Ronn Torossian

OCTOBER 1, 2018

On the back of the ten year “anniversary” of the global financial crash of 2008, is this a public pushback the banking sector can wait out? According to latest figures released by trade body UK Finance, some $190 … READ MORE ».

Banking 150

Banking Financial System Blogging 150

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

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.” (By So, what does this in-housing trend mean for PR agencies? I’d like to believe, PR agencies that specialized in crisis communications can identify here.

Agency 91

Agency Trends Marketing Survey 91

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 2, 2024

The content readers viewed the most were largely about the topics of generative AI in PR and marketing – with a touch of Twitter and a sprinkle of marketing budgets In 2008 I came home from a long deployment to find the PR and marketing world had changed. Blogs were raging. Social media was blossoming. And the media landscape was evolving.

Blogging 111

Blogging Software B2B Survey 111

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 2, 2014

As evidence, I noticed CMOs with multiple specialized agencies at their disposal commonly (and simultaneously) asking all of them to explore their brand’s next “Big Idea”, and PR was usually at the table. The 2008 recession hit toward the end of the year, quickly strangling marketing budgets everywhere. Minus the recession.

Creativity 141

Creativity Construction Agency Social Media 141

wiredPRworks

MARCH 10, 2022

She founded her own agency, Spencer Grace, and co-produces the Story Mode program with her good friend Jill Pollack. An early social media advocate, Barbara founded Social Media Club Chicago in 2008. Beth is a communicator, leader, advisor, teacher, and illustrator. Her podcast, Growing Social Now, launched in 2021.

Creativity 98

Creativity Communications Instagram Interviews 98

Cision

MARCH 29, 2016

Kim Spear, director at Newgate Communications, has helped her clients build brands in China and also worked with sponsors during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. What was it like to work with sponsors during the 2008 Beijing Olympics? But if you don’t understand how your brand fits into its specific market, you won’t be able to stand out.

Local 120

Local Newspapers Retail Sports 120

Flack's Revenge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Since Silicon Valley Watcher reporter Tom Foremski wrote Die, Press Release, Die in 2008. I don’t know of any agency that just does media relations, tech or otherwise. .” But people have been saying press releases have been dead for years, since the advent of social media. First, there is no monolithic “tech PR” model.

Writing 177

Writing Pitching Report Industry 177

Shift Communications

JULY 26, 2022

During the “Great Recession” of 2008, nearly eight million people lost their jobs. appeared first on SHIFT Communications: A Performance Communications Agency + PR Firm in Boston | New York | San Francisco. With this, we can anticipate a different look and feel to the labor market. The post Is Your Brand Messaging Recession-Ready?

Brand 78

Brand Branding SEO Employee 78

5W PR

AUGUST 3, 2021

In 2008, the rock band Oasis launched their ‘Dig Out Your Soul’ album in an ingenious manner. The post Product Sampling as Part of your Campaign Strategy appeared first on Public Relations Blog | 5W PR Agency | PR Firm. No one could deny the innovative twist in the campaign. Creative Product Sampling Techniques.

Strategy 88

Strategy Consumer Survey Creativity 88

Onclusive

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

AirPR: With PR as a focus, you have included marketing and advertising into your agency. Mika Stambaugh is an Emmy award winning journalist and dynamic entrepreneur known for her creative strategies in executing media and communication campaigns. How do you see these elements working together and how important is it to integrate your efforts?

Interviews 284

Interviews Radio Small Business Pitching 284

PRSay

OCTOBER 6, 2022

When my business went through a downturn in 2008, I wrote my first book: “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Social Media.” If you need support, then coaches and groups can help you grow. Let people in. Lesson 3: When things don’t go how you expect, be flexible and reinvent the situation.

System 144

System Exercises Groups Training 144

Sword and the Script

JUNE 27, 2020

The recession of 2008 changed housing. About: Ragan surveyed 315 PR professionals across organizations including corporations, agencies, non-profits and government. >>> Looking for an agency partner with the content chops to build a sound strategy and execute? How will it change PR and communications?

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Study Publicity Survey Internal 131

Ishmael's Corner

AUGUST 24, 2014

I established three primary objectives for Ishmael’s Corner back in 2008 that remain relevant today: Cultivate an industry resource for communication professionals. Create a halo effect for The Hoffman Agency that ultimately differentiates the Agency in new business and the recruitment of talent.

Leadership 164

Leadership Blogging Storytelling SEO 164

PR in High Definition

JUNE 25, 2020

Unlike the recession in 2008, we have a head start this time – we are more aware of what’s coming and what could follow. This is a very different situation to 2008, when the recession was shallower but lasted longer. The effect this has had is to require a major change in approach for most PR agencies and in-house teams.

Exercises 71

Exercises Employee Social Media Communications 71

wiredPRworks

APRIL 13, 2022

McGuffin Creative Group is a marketing and advertising agency dedicated to banks, financial services and healthcare organizations investing to grow their brands and motivate sales. Before joining McGuffin, Chris launched a digital promotion agency, Slant Marketing, and grew it to more than 25 people.

Financial 52

Financial Social Media Banking Media 52

Communications Conversations

APRIL 21, 2020

With unemployment approaching 2008-09 levels (and some projecting Great Depression 30% levels), finding a job the next few months to a year is going to be something a lot of people are doing. Many agencies have asked employees to take pay cuts. Even in our industry.

LinkedIn 179

LinkedIn Local Creativity Pitching 179

PR in High Definition

JUNE 25, 2020

Unlike the recession in 2008, we have a head start this time – we are more aware of what’s coming and what could follow. This is a very different situation to 2008, when the recession was shallower but lasted longer. The effect this has had is to require a major change in approach for most PR agencies and in-house teams.

Exercises 62

Exercises Employee Social Media Communications 62

PRSay

AUGUST 27, 2019

” • Marisa Vallbona, APR, Fellow PRSA, class of 2008: “The best advice I was ever given for my career was to approach every situation asking myself the question ‘How can I be of service?’ Take as much advantage of opportunity as you can and be thankful for it every day.

Energy 126

Energy Employee Creativity Consumer 126

Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

It reminds me of 2008 when every company was on board the environmental trend. cta] The post Thought Leadership Series: AI-Washing and PR, Part 1 of a Series appeared first on SHIFT Communications PR Agency - Boston | New York | San Francisco | Austin. David Hargreaves. Managing Director.

Leadership 112

Leadership Technology Company Course 112

PRSay

JULY 6, 2022

So many of the best and brightest journalists, executives, diplomats and PR folk descended on Beijing as part of the buildup to the Beijing 2008 Olympics. I also serve on your Global Affairs Task Force, which is made up of very switched-on leaders from corporate, agency, nonprofit and academia.

Communications 94

Communications Internal International Travel 94

Shift Communications

JANUARY 25, 2016

In 2008, their Virginia-based business took a big hit from the great recession. Any new blog about indoor pools released today is likely to see a lot more competition than River Pools’ blog in 2008. 2008 to 2016 is a long time in the digital marketing world. Savannah Whitman. Marketing Coordinator.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing System Google Data 60

Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

” It’s a phrase that’s been ubiquitous since social media blew up in 2007-2008. It’s been used in countless agency pitches. “Join the conversation.” It’s been used in marketing campaigns. And, it’s been used (to death) in signage by retailers, restaurants and media. And, as of Sept.

Retail 0

Retail Social Media Customer Service Twitter 0

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 30, 2015

What can a New York PR agency learn from the cautionary financial tale of the last decade? banking system in 2008 (based on Michael Lewis’s bestseller), is full of takeaways that PR pros can use. A lot, actually.

Film 149

Film Real Estate Banking Financial 149

Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 13, 2019

I mean, I started this blog in 2008 and I got sideways looks. He posted an agency list that up until just recently, I was still referencing. He posted agency and corporate PR news. Who would have thought we’d all miss legendary marketing reporter Bob Geiger, with his prickly coverage of the agency scene!)

Blogging 78

Blogging Agency Community Local 78

ReimaginePR

MARCH 28, 2015

This worked: Michael McCain of McCain Foods came face to face with the fact that his product had caused death and illness across Canada in 2008. Blog PR Agency Advice PR Advice Reimagine PR' And it means doing the right thing, especially when it’s hard. He listened to his PR team and his conscience instead.

Crisis 120

Crisis Customer Service Agency Corporate 120

Shift Communications

APRIL 29, 2019

A few months after winning eight gold medals in Beijing in 2008, Phelps, already notorious for his sometimes difficult temperament and his penchant for partying, was photographed smoking marijuana. appeared first on SHIFT Communications PR Agency - Boston | New York | San Francisco | Austin. Vice-President and Sector Lead, Retail.

Sports 121

Sports Retail Consumer Examples 121

wiredPRworks

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Clients include Fortune 50 companies, luxury retailers, hotels, events, small businesses, government agencies, associations, entrepreneurs and online students in 22 countries.

Small Business 66

Small Business Nonprofit Storytelling Marketing 66

Stern + Associates

AUGUST 15, 2022

Refugee Agency and Deepak Chopra, among others. In 2008, he co-founded the presidential initiative, “The Great Schlep with Sarah Silverman,” whose eponymous video garnered more than 350 million global media impressions and started a national conversation about race, faith and democracy. State Department, The U.N.

Training 62

Training Public Affairs Ethics Groups 62

Sword and the Script

MAY 21, 2019

She left Disney in 2008 to focus on her kids, and when she returned a few years later, her old line of worked dried up with digital formats. Back in the halcyon days of 2008-2009, if you had a business and were trying to reach customers, you could take your 1,000 Facebook followers and end up reaching 3,000 people with an unpaid post.

B2B 79

B2B Social Media Company Marketing 79

Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

However, since the financial crash of 2008 and the coinciding rise of AWS, iPhones, and frictionless services, non-banks are finding creative ways to fill financial needs for both consumers and businesses across the country in a phenomenon known as shadow banking. As expected, the “big” banks offer something in all of these areas.

Banking 79

Banking Financial Advertising Advertising 79

Communications Conversations

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

I think I met Allison O’Keefe in 2008 at a PRSA meeting here in Minneapolis. If I’m not mistaken, we first met at a PRSA event back in 2008 or 2009. After college, I had the pleasure of working with professionals at many different agencies and businesses during my four years on the PRSA Classics Committee.

Leadership 60

Leadership Meeting Local Agency 60

Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 8, 2022

But then moving to agency for a couple years before transitioning to Sleep Number, which is where I first met Anna. Thomas in 2007-2008. And then, she made another big pivot and went agency side and really started diving into the world of social creative and influencers.

Marketing 60

Marketing Leadership Creativity Internal 60

wiredPRworks

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

A PR pro's pro for leading agencies, Barbara hosted Ultimate PR Secrets, the world's first virtual PR conference, in 2007. A digital pioneer forging new frontiers, Barbara founded Social Media Club Chicago in 2008 and led a team to produce over 60 events. She loves to entertain, especially in front of audiences.

Case Study 40

Case Study Conference Reputation Small Business 40

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Clips helped drive sales of the blender up 500 percent in 2008 without any overt calls-to-action. AFB Habitat distributed this content through IndiVideo, a video platform created by our agency BlueRush. The series, which debuted over a decade ago, was one of the first majorly successful examples of video content marketing.

Video 95

Video How To Education YouTube 95

Cision

JANUARY 20, 2016

Then I got into the public relations agency world and went from Mullen to Cone, which is another Boston firm, and then went to MSL and now I’m here at Binder. I was at MSL for almost 8 years, and we started the corporate social responsibility and sustainability practice in 2008. What has been the biggest challenge of your career?

Corporate 120

Corporate Journalism Nonprofit Strategy 120

Cision

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Somewhere during the throes of the economic downturn of 2008, I had to steal her line. In my agency role, I noticed that budgets were slashed and positions were cut, but the scope of work expanded. The work I once found so interesting in our industry had all but disappeared. All good things must end, indeed.

Survey 120

Survey Print Creativity Energy 120

Cision

MAY 4, 2016

In short, I will assist CEO Thomas Graham and EVP Angela Dejene in executing our mission and in planning for and managing the growth of the agency. I ended 45 years in journalism when I retired as editor of the Austin American-Statesman in 2008, so it didn’t feel like a “switch” so much as completing one phase of my life.

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Newspapers Journalism Pitching Report 120