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From Being Told He Was “Too Gay to Pitch” to Leading an Award Winning PR Agency: Steve…

The Resolution Blog

From Being Told He Was “Too Gay to Pitch” to Leading an Award Winning PR Agency: Steve Strickland’s Story We got the chance to talk to Steve Stickland, co-founder with Gary Wheldon of new award-winning PR agency Talker Tailor Trouble Maker , about starting an agency, standing out, and creating campaigns that have the “wow” factor.

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Trend porn

Stephen Waddington

Artificial intelligence, climate crisis, media chaos, COVID-19 impact and the reorganisation of organisations themselves, are among key trends identified by think tanks, analysts, consultants, agencies, brands, and other self-interested organisations. Thanks to Daniel Eckler for scouring the internet and collating reports.

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8 Questions with PR, Marketing & Social Media Powerhouse, Peter Shankman (Part 1 of 2)

Critical Mention

When you chat with Peter Shankman , founder of HARO (Help a Reporter Out) and overall creative genius, you never know what he’s going to say, but one thing’s for sure. You are known for your best-selling book on customer service, “Zombie Loyalists.” By: Robin Gelfenbien. Oh, and fast. Like rapid fire. It’s the only way.

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15 Up-and-Coming PR and Social Media Marketers to Watch

Communications Conversations

In the span of five years, Tess has excelled in marketing, communications, production, and business development roles in agencies, on the client side, and with non-profits. She is well versed in customer service and thrives on building relationships — online and in person — while accomplishing a variety of demanding business goals.

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26 Thoughtful Marketing Predictions that Could Actually Happen in 2019 Across PR, Content, Digital, Social Media and Customer Success

Sword and the Script

There’s something in here for every discipline of marketing – be it strategy, PR, content marketing, SEO, digital, social media, customer marketing, and so much more. It’s a list worth perusing carefully because there are real gems in here from CMOs, agency leaders and many consummate professionals. 8) Creativity over productivity.

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Hopes, Dreams and Sage Advice: 40+ Marketing and PR predictions for 2023

Sword and the Script

There are so many thoughtful contributions – from people working on both the in-house and agency sides. In-house and agency teams will be hard at work supporting Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) with messaging that convinces their leadership colleagues and board of directors that preparing for cyber-attacks is critical. .

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Innovation or stagnation: Are brands losing their individuality?

PR in High Definition

The introduction of something new and a word we hear about all the time in the creative industry. Customer service is often considered to be the key to a brand’s reputation , but part of keeping the customer happy and loyal, is to bring something new and exciting to keep them engaged.

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