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Defining Thought Leadership in a Business Blog

Ishmael's Corner

As our communication campaigns increasingly address SEO and particularly organic search, thought leadership becomes even more important. In short, thought leadership plays at the industry level, not the company level, ideally offering takes that can’t be found elsewhere. They interpret backlinks as “votes” for the content.

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Why SEO Is a Natural Fit for the PR Industry

Ishmael's Corner

We’ve been touting the virtues of SEO in PR strategies since 2010. Our push to integrate SEO and PR accelerated in 2013 when Google revamped its search algorithm with the Hummingbird update. It was at this point that Google squeezed most of the gamesmanship out of organic search. Those backlinks sold out of.more.

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Less publicized but more interesting takeaways from 3 reports on marketing and PR

Sword and the Script

PR pitches earn a 45% open rate and a 3% response rate; the top metrics for marcom and PR by segment; Europe is more satisfied with PR agencies than the U.S. ” I first heard the term in 2013, but it’s grown increasingly popular, because marketing people like to give new names to traditional concepts.

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6 Twin Cities women with amazing PR, comms and marketing career journeys

Communications Conversations

A few weeks ago, Ad 2 hosted a great event (led by former Tommie, Chloe Lewis)–a Women’s Leadership Panel. Other leadership roles: LeeAnn was involved with MN PRSA earlier in her career as the co-chair of the student relations committee. Her start : Public relations intern with Fleishman Hillard. Where is she now?

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Hey, Everyone Enjoys a Pat on the Back

Ishmael's Corner

There are times when it’s just not possible to say what you want to say in a headline and also optimize that headline for SEO. The Bulldog Digital Awards recently named my blog as “Best Blog for PR Agency/Consultancy” with the gold designation. This is one of those times. But it does require work and time.

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Making Your Blog More PR-Friendly

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

This is true for the earned media we generate, the thought leadership content we produce for clients and for our own blog content. For a PR blog like ours, it might be a new wrinkle in the ongoing conversation about the dearth of women in PR agency management , or a sudden brand crisis like the bad press Uber has received of late.

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Industry Recognition Matters

The Hoffman Agency

We learned earlier this month that The Holmes Report named us one of five finalists for Tech Agency of the Year in the U.S. Beyond looking at the numbers like top-line revenue and year-to-year growth, they also take a qualitative dive into each agency. Does the agency’s work stand out as extraordinary? Our staff works damn hard.