Solo PR Pro

MAY 8, 2018

In 2008, we shared that Solo PR Pros can be involved in: Business consulting. Direct advertising. Journalism. As a solo, you can chart your own course and craft a practice that includes diverse areas of expertise. Community relations. Corporate communications. Event planning. Fundraising. Government relations.

Public Affairs 40

Public Affairs Internal International Community 40

Cision

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

In this interview, Ted Meyer, senior vice president of global public relations and communications of Natixis Global Asset Management, shares his thoughts on the importance of communication during a crisis, how the financial crisis of 2008 is still affecting brands and what PR used to look like before the Internet and social took over.

Newspapers 120

Newspapers Financial Crisis System 120

Presspage

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

When the Global Financial Crisis occurred in 2008, traditional news media was hit hard. These tech giants allowed citizen journalism to proliferate, and for PR, this meant that companies could now become the source of their own news. As thousands of journalists lost their jobs, they left a big vacuum in the field of content publishing.

Google 94

Google Guidelines SEO Engineering 94

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

The company surveyed 500 marketers in Europe and the US and found many admit to struggling to marry “digital advertising and powerful creative work.”. And then noted the statistics: “Nearly 70 percent of marketers surveyed believe that ‘digital growth in advertising has come at the expense of the quality of creative.’

Creativity 76

Creativity Study Survey Advertising 76

Mark My Words

DECEMBER 29, 2015

However, as the comeback of wolfish investment bankers at Barclays and elsewhere goes to show even a calamity on the scale of the 2008 crash eventually passes into the dusty vaults of memory. Would many not have been better deployed in the dwindling ranks of investigative journalism ? A PR success?

Journalism 60

Journalism Wikipedia Film Interviews 60

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

It mirrors a trend that’s already underway in PR’s sibling departments in marketing and advertising. It found as the Wall Street Journal reported , “Advertisers with in-house agencies increased to 64% of the survey’s respondents from 42% a decade ago, according to the study.” Who do you see advertising on those pages?

Agency 92

Agency Trends Marketing Survey 92

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

The survey was conducted in conjunction with the American Marketing Association and McKinsey & Co; Duke has run this survey twice a year since 2008. As in the point above, I’d suspect the bulk of that, flows to agencies focused on social media advertising buys. Economy Smiles at Marketing. The survey found 69.9%

Mobile 60

Mobile Study Marketing Survey 60

Journalistics

MAY 26, 2015

This may be intentional, as mobile visitors are less valuable to advertisers (and therefore publishers) according to Pew (validated by comScore data). Newspapers continue to struggle as an industry, which should come as no surprise to those working in journalism. Why are mobile visitors less valuable?

Newspapers 71

Newspapers Mobile Media Facebook 71

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 1, 2016

I find this crazy, because I remember being in high school during the recession of 2008, and my classmates had parents who lost their jobs. This is much-needed, of course, as advertisers are already thinking of how to crack the code for marketing to them. Isn’t it almost as if Millennials and Generation Z overlap a little bit?

Groups 40

Groups Meeting Employee Social Media 40

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

As it turns out, he got his start selling radio and television advertising and only later went to work in the CPG industry after earning an MBA. Real income has been flat since the 90’s and the recession of 2008-9 permanently changed consumer’s perception of price and value. PR, marketing, sales and journalism.

Technology 61

Technology Marketing Retail Interviews 61

Journalistics

MAY 26, 2015

This may be intentional, as mobile visitors are less valuable to advertisers (and therefore publishers) according to Pew (validated by comScore data). Newspapers continue to struggle as an industry, which should come as no surprise to those working in journalism. Why are mobile visitors less valuable? How big is “significant”?

Mobile 52

Mobile Media Newspapers Local 52

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

What we made, on a platform called Moveable Type in 2008, was a pretty good start, but there was also a lot of red-tape. Last year an advertising spot during the Super Bowl cost $5 million. 4) The PR Opportunity for Brands as Publishers Tinker with Journalism. A half year later my employer was acquired. Social alerts.

Blogging 72

Blogging B2B Content Marketing Trade Shows 72

Journalistics

MAY 26, 2015

This may be intentional, as mobile visitors are less valuable to advertisers (and therefore publishers) according to Pew (validated by comScore data). Newspapers continue to struggle as an industry, which should come as no surprise to those working in journalism. Why are mobile visitors less valuable?

Mobile 40

Mobile Media Newspapers Local 40

PR Conversations

MAY 24, 2016

At the same time, redundancies continue to be common (although not at the level experienced between 2008-2010 owing to the global recession). However, the figure compares favourably to advertising (where the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising reports an average staff churn rate of 30% within consultancies).

Publicity 41

Publicity Agency Study Mobile 41

ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

“When I first started blogging in 2008, it was to document my own journey through a changing media landscape, knowing PR needed a new approach. Ann Handley is a Wall Street Journal best-selling author (Everybody Writes), keynote speaker, and the world’s first chief content officer (MarketingProfs). The world was different!

Communications 81

Communications How To Blogging Content Marketing 81