PRSay

OCTOBER 28, 2020

“Find the untold story, the rest of the story, the suppressed story… Collective art is transformative,” Alice Randall said during her presentation at PRSA’s ICON 2020 virtual conference. Nashville is a city of big dreams… And songwriting is the most elemental form of storytelling. The news doesn’t arrive in a vacuum.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As I’ve done for the last several years , I solicited and compiled a list of predictions from professionals across the PR and marketing community. Brad Marley , Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media . This year, we’ve seen brands and agencies alike trying – and struggling – to find and hire strong PR pros.

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Landis PR

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Healthcare communications changed along with it, but no one could have predicted at the start of COVID that we’d be struggling with this continuing crisis today. January of 2020 was when the first reported cases of COVID appeared in the U.S. How do we navigate ongoing changes in healthcare communications? Embrace storytelling.

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Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Tell us about your new role and what being an “Employment Brand Manager” means? role in marketing and communications. In basic terms, employer brand is the reputation a company has as an employer. As Employment Brand Manager, I’m responsible for Room & Board’s employment brand strategy.

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Solo PR Pro

JANUARY 11, 2021

There’s a whole community of like minded people you can lean on. When in-person touchpoints were suddenly at a minimum, the strategic communicators stepped up and helped brands break-through the Zoom screen with the right word and at the right time to keep brands top-of-mind. PR is the storyteller of the organization.

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wiredPRworks

APRIL 27, 2020

Marketers love storytelling. I’ve presented all kinds of storytelling programs, including digital marketing and storytelling. Yet, is storytelling the right way to build brands – and even tell stories? Prior to joining AMA, Russ Klein quarterbacked teams for many of the world’s foremost brand names.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This week I paused to catch up on reading several other PR and corporate communications surveys that I haven’t had a chance to read yet and summarize them here for you. Companies should be investing in the story behind their quarterly or annual results to resonate with the investment community and positively influence valuation.”

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 14, 2020

By 2020, some 87% of all vehicles in the U.S. She’s a former colleague and friend and currently heads communications for the Auto Care Association. She’s my guest on this first edition of the Off Script Q&A series of 2020. 2) What are the key communications challenges facing the organization?

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NewsWhip

JULY 29, 2020

To identify these publishers, we looked at the top publishers in English overall for Q2 of 2020, and used that to identify the ten most engaged local publishers. Overall, it is obvious that telling stories of people and their interaction with their communities tends to be the most engaging type of content for local publishers.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 5, 2017

According to The Holmes Report, only 27% of agency leaders responding to the survey think the term “public relations” will clearly and adequately describe the work they do by the year 2020. ” Implied links are simply brand mentions that appear in earned or shared media. Content will move to new (and old) channels.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 28, 2019

My three words are still my roadmap for 2020. In fact, the very idea of “Social PR” would not be possible without the social technologies that allow us to build and maintain communities of influence. Three New Year’s resolutions to help you start 2020 off on a really strong Social PR note. So there you have it.

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Mark My Words

JANUARY 14, 2021

The final organisation is chef José Andrés’s World Central Kitchen, which is building four community relief centres in regions affected by hunger, starting in Dominica and Puerto Rico. ‘It’s a place where compassion matters, communities gather, and storytelling is the engine.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

And now on with the marketing and PR predictions for 2020. In 2020 I think we will see analytics playing a bigger role in helping teams become more proactive in their approach with customers and less reactive. 3) Brands blur the lines between company and friend. Podcast advertising revenue will exceed $1 billion in 2020.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. a) Many community newspapers going away and hopefully still being available in some kind of online format. My own predictions are listed at the very bottom.

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PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Graphic designer / visual storyteller. Marketing technologies are vast ( see Scott Brinker’s Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic (2020): Martech 5000 ), ranging from email solutions to social media management tools to best-in-breed marketing automation tools. Some roles to consider on your marketing dream team : Content writer.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

To enhance empathy and connection with their teams and clients, organizations will foster employee brand ambassadors, highlight origin stories, show behind-the-scenes videos, and encourage user-generated content. Expanded brand collaboration “Partnership Paradise: 2024 will be the year of brand partnerships.

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Karen Freberg

JUNE 24, 2019

The access to people, brands, and agencies is unlike anything else I have seen in my career. First, we are seeing brands gravitating more towards purpose marketing, tying in specific issues related to causes they believe in and what to support. Unilever and P&G are two companies that are doing this for their brands across the way.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 26, 2020

72% of communications professionals say partisan politics makes their job harder, according to third annual JOTW Communications Survey for 2020 The majority of professional communicators say partisan politics has complicated communications for brands and businesses. That is, yes.

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PR Job Coach

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Ageism: The Pause that Perplexes Patti Temple Rocks and Scott Monty Opine on the "Agedemic" at the PRSA Silicon Valley Friday Forum on November 20, 2020. In close to four decades in the communications business, Patti has held senior leadership positions in four different areas of the industry: PR, Advertising Corporate and Start-up.

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Konnect Agency

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Whether you love her, hate her or lie somewhere in between, it’s impossible to deny that Taylor Swift is so much more than a musician – she is also a brand and a true force of nature. Gone are the days when a brand can simply issue a press release and a single Instagram post and expect success. A Holistic Campaign is Key.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 3, 2020

This is your monthly summary of all the news out of the PR technology community. Nothing matters more than getting every piece of content about their own brand, as soon as it is published,” wrote Miguel Martinez , PhD., The addition of Meltwater and Cision marks the third partnership I’ve observed in 2020 for TVEyes.

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Stern + Associates

JANUARY 6, 2022

Meeting planners are seeking out authoritative Black perspectives, accomplished Black professionals are being appointed to leadership positions, and companies are actively working to root out conscious or unconscious biases in product development, supply chains, brand messages and the workplace. Communicating Your Brand to Diverse Audiences.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 28, 2022

13% say not following brand guidelines. Read more: Twitter Offers Advantages in PR for B2B Brands Willing to Put in the Effort. billion in 2020. A survey commissioned by Brightcove and conducted by Ascend2 found 93% of B2B buyers believe “video builds trust in a brand.” Effective storytelling improves valuations.

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Landis PR

JANUARY 3, 2022

Following the 2020 pandemic, 2021 continued to surprise us in both good and bad ways. From a communications standpoint, this means that brands must continue to be thoughtful and authentic in their words and, most importantly, actions.”. Like 2020 and 2021, 2022 will be a year of great uncertainty. What a year! In the U.S.,

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

However, in 2020, citing concerns over access to user data, the Trump administration deemed the Chinese-owned app a national security threat and sought to force a sale of its U.S. Chipotle, Nike, Skittles, Pepsi and Universal Pictures are among the brands using the app to reach consumers. We embrace storytelling and silliness.”.

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Contently - Strategy

JUNE 11, 2020

Research for this report was compiled in May 2020. This data looks at all content produced by our clients in the spring of 2020. (To Since great storytelling thrives on specifics, other brands had a new opportunity to create timely content. Seventy-two healthcare companies qualified for the Fortune 1000 list in 2020.

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Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Research for this report was compiled in May 2020. This data looks at all content produced by our clients in the spring of 2020. (To Since great storytelling thrives on specifics, other brands had a new opportunity to create timely content. Seventy-two healthcare companies qualified for the Fortune 1000 list in 2020.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Originally seen on Business 2 Community Artificial intelligence has promised to revolutionize our lives, taking over the mundane tasks of daily existence, from prewriting “smart” email replies to driving our car through rush hour traffic. Better fakes and more-convincing misinformation are coming, just in time for the 2020 election.

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Mark My Words

JANUARY 14, 2021

Couple’s £30m ($40m) contract with Spotify seen as step towards their ‘billion-dollar brand’ after Netflix deal. ‘With the challenges of 2020, there has never been a more important time to do so, because when we hear each other, and hear each other’s stories, we are reminded of how interconnected we all are.’

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 15, 2021

We’ve used some of the noisiest conversations in our community of practice as our guide. It promised to dislodge traditional media and enable any individual, organisation or brand to become a publisher. Steve Earl and I captured many of these shifts in organisational communication in Brand Anarchy and Brand Vandals.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

I believe there will be an acceleration towards humanizing brands, putting individuals in front of a corporate identity, in an effort to emotionally connect with customers.”. – BJ Schaknowski | Vertafore. 9) Brands across the aisle. “I What this does to the customer experience and brand loyalty is significant.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Dozens of marketing and PR professionals express aspirations for 2020 along with educated guesses about the future . Predictability is dead – 2020 killed it. Brand-to-brand collaboration. Trust and relatability really come to the forefront for me when thing about marketing and communications in 2021.

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