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One IPO, One M&A and the Best Media Monitoring Solutions for 2021 [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

I took a quick look back to review what was going on then, and thought the subhead accurately summarizes that snapshot in time: Some PR technology vendors have made pandemic-related announcements, but there’s a bit of “business as usual” too. Linkfluence was founded in 2006 has 150 employees in seven offices, with headquarters in Paris.

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Batter Up: The Bad Pitch From HR!

Bad Pitch Blog

We all know that PR folk are not the only ones who send bad pitches! As we are aware, our HR colleagues pitch all day, every day. When they recruit, what are they doing: they''re pitching. When they announce inevitably negative changes to benefits packages, that''s really a pitch. You get the idea. department lately?

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Ethical Issues in Merging the Science and Art of Public Relations: Aaron Kwittken

Ethical Voices

I spent the last 30+ plus years, mostly in agency PR. I worked for multiple agencies over the years and eventually found my way back to New York. Back in 2010, I left what is now HAVAS as their CEO of North America and I started something called Kwittken, a PR agency. And I’m chair of the agency today.

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There's The Pitch From HR

Bad Pitch Blog

Turns out that PR folk are not the only ones who send bad pitches! As we know, our HR colleagues pitch all day, every day. When they recruit, they’re pitching. When they announce inevitably negative changes to benefits packages, they’re pitching. The e-mail (thanks to technology) was sent from him to her.

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Bad Business to Business Pitches

Bad Pitch Blog

Bad pitches are like snowflakes. And our next pitch is in the danger zone as it represents the second time this person has pitched Canuckflack. As a result, he/she might also become the second person outed on the Bad Pitch blog. We usually fillet consumer pitches here. No two suck alike. from SCHOOL.

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Corporate PR Index: Two Cool New Indices Track Corporate Reputations and Risk Exposure to Misinformation [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

Two different companies in the PR technology space have launched indexes of their own. It was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway in 2006. Here are some interesting posts by or about the PR technology community that stood out to me this month: Only 3% of PR pitches get a response ( Marketing Interactive ). Content picks.

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Marketing has Gotten Better as a Profession; Off Script #29: Tom Pick of Webiquity

Sword and the Script

If you’re into the technology marketing scene, chances are you do too – because he’s everywhere. After working on the in-house side of marketing and learning what he liked and didn’t about working agencies, he hung out his own shingle. He’s been an independent consultant since 2006 and helps B2B companies with online marketing.