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How a PR agency can contribute to your communications strategy, and how to select the right agency for your business

Onclusive

A strong PR agency that aligns with and understands your business can be an invaluable strategic adviser and resource for your brand in this endeavor. However, not all brand and PR agency relationships are created equal. Why work with a PR agency, and is it right for your organization?

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Crisis Management 101: Shark Week Case Study, Pt. 1

Shift Communications

Anyone Could Need Crisis Management (…and at Anytime). is suffering a crisis. As our VP of Marketing Tech previously summarized : In a crisis management situation, something has gone wrong and your brand is on fire. s PR reps/trusted advisors/crisis comms ride-or-dies, deny the fire of its resources we shall.

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Why You Should Hire a Crisis Communications Agency?

Prohibition

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. Reputation management.

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Digital PR spend increases significantly, but still not enough investment in training

Stuart Bruce

Depressingly the need for more investment in training was also one of the main findings of last year’s report. I find it surprising that the most popular services clients buy from PR agencies are social influencer outreach (12%) and blogger outreach (9%), both of which are often better done by the in-house PR team.

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The Need to Serve, Protect — and 5 Steps to Communicate

Reputation Us

It’s no longer enough to protect and serve their communities; law enforcement agencies must now rebuild public trust. Step #4: Provide media training for your key personnel. The slightest hint of misconduct can lead to local and, in severe incidents, even national media exposure. The S.W.O.T.

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Five Critical Trends in Digital PR You Must Act On

Norton's Notes

Put together after a YouGov study of 228 agency and in-house PR professionals across a wide range of sectors, the results are, for me, both encouraging and worrying. Agency and in-house skill sets continue to grow, which makes common sense considering the growth in digital and practitioners having no choice but to skill up.

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So Your Spokesperson Flew the Coop…

Waxing UnLyrical

Invest in getting your spokesperson(s) media trained. Getting media trained helps you stay on message and bridge back to you talking points without sounding like a robot or some disingenuous suit – a *big* problem to avoid when you’re in crisis mode. These are my top three tips – what are yours?