Journalistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Most PR practitioners quickly learn that the wall protecting editorial integrity from the influence of paid advertising can be, like the Pirate Code , “more of a guideline than an actual rule.” For better or worse, at a great number of well-known and respected media sources, advertisers are often given preference in coverage.

Advertising 52

Advertising Advertising Ethics Conference 52

Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 8, 2022

A few weeks ago, Ad 2 hosted a great event (led by former Tommie, Chloe Lewis)–a Women’s Leadership Panel. After all, this was an advertising panel. Other leadership roles: LeeAnn was involved with MN PRSA earlier in her career as the co-chair of the student relations committee. Where is she now? Where is she now?

Marketing 60

Marketing Leadership Creativity Internal 60

Landis PR

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Reinforcing that marketing strategy was the fact that law firms could not advertise until 1977, when the U.S. State Bar of Arizona , striking down prohibitions against advertising by attorneys. Practice areas such as personal injury and bankruptcy were early adopters of advertising. Supreme Court ruled on Bates v.

Advertising 52

Advertising Advertising Leadership Reputation 52

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Products and services would have to become affordable as they would have to target an increasingly larger middle-income group. Competition would be more intense as the marketplace would see a larger number of players, catering to these lower income groups.”. Maya Chakravarti V, Communications Specialist & Educationist.

Marketing 214

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 214

Stuart Bruce

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

New York advertising agency McCann boasts on its website about the awesome creativity of its guerilla campaign that saw it sneak in the middle of the night to drop off without permission the statue of a girl to face up the famous Wall Street charging bull. At last a testosterone-fuelled Wall Street firm was doing the right thing.

Case Study 99

Case Study Crisis Communications Corporate Leadership 99

PRSay

MAY 9, 2023

We used to calculate the value of earned media placements according to advertising value equivalency (AVE), based on the cost of a print media ad and the publication in which it appeared. It’s unlikely that any amount of paid advertising would have built the same value for the brand. Photo credit: parradee ]

Measurement 103

Measurement Marketing Pharmaceuticals Social Media 103

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 3, 2017

To heighten creativity. Extreme Leadership. Using simple stories to get to the “human” side of leadership is part of what makes Extreme Leadership a valuable read. Working and succeeding in PR or marketing requires top-notch presentation skills – for large and small groups, well-rehearsed or impromptu.

Blogging 159

Blogging Pitching Fashion Sports 159

PRSay

JANUARY 9, 2018

I expect we’ll see the following in 2018: Integration acceleration: It’s now a must that strategic planning, creative, analytics and digital are fully integrated in client teams. At Omnicom PR Group, we’re custom-building teams and engaging the best talent for the business, regardless of agency. This shift will accelerate in 2018.

Measurement 125

Measurement Creativity Analytics Groups 125

Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Lately I’ve been hearing a lot of questions from friends and clients about LinkedIn advertising–specifically promoted posts. As with most social media advertising, trial and error and testing are your friends. We know execs probably aren’t the most engaging group–largely, they’re lurkers.

LinkedIn 97

LinkedIn B2B Exercises Advertising 97

wiredPRworks

AUGUST 2, 2016

Thanks to Russ Klein, AMA CEO , for his take on the survey’s positive outlook, leadership opportunities– and even a few thoughts on what marketers can learn from Pokémon [hint: it’s not about finding rare monsters]. The post AMA Q&A: Marketer’s Confidence, Leadership Opps & Pokémon Plays appeared first on wiredPRworks.

Leadership 40

Leadership Survey Enterprise Conference 40

Maxim Behar

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

We were about thirty enthusiasts, PR, marketing and advertising specialists, mainly from Europe, but obviously there was a need to gather at a high level, because in just three years we were already 250 people from all over the world and the forum created its own life, again in Davos. Are they only dealing with crisis PR in this sick time?

Crisis Management 83

Crisis Management Crisis Advertising Advertising 83

Solo PR Pro

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

And one of the main roots of business development is relationship building, which is formed through familiarity, reputation, credibility and thought leadership. It can be highly effective to find new and creative ways for cultivating relationships – particularly over the long-term – with the key decision-makers in our target markets.

Creativity 40

Creativity Public Affairs Policies Survey 40

PRSay

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

To shift this direction, MSHDA teamed up with local companies Airfoil Group (a creative marketing and PR firm) and Perich Advertising + Design to build an integrated marketing communications campaign centered on demystifying the home-buying process for potential first-time homebuyers — specifically Michigan millennials.

Case Study 94

Case Study Guidelines Study Creativity 94

Cision

JUNE 15, 2017

Lorie has been with the organization since 2014 and is thrilled to lead this group of the foremost Hispanic public relations practitioners in the U.S. Awards, providing a forum that reflects the innovative, creative, and cultural competence of Hispanic market campaigns across several categories. When I was young I wanted to be ….

Automotive 245

Automotive Resources Strategy Consumer 245

PRSay

JUNE 28, 2018

Working in a firm where we create advertising, sales promotions, experiential events and digital campaigns, I see this ideation process play out firsthand on the walls of our agency. For digital campaigns that include banner ads, video pre-roll and digital billboards, our creative team often fills three or more walls with ideas.

Exercises 101

Exercises Creativity Radio Resources 101

Doctor Spin

MAY 30, 2023

Barnum (1810–1891) was a savvy publicity showman, one who impacted particular aspects of public relations and advertising, primarily event planning, event promotion and true publicity/media coverage. He regularly used innovative and creative advertising techniques to capture the public’s attention. Phineas Taylor (P.T.)

Publicity 52

Publicity eBook Ethics Resources 52

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The statistics selected can be grouped are heavily weighted along the following topics: Statistics about – or for – the CMO ; Statistics about digital and B2B marketing ; Statistics about PR or media relations ; and. Read more: How Creative, Agile and Metrics can Sing in Marketing Harmony. 16) Creativity as an employable skill.

Survey 104

Survey Marketing B2B Content Marketing 104

MaccaPR

JULY 13, 2017

I recently sat down with Doug Spong, APR, Fellow PRSA, founder of the Minneapolis PR agency Carmichael Lynch Spong (now Carmichael Lynch Relate) and former president and managing partner of Carmichael Lynch Advertising. So what was your favorite campaign? and surprised when the client says that the campaign is off target.”.

Agency 97

Agency Interviews Film Advertising 97

Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 23, 2021

Now the credentials of one large group of college grads are on exhibit in a much more public place—New York City's Grand Central Terminal. leadership team members and their degrees: Nick Caton, U.S. on advertising. Is it serious social responsibility or is it a straightforward advertising-spend? billion in the U.S.

Education 126

Education Financial Transportation Engineering 126

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Advertising value equivalent (AVE) is at the sharp end of this issue. This covered the glass ceiling, pay gap, lack of mentorship opportunities and stereotyped expectations of leadership style, where leadership is usually seen as a masculine trait. She believes the same issues apply in advertising and PR.

Government 103

Government Education Print Ethics 103

Cision

JULY 14, 2016

For as long as I can remember, I have loved art, writing and being creative. Knowing I had a way with words, I eventually wanted to find an industry that utilized those skills and allowed for creativity. This can be in the form of a leadership role in an organization, summer jobs, involvement in groups like PRSSA, etc.

Travel 120

Travel Agriculture Tourism Internal 120

Karen Freberg

JUNE 24, 2019

This past week attending and working at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity was one of the most rewarding, inspiring, and educational professional and personal experiences I have ever had. Others promoted this broadly, but certain opportunities were only available if you were friends with key leadership members of the organizing group.

Education 64

Education Creativity Pinterest Facebook 64

PR Conversations

AUGUST 3, 2016

Presumably it was to talk about his new book – 64 Shots: Leadership in a Crazy World (more on that below). Surely senior executives had discussed and agreed a public relations strategy following the “ class-action gender discrimination lawsuit ” at the Publicis Groupe’s MSLGroup PR firm in New York in May this year?

Interviews 40

Interviews Leadership Groups Advertising 40

PR Conversations

AUGUST 3, 2016

Presumably it was to talk about his new book – 64 Shots: Leadership in a Crazy World (more on that below). Surely senior executives had discussed and agreed a public relations strategy following the “ class-action gender discrimination lawsuit ” at the Publicis Groupe’s MSLGroup PR firm in New York in May this year?

Interviews 40

Interviews Leadership Groups Advertising 40

PR Conversations

AUGUST 3, 2016

Presumably it was to talk about his new book – 64 Shots: Leadership in a Crazy World (more on that below). Surely senior executives had discussed and agreed a public relations strategy following the “ class-action gender discrimination lawsuit ” at the Publicis Groupe’s MSLGroup PR firm in New York in May this year?

Interviews 40

Interviews Leadership Groups Advertising 40

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 15, 2015

There are a number of similarities between the skills that have always been required for effective leadership and those needed to be a successful communications practitioner today: 1. Trust has always been a core leadership skill because people only follow those they trust. This skill has always been a leadership prerequisite.

Communications 40

Communications Leadership Mobile Policies 40

Maxim Behar

JANUARY 3, 2021

25 years back I founded a leading PR company in my native Bulgaria – M3 Communications Group, Inc. Of course – self-publishing in the modern world is also common practice, but I predict that in the next decade big publishing house will have their strong impact into the creative process and readers will trust them a lot.

Local 52

Local Writing Social Media Interviews 52

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.

Employee 148

Employee Print Writing Survey 148

Cision

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Facebook Groups have been around for quite some time, but until I became a parent I never realized how often people used them. In my social circles, I’m always getting invitations to join one group or another. Group discoverability and inclusion can be open, closed or private, making this a very versatile feature as well.

Facebook 48

Facebook Video Groups Creativity 48

Shift Communications

JANUARY 22, 2016

What was once a broad group of about 42.9 Google Analytics and Google AdWords are widely-utilized, key tools for Digital Marketing measurement and advertising. A digital marketer should also be creative and solution-oriented. Layering these example skills together narrows the pool of qualified people.

Marketing 60

Marketing How To Analytics Google 60

Shift Communications

JANUARY 22, 2016

What was once a broad group of about 42.9 Google Analytics and Google AdWords are widely-utilized, key tools for Digital Marketing measurement and advertising. A digital marketer should also be creative and solution-oriented. Layering these example skills together narrows the pool of qualified people.

Marketing 60

Marketing How To Analytics Google 60

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

I sense we are reaching that point in marketing, with respect to data and creativity. This is the role of creativity in marketing: to drive an emotional connection and feeling of belonging. Where every business has data, perhaps even the same data, we cannot have, by definition, the same creativity.

Creativity 77

Creativity Study Survey Advertising 77

Communications Conversations

MAY 3, 2016

Focused on the world of financial and corporate communications, club membership and participation in its SOJC stock index has increased 50% under his leadership. Her current project is the promotion of a golf tournament for the USM student radio station, for which she has created sponsorship and player brochures and an advertisement.

Sports 0

Sports Leadership Internal International 0

Maxim Behar

JANUARY 24, 2022

a little luck are the ingredients of the recipe, M3 Communications Group, Inc. For a couple of years, we have been observing a very dynamic and fast merging of the three main elements of the public communications business – advertising, public relations, and digital. However, the CEO & Founder of M3 Communications Group, Inc.,

Ethics 52

Ethics Creativity Leadership Crisis Management 52

Beyond PR

AUGUST 3, 2016

As my products’ champion, I use a combination of creativity, analytics and persistence to secure that support.”. Focus groups, surveys, and ethnographic research are all common tactics for marketers. These ambassadors become product experts and in some cases help create thought leadership content around the product. ”.

Content Marketing 40

Content Marketing Marketing Product Launch Analytics 40

PR Conversations

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Analysis based on interviews with 40 CEOS highlights that “CEOs frequently return to the idea that communication directors urgently needed to enhance their core leadership skills. Source: VMA Group Report: Beyond Communications (2017) (italics added). Source: VMA Group Report: Beyond Communications (2017) (italics added).

Training 65

Training Ethics Data Analysis 65

The Hoffman Agency

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

It’s here that traditional PR techniques like media relations and thought leadership combine beautifully with the new generation of publicity tools, including paid social ads and search engine optimization. Since this was the first time we had advertised to this audience, we structured our campaign in two parts. Let’s get started!

Advertising 36

Advertising Advertising B2B Facebook 36