Stephen Waddington

JUNE 29, 2021

Sophie Smith Agencies can claim a proportion of research and development investment costs against their Corporation Tax. Up to 230% of the cost of a company’s R&D can be offset against Corporation Tax providing that it is commercially relevant. These include employees, subcontractors (up to 65%), software and consumable items.

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Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Do you ever get the sense this whole Employee Social Advocacy concept is being shoved down our throats by a number of “thought leaders” and software vendors who have everything to gain by advancing this agenda? But, it’s just one of several reasons I haven’t bought into the Employee Social Advocacy hype machine so far.

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Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In an era where consumers are increasingly sceptical of advertising and corporate speak, PR offers a more authentic and credible way to communicate with the public. Coach and prepare corporate spokespeople. Corporate Communication as a Discipline. Educate the market and modify perceptions. Manage insider threats.

Publicity 52

Publicity Public Affairs Journalism Corporate 52

Buchanan PR

APRIL 12, 2023

We have all seen these terms tossed around about companies, in advertisements and throughout the media, but what do they really mean and why do they matter? In a corporate context, this refers to sustainable business strategies for long-term stakeholder value.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 18, 2018

While top-tier marketing and advertising are valuable, associated PR campaigns can help propel a brand to the next level of emotional attachment. For companies looking to differentiate themselves from the pack, PR (integrated with advertising and marketing) can help build a foundation of brand love. You feel connected to these brands.

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Beyond PR

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Recently, Cision’s 2017 Global Comms Report: Challenges and Trends looked at the different types of influencers that marketing professionals work with in order to reach consumers. Everyday Consumers Have a Lot of Impact. Overall, consumers had the highest impact globally on other consumers.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Year of the employee. 2022 is going to be known as the year of the employee. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) initiatives will be incredibly important, but when the next crisis hits, consumers will be reminded to look back on major brands that only paid the topic lip service. The first is the tight market for talent.

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Ethical Voices

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Joining me on this week’s episode of EthicalVoices is Cheryll Forsatz , the Vice President of Corporate Communications and Public Relations for Ferrero USA. I am a corporate communications and brand strategist with more than 25 years of experience working with global consumer brands. Now, internal is external.

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Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Powell Tate partners with organizations across sectors — global corporations, advocacy groups, nonprofits and foundations, coalitions, national trade associations and government agencies. Golin’s News section shares recent announcements, expert insights and employee perspectives. GOLINglobal. With no boundaries, everyone wins.

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Cision

AUGUST 23, 2017

Over the last few years, particularly with the onset of social media, emotional reactions from consumers have changed the face of public relations. Emotional intelligence drives consumer culture which influences your business strategy. So, why not capitalize on this approach to forge a lifelong relationship with your consumers?

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Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This includes identifying customer needs, developing products that satisfy those needs, setting prices, determining distribution channels, and promoting the products through various forms of advertising and promotion. The focus is on creating compelling messages that encourage consumers to purchase.

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Publicity Marketing eBook Public Affairs 52

Landis PR

APRIL 29, 2024

Key services: Strategy and Organizational Culture Strategic Communications, Public Relations and Branding Public Affairs and Corporate Responsibility Data Analysis and Future Scenarios Crisis Communications Top Advice for Foreign Companies Navigating Media and Communications Environment in Finland 1. This applies to the media also.

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MaccaPR

AUGUST 26, 2015

Corporate histories are important to customers, employees, business partners, and community members. Your corporate story can prove that sound business decisions have been made along the way, pay respect to your employees, build goodwill, and demonstrate long-lasting corporate strength. Source: Maccabee.com ).

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Business Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

This means consumers will see less of an organization's content, and brands will have fewer opportunities to build deeper relationships with their customers. Employee Amplification: Every time you send out a news release or secure editorial coverage, take the time to promote this information heavily to internal and external audiences.

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5W PR

OCTOBER 20, 2020

A Porter-Novelli survey of 150 business leaders this July revealed that 85% feel it’s no longer acceptable for corporations to simply make money but must also make a positive impact on society. 93% believed that brand purpose would increase consumer trust and loyalty, while 88% felt doing so would differentiate them from their competition.

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PRSay

APRIL 5, 2023

Here’s the breakdown: 54% of respondents work at PR agencies, 24% work for corporate PR departments and 22% work as independent PR practitioners. Organizations with 250 or more employees were more likely to select reporting, measurement and freelancers as their highest budgetary expenditures.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 8, 2017

As the practice of public relations has changed over the decades, so has its name – morphing from “publicity” and “press office” in the 1920s to broader and more inclusive terms like “public relations,” “public affairs” and “corporate communications.”

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

It’s not hard to envision the rows of self-checkouts in stores, corporate chatbots, and fleets of driverless trucks, because it’s already happening. For one thing, a new generation of consumers are demanding more than just a bigger smartphone or a new flavor of sparkling water. How are its employees treated?

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Marketing Storytelling Creativity Privacy 173

PRSay

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Market research is vital to understanding how target audiences consume info,” said Haworth. 3 Ways to Maintain Control of Your Corporate Social Media. Don’t fire an employee and then leave them in control of the Twitter account,” said Regina Luttrell, Ph.D. Meet people where they are. pictured above ), during an Oct.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

What is for sure is that a solid PR team is versatile and can expertly cover down on a broad number of functions: internal comms, external comms, executive comms, media relations, analyst relations, corporate social responsibility, thought leadership and marcom, and as I’ve long proposed, content marketing, among many others.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Social Media Ecommerce Marketing Imagine this as a big umbrella that covers lots of stuff—building up your brand’s popularity, guiding customers to your website, advertising and selling products, and even the art of social selling and social commerce. Consumers are no longer content with polished marketing messages and picture-perfect images.

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Social Media Media Mobile SEO 87

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 22, 2017

Likewise, there are companies with multilayered stories that are best told through long-form content, or explained in a narrative form typical of a business or consumer magazine feature. In fact, employees can be both a rich source of stories and a powerful channel through which to tell them. This is where PR excels.

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Brand Branding Marketing Wireless 185

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 17, 2019

Yes, according to the study: “Over 58% of consumers say they at least sometimes trust what a company says about itself on its owned channels more than what a reporter says about that company in a news article.”. Blogs, including independent and corporate blogs, can be credible. Advertising is a distant third.

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Study Survey B2B Advertising 61

Prohibition

APRIL 7, 2022

Facebook becomes the customer service go to for consumers. From a CSR standpoint, consumers are using Twitter to call for governments and corporations to take more action against climate change in what has been dubbed “The Great Restoration”. Employee advocacy is therefore definitely worth considering for your strategy.

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Prohibition

APRIL 7, 2022

Facebook becomes the customer service go to for consumers. From a CSR standpoint, consumers are using Twitter to call for governments and corporations to take more action against climate change in what has been dubbed “The Great Restoration”. Employee advocacy is therefore definitely worth considering for your strategy.

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Social Media Trends Media Instagram 62

Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Employees go on vacations, some travel to visit loved ones and others use the time as a break from work. Outside of the office, consumers use their holiday free-time to look at ways to enhance their personal and work lives in the new year. Start by making a list of your employees who’ll be out of the office during the holidays.

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Publicity Employee Analysis Radio 74

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Blogs, including independent and corporate blogs, can be credible. Advertising is a distant third. She and her research team conducted a focus group with 46 participants and also using a panel to survey 1,500 consumers. If you want to change corporate culture, focus your efforts on executives, customers and employees.

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Survey Industry Leadership Study 96

Cision

MARCH 2, 2016

While we excel at traditional areas of corporate communication, the most exciting part is the ability to effect real change in business practices and help guide firms from all sectors and life stages in a new age of communication. How has PR changed over the years? What are brands doing differently today that they didn’t do in the past?

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Reputation Newspapers Journalism Instagram 120

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

“Communications professionals are now responsible for producing videos and podcasts, hosting live stream events, playing photographer, designing graphics, learning the back end of websites and more to keep up with changes in the ways people consume information.”. Old and new tasks. Additional duties. All things to all people. “We

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 6, 2020

Tiffany Hsu , an advertising and marketing reporter for The New York Times , has a balanced piece. But brands that borrow heavily from black culture and target black consumers have a responsibility, she said, to push for change, often by bringing more black employees into their ranks.” The case for speaking out.

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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. Just finding the right awards to apply to is itself time-consuming, but there are ways to shortlist the right awards to apply to. Why enter an award program?

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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. These devices have provided the means for consumers to connect to the internet wherever and whenever.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

First Shkreli raised consumer ire by increasing the price of antimalaria drug Daraprim by more than 5,000 percent. What was her corporate communications team thinking? Management compounded the bad news by seeming to blame employees. Drug company CEO suffers public outrage. Wounded Warrior Project hurt by reputation damage.

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Victorious PR

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

What constitutes a small business varies—by size of firm, number of employees, revenue earned, output measurements like sales and shipments, etc.—but They are the go-between between an organization and their targeted audience or consumers. but the terminology certainly doesn’t reflect their significance.

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Konnect Agency

OCTOBER 30, 2019

An abundance of research suggests that as the wealth of information available to consumers increases, our communal attention spans will continue to decrease. Not only do today’s consumers have more options available to them than ever before, but they also look to those they perceive as like-minded to influence their purchasing decision.

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Marketing Consumer Local Social Media 64

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 15, 2015

Intranets Reimagined: What Content Are Your Employees Most Interested In? Valuing quality journalism in corporate publishing. Why advertising should remain a key part of your communications mix. area, she loves helping for- and non-profit clients, both small and large, turn corporate codswallop into community cool™.

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Conference Analysis Journalism Employee 40

Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 27, 2019

It provides data and insights about the content that people are consuming around the internet. There are powerful insights for internal and corporate communication. Edelman suggests that a new contract has emerged between employer and employee. Currents spots white space for conversation and content Parsle.ly

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