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Meltwater acquired as private equity tightens grip on PR software market [PR tech sum no. 47]

Sword and the Script

Symphony Technology Group acquired four of PR tech companies including Onclusive, PRgloo, and, later , Critical Mention – and folded them all under the Onclusive brand. The operations, the technology and the cultures are rarely compatible. This means they don’t use PR and comms and therefore don’t really understand the market.

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The Top PR Trends For 2017

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Like nearly any other marketing or strategic discipline, public relations has changed in recent years. Here are the top new trends that are accelerating change in the practice of public relations and challenging old-timers as we move into 2017. billion over the next five years. The PR Industry Evolves Beyond Its Roots.

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Study Reveals Gaps Between the CEO and PR in Communications Goals, Issues and Technology

Sword and the Script

Three question areas in particular – about goals, issues and technology – stood out to me. a clear difference in the assessment of the top priority was observable: 44% of CEOs said selling products and services was the top communications goal while just 25% of in-house communicators identified sales as the top goal.

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Creative Headlines Will Drive PR SEO & Success in 2017

Cision

It continues a thought leading series based on Agency and Client-side workplace issues, and is the basis of a forthcoming coaching and mentoring book to be published in 2017 alongside the 15th anniversary of the agency. Most businesses rely not only on their brand equity, but market reputation and repeat clients.

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B2B Sales Cycles Require 27 Interactions both Digital and Human [Study]

Sword and the Script

Forrester conducted a “buyer’s survey” in the years 2017, 2019 and 2021. B2B buyers require more interactions from sales and marketing. If B2B vendors all look and sound the same in marketing, it makes sense that buyers need to talk to sales to understand the difference. Below are three points that stood out in the paper.

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The Importance of PR Skills in a Hyper-Globalized World

PRSay

By the end of 2015, the automaker had introduced popular new products and finally seemed to have recovered customer and market trust. Moreover, Mitsubishi subsequently reported that the falsification included vehicles across its product line, and was a practice at the company dating back more than 20 years.

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Triple 7s: The Best, Worst and Most Loved Blog Posts in 2017

Sword and the Script

It forced me to learn new skills in digital, it’s made me a better writer, I’ve met interesting people through writing that I’d have never met otherwise, and it’s enabled me to refine a skill that I believe is going very important to marketing over the next few years: audience development. The 7 Best Performing Blog Posts in 2017.