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What Marketers Can Learn from the 2016 PRSA Health Academy Conference

MaccaPR

According to the 2016 Trust Barometer published by agency Edelman Health, the general public’s trust in healthcare in the U.S. It’s also crucial for companies to develop a communications plan, assemble guidelines on how messages will be distributed if a crisis does arise, and train and practice different potential crisis situations.

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PR problem? Hire a journalist… or rather don’t if you want to have successful PR

Stuart Bruce

I actually laughed out loud when I read this story about the BBC’s world affairs editor John Simpson setting up a corporate consultancy to advise on crisis communications and then even more rapidly closing it again because of the crisis it created. John Simpson (@JohnSimpsonNews) May 26, 2016. I like my ‘shiny new website’!

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How to Write Concise and Compelling Press Release Headlines

Beyond PR

This may sound simple enough, but your headline can double in length when trying to accommodate brand guidelines. Headline Before: XYZ Corporation, a Technology Company, Partners with Leading Consumer Electronics Brand ABC at ConsumerTech 2016 to Launch Wireless Earbuds. Headline After: XYZ Corp. Headline After: XYZ Corp.

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15 Up-and-Coming PR and Social Media Marketers to Watch

Communications Conversations

I put a few guidelines on this–these folks had to be non-manager/non-director level. Courtney landed her permanent role off a 6-month social media internship in the Corporate Communications department at UnitedHealth Group. She left the agency world in 2016 to work at Be The Match on their communications team.

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Should Your Brand Voice Stay the Same Across Social Channels?

Contently - Strategy

The trouble with defining a company’s voice is that rigid guidelines can stifle you. The site’s users increased dramatically to half a billion between 2016 and 2017, but it’s not clear how often LinkedIn users actually visit the site other than when they need to look for jobs or job candidates. Remember that.

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In-Housing Trend: What PR Agencies and Marketing Firms can Learn from Law Firms

Sword and the Script

In other words, corporate communications is adding headcount and work that used to go to outside PR firms is being kept inside. You have to keep in mind, big corporations can have hundreds of law firms on what they call a “panel.” The in-housing trend in PR isn’t entirely surprising. Then the economy changed.

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A communicator’s guide to mitigating the risk of greenwashing

PR Conversations

Angela Barter, CPRP, a sustainable communication strategist based in South Africa , drew from her presentation at the Global Alliance’s World PR Forum (May 2016, Toronto) when writing A communicator’s guide to mitigating the risk of greenwashing. Green” guidelines for communication success. B.Harrison, 1993 and J.I.Petts, 2000).

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