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Corporate Communications is Taking More PR Work In-House, finds Survey; Media Relations Gets Even Harder

Sword and the Script

Corporate communications departments are taking more work in-house. It’s a trend that mirrors similar patterns seen broadly in the marketing for the last several years, where CMOs have slashed agencies in favor of in-house teams. 3 PR Trends in Tactics, Measurement and Organization. 5) planning and strategy (37%).

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CSR Trends for PR and Media Relations Professionals

Cision

While the concepts underlying corporate social responsibility (CSR) are hardly new , our current framework of understanding for CSR in the United States started roughly in the 1950s. In 2001, France was one of the first countries to require CSR reporting, though initial compliance was low. Emphasis on supply chain is growing.

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New Survey Identifies the Hottest Trends in Corp Comm and PR; Announcing the 2018 JOTW Communications Survey

Sword and the Script

A new survey of primarily corporate communications professionals identified the hottest trends and tactics in PR – and perhaps those that aren’t so hot too. Ned is a retired senior naval officer who launched the “ Job of the Week ” (JOTW) email newsletter in 2001 as a free resource for PR pros looking for work.

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

Sword and the Script

In other words, corporate communications is adding headcount and work that used to go to outside PR firms is being kept inside. The in-housing trend in PR isn’t entirely surprising. It mirrors a trend that’s already underway in PR’s sibling departments in marketing and advertising. Then the economy changed.

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Selfish Altruism: Ned Lundquist on Origins of the JOTW and an Appeal to Take the Annual Comms Survey

Sword and the Script

Ned: I started JOTW when I found myself rather suddenly out of work in January of 2001. It immediately generated responses from my newly formed network, and two of those responses led to job offers, with one of these leading to my getting hired for a corporate VP job. Why did you start the JOTW and where did the idea come from?

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PR measurement by valuing intangible assets–brand and reputation

Stuart Bruce

This year’s GIFT report does show that the situation is improving as the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising recommissioned a survey of equity analysts originally undertaken in 2001 to analyse if opinions over the impact of brands has changed and whether intangible assets should be included in annual reports.

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The Top 10 PR Tech Vendors by Familiarity and Favorability

Sword and the Script

If you are a vendor that was not mentioned, and you have a focus on PR and corporate communications, contact me and I’ll add you to the list here and put you on the list for this survey question next year. . In-Housing Trend: What PR Agencies and Marketing Firms can Learn from Law Firms. Arik Hanson].

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