PR in High Definition

DECEMBER 17, 2020

With 2020 almost behind us, we’ve been having some great discussions here at Firefly about what we think the year ahead holds, so here are six of the main trends we’ve come up with that we think will have a huge impact on the world of comms in 2021. Move over media relations. Cancel culture continues on. s cancel saga continues.

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PRSay

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The Fourth Estate’s reputation was bruised after the 2016 presidential election, amid accusations of biased reporting. Even as public faith in the news media has fallen, falsehoods continue to spread across social media and the internet, perhaps giving reporters an opportunity to reclaim trust. Photo credit: giodilo ].

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 11, 2022

PE firm closes on deals for Kantar Reputation Intelligence, PRgloo and Onclusive; will merge all three companies under a single PR tech company. trillion in M&A transactions in 2021. Symphony Technology Group (STG) said it had closed on acquisitions of Kantar Reputation Intelligence, PRgloo and Onclusive.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Reputation management is crucial. Reputation management would become crucial in the face of recession, jobs loss and livelihood loss. Issues from 2021 to carry-over. Several trends that started in 2021 will grow to carry over into 2022. David Berkowitz , Founder, Serial Marketers . This was up from 50% in 2020.”.

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Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

After all, I always say (I shamelessly stole this from somewhere), your reputation is what people say about you behind your back. You had a vibrant and long career in PR, working in almost every possible setting–from corporate to agency to non-profit. Corporations and non-profits are not that different from each other.

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PRSay

JULY 26, 2022

Deeptie Sethi is a global brand and communications specialist helping businesses leverage the power of public relations and communications-leading strategic planning, media relations, brand and reputation management, crisis management and effective advocacy programs.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 1, 2022

One thing that separates PR, and specifically media relations, from marketing and advertising is third-party validation: there’s nothing you can say about yourself that’s as powerful as someone else saying it about you. It finished the full year 2021 with $403 million in sales and was cash-flow positive. It spent $40.5

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PRSay

AUGUST 30, 2022

Bungled staff reductions leave long memories that can undermine a company’s reputation and its ability to retain customers and recruit employees. In December 2021, Vishal Garg, CEO of Better.com, an online mortgage lender, called 900 of his employees together on a Zoom call.

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 15, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has had a significant impact - both good and bad - on diversity, flexible working, talent, training and its reputation as a management function. My hunch is that the 2021 survey will tell a different story. Media relations has fallen to fourth place, replaced by strategic planning which has moved up two places.

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PRSay

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Gordon Johndroe , vice president of global media relations and public affairs for the Chicago-based aircraft manufacturer, spoke to members of PRSA’s Corporate Communications Section in the Nov. On rebuilding Boeing’s reputation: I don’t want to talk too much about it until the MAX is safely flying again.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 17, 2023

Meltwater has a reputation for an overly aggressive sales team. Blog: PE firm closes on deals for Kantar Reputation Intelligence, PRgloo and Onclusive; will merge all three companies under Onclusive as a single PR tech company. Standalone media monitoring. Comment: The company is striving to think bigger about media monitoring.

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Ethical Voices

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Joining me on this week’s episode of EthicalVoices is Kelsey Bohl , the Senior Manager of Corporate Communications Press Office at Walmart. We are the liaison between the company and external media, do lots of crisis communications, media relations, and that’s where I am today.

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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. There is a new corporate scenario that directly impacts all audiences and communication channels.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 6, 2021

In a marketing email, ResponseSource said it’s shutting down it’s curated list of media requests submitted on Twitter and tagged with the hashtag #journorequests. The service will no longer be available as of August 1st 2021 [sic].” Both are designed to apply marketing lead attribution techniques to media relations.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 20, 2022

Amidst the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain issues and continued marketplace uncertainty, the attitudes of marketing agency clients are diverging into three distinct categories, according to the recent 2021 Agency Edge Research conducted by the Agency Management Institute and Audience Audit. Author: Jim Bianchi.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

A study by a marketing analytics firm found “On average, brands that increased media investment [during a recession] realized roughly a 17 percent growth in incremental sales, and more than half saw subsequent improvements in year-over-year ROIs over a two-year period during the recession.”. Public Relations Statistics from 2020.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 14, 2022

A PR crisis is a negative story about your brand that threatens the reputation of your organisation, causes reputational damage, or negatively impacts sales or stock value. A PR crisis can destroy a reputation in an instant, so it’s crucial to have a plan in place. 5. Make a plan for communicating with the media.

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Landis PR

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Photo courtesy of Pixabay Over the past year, artificial intelligence (AI) has taken the world of marketing by storm as it has emerged as a powerful, rapidly evolving tool for automating content creation and other marketing-related tasks. billion in 2021. In fact, the global market for AI in marketing is likely to reach $107.5

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Doctor Spin

MAY 21, 2021

Corporate executives are sometimes scared of stirring up too much conflict for comfort, so your approach should always be strategically sound and well-researched before you start the fight. If the organisation has an excellent reputation and does well, their jobs become much more manageable.

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Landis PR

JANUARY 3, 2022

Following the 2020 pandemic, 2021 continued to surprise us in both good and bad ways. ESG issues will be dominating corporate communications in 2022 and beyond.”. cancel culture,” particularly related to DEI, will continue. Jim Bianchi, President, Bianchi Public Relations , Detroit, Michigan. Photo courtesy of Unsplash.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

There’s no point in building a reputation if the startup is facing an existential threat. Marketing investment was redirected towards demand generation (content marketing, paid media) as startups looked for deal flow. Continued consolidation of media outlets. Return of increased PR budgets.” ” ~ Prof.

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