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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). Cision, Meltwater and Kantar are aimed at the enterprise agency and in-house market and are expensive. They are also focused on earned media.

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More on PR2020: social media activism, internal comms resurgence, storytelling and professionalism

Stephen Waddington

The resurgence of internal communications Internal communications is one of the hottest areas of contemporary PR. Progressive organisations have spotted the opportunity that social collaboration tools offer enterprise and are calling on internal communicators to help lead the charge along with colleagues in human resources and IT.

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I Sold PR 20/20, but That’s Just the Start of the Story

PR 20/20

Blue Cypress is also the lead investor in our sister company, Marketing AI Institute , which raised a $1M seed round earlier this year to help advance the understanding and adoption of artificial intelligence within the marketing industry and broader business community. Invest in your future! Join Us for the Marketing AI Conference (MAICON).

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Dawn of the Intelligently Automated Agency

PR 20/20

Brands will need to become more human with greater resources dedicated to listening, relationship building, ethics, empathy, creativity, culture and community. PR 20/20 launched Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute in November 2016 with the mission to make AI more approachable and actionable for modern marketers. Are you ready?

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I Sold PR 20/20, but That’s Just the Start of the Story

PR 20/20

Blue Cypress is also the lead investor in our sister company, Marketing AI Institute , which raised a $1M seed round earlier this year to help advance the understanding and adoption of artificial intelligence within the marketing industry and broader business community. Invest in your future! Join Us for the Marketing AI Conference (MAICON).

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The State Of Journalism, How It Might Evolve, And How PR Can Help

Mindful Marketing

News outlets have been struggling for years to balance advertising, sponsored and editorial content. Bobbie Carlton, founder of Carlton PR & Marketing , Innovation Nights and Innovation Women says that “the 2016 presidential elections turned the media on its ear and soaked up a lot of time and attention.

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Hopes, Dreams and Sage Advice: 40+ Marketing and PR predictions for 2023

Sword and the Script

And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. a) Many community newspapers going away and hopefully still being available in some kind of online format. Strengthening community-building and connections.

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