Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 11, 2019

For most companies, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) means giving back to the surrounding community. It’s typically done by supporting specific organizations either financially, through time and resources, or both. For creative marketing agencies, CSR often takes the form of pro-bono services.

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Agency Nonprofit Real Estate Public Affairs 80

MaccaPR

JULY 24, 2019

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) campaigns are on the rise as brands explore how they can stand out in a crowded, noisy marketplace, position themselves apart from their competition and make a statement with consumers. They equip non-profits with the financial backing they need to further their mission. Which do you choose?

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Corporate Retail Policies Employee 116

Shift Communications

JUNE 28, 2017

Investor relations (or IR) is a specific sub-discipline of public relations that revolves around how a company communicates with investors, shareholders, government authorities, and the financial community. release financial information (one of the most common uses of the press release today) to the investor community.

Financial 92

Financial Government Corporate Community 92

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

In other words, corporate communications is adding headcount and work that used to go to outside PR firms is being kept inside. It found as the Wall Street Journal reported , “Advertisers with in-house agencies increased to 64% of the survey’s respondents from 42% a decade ago, according to the study.” (By

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Agency Trends Marketing Survey 95

PR 20/20

MAY 8, 2019

Brands will need to become more human with greater resources dedicated to listening, relationship building, ethics, empathy, creativity, culture and community. As HubSpot’s first agency partner back in 2008 , we’ve built our firm on the back of automation and have witnessed it transform the industry over the last decade. Are you ready?

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Agency Enterprise Technology Analytics 84

Stephen Waddington

JULY 16, 2021

The crisis has had a devastating impact on financial capital but has led to a rise in social capital. Companies that have invested in their local communities during the crisis continue to benefit from a reputational dividend. This is likely to be an issue on the corporate agenda for the next decade.

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Publicity Government Crisis Employee 199

Deirdre Breakenridge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

A Guest Post By Wendy Glavin, Founder and CEO of Wendy Glavin Agency. We joined the worldwide movement, “Everyone Should Learn to Code” with a community outreach program, #EveryoneCanCreateApps. .” It took a year, but I joined a full-service advertising and public relations agency.

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Twitter Software Retail Agency 208

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 20, 2020

Most have learned from early mistakes or half-measures and have designed campaigns that make a positive impact for employees, customers, and communities. Google reached into its deep pockets and rolled out an $800 million program of direct financial assistance , ad credits, and grants to businesses with active Google Adwords accounts.

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Branding Brand Small Business Retail 284

PRSay

APRIL 13, 2021

Working for a national telecommunications firm in Atlanta, I lost a seismic bump up the corporate ladder. I learned that it was because I could not articulate the communications objectives, strategies and tactics that brought the multibillion-dollar firm’s products to life in the eyes of the target audience. A setback at work.

Telecommunications 198

Telecommunications Community Ethics Financial 198

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. Another 83% said they see financial performance improvement in purpose-driven companies. What Does Change Look Like?

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Brand Branding Survey Study 88

Reputation Us

APRIL 17, 2019

Before forming ReputationUs, Casey was president of LT Public Relations, directing the strategic communications efforts for corporations, financial institutions and public sector clients. Boggs was also a broadcast buyer for the national advertising agency Hal Riney & Partners. Jennifer Holzapfel-Hanson.

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Nonprofit Banking Financial Crisis Communications 68

PRSay

JANUARY 29, 2018

For more than 100 years, all of us — agencies, clients and educators, working together around the world through mutuality of endeavor — defined a new industry. Great counseling firms were founded and legendary corporate communications departments were born. That was 50 years ago.

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Survey Ethics Leadership Financial 134

Stephen Waddington

MAY 3, 2022

Organisations is used throughout this blog post as a catch all phrase for charitable, corporate, public sector entities. The corporation is a capitalist vehicle to generate value for shareholders. While they must be well managed and financially responsive, they seek to serve the public or a subset of the public.

Publicity 112

Publicity Construction Corporate Study 112

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 23, 2022

We play heavily in industry trade media and specific financial media. Media has become increasingly activist like and if you’re with a corporate brand, you’re instantly a target.”. Gini Dietrich and Karen Swim also solicited respondents from their respective communities at Spin Sucks and Solo PR Pro.

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Survey Media Report Journalism 140

Solo PR Pro

AUGUST 3, 2021

Over the course of 35 years in the PR industry, Michael Ares has worked with some of the biggest agencies out there, building and expanding investor relations and corporate communication teams at the likes of Edelman and Ketchum in Dallas and FleishmanHillard in Atlanta. I’ve always been a client guy’. Listening builds trust.

Meeting 58

Meeting Agency Corporate Education 58

PRSay

MAY 26, 2020

But many uncertainties about coronavirus remain, making the job especially challenging for communicators who need to plan and execute strategies to encourage patients to return for care, and to help their organizations regain financial health by filling thousands of empty hospital beds and medical offices.

Communications 191

Communications Crisis System Healthcare 191

Victorious PR

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Regardless of what makes a small business small, they are vital to both our local and national economies and are considered a primary driver of financial growth. PR For Small Businesses PR isn’t some nefarious tactic used by big corporations, it has many benefits for businesses of all sizes. Community relations. What is PR?

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Real Estate Small Business Local Reputation 52

Sword and the Script

APRIL 16, 2019

If you are a vendor that was not mentioned, and you have a focus on PR and corporate communications, contact me and I’ll add you to the list here and put you on the list for this survey question next year. . The coverage of PR technology in most trade publications serving the PR community is quite is slim.

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Survey Technology Corporate Financial 72

Business Wire

JANUARY 19, 2017

Business Wire has spent over 50 years building symbiotic relationships with media, investors and consumers by regularly delivering factually reliable and timely corporate news content. Business Wire has partnerships with 60 national and international news agencies facilitating reach to more than 89,000 media outlets in 162 countries.

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Financial Video Consumer Data 164

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Watch for stories about competitive moves, big industry developments, financial market changes, or mergers in a given space. But any company can create legitimate local news through a commitment to a community cause, for example. Sometimes it’s a demonstration of corporate values.

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B2B Pitching Case Study Local 147

Reputation Us

DECEMBER 14, 2022

As more companies enter Web3, the structure—expected to replace centralized, corporate platforms—will most likely be the future of doing business online by the end of the decade. Insurance agencies now recognize this risk and underwrite it like any other threat. < Action 2: Explore Web3. See our blog for more details.).

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Reputation Insurance Insurance Employee 78

Communications Conversations

MARCH 14, 2019

What made/makes financial communications so intriguing to you? Second, my role in leading finance communications is new, so it’s an exciting opportunity to shape the voice and narrative for the function and our CFO Karen Parkhill. And that’s why I think agencies are a great place to start out and to gain meaningful experience.

Sports 74

Sports Corporate Financial Industry 74

Cision

MARCH 29, 2016

For example, a PR program for a multinational corporation (MNC) setting up a new retail chain in China is very different from working with a government department to promote a new destination within a city. However, I feel I have won the professional job lottery in my new role at Newgate Communications with managing partner Richard Barton.

Local 120

Local Newspapers Retail Sports 120

Ishmael's Corner

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Drilling down to the White House-created content, the press backgrounder reads like journalism starting with the absence of superlatives in the headline, “Strengthening Community Policy.”. Obama’s content guys get it.

Journalism 108

Journalism Local Storytelling Policies 108

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 12, 2018

If I have learned one thing in the process of building brands for multinational corporations and my own company, it is that the key to success is simplicity. When I started my first communications agency, people asked me for my “elevator speech.” And, that getting to it isn’t always obvious or easy. Let me provide an example.

Branding 74

Branding Brand Banking Financial 74

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Public service media is failing the public Thank you My thanks to the following communities and individuals. The project has brought me into contact with a new community of more than 50 thinkers and doers. The #FuturePRoof community goes from strength-to-strength. It’s pushed me to read more widely and think more critically.

Government 103

Government Education Print Ethics 103

Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Lord Bell worked for Margaret Thatcher during the 80s and 90s before founding the eponymous public relations agency Bell Pottinger that he ran for 30 years. Last month The Financial Times suggested that the seeds of the disaster were sown in the relationship breakdown between Lord Bell and CEO James Henderson.

Wikipedia 60

Wikipedia Government Interviews Ethics 60

Communications Conversations

MAY 30, 2018

“I’m done with agency life. You could replace “agency life” with “corporate life” and insert a whole other sub-set of people, too. Kelly Groehler, Tim Westermeyer and Betsy Andersen all traded in their corporate and agency PR careers for work in another field.

Apparel 106

Apparel Public Affairs Training Corporate 106

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 30, 2022

These are both terrible terms, but I’ve adopted the latter as the moniker for these monthly roundups about the PR software vendor community – and I’m inclined to keep it. The corporate reputation sector saw some consolidation this week, as Signal AI, which bills itself as a global external intelligence company, acquired KELP Inc.,

Publicity 86

Publicity Survey Enterprise Pitching 86

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As I’ve done for the last several years , I solicited and compiled a list of predictions from professionals across the PR and marketing community. 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.

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Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 215

Prohibition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

A crisis is distinguished from routine disruptions by its potential for threat and harm to the reputation or physical assets of an individual, organisation or community. This may include working with the authorities to obtain financial support, as well as taking steps to preserve the company’s reputation and business relationships.

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Crisis Management Crisis Financial Reputation 62

Prohibition

JANUARY 7, 2022

This would result in having to pay damages to the injured customer and could damage your reputation as well as cause financial loss due to lost customers and damaged reputation. But as disaster management experts and government agencies have learned over time, it is possible to prepare for disaster. Financial crisis.

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Crisis Management Crisis Reputation Financial 62

Solo PR Pro

JULY 2, 2019

Michael Ares MDA Corporate Marketing. Kim Alexander Livengood The eclipse agency. As GM of an agency I was too busy doing business development, managing up and managing petty office politics to do what I love most. We are so lucky to be able to have this choice. That choice is also what independence is about.

Creativity 73

Creativity Small Business Financial Agency 73

Sword and the Script

APRIL 30, 2019

Third, as a PR agency owner that specializes in B2B technology, I simply have an interest in keeping tabs on the ways technology is transforming my industry. I’ll include news from the PR vendor community and review and curate content they produce ( like this ). Financial transactions such as a round of funding or M&A.

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Industry Media Technology Employee 87

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 31, 2023

Here’s this month’s summary of the news from the vendor community this month. Recent earnings Separately, Meltwater (Oslo Børs: MWTR) also recently announced financial results for the third quarter ending, September 30, 2022. West will be “the corporate umbrella brand” that owns a half dozen or so business units and product lines.

Software 78

Software Case Study Technology Tools 78

PR 20/20

JUNE 25, 2019

With intelligent resources focused on operations and a personalized customer journey and operations, brands will be able to dedicate greater resources to creativity, listening, relationship building, culture, and community. And REI invites its community on adventures to experience “global cultures, flavors, and wonders.”.

Marketing 52

Marketing Storytelling Technology Community 52

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 22, 2017

It’s a tall order to work full-time at an agency and then go to school all day two weekends per month, but I am enjoying this period in my career so much. The Benefits of Being a Good PR Agency Client; Off Script #18: Rich Young. What has been the impact of globalization on corporate communications?

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Internal International Interviews Trends 70