra Young, Intern. It was the perfect combination of everything I had been hunting for in my previous endeavors: strategy, creativity and people. It was her world and she excelled in it, whatever I did would lack in comparison. Upon entering my college career, I thought I knew what I wanted to do with my life.