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Board members with marketing experience improve shareholder returns by 3% [benchmark]

Sword and the Script

The study was conducted, in part, by reviewing 64,086 biographies for a total of 12,106 board members and across 1,091 firms “from Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 1500 firms between 2007 and 2012 and identified board members with marketing experience.” The authors, Kimberly A. Whitler , Ryan Krause , and Donald R.

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The Magical PR Strategy Question

Doctor Spin

Source: Journal of Brand Management 2 Nandan, S. Journal of Brand Management, 12, 264–278. Journal of Brand Management, 12, 264–278. “Competitiveness is derived from permanent infrastructural characteristics of organizational design, rather than just relying on temporary strategic assets.” Source: Strategic Change 1 Connor, T.

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The Halo Effect: Why Attractiveness Matters in PR

Doctor Spin

Source: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1 Nisbett, R., & Wilson, T. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 35, … Continue reading The Halo Effect and Spokesperson Selection For PR professionals , recognising the Halo Effect opens up a realm of opportunities. “The Examining the ‘Halo Effect’ in lotto games.

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In Memoriam: Douglas Ann Newsom, Ph.D., APR, Fellow PRSA

PRSay

Newsom was a Texas Christian University professor emerita of the Schieffer School of Journalism and authored numerous books. In an interview with campus publication TCU 360 in November 2007, Newsom explained her unique first name, which has been passed down through her family. Douglas Ann Newsom, Ph.D., She was 87. Kruckeberg, Ph.D.,

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The Death of the Press Release.

Maxim Behar

1906–2007 The one-time ubiquitous emblem of classic PR, the press release, has technically been dead for a while now. An admittedly arbitrary but still plausibly precise date pinpointing the press release’s death might be November 6, 2007 — the day when Facebook launched its then vastly obscure, and today vastly dominant, Facebook Pages.

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What Are the New Rules of Marketing and PR?

wiredPRworks

In 2007, David mentioned my fledgling blog wiredPRworks in his book, “ The New Rules of Marketing and PR.”. Released in 2007, The New Rules of Marketing and PR landed six months on the BusinessWeek bestseller list. Have you ever read a book that completely changed your life?

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What’s Trending for 2023?

PRSay

If the communications industry learned anything else from the Great Recession of 2007–2009, then it was the importance of maintaining brand awareness through the tough times. His 20 years of experience spans journalism, media relations and recruiting multi-national companies as an economic developer. Illustration credit: topper ].

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