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Today, we say goodbye to HARO [PR Tech Sum 52]

Sword and the Script

Top stories in today’s summary of PR news: Cision shutters the HARO brand; Agility adds “Intelligent Insights”; PR tech company replaces employees with AI On the first Tuesday of every month, I sort through all the news I can find on PR technology or comms tech and present it in a summary post like this one. Measurement templates.

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Quick Summaries to 5 Surveys of PR and Corporate Communications

Sword and the Script

I’ve spent the past few weeks breaking down the survey results from The 5th Annual JOTW Strategic Communications Survey for 2022 (see these posts covering the executive summary , top challenges , organizational trust in media and views on media bias ). So says a 2022 survey conducted by PRWeek for ICR.

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Dealmaking Sizzles Again Among PR Software Providers and Here Comes Another Side Dish of Generative AI for Comms [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

as per 14 September 2022, the day immediately preceding announcement of the strategic review.” “The Talkwalker hired a new CEO and new CMO in late 2022 and appears to have done a round of layoffs in sales and marketing, according to multiple social media updates I’ve observed. Q3 2022 total revenue grew year-over-year 6.6%

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The future of European public relations: key findings from the ECM report

Wadds Inc.

These include the business model of public relations functions, measurement and evaluation, and benchmarking public relations practices. These issues became less important between 2008 and 2022 because of the financial crash but are now among the top three strategic issues again. This is my own area of doctoral research.

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Is this a nostalgic goodbye to the HARO brand? [PR Tech Sum 51]

Sword and the Script

In this edition: Cision silently rebrands HARO; Meltwater’s dealmaking continues; PR tech briefs and mentions content picks There have been so many private equity (PE) deals among PR technology companies, that it’s easy to lose track of who owns what. Then in September 2022, Meltwater announced a “review of strategic alternatives.”

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This Semrush Acquisition of Backlinko hits PR, SEO and Content Marketing Trifecta [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

SEO vendor that dabbles in PR technology buys an audience and adds an influencer to their team. Since Semrush is a public company, the price tag would be deemed financially “immaterial” to the business operations. That acquisition opened up the potential for a new technology competitor in PR – attacking from the flanks.

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Greening Your Future: Expert Climate Insights for Earth Month and Beyond

Stern + Associates

Sustainability as a Fulcrum for Corporate Innovation Driving innovation for organic growth is always challenging for companies, says Harvard Professor Rebecca Henderson, author of the Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year, “ Reimagining Capitalism in a World On Fire ” (2020). Unfortunately, says Steven E.