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PR Lessons From The Biggest Failures of 2023

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Most of the so-called PR disasters that unfolded in 2023 went well beyond public relations strategy or execution. Tap professional PR expertise: Silicon Valley Bank Unlike the Open AI fiasco, the trigger for Silicon Valley Bank’s well-documented collapse was actually a pure PR mistake, and a huge one at that.

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Only 5% of B2B buyers are in market today; but where did that statistic come from?

Sword and the Script

He wrote it up in a paper published online titled, Advertising effectiveness and the 95-5 rule: most B2B buyers are not in the market right now. This is a deceptively simple fact, but it has a profound implication for advertising. It means that advertising mostly hits B2B buyers who aren’t going to buy anytime soon.

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How The Right PR Makes Better Business Deals

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Although some call it “free advertising,” public relations isn’t free. A liquidity event is not only a good reason to invest in public relations, but it’s one situation where the right PR strategy can drive a higher valuation for the deal. Here’s how the right PR strategy can help prepare for a liquidity event.

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Trust and the Unlikely Reinvention of Advertising [UML]

Sword and the Script

Use PR to build a brand and advertising to defend it. The point of that philosophy used to be that, while you can build a brand with advertising, it’s very expensive. More recently, fake news has laid the groundwork for a new-found trust in advertising. 1) In advertising, we trust. PR is less expensive than advertising.

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Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover: Lessons for Leaders

Reputation Us

Whether or not Musk succeeds remains to be seen, but behind those headlines is a mission-oriented strategy, a performance initiative, and a customer plan that bank and credit union leaders should learn from. Bank and credit union leaders are looking on — perhaps in horror, perhaps in amusement — but they do look on.

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Driving Attention When Your Stock Goes Public

5W PR

Strategies may include countdown posts leading up to the IPO, executive interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and other engaging content. Paid social media advertising is another route to reach a wider audience. Investment banks or other financial institutions can organize roadshows.

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How to Make an Email Newsletter That Builds Trust and Drives Leads

Contently - Strategy

But a surprising amount of marketers I speak with aren’t investing in a newsletter as a core part of their content strategy. For us at The Content Strategist , that’s content marketing and content strategy best practices. If you want to dig in further, check out our free content strategy course on lead generation.

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