Onclusive

JUNE 15, 2022

Director, Global Corporate Communications, Mimecast. Generating brand awareness. PR is a great vehicle for generating brand awareness through media relations, news coverage and thought leadership content distribution, all of which contribute to increasing your brand’s online footprint. What’s the secret to success?

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Onclusive

JANUARY 20, 2020

In my last article , I laid out the three steps to introduce marketing ventriloquism into your organization: focus on what you can control; install control systems; amplify earned media. Corporate comms is probably already doing some informal earned media amplification through social media channels, email, newsletters or the company blog.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2024

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.

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Presspage

JANUARY 23, 2024

Especially if your company operates multiple brands or locations across more than one country, well-organised communication is the key. The message will reach professionals in the targeted countries via electronic direct mail (EDM) and multimedia advertising, including videos and carousel ads.

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PR for Anyone

JANUARY 28, 2024

Erica Keswin is a 3x WSJ bestselling author, public speaker, and consultant for various major global brands. You’re Missing Out, Corporate America Women navigating the workplace in their 50s encounter a unique set of challenges distinct from their younger colleagues.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 21, 2019

Because earned media confers credibility, it can be decidedly more powerful than marketing and advertising. By consistently educating others the company is putting its values of inclusion on display while boosting brand visibility in a strategic way. Corporate activism. See this post for tips on writing stellar bylines.

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Cision

DECEMBER 6, 2017

PR professionals have always been great storytellers, serving as the voice of the brand, building relationships and cultivating trust with their audiences but the digital revolution empowers communicators to accomplish so much more. The CMO knows this and understands the value of earned media and its impact on their brand’s customers.

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5W PR

JULY 11, 2023

These salon franchises provide a framework for success, brand recognition, and ongoing support. Established Reputation and Brand One of the primary benefits of investing in a beauty salon franchise is the opportunity to align with an established brand and reputation.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Now more than ever, brands are understanding the importance of building trust and being transparent with their audiences, not to mention the value of clear communication. This year, we’ve seen brands and agencies alike trying – and struggling – to find and hire strong PR pros. . ~ Brad Marley , Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media .

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 13, 2023

27% said newswires; 23% said industry experts; 20% said press releases [ostensibly those that aren’t sent over a wire service]; 16% said internal spokesperson; and 4% said customers of a brand. Takeaway: If you want to see a good example of data in PR, take a look at Kastle Systems.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Once upon a time, businesses hopped on social channels to amp up their brand presence and chat with customers. So, it’s a no-brainer for e-commerce (aka ecommerce) brands to team up with social media to make those sales happen. Shoppers can connect with brands, explore, and buy the products all in one place.

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PRSay

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

As “the father of advertising” David Ogilvy said: “When you advertise fire extinguishers, open with the flames.”. Would you like to learn Ann’s full system for engaging readers with corporate storytelling? So, start in the middle of things, at the most dramatic moment of the problem: The day the tax bill came.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 3, 2018

At the confluence of advertising, marketing, and public relations was the genius stunt by the fictional Wonka Corporation to release golden tickets hidden inside their popular candy bars throughout England. It became a much talked about event; it was fun; and fit right in with the ethos of the Wonka brand.

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Cision

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

In this interview, Ted Meyer, senior vice president of global public relations and communications of Natixis Global Asset Management, shares his thoughts on the importance of communication during a crisis, how the financial crisis of 2008 is still affecting brands and what PR used to look like before the Internet and social took over.

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Prohibition

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Paid social advertising has evolved into an integral part of advertising on social media platforms. Each social network has a distinct approach for acquiring followers and generating engagement, and paid advertising plays a significant role in those strategies. What is Paid Social? provide customer service to their clients.

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Melissa Agnes

MARCH 26, 2014

The increasing use of web-based reviews by consumers is resulting in a disturbing trend, one where business competitors attempt to game the system through competitor internet defamation. What makes these sites particularly harmful is that they rank highly under a brand search. Fake Reviews: How to Protect Your Brand (Video).

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Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

As the face of our brand, I am responsible for traveling to industry events and networking with our readers, advertisers and others. We are here to educate fluid power engineers on how to design and maintain efficient, reliable hydraulic and pneumatic systems so getting them the stories that help with that is necessary.

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Mark My Words

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The Guardian Emma Raducanu’s fairytale run to the US Open final has put her on track to become the hottest property in British sport, according to brand and sponsorship experts. Osaka is the world’s highest-paid female athlete and has total earnings of $37.4m (£27.2m), according to Forbes, and has a total of 15 corporate sponsors.

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Mindful Marketing

JULY 4, 2020

It is a system of racial oppression and violence steeped in colonial and imperialist practices that sought to legitimize White privilege and power. Interpersonal, systemic and institutionalized racism are often normalized, immortalized, and (re)produced through marketing and marketplace practices. Racism is not a new disease.

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PR 20/20

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Pathmatics is a digital advertising intelligence solution used by brands, agencies, ad tech companies, and publishers to build competitive advantages in their brand management, advertising, and business development activities. PulsePoint is a global programmatic technology company redefining digital advertising.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

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”. It’s not a bad take.

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The Awards Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Many corporations view applying for industry awards as a bit too self-promotional, a waste of critical advertising budget, and far too time-consuming. Ensure your materials do not take too long to load and are compatible with any operating system or device. No joke: entering awards does actually require a lot of time and effort.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 31, 2019

If you are fortunate enough to work in a larger organization that deploys an enterprise-wide AI system like Lucy or Albert, then you can expect to see deep insights about your stakeholders and the content you are using. They need to quantify real engagement and impact beyond vanity metrics so they can better advise their brand partners.

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Cision

JULY 26, 2017

On Facebook, the likelihood of a brand post reaching an intended audience is low. Facebook’s post-IPO algorithm has never been favorable to brands, and their update last year to promote “friends and family” posts over news publishers and brand posts seems to have further diminished the expected reach for any particular post.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Advertising value equivalent (AVE) is at the sharp end of this issue. She believes the same issues apply in advertising and PR. Each corporate PRCA member will be expected to engage with a local school each year. It’s an issue that is quickly rising up the corporate agenda. It’s a theme that Topi?

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PR in High Definition

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Being kind is a long-term investment in your brand. Geoffrey Colon, Head of Brand Studio at Microsoft Advertising, recently gave a talk at CES , where he mentioned that Satya Nadella is encouraging all Microsoft employees to not only think about what they can do, but what they should do. Barra took responsibility. A ‘stirrot’?

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Cision

JUNE 29, 2015

This is a guest post by Jeremy Bamidele , a brand strategist, publicist and adjunct professor at Rancho Santiago Community College District. Media consumption is becoming more personalized and segmented, as social media relations often share common value and belief systems with those they are connected.

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Masters in Communications

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Other neurological research tells us that a happy ending to a story triggers the limbic system, our brain's reward center, to release dopamine which makes us feel more hopeful and optimistic. Over two-thirds of marketing professionals responded that branded content is better than press releases, direct mail, or print advertising.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Tressa credits a brief stint in corporate communications for a health care company with stoking her interest in PR. I think non-PR folks sometimes think of it like advertising or marketing where you can “pay to play” and see relatively immediate, measurable results. Sales Beware the Buyer’s System; Josh Pitchford in Off Script #10.

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Marketwired

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Unique content and user experience with backlinks to reputable websites are pushed to the top, while websites full of duplicate content, high advertising-to-content ratios and thin- or low-quality content are buried to the point they never make it to Google’s front page. This is a major problem for press releases.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Due to tight marketing spends, even advertisers are shortening their commercials while maintaining or increasing the number of times they are aired, to ensure maximum spread for their ad spends. With the ever-increasing competitive eco-system and never-ending client demands, traditional PR is set to face new challenges in India.

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MaccaPR

MARCH 12, 2019

Name a prominent medical product or healthcare brand – from Medtronic, Hennepin Healthcare, Prime Therapeutics, Upsher-Smith Labs and Provation to Vigilanz, Philips, 3M, Hill-Rom and Teleflex – and the Minneapolis-based healthcare marketing agency StoneArch has probably been involved. Another change for Medela was around representation.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 14, 2016

Think: selling content, eBooks, sponsored content or banner ads on a corporate blog, or even tickets to an event. These are investments in relationships, reputations, loyalty, brand cache and content. If you enjoyed this post, you might also like: Big Brands: Content Marketing isn’t a Campaign, It’s a Culture.

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PR 20/20

OCTOBER 9, 2018

I oversee this, and also focus on strategy, paid advertising and event marketing. While we weren’t doing it perfectly, it was my first foray in this world – quite different than my paid advertising and agency days. Sales is working on sponsorships, benefactors, magazine advertising, and the like—focusing on brands.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

Chat systems have certainly seen adoption rate grow to the extent some see them as a way to replace gated content. According to the firm’s latest State of Creative Hiring data, 75 percent of advertising and marketing hiring decision makers anticipate expanding their teams in the second half of 2019, up from 60 percent six months ago.

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PR 20/20

MAY 12, 2016

The future belongs to dynamic agencies with more efficient management systems, integrated services, versatile talent, value-based pricing models, a love for data, and a commitment to producing measurable results. Turn to agencies with demonstrated track records of success, starting with their own brands. 6) Seek Systems for Success.

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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. In today’s world, a negative story about your brand or organisation could go viral in an instant. Your brand could be dragged through the mud.

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