Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

CEOs and business leaders are increasingly recognizing the value of corporate communications; investors say comms can increase company valuations. This week I paused to catch up on reading several other PR and corporate communications surveys that I haven’t had a chance to read yet and summarize them here for you. In-house vs. agency.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 20, 2021

True thought leadership is hard to achieve, not because it’s hard, but because some in B2B just can’t get out of their own way. We had two other part-time (agency) resources that worked under my direction to help – plus access to a centralized creative team for design and technical assistance. The text was stiff and corporate.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

MAY 8, 2017

Almost four in 10 respondents to a survey of corporate communications, marketing and industry leaders for CommunicationsMatch’s new PR and Communications Agency Search Report said they were looking to hire new agencies in 2017. That’s a lot of new agencies being hired, but it also means other agencies will be dropped.

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Stern + Associates

AUGUST 25, 2023

Public relations (PR) agencies can help you do this by improving your messaging strategy. However, finding the right PR agency to partner with is rarely a cut-and-dry task. Considering the following tips will help you find the public relations agency that fits your business. However, this is rarely the case in real life.

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Landis PR

AUGUST 22, 2023

I’m very proud to share that for the fourth year in a row, San Francisco Business Times has named Landis Communications one of the top 100 Bay Area corporations for overall corporate giving in 2022. Giving back, whether it be a monetary contribution or an act of service, is crucial to achieving a better tomorrow.

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PRSay

MAY 13, 2022

Prior to joining DePaul, he served in leadership roles for two agencies, Ketchum and Sard Verbinnen and Company. Previously, he held senior communications positions at Sears, Sara Lee Corporation, Pitney Bowes and Eli Lilly. Don’t give up if you’ve been focusing on large agencies or major corporations.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

Corporate Communications. Corporate communicators regularly work with stakeholders across the organization to develop and distribute pertinent info to employees and key affiliates. Corporate communications regularly involves interaction with senior leaders and HR departments. . Executive Thought Leadership.

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Axia PR

JANUARY 5, 2021

Ken is an experienced certified coach, who helps corporate (and agency) leaders, senior executives, and managers, usually in the public relations, marketing, advertising, and/or related communications functions, achieve and surpass their organizational, career, and personal goals.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The value of a strategic PR program isn’t always obvious to an organization’s leadership. There’s real personal and professional value in tactics like keynote and panel speaking opportunities, contributed opinion content, thought leadership, and industry recognition. Those are all desired outputs of a good PR campaign.

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PRSay

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Losing yourself to fit in is often rewarded in the corporate world, but the pose can be draining, Osako said. She contacted UCLA’s alumni network and was introduced to a speechwriter who gave Osako her first exposure to corporate communications. Her first PR job was with a two-person agency. It became a heck of a lot more fun.”.

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Ishmael's Corner

MAY 31, 2020

The post This Experiment Proves SEO Extends the Reach of a Corporate Blog appeared first on Ishmael's Corner ~ Storytelling Techniques For Business Communications. Our push to marry SEO and PR picked up steam seven years ago when Google overhauled its search algorithm. Google used the Hummingbird.more.

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Stern + Associates

OCTOBER 26, 2023

We often work with clients who have multiple communications agencies for different aspects of their program. That’s why it’s beneficial to have a “one-stop-shop” communications agency capable of handling most, if not all, of these things. A one-stop-shop agency ensures a well-oiled machine when it comes to integrated communications.

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Prohibition

OCTOBER 2, 2019

When it comes to social media marketing , many don’t realise the true potential utilising this communications channel for B2B and corporate companies can have. Where the brand activity must centre on positioning the company ethos and values, the personal corporate presence is slightly different. 6 million people in the UK use Twitter.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 7, 2021

Mark also recognizes that to succeed, Company B’s corporate communication staff needs some focused support – from a PR firm that specializes in the automotive OEM supplier PR sector and can bring automotive experience, insight and contacts, as well as senior strategy and flawless execution. The post Can Your Company Afford a PR Agency?

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Onclusive

AUGUST 24, 2020

In the world of PR and Communications, our heroes are typically Chief Communications Officers, PR agency chiefs, masterful account executives who continually craft the right stories, and media relations experts who consistently garner great coverage. Rarely is that distinction conferred upon a technologist.

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Reputation Us

OCTOBER 23, 2023

” OVERVIEW During legal proceedings—whether on the plaintiff or defense side—corporate reputations are on the line. Reputation experts often work hand-in-hand with legal counsel (as well as executive leadership) to provide critical counsel and support.

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PRSay

MARCH 22, 2023

In the communications profession, they are now several years into their careers and earning supervisor, manager and leadership roles at agencies, corporations, brands and organizations of all sizes. Fittingly, a post on leadership appeared from Patrice Sutherland. The youngest members of Gen Z turn 11 in 2023.

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5W PR

MARCH 18, 2023

Corporate communication is essential for effective branding and securing external funding. Here are a few tips for using corporate communications to increase investment. To qualify for this, businesses must cultivate a strong reputation and make themselves known to investors through corporate communication.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 15, 2017

You only get one shot at making a good first impression – and that’s true for corporate apologies too. Somehow as we grow up, those principles we learned as kids are beaten out of our collective corporate being. This is true of messaging, positioning, press releases and corporate apologies. 1) The incomplete corporate apology.

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PRSay

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In the workplace, CEOs say, a culture of incivility threatens employee morale and productivity, corporate reputation and revenue. How can communications professionals show leadership to help counter this epidemic of incivility? What would a successful campaign look like?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 1, 2021

.” Clubhouse can drive PR thought leadership potential for PR. For public relations agencies and their clients, Clubhouse is a new platform for achieving what we call thought leadership — a position as a source of cutting-edge information and expertise. No metrics, no worries.

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PRSay

MAY 15, 2020

In a topical and wide-ranging discussion among PR executives, PRSA’s new Storytellers series debuted on May 12 with a webinar titled “ Trusted Advisers: PR Agencies in a Global Pandemic.”. “As

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Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

McKesson Corporation faces this exact conundrum. SHIFT led the Tour promotion and aided in creating the thought leadership platform around healthcare innovation. On one hand, a business that has weathered many market changes must have innovated at one point in its arc of existence. hospitals and 20 percent of physicians. Katie McGraw.

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PRSay

MARCH 21, 2023

In the communications profession, they are now several years into their careers and earning supervisor, manager and leadership roles at agencies, corporations, brands and organizations of all sizes. Fittingly, a post on leadership appeared from Patrice Sutherland. The youngest members of Gen Z turn 11 in 2023.

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How To Employee Leadership Nonprofit 139

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 26, 2019

Public relations teams and their agencies typically want to advise a CEO directly, and we routinely urge leaders to build a public profile through social media and high-level content. It’s good news that corporate leaders are starting to appreciate the power of social media, but progress has been slow. To announce a new strategy.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 5, 2019

It’s always instructive when PR teams entrusted with managing the reputations of major corporations run into reputation problems of their own. Mega-agency Edelman recently made waves by resigning a lucrative engagement working with for-profit corrections company The GEO Group, a top contractor for ICE. Adweek has receipts.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 24, 2022

The negative reaction caused by unplanned events can quickly snowball into a full-fledged mess, but that’s where a PR agency comes in to provide documentation, analysis and actionable advice to help companies handle their most sensitive high stakes situations with professionalism. Book a free consultation with us today!

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Agencies are cheap and don’t want to spend on tools that cut into margins. Corp comm departments are chronically underfunded and lower on the corporate priorities list. Cision shakes up C-suite again Cision has swapped out its leadership again. It’s a great idea on paper but in my view, it hasn’t worked well in comms.

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Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

You had a vibrant and long career in PR, working in almost every possible setting–from corporate to agency to non-profit. I liked agency life because you could specialize in media relations and have the company of other professionals in marketing and PR. Corporations and non-profits are not that different from each other.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Historically, you could get away with the executive team acting as “bullhorns” for company news, pushing product-level messaging and jargon-filled communications and a distinctly corporate voice. The events of the past few years permanently disrupted both leadership approaches and expectations.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Prospective clients often tell us that their agency is hard-working, smart, and collegial, but that they simply don’t prioritize top-tier media coverage. Thought leadership content is persuasive. They also valued posts written by independent bloggers, rating them more credible than corporate blog content.

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PRSay

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

And the work of our corporate communications team had turned to sharing accurate, timely information and serving as an important adjunct to under-resourced public health agencies. From the beginning of the pandemic, the focus of my employer, a nationally ranked health system, had become safeguarding public health.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Faces and Markets of PRGN is a new series of blog posts in 2024 that puts Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) member agencies and their markets in the spotlight. Key expertise of Integrate Communications We have branding, B2B and corporate PR as major expertise in tech, automobile and food industries.

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Onclusive

APRIL 12, 2018

She joined UL in 2015 and is responsible for brand and marketing strategy, communications, public relations and crisis management, corporate social responsibility, events, customer experience, digital marketing and social media, as well as the marketing organization at large. AirPR: How do you view Integrated Marketing?

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5W PR

MARCH 28, 2024

Press releases, thought leadership articles, and educational content creation campaigns can make tough financial topics easy and informative. By educating its audience and promoting financial literacy, a company isn’t just fulfilling its corporate social responsibility but also raising a generation of informed and empowered customers.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 14, 2017

How do you find a good corporate story? One way to approach it is striving to think differently, aiming to digging a little deeper and for marketing leadership, to consider shifting roles to support the first two ideas. The Blurring Line Between Digital Marketing and PR from The Hoffman Agency. They all look the same.

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PRSay

JULY 9, 2021

In today’s PR agency world, with its seemingly endless permutations of team structures and hierarchies, there are several scenarios in which younger workers might help guide their more experienced counterparts. Input for agency pitches or campaign planning is another area where younger professionals can shine.

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