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Campaign Recap: Advertising Week 2018

5W PR

Celebrating 15 years of bringing together the who’s who of the advertising and media ecosystem from all over the globe, this year’s Advertising Week boasted 4 bustling floors of activity over 4 days at the AMC Loews Theatre in New York. Read on for the full interview! – Elizabeth, Associate Vice President, B2B Tech Team.

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What They Don’t Teach You About PR In College

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

But my PR agency job has got me thinking back to what I learned about the industry when I first took a college course about it. I feel like I should have known more about it, since generating earned media coverage remains an essential goal for most PR agencies. Here are some things I certainly didn’t learn about PR in college.

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Building A Wildly Successful PR Agency: The Doug Spong Interview

MaccaPR

What does it take to build a national public relations agency powerhouse from scratch that earns 250 industry awards, competes against the world’s largest PR firms, achieves a double-digit compounded annual growth rate, and still maintains a vibrant agency culture of ‘Spongsters?’. So what was your favorite campaign?

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5 KPIs that Showcase PR Value

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

A top priority of the best PR agency teams is measuring how well we do. Before an agency sets them, it’s critical that they understand organizational goals and what the company hopes to achieve with a robust PR program. For too long, advertising value equivalent (AVE) was used as the only method to evaluate PR. Potential reach.

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How To Set Expectations In Public Relations

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

On the agency side, it’s sometimes because the team overpromises in their eagerness to win a new client. But it helps to establish a cadence for ongoing meetings, email contact, course corrections, and reporting at the beginning of a PR program. Some of the pressure we encounter in PR is preventable, however.

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6 Things Your PR Agency Can Do Beyond Media Relations

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Many a CEO has declined to make time for a media prep session on the grounds that “no one knows the company better than I do” or “I don’t want to sound ‘canned,'” only to falter in an important interview. The audit isn’t new, of course, but it’s newly important. Brand perception audits.

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An “Interview” with ChatGPT: What is Public Relations? How Has PR Changed? Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Comms Pros?

Sword and the Script

We interviewed ChatGPT about public relations and while it does well with high-level questions, it becomes repetitive when those questions were more nuanced; the system says it is “unlikely” that it “or any other AI system will fully replace public relations (PR) professionals”. This is reflective of a traditional view of public relations.