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$100 Million M&A for Internal Comms Tool: What’s Older is Still News in Marchlyjunetember [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

Internal comms tool SocialChorus acquired by a PE firm; Burton-Taylor digs up revenue numbers; Nexis Newsdesk Simplifies news search; Propel adds broadcast monitoring Welcome to the beginning of September. The company helps leaders and communicators create, publish and distribute text and multimedia messages to an internal team.

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The Benefits of Mentoring an Intern

Solo PR Pro

Lately, I’ve seen many cars sporting a paw print bumper sticker with the pro-adoption motto, “Who Rescued Who?” Poor grammar aside – and keeping in mind no one in our scenario is a dog – I find a lot of parallels between this sentiment and the experience of mentoring a talented intern. The Biggest Benefit – Fulfillment.

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6 Benchmarks from Viewing a Survey of CMO Lenses of B2B Marketing

Sword and the Script

I’ve read and written about the survey since about 2013 and have found it to be an interesting indicator of industry benchmarks. Companies prioritize print, search engine optimization, and other paid digital media (including trade shows and partnerships) among all paid media options,” according to the report.

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Top 10 PR Influencers You Should Follow on Twitter

Critical Mention

Named Forbes top 50 social media influencer in 2013–among many other awards–Steve Farnsworth now heads his business, Demand Marketing which drives lead generation and content marketing for B2B in the tech industry. Today, she shares her knowledge on the influencer marketing landscape on Twitter. Steve Farnsworth. Steveology.

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The Present & Future Tech Trends PRs Should Prepare For

Cision

For example, the ongoing globalization of the Internet and expansion to more rural audiences is already emerged for organizations with international operations, but barely emerging and not very important for a restaurant that does only local business. As of 2013, 3 percent of the U.S. Emerged Trends. Want to make standout content?

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How to Boost PR Campaigns With Social Data

Beyond PR

Because it’s all integrated into the Comms Cloud™, PR pros can monitor social alongside their monitoring of traditional print, broadcast and online news coverage. . He was named President of PR Newswire in June 2016, and prior to that was a Senior Vice President at the company from June 2013 to June 2016.

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6 Ways to Win Executive Buy-In for Inbound Marketing

PR 20/20

Editor's note: This post was originally published in May 2013, and was updated in August 2017 per latest best practices and data. While only 7% cite executive sponsorship as their paramount challenge, 40% indicated that the most common challenge—proving ROI—points to a crucial need to drum up and perpetuate internal support.