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Do I Need a Social Media Marketing Manager?

Landis PR

Merriam-Webster defines social media as “forms of electronic communication (such as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages and other content (such as videos).” In 2005, the year after Facebook went live, that number was 5 percent.

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Earned Media vs. Media Relations [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

Summary of monthly PR tech news: Critical Mention adds a media database; Talkwalker acquires Nielson Social; Watch out for fine print in media monitoring contracts As a term, earned media made a big splash in search trends in late 2004 or early 2005…and then interest waned. Earned media is sexy.

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How to get your business on YouTube (and why you should)

Agility PR Solutions

Since its creation in 2005, YouTube has done nothing but grow exponentially. With currently over 2 billion monthly active users, the site has become the ultimate spot for both live-action and animated videos. And yet, there are still brands missing out on the many advantages of this famous platform!

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Meet the Media: Seth Clevenger, Managing Editor for Features at Transport Topics

Bianchi Biz Blog

During my college years I contributed stories to the student newspaper and interned at a couple local news outlets in southwest Ohio before graduating with my bachelor’s in English-Journalism in 2005. Also, always take a moment to double check name spellings before you hit send on an email.

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PR Has Evolved Since First ‘Public Relations Handbook’ in 1967, but Some Values Are Timeless

PRSay

Back then, when we first published the “Public Relations Handbook,” reaching out to the media was relatively straightforward for PR professionals. About 2,200 local print newspapers have closed since 2005, cutting the number of newspaper journalists by more than half between 2008 and 2020. Three major broadcast networks dominated TV.

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Social Media Usage Skyrockets in Last Decade

The Proactive Report

Back in 2005 when Pew started tracking social media usage just 7% of adults where active on social networking sites. Over the years Pew has monitored how the rise of social media has affected our work, relationships and communication patterns and how these changes have affected business and politics. Today that number is 65%.

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World Communicators Want Your Questions

Landis PR

A member since 2005, Landis has the benefit and delight to be working with our partners from Japan to Germany, Chile to South Africa, Australia to Denmark, Ireland to Argentina, and everywhere in between.