Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Recently I went back through all the write-ups I’ve published on surveys and boiled the results down to these ten. B2B thought leadership drives perceptions, trust and sales A survey of 3,000+ business executives by Edelman and LinkedIn connected B2B thought leadership to trust and sales. How much money do PR professionals earn?

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PRSay

MARCH 29, 2022

In her article for the March issue of Strategies & Tactics , titled “ Channeling Childhood Creativity to Achieve Professional Success ,” Farmer recalled her creativity as a child, when she used to write her own songs. To make your writing more melodious, print it out and read it aloud to hear any awkward passages or sour notes.

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B2B PR Sense

JANUARY 5, 2018

B2B PR in particular creates a patina of thought leadership and generates interest and awareness. For example, if you want to generate more website traffic, you may be better off authoring and placing articles in targeted outlets rather than trying to get the media to write about you. Or a correction be issued if it is in print.

Crisis Management 238

Crisis Management B2B Reputation Advertising 238

Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

What is for sure is that a solid PR team is versatile and can expertly cover down on a broad number of functions: internal comms, external comms, executive comms, media relations, analyst relations, corporate social responsibility, thought leadership and marcom, and as I’ve long proposed, content marketing, among many others.

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PRSay

MAY 8, 2018

In one class, we were asked to write a release based on a police report. She worked full time, had her own home office and served in a leadership role. Judy, how did you feel when Karlie assumed leadership roles in the Georgia Chapter? Judy: To create brochures, we used to have to go to a printing press.

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Leadership Conference Local Internal 159

Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

These days, we publish our print edition quarterly and focus most of our attention on our website. We focus on a few big general topics — talent, leadership, technology, operations — and a lot of issues are crossing those lines these days. I didn’t write any of them, and in most cases, my edits were minimal.

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Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Do I need to parse the fine print of a scientific study every time I cite a statistic? Fact-checking becomes even more important when you’re writing about sensitive topics. Dimond recalled writing a piece about how the parents of transgender children have translated their parenting lessons into business and leadership decisions.

Content Marketing 144

Content Marketing Marketing Viral Study 144

Cision

JANUARY 9, 2017

But this post isn’t about helping you write your book. Kawasaki has worked both with publishing houses and self-published, and his understanding of each helps to give perspective to the different aspects of writing and editing a long-form piece of content (book). You can publish a 100-page softcover book for under $2.50

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Print How To Local Customer Service 120

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The role has required expansion of the previous need to be a generalist who is knowledgeable on business topics, to being one who can effectively take on a business leadership role where needed.”. More responsibility given the pandemic, working remotely, leadership being asked to speak out on social issues, DEI, and ESG.”.

Communications 124

Communications Crisis Internal International 124

PRSay

JANUARY 8, 2019

As communicators, we have long relied on earned media or public relations — usually in the form of media relations — to place our clients’ names on the internet, on TV, in print and on the radio. He speaks, trains and writes frequently on using the power of storytelling to advance. Keep it ethical. Regional Foundation.

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Newsfile

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Media monitoring tools scan various sources (print, online, social media, TV, radio) for mentions of specific keywords or brands. The Associated Press (AP) style guide provides guidelines for writing press releases, ensuring consistency in language, formatting, and punctuation. What is Thought Leadership ? What is SEO PR?

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Journalistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Despite denials and indignation from journalists, money does talk at many prints, electronic, and online media sources; often in direct relation to the financial health and business prospects of its corporate owners. Paid stories disguised as editorial. With the media, succeeding in a pay-to-play world means two things.

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Advertising Advertising Ethics Conference 52

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Whereas it was once important for a book to be printed and distributed by a traditional publisher, today self-publishing is a perfectly acceptable route. Authoring a weekly blog allows a leader to write in her own voice – which becomes part of the voice of the brand. Content shapes a personal brand.

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Case Study SEO Film Video 178

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 4, 2017

How hard is it to write some short articles on a subject you know well? Understanding what the decision-makers want before you begin writing is a major timesaver. Write for the audience. Because every industry has its own language and terminology, to write like an insider may require the inclusion of certain terms.

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B2B Guidelines Writing Pitching 136

Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Co-creating a story of the CIPR In The Social Leadership Handbook , Julian Stodd describes three levels of narrative: personal stories; co-created stories; and organisational stories. He writes about the purpose and values of the then IPR when it was founded in 1948. You can buy the book in print for £29.39 It’s their book.

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Cision

JUNE 2, 2017

I also love writing. Beyond passion, growing a successful agency takes resilience, adaptability, leadership and tenacity. As a kid, I never really had one big group of friends but rather a lot of friends from completely different circles, styles and perspectives.

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Travel Agency Social Media Print 243

wiredPRworks

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Producing a letter took time to write, print or copy and mail. As an early email adapter, I became an advocate and a teacher on how to transfer communications to a digital platform to reach the media, leadership and the community at large. Each year, I write a brief reflection on the year’s main events. 2011 Update.

Communications 105

Communications Community Crisis Film 105

Cision

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Because I twitch at the utterance of business cliches, it feels like an electric shock jolting through my body to write that the media industry was going through “unprecedented change” at the time. Although editorial rooms were being gutted and print revenue was dropping, it was an opportune time to be young and cheap labor.

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PRSay

MARCH 19, 2020

or a wall with paintings or prints on it. Ken Scudder has provided media training, presentation training, crisis communications training and consulting, as well as writing and editing, to business leaders, celebrities and politicians for more than 20 years. Are you too close to the wall so it looks you’re posing for your mugshot?

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Critical Mention

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Many PR pros know this, but they need to be sure leadership teams keep in mind that some tried-and-true tactics are still critical to moving the company forward. Passionate about all things communications, Jolie found her dream job as a copywriter with Critical Mention, where she’s continuing her passion for writing and editing.

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Technology Print YouTube Financial 73

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 5, 2017

Do put important requests/promises and desired outcomes in writing. The best way to prevent misunderstandings is to memorialize any discussions in writing, which is standard operating procedure at most agencies. If there’s nothing there, so much the better, but a good reporter will find it if there is.

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Agency Meeting Print Course 136

Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Tracking trends is critical to determining whether your marketing team can prove your value to senior leadership through earned media measurement. All-in-one platforms like Critical Mention allow you to get instant updates for the trending topics that matter to your industry on TV, radio, online news, print, licensed content and social media.

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Trends Viral Analysis Crisis 61

wiredPRworks

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Producing a letter took time to write, print or copy and mail. As an early email adapter, I became an advocate and a teacher on how to transfer communications to a digital platform to reach the media, leadership and the community at large. Each year, I write a brief reflection on the year’s main events. 2011 Update.

Communications 81

Communications Community Crisis Film 81

Stephen Waddington

JUNE 16, 2019

I’ve had a break from writing my weekly letter after getting married in New York. Newspaper brands continue to suffer as readers shift from print to digital. It’s the story that has played out over the past two decades as advertising revenues have shifted from print to online. Sarah Hall has rebranded as Sarah Waddington.

Print 60

Print Storytelling Newspapers Advertising 60

Cision

MARCH 29, 2016

According to a survey of the releases distributed by (a certain PR firm) on one day: 78% of public relations people spend extra money to dress up their releases with printed letterheads and color…the 78% broke down into 34% on a simple black letterhead, 16% on a one-color letterhead, and 28% on a letterhead with two or more colors.

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Retail Pitching Print Writing 120

Solo PR Pro

APRIL 8, 2021

Bernadette went on to hold positions at print publications like the Orlando Business Journal and worked as a website producer at a TV news station before deciding to make the jump to PR. A lot of that comes from my background as a reporter where often it's, okay I didn’t know about this an hour ago, but you want me to write about it?

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Meeting Journalism Employee Storytelling 97

Polaris

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Most useful offline reference resource: Spin Sucks: Communication and Reputation Management in the Digital Age , by Gini Dietrich, and Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content , by Ann Handley. Most useful offline resource: The Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus: How to Get Big Things Done in YOUR Workshop.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 31, 2017

Launching an attention-getting idea for 3-D printing client, WhiteClouds came to us this way. In the lead-up to last year’s Super Bowl, our team learned that an injured football player would possibly wear a 3-D printed brace produced by WhiteClouds. Gambling on that possibility, we punted and hoped for the best.

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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Treat subject lines like you’re a copywriter at a big ad agency and you have to write a killer headline for a new ad. My pro tip: Write 10 subject lines for each pitch. When it comes to building thought leadership for a client, these are the key themes I’ve seen work the best. Cloud) and print (The Minneapolis St.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 1, 2018

That left me alone managing the press, doing 40 to 50 interviews a day, with six or seven satellite trucks here, and writing news releases. As chief of the public affairs office, I write the news releases and the messages, and then the social media folks post them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. We have a social media team.

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Public Affairs Hotels Publicity Interviews 97

Maxim Behar

JANUARY 3, 2021

The book now is on sale by Simon & Schuster in all Barnes & Noble book stores across the US, in practice, all Universities have in their libraries, many of them included it in their educational programs. What was the most challenging aspect of writing this book? I do not know.

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Local Writing Social Media Interviews 52

Cision

JULY 11, 2017

For instance, if your company name is “Fire & Ice,” some outlets may write it as, “Fire and Ice.” A print mention is different from a broadcast mention, which is different from a social media mention, and so on. Plan to routinely update your keywords with new competitors, leadership and management, products, campaigns and events.

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How To Media Software Agriculture 265

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

This covered the glass ceiling, pay gap, lack of mentorship opportunities and stereotyped expectations of leadership style, where leadership is usually seen as a masculine trait. Offices are predominantly structured around masculine way of working and doing things and around masculine behavioural and leadership patterns.

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Government Education Print Ethics 103

Stephen Waddington

MAY 8, 2018

Professor Anne Gregory, chair of communication at the University of Huddersfield and a non-executive director at the Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, writes about the implementation of a professional capability framework and continuing professional development for NHS communicators. #6 Amazon (Kindle) £4.99 Amazon (Kindle) £4.99

Communications 63

Communications Healthcare Print Community 63

Cision

JULY 14, 2016

For as long as I can remember, I have loved art, writing and being creative. While I excelled at all my classes, I would always rather write an essay than take a multiple choice test. This can be in the form of a leadership role in an organization, summer jobs, involvement in groups like PRSSA, etc.

Travel 120

Travel Agriculture Tourism Internal 120

Maxim Behar

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The director on duty was Ausra Lukosiene, and this is how she described this scene at first, generally, then illegally printed issue of ‘Lietuvos Ritas’. "I I waited for him, and when he returned, he told me: "Write about us, write about people, which will not be present tomorrow. This is your unique chance.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 31, 2023

The product name and press release position the tool as a writing assistant of sorts, “to create initial draft frameworks for press releases and outreach communications.” Social media tools offer AI to write social media posts. Email tools will offer AI to help write emails. We’re going to see a lot more tools like this in 2023.

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