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Facts vs. Fluff: Are Opinion Pieces Dead?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

A recent Pew study that measured the public’s ability to distinguish between five opinion statements and five factual ones found that many Americans have trouble doing so. In fact, a 2018 study by Yale University discovered that op-ed pieces in newspapers do, in fact, change minds.

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How Jeff Bezos Scored A PR Win

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

That’s the conclusion that Bloomberg Businessweek’s Brad Stone came to about Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and his tangle with the National Enquirer in 2019. He thus gained a measure of control over the story and was able to lay it out on his own terms. The story reads like a thriller. ” Precisely.

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The Top 10 Most Read Posts on Sword and the Script in 2020

Sword and the Script

Several posts on PR technology made the top 10 posts on Sword and the Script as measured by reader clicks. That’s about 24 more than were published in 2019. The posts listed below are the those that were the most read as measured by clicks. Notified is a Swedish startup acquired by Intrado (formerly West Corporation) in 2019.

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Cision report: land a media relations pitch with SEO and social audience data

Stephen Waddington

Views are the most common measure of success for publishers. The 2019 Cision Global State of the Media Report contains useful insights for media relations practitioners seeking to cut through with their pitches. About the survey Cision conducted its 2019 State of the Media Survey in February 2019.

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Future of PR: 2020 edition

Stephen Waddington

There are long standing issues such as alignment with management, measurement, talent and diversity where incremental progress is made each year. In 2019 it has published papers on disinformation and influencer marketing. Vuelio named this blog the best PR and communications blog in 2019. PR is a social science. Broom, David M.

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

Sword and the Script

Event dropped from a roughly $16 billion market in 2019 to about $6 billion in 2020, according to a study reviewed by Marketing Charts. in 2019, reaching a record $4.5 The top PR challenge facing communicators is measuring impact, proving value and demonstrating ROI, according to 50% of respondents. Source: PR Measurement ).

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Interview with Ann Handley

Critical Mention

I worked at newspapers, magazines, and became the world’s first Chief Content Officer at one company (ClickZ) and now hold the title at another ( MarketingProfs ). Measuring ROI has been a consistent challenge for content marketers and marketers in general over the past decade. But Marketing fundamentals remain constant. Full report.