Stephen Waddington

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The Institute for Public Relations and PR NEWS have published a study of corporate communication teams and their contribution to organisations. The Evolving Communication Function reports that the strength of internal relationships and reporting lines are the greatest indicator of the performance of a corporate communication team.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

If you ask 10 different public relations (PR) professionals what they do for a living, you’d get 10 different answers. For example, the 2019 JOTW Communications Survey posed this question to 223 PR and communications pros…and we received a wide variety of answers from respondents. 8) “Consult, coach, teach.”.

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 15, 2020

Falling salaries The average wages for all respondents, and for those working full time, are marginally lower than they were in 2019 – down £908 on the previous year at £52,136. However, the median income for respondents working full time is markedly higher at £45,000, compared to £30,000 in 2019.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The greatest of these is the shift away from media relations as the dominant means of public engagement to working across all forms of media. PR leads with earned and owned media but also uses paid and shared media for amplification and targeting. Vuelio named this blog the best PR and communications blog in 2019.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 4, 2021

Klear CEO Eytan Avigdor says his product uses “algorithms and artificial intelligence to help customers identify relevant influencers, manage influencer relationships, and measure the impact of those relationships – something that Meltwater has done for traditional media relations for many years.”.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 30, 2020

Two respondents noted a split structure with internal communications reporting to HR, and external communications reporting through sales. The 2019 edition of the survey had similar findings with 38% of respondents saying they report to the CEO while 35% reported through marketing (click image for higher resolution). What about HR?

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 30, 2019

2) SocialChorus adds new employee comms products. SocialChorus is an employee communications platform that announced several new products at its customer conference. SocialChorus ranked in the top 10 on a question for the 2019 JOTW Communications Survey asking PR respondents to rank PR vendors by familiarity and favorability.

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5W PR

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

In a recent article, we cited a study that estimated that public relations would grow about 6% between 2014 and 2024 and that U.S. News & World Report recently ranked public relations specialists #4 for Best Creative and Media Jobs in its 2019 ranking of best jobs. million have less than 5 employees.

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PRSay

DECEMBER 18, 2019

It became one of the year’s biggest news stories, one worth exploring in-depth as 2019 concludes. As social media has empowered popular movements, large corporations have learned to react with increasing agility in their communications — and in their internal decision-making. Tip 1: Live your values. In an Oct.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Some communicators on Prezly even use this for internal communications. Mr. Wynants pointed out it’s an optional feature and customers that use it tend to link it up with a dedicated email address that is just used for media relations. Prezly does not provide a media database – that is a ready-made list of media contacts.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

APRIL 29, 2019

By Frank Strong, Founder & President of Sword and the Script Media. Media relations is hard and getting harder. That’s according to 223 PR professionals polled for the 2019 JOTW Communications Survey. A majority (68%) of respondents said media relations is getting “harder” (53%) or “much harder” (15%).

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Reputation Us

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Originally published in the Credit Union Times on September 13, 2019. For media reporters, there is an unspoken adage, “If it bleeds, it leads.” The media goes for “the story” in order to capture the attention of its readership. The media goes for “the story” in order to capture the attention of its readership.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 14, 2022

Your employees and stakeholders could be made to look incompetent or immoral. For example, an employee leaks damaging information about your company. ? A major crisis. Claims of sexual harassment by an employee might trigger this response plan. How will they deal with the media? What is a PR Crisis Plan?

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 6, 2023

Humans and machines working together; what the future might hold As these AI tools rapidly evolve, there is already rumbling in the marketing and communications industries about machines replacing employees as companies look to cut costs. I have been playing in this new field since 2019 and the working model remains the same for now.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

b) More pay-to-play opportunities to participate in national media relations opportunities. c) More companies create their own content and channels to reach audiences instead of traditional media channels. Internal comms takes center comms stage in hybrid work. Bill Byrne , Managing Director, Remedy Public Relations.

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PRSay

AUGUST 14, 2019

If you’re going to be successful in reaching 130,000 employees, then you have to be consistent [with your messaging] and have the patience to stick with it,” he says. In anticipation of his keynote address at PRSA’s 2019 International Conference in San Diego on Oct. Internal communications can be challenging at large companies.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

PR still builds trust “Authentic customer testimonials, peer and employee reviews will increase in importance in 2024. Public relations will be pivotal in elevating trust through promotions of client wins, industry accreditations, awards, analyst remarks and influencer endorsements. When employees are informed, this leads to trust.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Event dropped from a roughly $16 billion market in 2019 to about $6 billion in 2020, according to a study reviewed by Marketing Charts. Happy employees are the ultimate growth driver. Brands that emphasize employee experience (EX) and customer experience (CX) achieve business growth nearly 2x faster, according to a study by Salesforce.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

“The early adopters have been educating the market in the last few years about the successes that can be had with integrating own, earned and paid media. Firms that stick to being mere providers of media relations will continue to lose market share.” Christoph Luke | Christoph Luke Media Relations.

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PR in High Definition

JUNE 28, 2022

The media landscape has been changing for many years. From 2019 to 2021 , print subscription circulations fell by 7%, and single-sale copies by 11%. Put simply: when it comes to building reputations, shrinking media pools are becoming a bigger problem. and it’s important for PRs to be honest with our clients about this.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 17, 2023

Briefing: How Cision Impact is Bringing Earned Media Attribution and Retargeting to Public Relations (2019). International-based all-in-one PR software providers. In September he me the company has been in business for roughly 9 years, has 220 employees, 750 clients and has raised $100 million in funding.

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Communications Conversations

JULY 23, 2019

HOWEVER… If you take a closer look at the 2019 list, you quickly realize almost the entire list is made up of agency folks. Kayla’s exceptional work has established her as a go-to source for writing, corporate communications, integrated marketing campaigns and media relations counsel within Digi-Key.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 27, 2019

Is the process of media relations getting harder? Yes, it is according to 68% of PR professionals polled for the 2019 JOTW Communications Survey. Part of the answer is rethinking traditional PR efforts – and another part is studying the media to understand how it’s changing. That’s up 17% from the same survey last year.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 11, 2022

Three in this case — and across international borders in a competitive market with a half-dozen incumbent vendors. Kantar Reputation Intelligence (KRI) provides earned media tracking and measurement in Europe. PRgloo is based out of London and bills itself as a “media relations platform.”

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PRSay

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Business Wire is a proud sponsor of the PRSA 2019 International Conference in San Diego on Oct. With broader audiences, more competition and more opportunities than ever, PR professionals are facing new challenges when it comes to attracting media attention. . CHALLENGE: Attracting media and consumer attention.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 6, 2019

But before we dive in, please allow me a quick plug: Richard Carufel , the longtime editor of Bulldog Reporter , moderated and recorded the session on media relations in challenging times. It’s all part of the Earned Media Mastery online summit that Agility PR Solutions is hosting on August 22, 2019 – which just a few weeks away!

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Here’s a reverse-chronological look at how 2019 shaped up. Read more: Would you Run Your Internal Data Through this Media Monitoring AI? 19% of publishers requested articles, 13% requested infographics, 12% requested mixed-media pieces, and 11% requested data visualizations.”. 1) The average blog post is 1,236 words.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Consulting firm Burton-Taylor International published a report finding annual spending on PR “media intelligence solutions” grew 14.7% That’s up from 17 interactions in 2019. 3) lack of employee experience (25%). Read more: The 6 Top B2B Content Formats Buyers Find Most Valuable. to approximately $5.5 billion in 2021.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 1, 2019

b) The most popular outlets & articles covering technology in 2019 via Muck Rack. We’ve pulled the top publications and articles that cover technology that received the most shares on social media so far this year from Muck Rack verified journalists.”. c) AI-powered media monitoring vs Boolean search via Signal A.I. “AI-powered

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Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Purpose is something you’ll be hearing a lot more of in 2019. To prosper long term, every company must not only deliver financial performance, but also benefit all their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers and communities in which they operate. It’s where I’m placing bets over the next 12 months.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The 2019 study was viewed nearly 20,000 times, or about a 2x increase from the 2018 edition. A company called iPRsoftware , “exposed data on 477,000 media contacts, including 35,000 hashed user passwords, to the public internet,” according to Greg Otto , the editor-in-chief for CyberScoop. Here are a few picks from the vendor blogs.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Yet, according to research conducted in 2019, 40% of small businesses still don’t have a website. Every employee needs media training. As a result, employees at different levels, automatically and without any pretension, became spokespeople. Rethinking internal and external comms. Creative employee communications.

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