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How the APR Changed My Future

PRSay

I learned that it was because I could not articulate the communications objectives, strategies and tactics that brought the multibillion-dollar firm’s products to life in the eyes of the target audience. At the end of my buyout period, I joined a client — the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. She earned her credential in 2001.

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How Earning Your APR Can Help You — and the PR Profession, Too

PRSay

I was lost in the ideas of paid and unpaid media, direct mail and community relations. Earning the APR in 2001 gave me credence in an office of scientists and engineers who had their PEs. When I found a firm who did that, I relentlessly pursued a position there until I think I wore them down and they offered me one.

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PR Pro Showcase: Shonali Burke

Rock the Status Quo

But I do focus – and specialize – in what I call “Social PR” – where you educate, cultivate, and motivate communities to help you tell your story. So I guess I specialize in outcome-based, measurable Social PR. So I convinced my boss to give me a tiny budget for a community-based effort.

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The Top 10 PR Tech Vendors by Familiarity and Favorability

Sword and the Script

Clearly, there is a need for PR professionals to have access to better coverage of technology companies in the communications space. The coverage of PR technology in most trade publications serving the PR community is quite is slim. Surveys of the PR community or reporters ( like this one ). Product reviews – hands-on testing.

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

Waxing UnLyrical

When it comes to tracking our work via measurement, key performance indicators (KPIs) or whatever other preferred nomenclature you prefer, things get a little muddy. Thirty-eight percent stated that PR measurement is becoming more difficult, 20% stated it is becoming easier while 37% stated it was about the same.

Survey 74
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In-Housing Trend: What PR Agencies and Marketing Firms can Learn from Law Firms

Sword and the Script

The legal community, and more specifically the in-house effect on law firms bear insight. If you look at the top reasons clients fire a PR firm (cost, poor client service, inability to measure ROI , too much hand-holding) these are all interrelated around being proactive. PR Measurement: A Pulse Check on How Communicators Show Value.

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Weekly Roundup: The Magic of Discovery

Waxing UnLyrical

Youre right: blogrolls are static backwaters and I tend to favor those whove been blogging about public relations longer (I started in 2001) - and miss out on some new and interesting voices. Mark as read Approve comment Thanks for the link - but even better, thanks for making contact through the link. These fine folk did: Jan.