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Three lessons corporate bloggers can takeaway from Orbit’s recent blogger research

Communications Conversations

Anyway, the survey polls bloggers, but I believe some of the lessons learned also pertain to people like us who manage corporate blogs. Today, I wanted to take a look at four trends I saw in the report that I thought were particularly interesting–and trends I thought had direct implications for folks who manage corporate blogs.

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Quick Summaries to 5 Surveys of PR and Corporate Communications

Sword and the Script

CEOs and business leaders are increasingly recognizing the value of corporate communications; investors say comms can increase company valuations. This week I paused to catch up on reading several other PR and corporate communications surveys that I haven’t had a chance to read yet and summarize them here for you. Yes and yes.

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Monday Roundup: Closing Out 2014

Waxing UnLyrical

So, for the final roundup of the year, as we’re closing out 2014, we thought we’d feature seven posts from around the web that will help you start the new year right. This is the final roundup of 2014 and the final post of 2014, as we’re going on vacation through Jan. And yes, you read that right.

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How corporate IT is actually killing employee communications

Communications Conversations

As a polite reminder, it is the year 2014. Most likely, they’re accessing sites and platforms like: * Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. It’s a story that’s still all too familiar–and again, the year is 2014. It’s actually surprisingly easy to use, and simple. But it’s extremely dated.

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4 Corporate Communications Lessons From Hurricane Harvey

PRSay

As a corporate communicator who, like others, nervously and helplessly watched the water rise, I learned about the parallels that can be drawn between the historic flood and how companies respond to their own crises. When my family undertook major renovations on our house in 2014, we began by interviewing several contractors.

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How Social Media Impacted the 2014 Indian Elections

Waxing UnLyrical

AAP did not restrict itself to Facebook and Twitter , but used Google+ and Linkedln in a big way; in fact, the latter proved to be a major source of donations. On Election Day, I saw my Facebook timeline swell with pictures of people in my network with ink on their finger (the sign of participating in the elections).

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Google’s Decision Five Years Ago to Communicate Changes in China on Its Corporate Blog Signaled the Arrival of Owned Media.

Ishmael's Corner

And they communicated the China news on the corporate blog. The action gave street cred to corporate blogging and owned media as a whole. ” Still, corporations remained leery of the concept, leaving blogging to those wacky guys in marketing to write about new vegan dishes in the company cafeteria. Not at a press event.