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Meet the Media: Josh Fisher, Executive Editor or FleetOwner

Bianchi Biz Blog

We are part of the Endeavor Business Media Commercial Vehicle Group covering trucking and fleet industries. My main coverage and writing focuses are the transportation technology world, and government and regulations related to the trucking and freight industries, along with other website and magazine duties.

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Meltwater Quietly Goes IPO [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

For the last couple years, I’ve been curating news from the PR technology community into a monthly summary I call the PR Tech Sum. However, the exchange posted an announcement and YouTube video , which contained some interesting facts: Jørn Lyseggen founded Meltwater “in shack number 15 on Tjuvholmen, Oslo in 2001.”. Welcome to 2021!

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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. Mainstream media still dominated the landscape. Where no platform or media dominates. And where adoption of new approaches and technologies is the norm. And where adoption of new approaches and technologies is the norm.

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7 Important Principles Of Media Coverage Every Business Needs To Know

Polaris

We’ve all seen the power of media coverage to change attitudes, build businesses and bring corporations to their knees. A few years ago, a media frenzy surrounded Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) plans to use foreign workers to replace 45 people in their IT department. So how do you go about getting media coverage for your business?

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Public Relations and COVID-19: Studies Surface Challenges, Changes and Optimism  

Sword and the Script

One of the other statistics that stood out for me was around PR and social media : 71% of PR pros say Twitter and LinkedIn will both be equally important to communication strategies in 2020 ( see graphic ). For example, I was part of the B2B technology PR community in 2001, and it was decimated when the so-called tech bubble burst.

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Don’t Let Breaking News Steal Your PR Thunder

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

I seem to recall a major client press event scheduled on October 1, 2001 at the World Trade Center, but even weeks later it was a sad footnote to the larger crisis.). The CEO may like the idea, but as a rationale for creating a media event, the bar should be high, and good PR practitioners should push it even higher. Go with it.

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Notified by Intrado is a Promising PR Software Tool that Supports 5 Central Duties in Public Relations [PR Tech Briefing]

Sword and the Script

Listen is where you establish searches and monitor media, including social media; Connect is the media contacts database – with an interesting twist; Publish allows you to publish releases, blogs and send pitches; Amplify allows you to showcase user generated content – like social media posts; and.

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