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2015 World PR Report: Concerns Around Media Relations And Measurement

Mindful Marketing

Last week PR Newser wrote an interesting article on the value of media relations. Patrick Coffee had insightful commentary on the Holmes Report’s 2015 World PR Report , where he “respectfully disagreed” with the report’s claim that “media relations skills are not seen as particularly relevant.”. By Seedepth.

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Are we still over-relying on media relations?

Communications Conversations

Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately: Are we over-relying on media relations in PR? I’m talking about the broader scope of PR here–media relations, content marketing, social media marketing, community relations, etc. Just give this shocking post a read.

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Why innovation in PR tech is so slow

Stephen Waddington

Cision has spent more than $1bn on the acquisitions of Visible Technologies (2014), Vocus (2014), Gorkana (2016), PRNewswire (2015), Prime Research (2017), Falcon.io (2019) and Trendkite (2019). Kantar Media, itself owned by WPP, acquired Precise in 2014. They are also focused on earned media.

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New book: AI tools for public relations

Wadds Inc.

The practical handbook has its roots in the #PRstack community that Frederik Vincx and I developed. The community published two guides to tools in public relations and has been inactive since 2015. It has been published by #FuturePRoof and follows the crowdsourced format and learning design of previous projects.

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Female Founded Startups

5W PR

Fairygodboss is the largest career community for women, with a mission to improve the workplace through greater transparency. Developed by Crystal Etienne in 2015 after helping her own daughter navigate the ups-and-downs of her period, she recognized that the hygiene and personal care industry needed safer, healthier, and easier options.

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PR Rock Stars: Retired Vice President of Content & Public Relations at DKY, Holly Donato

Communications Conversations

I liked agency life because you could specialize in media relations and have the company of other professionals in marketing and PR. But I also liked being more of a communication generalist inside organizations, managing everything from events to publications—even sales collateral. What brought you back to DKY?

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The Results Are In! 2015 Solo PR Pro Compensation Survey Insights Report

Solo PR Pro

To study these questions and more, Solo PR Pro conducted a survey in August/September 2015 and partnered with Dr. Timothy Brezina to conduct advanced statistical analysis of the data (notes on methodology follow this report). The majority of respondents see income trending upward (year-to-year, 2013 to 2015).

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