Stephen Waddington

AUGUST 12, 2020

Nine entrepreneurs talk about the agencies they’ve launched during the pandemic. I caught up with nine agency founders who have started their businesses during the COVID-19 crisis to talk about their proposition, motivation and the lessons that they’d share with others thinking of doing the same. I wish them all good luck.

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Agency Meeting Retail Crisis 161

Stephen Waddington

JULY 7, 2020

COVID-19 is an opportunity for assertive agencies to scale and grow. As we kick off the new quarter and lockdown lifts, agency bosses are planning for the remainder of the year and looking to 2021. Independent agencies that specialise in sectors hit by COVID-19 have had the toughest time. Lean into the recovery with confidence.

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Agency How To Retail Tourism 92

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 28, 2017

New technologies are helping make the measurement of public relations results easier, less time-consuming and more meaningful. ” This enables teams to better identify what works and what doesn’t, creating more fruitful agency-client partnerships. Advance legwork can improve the odds of achieving measurable impact.

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Measurement Study Data Agency 120

5W PR

MARCH 26, 2024

The fintech sector is experiencing unprecedented growth due to advanced technology and high demand for innovative financial solutions. The media scene It’s not a one-size-fits-all game anymore when it comes to financial news. This usually means explaining how the company’s offering disrupts the financial sector.

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Strategy Privacy Financial Guidelines 78

Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The story of PR agency start-ups in the UK market is an uplifting one of innovation and new business models. It is easy to focus on the challenges that the pandemic has created in the industry but there have been more than 15 new PR agency launches in the UK alone in the past six months. Traditional agencies have always sold time.

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Agency SEO Groups Energy 117

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

OCTOBER 17, 2023

We use technology for everything from banking and shopping to communication and entertainment. Understanding the risks, adopting best practices, and investing in robust cybersecurity measures are crucial for safeguarding our digital realm and ensuring a secure and prosperous future.

Education 112

Education Employee Measurement Agency 112

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Agencies are straightforward organisations to manage. He’s an agency boss based in New Zealand that helped build Edelman in Europe, and latterly Asia. His presentation guide on agency management is a must read for anyone in the business. Community – the era of command and control is over, especially in networked agencies.

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Agency Marketing Energy Financial 114

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

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 So, what does this in-housing trend mean for PR agencies? I’d like to believe, PR agencies that specialized in crisis communications can identify here.

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Agency Trends Marketing Survey 93

Sword and the Script

APRIL 24, 2018

There are many examples of how this works, but one I stumbled upon recently by a financial advisory firm looks to me to be a good illustration. Here are several financial and investment analogies and the relationship to content marketing. Looking for an agency partner that can both bring ideas and execute on them? Talk to Us !

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Content Marketing Financial Marketing Banking 61

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Many respondents believe part of a company’s valuation is driven, in part, by non-financial factors. More specifically: 74% “believe that at least 20% of a company’s valuation is impacted by non-financial factors”, and. About half (49%) “say that at least 30% of a company’s valuation is impacted by non-financial factors.”.

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Survey Corporate Communications Financial 81

Onclusive

MARCH 6, 2019

We have all been on the front lines of the convergence of marketing and communications, but the transformation has not been without challenges: cultural challenges, organizational design challenges and measurement challenges. Becky Saeger, Board of Directors, E*Trade Financial. “I That’s not really the way to measure PR.

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Banking Marketing Measurement Leadership 199

5W PR

MAY 24, 2023

Our team has managed to work with several companies from various industries, such as Fashion, Consumer Brands, Lifestyle & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Health & Wellness, Technology, and more. Here are some of the team’s picks: “We measure the success based on SoV, our NPS score, and the quality of media placements they secure.

Industry 88

Industry Enterprise Fashion Financial 88

Wadds Inc.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

These include the business model of public relations functions, measurement and evaluation, and benchmarking public relations practices. These issues became less important between 2008 and 2022 because of the financial crash but are now among the top three strategic issues again. This is my own area of doctoral research.

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 28, 2020

Along the way content, distribution, analytics, and measurement tools have been acquired and bolted on. Cision has spent more than $1bn on the acquisitions of Visible Technologies (2014), Vocus (2014), Gorkana (2016), PRNewswire (2015), Prime Research (2017), Falcon.io (2019) and Trendkite (2019). They are also focused on earned media.

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Tools Software Enterprise Measurement 135

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 26, 2022

By Amanda Munroe, SVP, Technology. Like most communications agencies, this process at SHIFT includes calls with business leaders, spokespeople and the marketing team to hear about company goals, market opportunities, topics of interest and larger campaigns that will support lead generation and awareness.

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Communications Analysis Leadership SEO 78

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

SEO vendor that dabbles in PR technology buys an audience and adds an influencer to their team. Since Semrush is a public company, the price tag would be deemed financially “immaterial” to the business operations. That acquisition opened up the potential for a new technology competitor in PR – attacking from the flanks.

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SEO Content Marketing Marketing Software 131

Shift Communications

JULY 26, 2022

By Amanda Munroe, SVP, Technology Practice. In our Workplace Tech and Services practice at SHIFT, we’ve worked with clients on building up narratives around the resulting labor shortage and what it means to the American worker, workplace technology adoption and the future of work. A Recession-Ready External Narrative.

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Brand Branding SEO Employee 78

Stephen Waddington

JULY 16, 2021

The crisis has had a devastating impact on financial capital but has led to a rise in social capital. Investment and financial performance will drive the economic recovery, but this will need to be balanced with other factors related to the environment, society, and governance.

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Publicity Government Crisis Employee 199

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 31, 2023

Recent earnings Separately, Meltwater (Oslo Børs: MWTR) also recently announced financial results for the third quarter ending, September 30, 2022. The company sells services and was using proprietary technology to assist in the delivery of those services. Q3 2022 total revenue grew year-over-year 6.6% to $109 million.

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Software Case Study Technology Tools 78

PR 20/20

MAY 12, 2016

Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from The Marketing Performance Blueprint , and was also published on the HubSpot Agency Post. As CMOs navigate the marketing talent gap , they are increasingly seeking performance-driven agency partners that are immersed in marketing technology and staffed with digital-savvy professionals.

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Agency Marketing Financial System 40

Victorious PR

APRIL 4, 2023

Wachsman Wachsman aims to provide strategic communications and storytelling support to entrepreneurs, founders, and risk-takers who were defying the odds and pioneering a new digital and decentralized age, amidst shifts in the global financial system. What Makes a Good PR Firm for Crypto?

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Agency Financial Storytelling Groups 52

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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Brand Branding Small Business Retail 284

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. We have formed strategic, client-agency partnerships that drive performance and build reputations. That was 50 years ago.

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Survey Ethics Leadership Course 132

5W PR

DECEMBER 22, 2021

This does not always require a large financial investment, but it does require investing in thoughts and ideas. For this, technology, metrics , and proactive customer strategies can be extremely helpful. Some measures can be adopted in this respect, like using customer feedback to develop an in-depth understanding of customers.

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Customer Service Financial Measurement Meeting 88

Deirdre Breakenridge

MAY 1, 2017

Video content is the future of social media and for brands, businesses or influencers questioning the benefits, we detail five ways going live has improved our agency. So naturally, when Facebook’s Live feature debuted we immediately knew the potential for businesses, brands and our agency. Build and Establish Thought Leadership.

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Video Facebook Social Media Creativity 283

Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Naturally, as one of the first-ever social media agencies, we wanted to understand the impact of the doubled character limits. Of all the industries using the new format, B2C financial services – banking and retail investment brands – are using the most characters in the new format. Vice President, Marketing Technology.

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B2C Airlines Pharmaceuticals B2B 103

Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Like many agency types making their way in the industry I pitched her stories. Our conversation covered financial performance, innovation, mental health, diversity, integration, insecurity and more. The top ten agencies in the world bounced back after less than one per cent growth in 2017 to 4.9% billion dollars. one year ago.

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Interviews Agency Industry Measurement 115

NewsWhip

JULY 14, 2020

In a wide-ranging conversation, we talked about the use of data as part of the day-to-day operations of an agency, and how agencies should think about their tech stack. You’re Digital Director at ENGINE MHP Can you tell us about the business, especially the areas of special competence that the agency has?

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Data Public Affairs Engineering Pharmaceuticals 176

Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

To prosper long term, every company must not only deliver financial performance, but also benefit all their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers and communities in which they operate. These forward-thinking organisations are using new technologies as a means of listening and engaging with employees.

Publicity 120

Publicity Analysis Measurement Tools 120

The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

Check out this interview to begin to improve your measurement today. All models are wrong, but some are useful… Orin Puniello, part Ketchum Global Research & Analytics team shares why some PR measurement models will never tell you the whole truth. Yes, they can help you add a financial value to your reporting.

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Tools Publicity Measurement SEO 136

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

And now, here’s this month’s PR technology summary…. Edelman will be the first agency to cross-reference earned audiences with Cision’s 925+ million influencer profiles for targeted ongoing engagement. This means they can measure earned the same way they do paid or owned, and make more fully informed investment mix decisions.”.

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Analytics Report Technology Pitching 67

Cision

JANUARY 2, 2018

Recently, a CMO from a leading financial services firm was telling me how she’d doubled her brand’s digital ad budget — I asked her whether the company was utilizing the wealth of content it already produces. Journalism teaches writers to pivot and learn quickly when new technologies or angles change a story.

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PR Conversations

APRIL 1, 2015

“Until we relate one public relations measure to another…we will never be able to show causation from our communication programs.” Likely advocates for a complete set of instructions, complemented by a comprehensive measurement framework—one that puts all the possibilities into a logical order. ” Fraser Likely.

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Conference Measurement Communications Employee 40

Sword and the Script

APRIL 13, 2019

This is true whether you are in-house or work for an agency. Similarly, we also are responsible for helping the CMO carry it out – to execute that strategy, iterate, measure and improve. 17% more likely to be expanding beyond traditional agency partners.”. “18% 2) Communicating the financial impact of marketing to the C-Suite.

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Study Survey Infographics B2B 114

PR Conversations

APRIL 1, 2015

“Until we relate one public relations measure to another…we will never be able to show causation from our communication programs.” Likely advocates for a complete set of instructions, complemented by a comprehensive measurement framework—one that puts all the possibilities into a logical order. ” Fraser Likely.

Conference 40

Conference Measurement Communications Employee 40

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Value of the environment - The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review by Sir Partha Sarathi Dasgupta describes how free markets driven by financial metrics are damaging the natural environment by failing to place a value on natural assets. 30 agencies submitted data to the project. None of the top 20 agencies participated.

Publicity 128

Publicity Government Guidelines Facebook 128

Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

PR measurement can be a bit like a self-fulfilling prophecy. On one hand, it gets dinged for a lack of measurement. On the other hand, measuring some PR activities, like earned media , is far more challenging than other forms of marketing and communications. c) Financial transaction releases do not underperform.

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Study Media Relations Media Measurement 138