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$100 Million M&A for Internal Comms Tool: What’s Older is Still News in Marchlyjunetember [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

Though I do my best to keep tabs on news from PR technology providers for these roundups, I occasionally I miss one. The database indicates the company has raised $47 million (including debt) in five rounds from four investors. The company has since rolled out a new logo and company website. Or thereabouts.

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A CRM with Real Analytics for Public Relations, M&A Report, Geoffrey Moore on PR Technology; PR Tech Sum: Propel, Burton-Taylor, Cision, Edelman and Onclusive

Sword and the Script

To that end, I’ve enjoyed doing this, and I’ve had a lot of great calls with some really smart people behind these companies since. And now, here’s this month’s PR technology summary…. PR Week reports the company was founded in 2017, has raised a little over a million in funding and has 22 customers.

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Writing The Killer PR Plan

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

The beauty of public relations, in comparison to traditional advertising and even some forms of direct marketing, is that it is built for flexibility. We had a strong program idea for a mattress company that wanted to be linked with healthy sleep. Make it flexible. Building in flexibility makes good PR and business sense.

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Top PR Takeaways For The Year

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

We know they are rare in comparison and that is what makes them so important to acknowledge. We found more use of “explainers” and “behind the scenes” or “day in the life” videos particularly useful when introducing a new product or company. Technology means continuous learning.

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5 PR-Friendly Brands For 2018

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Just over a year old, the company started out online, then developed a loyal following and opened brick-and-mortar stores in Manhattan and Brooklyn “by popular demand.” These include moves to integrate the technology into vehicles, with BMW and Ford , opting to add Alexa, for example. Making mattress companies green with envy.

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PR and marketing: What’s the difference?

Public Relations Sydney

Here is our comparison between PR and marketing: Activities / tactics: Marketing generally covers promotional, direct marketing and advertising which seeks to return direct sales; whereas PR is focused on reputation management through generating positive media coverage and stakeholder communication.

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PR Tech Briefing: Onclusive Provides PR with Attribution Capabilities and Promises Novel Approach to Distribution

Sword and the Script

Recently, I’ve begun looking more closely at PR technology , companies. This is an effort to illustrate some of the interesting innovations occurring within the PR vendor community – and provide an agnostic source of information on tools and technologies I believe PR professionals should have on their radar.