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What PR Success Looks Like In A Data-Driven World

PR Insiders

Sometimes the confusion lies around these same people’s very good understanding of the value of direct-response advertising, which is designed to get instant results by encouraging people to take some sort of action right now. The ROI of publicity isn’t as instant or as cut-and-dried as advertising. Case closed. Social media.

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How Communicators Can Help Their Clients Navigate Misinformation and Biased News

PRSay

The traditional notion of “bad press” is negative coverage in a reputable journalism outlet that exposes legitimate complaints about a company — for example, coverage of a shareholder lawsuit, or a scandal about workplace conditions in a local or national newspaper. The article attacked Pizza Hut’s education-supporting initiatives.

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Public Relations Review

PR for Anyone

She pitched it to her editor who loved it too and they wrote an article about me. People get paid for you to make an impulse purchase in the grocery store check-out line based on the article title/hook on the cover. What are they putting on the cover to hook you in so that you want to buy the magazine to read the article?

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Gee, Beav, Isn't PR Just Like Advertising?

Bad Pitch Blog

When I say I am working with a newspaper reporter on story, they ask me why my clients don’t just advertise in the publication because: ”PR and advertising are the same, right?” Many share these misconceptions because advertisements are familiar to them (thanks Mad Men ) and PR is not. She whined a lot. That’s power.

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What’s Going On With Media – And How Does It Impact Your Public Relations Strategy?

Stern + Associates

Ad spending – the historic lifeblood of mainstream media – has plummeted as people spend more time on social media platforms where advertisers can reach them directly. Every time one would think media outlets can’t cut more staff they find a new bottom: 2023 saw massive layoffs which have continued into 2024.

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Public Relations and the Press: A Powerful Partnership

PRSay

On April 27, Bloomberg published an inaccurate, one-sided piece titled “Public Relations Jobs Boom as Buffet Sees Newspapers Dying.”. As the article noted, billionaire investor Warren Buffet sees the traditional newspaper slipping away. But this, at the end of the day, is just promotion and advertising.

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

Sword and the Script

It grew eventually into a tech-based email list that was free for users with an advertising model. In simple terms, the idea is that the AI helps to summarize posts and articles captured in the Agility monitoring system. This helps understand the key points of an article without having to spend time reading the entire document.

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