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Why Tech Is Important To PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

PR firms have withstood the rise of many possible “PR killers” including email marketing, digital advertising, and social media, often integrating or using those disciplines to grow their business or even make earned media more effective. Yes, social media changed PR. That’s simply not the case.

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How 2,400 Journalists Use Social Media for Reporting [And Why PR Should Get Serious about Social]

Sword and the Script

Journalists say Twitter is the most valuable social media platform and they spend a lot of time there; if you want to improve media relations you should invest more time there too. Business efforts on social media tends come in two flavors. The first flavor rarely uses their social channels.

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Conference Recap: Microsoft’s Frank X. Shaw on Thriving in the Next Communications Age

PRSay

Shaw, corporate vice president of communications at Microsoft, during the lunchtime keynote session Monday at the 2019 PRSA International Conference in San Diego. Digital and social media have created an experience that’s like “pumping static into a room. What can the media do to preserve trust and authority? Shaw asked.

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Instagram pods indicative of 10-year social media trend

Communications Conversations

It’s a concept almost as old as social media itself. Let’s take a look back at social media history for a moment. First, in the 2009-2012 period (roughly), you may recall mom and lifestyle bloggers forming these ‘blogger networks.’ A number of times, actually. Not at all.

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Join the #PRStudChat Community for a State of Healthcare Communications Twitter Chat on February 17th

Deirdre Breakenridge

ET, the #PRStudChat community will participate in a Twitter chat discussion focused the state of healthcare communications. The healthcare arena has experienced continuous change with social media empowering the digitally demanding patient. She started in #hcsm in January 2009 as an undergraduate PR student!)

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Don’t Miss The Gen-Z Driven PR Opportunity In 2024

The Hoyt Organization

When people hear the words ‘Gen Z,’ they often think of tech-savvy youngins with an affinity for social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram. Gen Z demands a different PR communications approach than previous generations. Personalize Your Communications As mentioned, Gen Z values individualized experiences.

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Glassdoor reviews as a signal of corporate misconduct

Stephen Waddington

Damming Glassdoor posts from bad leavers are part of the cut and thrust of managing an employee brand in the social media age. You can smell the corporate overreach of an incentivised employee communication campaign to scrub reviews. An algorithm matched words to subsequent corporate violations reported in the media.

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