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So Did Those 2014 Predictions for the Communications Industry Come True?

Ishmael's Corner

Back in January, I offered 10 quasi-mad predictions on how the communications industry would unfold in 2014. Buffett only tweeted once in 2014. PRSA is still an independent body, but Blue Focus, the mega Chinese communications agency, did earmark its war chest for U.S. Prediction 1: The Pope’s Selfie Goes Viral.

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Unethical practices in PR: The recent industry accusations against Ronn Torossian, 5WPR, and Everything-PR

Axia PR

Link building is one of its top three ranking factors Recent reports that an agency executive covertly bought a news site that covers the PR industry and used it for dishonorable activities left the public relations industry gasping. Google’s algorithm has been based on links ever since its inception.

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CMO spending on paid media soars at the expense of talent, tech and agencies

Sword and the Script

in 2023, even further below the 10% industry benchmark , and off more than 3% from its all-time high in 2020. Quinten Beek @MediaMonks #thingsyouhearinagencies #GeekOut pic.twitter.com/gGXUl743tY — D&AD (@dandad) February 20, 2014 AI as the saving grace? Overall marketing budgets tallied at 7.7% of revenue – down from 9.1%

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Best of SHIFT: Top 3 Posts From Q3 2014

Shift Communications

Our top posts from the third quarter of 2014 focused on a big hire, a tough test and several key Google Analytics updates. SHIFT was named the 10th-fastest growing PR agency in the nation this year. With this tremendous growth came a need for fresh, strategic minds to continue guiding the Agency on its current trajectory.

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Offleash Celebrates 20 Years

Offleash

By Robin Bulanti and Julie Tangen Twenty years ago, Joanna Kulesa made her mark on Silicon Valley, launching a unique high tech PR agency model unbound by convention. Like this industry, our business is dynamic. We’ve weathered the ups and downs, the economic pressures and headwinds inherent to the tech industry.

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Why innovation in PR tech is so slow

Stephen Waddington

There is a long-standing joke in the PR industry that the most popular tool is Excel. Excel isn’t used to track the value that the PR industry creates but instead as a crude relationship management tool. The PR industry tool market emerged from Cision , Kantar Media formerly Precise, and Meltwater. It isn’t very funny.

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PRLab and PRStudChat Prepare Students for an 18-Hour Pro Bono Marathon

Deirdre Breakenridge

On November 21, 2014, PRLab, the nation’s oldest student-run public relations agency, will host its third PRoBono event. During PRoBono, students from PRLab and AdLab — Boston University’s student-run advertising agency — come together for 18 hours to complete public relations and advertising work for five nonprofit organizations.

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