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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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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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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Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

PR professionals craft compelling narratives and critical messages that resonate with stakeholders , influencers , and publics , and they disseminate these through various channels, including traditional media, social media , and direct communications. Improve internal communications. Keep stakeholders well-informed.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 4, 2021

Meltwater acquires social media influencer platform. In a video review of the product, (embedded nearby) the Influencer Marketing Hub called Klear a “ hybrid social listening and analytics tool.” Social Chorus said it’s redesigning its employee engagement platform FirstUp Studio. Give our services a try. Content picks.

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Critical Mention

JANUARY 3, 2019

My goal was to simply share my story and experience on-line through a blog, and to then re-share on social media. While I started engaging on social media channels, I realized that blogging and writing about my experiences would be central to sharing my story. Q: What are your company’s marketing initiatives for 2019?

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 29, 2020

Valin, working with a team of 17 international practitioners to benchmark tools against skills, found that 12% of PR skills can already be undertaken or significantly enhanced by artificial intelligence. Tools were benchmarked against the GBOK framework by an international group of practitioners. What does this mean for PR?

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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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Reputation Us

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The six-month collaboration includes: an audit of the nonprofit’s current reputation internally (e.g., public, political, media, social media), an actionable 2020 reputation management plan, and. Applications must be submitted by email before the deadline of Friday, November 22, 2019 at 6:00 pm PT. Message Submit.

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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. and abroad. Let’s check some out. Utility Player.

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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. In the new era of corporate responsibility, large organizations increasingly turn on a dime when faced with criticism on social media. Tip 1: Live your values. We, as American people, do a lot of business in China,” he said.

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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. 52) “I connect the media to the story.”.

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Prohibition

APRIL 23, 2020

It doesn’t take much to provoke a crisis, sometimes just a simple mistake on social media can be enough. Because of this open narrative, often people take straight to social media to call brands out – when historically you may have just sent an email to complain. Unlike a lot of brands in 2019 that failed to do so.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 30, 2019

Vocus owned or acquired brands like PRWeb, Help A Reporter Out (HARO), iContact, and several lesser-known social media technologies. 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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Ethical Voices

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In my enlisted career, I did just about everything a public affairs person could do including media relations, internal information, community relations, the works. I ended up retiring in 2019, moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and I’m now working for the IRS. Yes, I do look at the social media.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

As managing editor of Heavy Duty Trucking magazine and TruckingInfo.com, she writes trucking news and features, manages e-newsletters and social media, coordinates magazine production, and helps to develop content for events and multimedia projects. It was an internal struggle deciding because I felt my heart was in community stories.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 6, 2023

AI algorithms are now generating personalized product recommendations, creating automated email campaigns , and even helping to research and write articles or social media posts. I have been playing in this new field since 2019 and the working model remains the same for now. Most of them are using AI for some internal work.

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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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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. Michelle Garrett , Public Relations Consultant and Writer, Garrett Public Relations. “I see a few things.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 14, 2022

How will they deal with the media? Will you hold an external or internal press conference? Who is responsible for external communication – responding to journalists, bloggers and other members of the public on social media channels and elsewhere online? 5. Make a plan for communicating with the media.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Social media platforms Bluesky and Threads will continue to become attractive substitutions for X (formerly Twitter).” ~ Marc C. Clear and present AI “A renewed focus on and commitment to internal communications. Leaders have to care about and communicate with their internal team just as much as their external audiences.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Here’s a look at statistics across PR, marketing, and social media that were surfaced in the various reports and studies covered on this blog throughout 2020. Public relations statistics from 2020. Social media statistics from 2020. Media relations is ever more challenging.

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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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Sword and the Script

MAY 26, 2020

The in-housing trend appears to have slowed; just 30% of respondents say they’ve observed more work going in-house compared with 47% in 2019. Media relations only gets harder. 75% of PR pros say media relations is getting harder. That’s up from 68% in 2019 and 51% in 2018. Social media platforms.

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PRSay

AUGUST 14, 2019

In anticipation of his keynote address at PRSA’s 2019 International Conference in San Diego on Oct. Then there’s the specific technical skills of media relations and internal communications. Internal communications can be challenging at large companies. Maybe you’ll tell it through social media.

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 28, 2019

Practitioners join the profession via apprenticeships, degrees, professional qualifications, social media and marketing. Some people, like me, make the switch from journalism to public relations. It’s an issue that has been attracting heat among public relations communities on social media over the past week.

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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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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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Doctor Spin

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The best practice would be to provide the news media with perfectly balanced information. 2019, October 19). link] There are typically two types of media kits: the main standardised version that is always available and others that are specifically prepared for a specific event, product launch, news release, etc. media buyers).

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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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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Twitter is still a journalist’s favorite social media site. A survey of 2,500 journalists finds Twitter is still their favorite social media network. More than three-quarters (77%) of journalists surveyed say Twitter is the most valuable social network – the next most valuable network isn’t even close with 39%.

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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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Shift Communications

JANUARY 2, 2019

Where will Public Relations take us in 2019? Over the past few years the lines have blurred between affiliate marketing, internal communications, content strategy and earned media. When prospects reached out to us in the past we would generally be asked about securing earned media to drive awareness and generate leads.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 8, 2019

There are a few benefits I’d add to that: a) Media relations. Content marketing is pivotal to media relations and done well, media relations will, in turn, help your content marketing; and. If you enjoyed this post, you might also like: How Long Should a Blog Post be in 2019? b) Integrated marketing.

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