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Forget “Better PR” — The PR Industry Needs Education

Doctor Spin

After the dot-com bubble in 2000-2001, the Internet slowed down. Having truckloads of agencies adds complexity and kills ROI. If you’re working in a communications department or PR agency, please invest in digital PR courses. Cover photo by Jerry Silfwer ( Prints / Instagram ). But we’ve already messed up.

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The PR Industry Needs More Than Just Better PR

Doctor Spin

After the dot-com bubble in 2000-2001, the Internet slowed down. Having truckloads of agencies adds complexity and kills ROI. If you’re working in a communications department or PR agency , please invest in digital PR courses. Cover photo by Jerry Silfwer ( Prints / Instagram ). You and I must save the PR industry.

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A Brand Is a Business Risk to be Understood and Managed; Off Script No. 40: Brianna Carroll Boyle

Sword and the Script

3) You’ve worked both on the agency and the client side in PR. When I got out of school in 2001, for instance, few of my clients cared about mentions in online outlets. They wanted print coverage and would regularly frame and display significant coverage. Online influencers and bloggers were basically unheard of.

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Prediction: 50% of media relations positions will be eliminated in 10 years

Communications Conversations

On one hand, I see a lot of people still working in an environment similar to 2001. daily newspapers (print and digital) fell 8% in 2016–the 28th consecutive year of declines. Make no mistake: Leadership is a big reason why many companies and agencies continue to pursue media relations as a discipline.

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Our Industry, Your Answers: Breaking Down the 2018 JOTW Communications Survey

Waxing UnLyrical

If they’re not currently engaged with an agency, most communicators have either had an agency relationship in their past or can look forward to having one in the future. When it comes to hiring an outside agency, 54% said they brought an agency on board when they needed an extra set of hands. The Latest & Greatest.

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3 former PR pros who made mid-career shifts and lived to talk about it

Communications Conversations

“I’m done with agency life. You could replace “agency life” with “corporate life” and insert a whole other sub-set of people, too. Kelly Groehler, Tim Westermeyer and Betsy Andersen all traded in their corporate and agency PR careers for work in another field. But, these three people did.

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The Essential Guide to Mass Communication: History, Methods, Ethics, and the Future

Masters in Communications

Typically, it is synonymous with broadcast and print media: radio, TV, and film (small and large screen), print media, and advertising. The printing press emerged around 600 years ago, but printed media technically existed for thousands of years.

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