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The 10 Best PR & Content Marketing Conferences to Attend in 2019

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PR and content marketing are rapidly evolving with new access to data and insights, new methods of measurement and more channels to reach your audience than ever. If you’re in search of PR and marketing conferences to attend in 2019, AirPR has pulled together a definitive list of the best and the brightest. Dates: June 9-12, 2019.

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Corporate Communications is Taking More PR Work In-House, finds Survey; Media Relations Gets Even Harder

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Some 47% of respondents said they’ve observed more PR work being taken in-house, according to the 2019 JOTW Communications Survey (full report embedded below). This year’s survey polled 223 communications and public relations (PR) professionals. In my assessment, the first and fifth reason are closely related.

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Partisan Politics Complicates PR and Comms for Business, Survey Finds

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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. PR measurement.

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IABC Webinar Recap: The 2020 JOTW Communication Survey Review

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Here’s the recording: Also, see these pieces related to this year’s survey: PR Measurement: How is Communications Proving Value? Comm Pros Feel the Challenge of Proving ROI (Marketing Charts) What Does “Storytelling” Mean to You? 105 Answers from Communicators Why Have the Top Challenges Facing PR and Comms Shifted?

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The Volume and Variety of Communications Work is Shifting, Finds 5th Annual Survey of Comms Pros

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Shared media (44%) was next, followed by earned media (43%) – a traditional bailiwick of communications — and paid media (33%). respondent answers varied widely with some describing growing difficulties around media relations and a lack of strategy and planning. Most common comms measurement methods.

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Wake of the Pandemic: Businesses Value the Role of PR and Communications More than Ever [Survey]

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This is a pivotal moment for PR and communications professionals to get out of the media relations spin cycle and demonstrate the breadth and depth of our value,” wrote Karen Swim , who is a long-time PR, Marketing and Social Media Consultant at Words For Hire , LLC and the President of Solo PR Pro. The media relations struggle.

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45 Marketing and PR Statistics that Recap the Year We Had in 2020

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Event dropped from a roughly $16 billion market in 2019 to about $6 billion in 2020, according to a study reviewed by Marketing Charts. Media relations is ever more challenging. Three-quarters (75%) of PR and comms pros say media relations is getting harder – up 25% over three years. (Source: B2B Sales Cycles ).

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