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Study: Big Companies Lag at Blogging, Social Media

Sword and the Script

These giant corporations are demonstrating an interest in experimenting with new tools.”. This is a group that now seems comfortable and even excited with its newfound ability to engage its vendors, partners, customers and others in ways that could not have been imagined when most of their corporations began.”. 500 Social Media Study.

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Behind the Headlines With Ted Meyer

Cision

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.

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Who Can Be a Solo PR Pro Now?

Solo PR Pro

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

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PRoust Questionnaire: José Manuel Velasco

PR Conversations

Probably because of my background in journalism (see the next answer), the thing I continue to enjoy the most is writing (for effective communications). For that matter, I don’t know why I felt at a young age the “call” of journalism, as there was no family tradition in this type of career. Why do you work in PR?

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#InnovateNow With Sandra Fathi: The Merits of ‘Controlled’ Failure

Cision

In the last five years, the biggest changes in public relations have been social media and the rise of sponsored content or branded journalism. Although social media really began to percolate around 2007-2008, it was more of a novelty in the early days. We went on to receive awards and write bylines about social media contests.

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3 Landmark Studies that Sum Up the State of Creativity for the CMO [UML]

Sword and the Script

That’s according to Oliver McAteer , writing for Campaign Live about a survey by buy-side vendor Sizmek. It’s important to note that inMotionNow is my client, but I’ve chosen to write about the study because I muse about creativity on these pages often, and believe this study has value for my community (see disclosures ).

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Triple 7s: The Best, Worst and Most Loved Blog Posts in 2017

Sword and the Script

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. Our new owners immediately began to eliminate redundancies, as they say in corporate M&A. Not long after that I started this blog and began writing. A half year later my employer was acquired.