Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Specifically, I talked about how today’s branded content is broken. My main hypothesis: Today’s branded content is broken (for the most part). Or, we see this type of content: Yep–so many brands attempting the real-time marketing thing. We have been the ones telling brands to “create engaging content.”

Strategy 120

Strategy How To Guidelines Advertising 120

Communications Conversations

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Here’s the new list of skills for the PR pro of the future (with notes about what’s been updated and deleted from that initial list in 2012). 1: Social advertising copywriting skills and an ability to manage social media advertising campaigns. I think I whiffed on the “mobile” skill set in 2012.

Analytics 60

Analytics Instagram Mobile Employee 60

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Due to tight marketing spends, even advertisers are shortening their commercials while maintaining or increasing the number of times they are aired, to ensure maximum spread for their ad spends. In August, the TV 18 group laid off around 500 employees, including several of those responsible for its features programming.

Digital PR 79

Digital PR Newspapers Advertising Advertising 79

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

A few highlights: Maintaining Brand and Autonomy: The PR 20/20 brand remains, and all full-time staff were retained. My focus at PR 20/20 will be on vision, growth strategies, leadership team development, employee recruiting, business development, and AI integration into operations and services.

Financial 52

Financial Conference Agency Resources 52

Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

When I started researching this post, I was planning to write about how I think influencer marketing may be reaching a critical tipping point from a brand perspective and how it’s about to jump the shark. But then something funny happened–I started to come around (at least from a brand perspective).

Writing 60

Writing Marketing YouTube Creativity 60

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

— 2012 was an incredible year for me. I found myself covered with social media calendars, PR pitches, blog posts, website projects, advertisement assignments, and what felt like a million clients to call. We live to write and write to brand. And it’s a time to decide how we want to go about pursuing what we want.

Writing 88

Writing Google Pitching Small Business 88

PR Job Coach

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

In close to four decades in the communications business, Patti has held senior leadership positions in four different areas of the industry: PR, Advertising Corporate and Start-up. It could be a part time gig for a task that you can do in a time frame much shorter or at a cost much less than a full time employee.

Corporate 274

Corporate Leadership Advertising Advertising 274

PR Conversations

JANUARY 20, 2015

Media consolidation and threats to circulation and advertising revenue models are driving more journalists than ever into public relations and other communication positions. When trust in journalism is broken, everyone loses. Can journalists work in PR? The boundaries between journalism and public relations are increasingly porous.

Journalism 40

Journalism Reputation Ethics Corporate 40

PR Conversations

JANUARY 20, 2015

Media consolidation and threats to circulation and advertising revenue models are driving more journalists than ever into public relations and other communication positions. When trust in journalism is broken, everyone loses. Can journalists work in PR? The boundaries between journalism and public relations are increasingly porous.

Journalism 40

Journalism Reputation Ethics Corporate 40

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Since the Pebble Watch was launched in 2012 and became Kickstarter’s breakout success, the crowdfunding dream has captured the imagination of many cash-strapped entrepreneurs. Make sure the company is legit, with a tax ID number, business bank account and employees whose bios and backgrounds are verifiable.

B2C 192

B2C Community Banking Advertising 192

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

As much as video content has grown in advertising, marketing, and PR , data shows that it continues to expand. PR practitioners have long helped clients amplify video content through social media promotion and earned media coverage, but they may be underusing video as branded content. 7 best PR uses for video.

Video 149

Video Case Study Agriculture B2B 149

PR 20/20

MAY 12, 2016

In the press release introducing the 2012 report, Donovan Neale-May, CMO Council executive director, states, “There’s an underlying level of frustration among senior corporate marketers worldwide when it comes to agency contributions to business value creation, strategic thinking, and digital marketing development.”. Lack of Vision.

Agency 40

Agency Marketing Financial System 40

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 13, 2019

Vocus had, in years prior, acquired brands including PRWeb for $28 million in 2006, Help a Reporter Out, aka HARO, for an undisclosed sum in 2010 , and iContact, for $169 million in 2012. Cision drops the Vocus brand name, but the underlying technology that all future Cision development will be based on, is Vocus technology.

Technology 12

Technology Software Company Marketing 12

MaccaPR

JULY 10, 2014

The travel industry – seldom known for its goofy hilarity – has been embracing public relations, advertising and video marketing campaigns that feature comedic (as well as not-quite-as-funny-as-they-hoped-to-be) TV spots and in-flight videos. Southwest Airlines’ Employee-Generated Video. Source: XXL YouTube ).

Travel 89

Travel Airlines Hotels Marketing 89

Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

Branding, Social Media, Marketing, PR & Professional Coach. Social is branding, but unlike traditional advertising—it’s more human. Digital Brand Manager for USC, digital strategist, marketing consultant, public speaker. He was one of the Apple employees originally responsible for marketing the Macintosh in 1984.

Social Media 120

Social Media Twitter Media Nonprofit 120

ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

For me, as a local government employee, there are clear political boundaries. Rich started PRexamples.com in January 2012. “Impartiality is important to me, so I’ve chosen not to have advertising. The only paid content is job ads to enable my network to find and advertise comms roles.

Communications 81

Communications How To Blogging Content Marketing 81

Frederik Vincx

DECEMBER 11, 2015

And you are not just competing against other PR teams for budgets, but also against advertising, digital, and marketing. Each time an employee gets replaced, knowledge is lost. Employees are frustrated with aspects of their work. These are prime areas on which to focus your employee training and development.

How To 60

How To Software System Employee 60

Cision

MAY 14, 2015

The CEO of Social Media Explorer, Nichole Kelly spent 15 years as a brand-side marketer working for organizations such as Sherwin-Williams and The Federal Reserve Bank. In the last five years, we’ve watched as popular platforms gain larger audiences and then get inundated with brands trying to capture the audience’s attention.

Social Media 120

Social Media Advertising Advertising Healthcare 120

PRSay

MAY 18, 2016

We’ve also seen metrics like AVE (advertising value equivalency), which measures the perceived value of media placements, take a backseat to things that more accurately showcase ROI, such as share of voice, mindshare, traffic and increased sales attributed to specific campaigns or activities. Data Closes Deals.

Data 106

Data Meeting Measurement Guidelines 106