PRSay

JANUARY 9, 2020

Organic reach on social media was also still possible for brands. While I wish there was a perfect crystal ball, the best we can do are our own professional insights — and here are some trends that we foresee being worth watching in 2020 and beyond: User- g enerated content. And people still faxed pitches! Highly-targeted story angles.

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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

Brad Marley , Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media . Now more than ever, brands are understanding the importance of building trust and being transparent with their audiences, not to mention the value of clear communication. This year, we’ve seen brands and agencies alike trying – and struggling – to find and hire strong PR pros.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 8, 2017

The professional storyteller, best known for his critically acclaimed documentary “Super Size Me,” shared how to “create world-changing content, one story at a time,” peppering the session with video clips from his various films. Storytelling, Branding and Influencing.

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PRSay

MAY 15, 2020

In a topical and wide-ranging discussion among PR executives, PRSA’s new Storytellers series debuted on May 12 with a webinar titled “ Trusted Advisers: PR Agencies in a Global Pandemic.”. “As When pitching stories, remember that “the media is hypersensitive to calling out brands that are tone-deaf,” Tauberman said.

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Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Tell us about your new role and what being an “Employment Brand Manager” means? 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. role in marketing and communications.

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Solo PR Pro

JANUARY 11, 2021

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. When people hear “PR”, most think of only media relations.

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Contently - Strategy

JULY 28, 2021

According to Malissa Mackenzie, director of creative services at CarMax, the turning point was gaining support from the company’s senior leadership. Immediately, the leadership team bought in. “Hero” content consists of bigger, flashier pieces that draw your audience in and build your brand. (To

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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. The takeaway for PRs?

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Solo PR Pro

APRIL 8, 2021

Aside from having a passion for storytelling and a knack for journalistic writing, her time as a reporter trained her in key transferable skills, including the ability to stay agile. In fact, she didn’t bring on her second full-time employee until October 2020, about six years after starting the business.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Some “77% say perceptions of the role of communications as a strategic business driver changed within their organization during 2020.”. There’s one little hiccup with that task: “More than half of PR pros say their top challenge is getting responses from journalists, with agencies (59%) more challenged than brands (43%).”.

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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. The list below is broken into four sections: Marketing statistics from 2020. Public relations statistics from 2020. Content marketing statistics from 2020.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 16, 2020

Storytelling is a powerful means of persuasion; it can be both a strategy, as in an overall narrative but it also can be a tactic, like using vignettes; here’s what a recent survey found. Years ago, there was a consultant in the DC area that had an unusual title on his business card: “chief storyteller.” There’s a science to it.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

13) Storytelling the hottest trend in PR in 2018. In January, a survey of communications professionals found most felt the following concepts would be more important to PR in 2018: 79% of respondents said storytelling; 71% said content marketing; and 67% said thought leadership. also see why ?).

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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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Karen Freberg

JUNE 24, 2019

Others promoted this broadly, but certain opportunities were only available if you were friends with key leadership members of the organizing group. The access to people, brands, and agencies is unlike anything else I have seen in my career. 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

DECEMBER 20, 2022

They enable consumer brand marketers to connect with influencers who have large followings on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, in a straightforward transactional manner. I predict brands will look to the PESO model (which stands for paid, earned, shared and owned media) to make more of their owned media.

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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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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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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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NewsWhip

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Coverage of these companies is higher than other women-led brands simply because brands in the top 500 contribute to two-thirds of the U.S. Lisa Palmer will become CEO of Regency Centers Corporation on January 1, 2020. Kristin Peck will become CEO of Zoetis on January 1, 2020. on February 11, 2020. Jennifer M.

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Cision

APRIL 27, 2017

Impressed with PR thought leadership role being played by Cision and CMO @cglynch during #CisionWorldTour. Determine the value of your content programs: Content marketing is the most powerful brand storytelling tool that marketing and communications teams have in their toolkit. pic.twitter.com/5iEc1ytxLw. —

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Stephen Waddington

MARCH 15, 2021

Certainly ask yourself the five questions in my presentation and look within your ranks of employees to see if there is a suitably qualified Black or Asian person ready to be promoted that has been overlooked because “they don’t fit” the usual profile of leadership (essentially being White and sharing your thoughts and behaviours).

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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. The Advantages of Inclusive Leadership.

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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. Photo courtesy of Unsplash.

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NewsWhip

MAY 27, 2021

The future of storytelling in healthcare communications. Real Chemistry’s Practice Leader of Media & Engagement Becky Vonsiatsky joins NewsWhip’s CEO Paul Quigley to discuss how healthcare storytelling will continue to connect authentically with key audiences, wherever they are. Wellness brands during the pandemic | Jump to text.

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Scott Public Relations

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

what we really need not is leadership, not ……” “We must always protect the right of Americans to report misdeed or illegal acts, especially in government.” It’s getting tiresome to hear these nonsensical exaggerations and no real leadership or solutions. Yes, we know storytelling has been a communications mantra for some time.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 15, 2021

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. million fake accounts between October and December 2020. Three decades on I’m less positive.

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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. Likely see more brand-to-brand and brand-to-influencer collaborations. Jennifer Tomlinson | Qorus Software.

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