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2016 – A Year in Traditional Media

Shift Communications

As SHIFT and the entire industry continues to evolve there is always the question… Is traditional media relations dead? Each member of the team has a particular hit that they are extremely proud of purely based on the fact that good old creativity, industriousness and smarts resulted in a hit that wowed the client and broke through.

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Media Relations Is Not Dead Nor Is It Dying

Waxing UnLyrical

My public relations career began with media relations. Although I’d never recommend someone go through the “boot camp” experience I had, it did teach me how to secure media opportunities quickly and make them stick. As you can imagine, I’m a big proponent of media relations. Media relations can be tough.

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How to Win at PR: Looking Ahead to a New Business Year

Cision

Courtney is the founder and principal of Gotham Public Relations , a 14-year-old boutique agency in New York City. As we head into 2016, it is important to take a moment to reflect and evaluate. Winning in the future PR media landscape means anticipating clients’ needs many steps in advance. Communication as always, is key.

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20 PR and Marketing Predictions for 2022

Sword and the Script

It will boost tactics like contextual advertising, email marketing, and social commerce and could even usher in a new era of creative marketing and PR strategies. Slow decline of social media. The anti-social, social media. I think this is the beginning of slow decline in social media use across all ages.

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PR Guide to Stellar Briefing Books

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

The practice of public relations is seen as a creative one, but it often depends on meticulous preparation. The PR briefing book is no exception; it’s a simple tool, yet a critical asset for a brand spokesperson to prepare for media interviews. Briefing books shouldn’t contain sensitive material.

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For PR Agencies, Does Cannes Really Matter?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity – the Oscars of the advertising business – was held last week, and apparently it was a big disappointment for the public relations industry, which won fewer awards than in previous years. But 2016 turned out differently.

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18 Marketing and PR that Read Like a Meta Description for the Year 2018

Sword and the Script

The statistics selected can be grouped are heavily weighted along the following topics: Statistics about – or for – the CMO ; Statistics about digital and B2B marketing ; Statistics about PR or media relations ; and. Read more: How Creative, Agile and Metrics can Sing in Marketing Harmony. 16) Creativity as an employable skill.

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