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Earned Media: 3 PR Studies Quantifying the Impact of Media Relations on Sales [UML]

Sword and the Script

1) Earned media is sales enablement. A tech PR firm recently published a study that showed promising effects media relations can have on the sales cycle for B2B marketing organizations. The study suggests announcements about financial transactions like funding or acquisitions didn’t convert. Be smart about it.

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In praise of the press release

Wadds Inc.

Public relations is locked into content and workflow that is more than 100 years old. A survey by Cision in 2021 reported that media relations came third in the list of reasons for distributing a press release via a wire service after brand visibility (68%) and thought leadership (36%).

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Behind the Headlines with Kaitlyn Smith

Cision

A few months ago, Flackable , a national financial public relations and digital marketing agency, promoted Kaitlyn Smith to account executive. What is your secret to media relations success? My hero is… Shonda Rhimes for making amazing television and changing the media landscape.

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Celebrating the human influence in reputation shaping

PR in High Definition

If a business experiences a reputational setback, wants to improve media relations, or is looking for a creative new way to boost visibility, there is a need for soft skills that only us humans can bring to the table. Eurovision is a perfect example of how the human influence shapes reputation.

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How COVID-19 will impact PR practice and skills

Stephen Waddington

Media relations has been impacted by a decline in advertising and the reduced distribution of newsprint. Digital media is booming. Investment and financial performance will drive the economic recovery, but this will need to be balanced with Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance.

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Measuring Public Relations

5W PR

A media impression is a comprehensive calculation of the number of people who have heard about your company within a given time period. For instance, if your company or product was mentioned on a television show that had 1 million viewers, that would count as 1 million media impressions. Speak the language.

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Behind the Headlines with Erik Wheater

Cision

Moving around effectively in the media industry can be daunting. Erik Wheater, account executive at Burns360, details his transition from a five-year career in television news to the PR agency life. In this interview, Erik discusses moving from one media world to the next. That is surprisingly a great time to pitch!