Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The calendar is typically a working document managed by the PR team and its agencies and shared with the board or senior leadership team and operational areas of the organisation. The chip paper phrase originates from the 24 hours news cycle when newspapers printed two editions per day. News has a finite shelf life.

Tools 203

Tools Web Banking Wikipedia 203

PRSay

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Sherry, before your agency career, you worked as a reporter for trade publications as well as in local NYC TV news. I was a good writer, researcher and storyteller, and had been on the other side of both print and broadcast pitches, but I did not fully understand all the nuances of public relations prior to joining the agency.

Communications 192

Communications Sports Journalism Fashion 192

Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

#FuturePRoof Five: The impact of COVID-19 on NHS comms is published at cost in print via Blurb priced £15.99 and digitally via Amazon Kindle priced £4.50. A chapter a day from the book will also be published via the #FuturePRoof blog and shared via the @weareproofed Twitter account.

Healthcare 131

Healthcare Privacy Print Community 131

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

B2B thought leadership drives perceptions, trust and sales A survey of 3,000+ business executives by Edelman and LinkedIn connected B2B thought leadership to trust and sales. 89% of decision-makers say thought leadership “can be effective in enhancing their perceptions of an organization.”

Survey 95

Survey Industry Leadership Study 95

Cision

JUNE 2, 2017

Most recently, Suki was recognized as a leader in the industry and joined the Forbes Agency Council, where she shares expert articles and insights. This week, Suki and I sat down to discuss how to create a successful agency from the ground up, the importance of social media in the industry, and the importance of identifying your end goal!

Travel 243

Travel Agency Social Media Print 243

B2B PR Sense

JANUARY 5, 2018

You can go with less expensive freelancers or retain a boutique, mid-size or large PR agency. B2B PR in particular creates a patina of thought leadership and generates interest and awareness. For example, a PR agency can obtain media coverage that shines a positive light on your brand. Thought leadership strategy.

Crisis Management 238

Crisis Management B2B Reputation Advertising 238

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

To promote professional expertise and build visibility, it helps to be a media resource – that’s what keeps PR agencies in business. This is where having a PR agency or internal staffer comes in handy. I was told this by media and leadership coach Don Rheem , and it holds up well. Photo by CoWomen from Pexels.

Resources 149

Resources Media Interviews Comparison 149

PRSay

OCTOBER 10, 2022

As an agency that heavily infuses fun creative in our earned, social and digital media campaigns, we wanted to understand consumers’ appetite for lighthearted approaches in brand marketing, given this challenging news climate. brands have been gearing up full throttle on PR and marketing communications campaigns. Fun is healthy.

Consumer 166

Consumer Brand Branding Marketing 166

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 5, 2017

According to The Holmes Report, only 27% of agency leaders responding to the survey think the term “public relations” will clearly and adequately describe the work they do by the year 2020. Thought leadership is more important than ever. Thought leadership is relevant not just to B2B organizations, but to consumer product companies.

Trends 124

Trends SEO Leadership Print 124

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 16, 2018

Agency teams may think they’re in constant touch with clients as the emails fly back and forth, but that’s not enough. Agency teams should take the time to explain, based on personal experience and expertise, why a story will or won’t work and where possible, how to take a bland or unworkable pitch and improve it.

Skype 170

Skype Interviews Crisis Communications Crisis 170

PRSay

MAY 8, 2018

She worked full time, had her own home office and served in a leadership role. Judy, how did you feel when Karlie assumed leadership roles in the Georgia Chapter? Judy: To create brochures, we used to have to go to a printing press. But she was always there for me when I got home from school and she never sacrificed family time.

Leadership 159

Leadership Conference Local Internal 159

PR 20/20

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Whether it’s sales, growth, or marketing, leadership must implement a plan with measurable goals. For companies who relied solely on traditional marketing tactics, such as advertising on billboards or in printed material at conferences, return on investment was minimal or even moot during the pandemic. Don’t forget to be flexible!

Marketing 68

Marketing Resources Advertising Advertising 68

Journalistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Despite denials and indignation from journalists, money does talk at many prints, electronic, and online media sources; often in direct relation to the financial health and business prospects of its corporate owners. With the media, succeeding in a pay-to-play world means two things.

Advertising 52

Advertising Advertising Ethics Conference 52

Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

What is for sure is that a solid PR team is versatile and can expertly cover down on a broad number of functions: internal comms, external comms, executive comms, media relations, analyst relations, corporate social responsibility, thought leadership and marcom, and as I’ve long proposed, content marketing, among many others.

Employee 148

Employee Print Writing Survey 148

PRSay

MAY 26, 2020

It includes TV and radio spots, print ads, billboards, targeted digital ads, social media posts and email messages. Her 25-year career in health-care communications has included leadership roles at three academic medical centers. Dennis Wilson, Jr., Photo credit: pop tika.

Communications 191

Communications Crisis System Healthcare 191

Konnect Agency

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Our team at Konnect Agency loves attending events to meet and learn from experts in their respective fields. I started at Konnect as a PR intern from a foreign country years ago and worked hard to grow into my role within the agency. The post Three Lessons Learned at the Teen Vogue Summit appeared first on Konnect Agency.

Fashion 75

Fashion Comparison Instagram Social Media 75

Solo PR Pro

APRIL 8, 2021

Bernadette went on to hold positions at print publications like the Orlando Business Journal and worked as a website producer at a TV news station before deciding to make the jump to PR. When she first moved to Texas, Bernadette didn’t set out to create a PR agency right away. Starting as a solopreneur.

Meeting 97

Meeting Journalism Employee Storytelling 97

Victorious PR

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Even if your small business is struggling or you don’t have the income to spend on a long-term contract with an agency, PR can help your business in the following ways. They can promote you as an authority in your field with high-level thought leadership content. Brand awareness and promotion.

Real Estate 52

Real Estate Small Business Local Reputation 52

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 31, 2017

People often ask how agencies come up with great ideas for public relations campaigns. Agency teams will answer this question differently owing to their unique sector experience and orientation, but there are commonalities. In a recent conversation with agency peers, a dirty little secret was revealed. Do work backward.

Airlines 120

Airlines Exercises Fashion Print 120

OnePitch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

While she’s focused generally on consumer PR over her nearly 20 years in the industry, she’s had deep experience in food and beverage, restaurants, and retail communications while working at everything from boutique to global PR agencies in Chicago and Columbus. This is actually a new role for the agency, one that I was thrilled to take on.

Pitching 98

Pitching Consumer How To Education 98

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 4, 2016

We often retain a writer or editor to moderate “thought leadership” panels of experts to explore a key issue relevant to a client’s business. Often in PR, an agency employee transitions to an in-house job and, with that, the ability to hire a PR firm.

Employee 120

Employee Print Meeting Financial 120

Communications Conversations

AUGUST 11, 2017

daily newspapers (print and digital) fell 8% in 2016–the 28th consecutive year of declines. And while it might not be a “fact”, here’s one more important point to consider: In the current state, Boomers and Gen Xers serve in leadership positions (for the most part) within large agencies and large companies.

Media Relations 87

Media Relations Media Local Leadership 87

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

This covered the glass ceiling, pay gap, lack of mentorship opportunities and stereotyped expectations of leadership style, where leadership is usually seen as a masculine trait. Offices are predominantly structured around masculine way of working and doing things and around masculine behavioural and leadership patterns.

Government 103

Government Education Print Ethics 103

Barokas

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Digital and interactive media have largely displaced print. Whether you are working with an agency, handling in-house or preparing to kick off the RFP process, make sure you ask these questions among your team to spur the development of a comprehensive and executable media relations program in the new year. Should you?

Strategy 78

Strategy Media Storytelling Pinterest 78

Maxim Behar

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

A month ago I published my new book The Morning After in Bulgaria and in it I focused not so much on the communication business, but on leadership. I can turn an amateur into a professional in a few months, but I can turn us into a lazy hard-working or intriguing team player. -Did agencies stop working because of the coronavirus?

Crisis Management 83

Crisis Management Crisis Advertising Advertising 83

Cision

JULY 14, 2016

After a short stint at a large NYC agency on its agricultural product PR team, I actually found my true calling by chance when I answered an ad in The New York Times for a job at Spring O’Brien, an agency that specializes in travel and tourism PR. What do you have planned for them?

Travel 120

Travel Agriculture Tourism Internal 120

Lauri Pehar Borsh

AUGUST 9, 2014

Originally written for Jaffe – the legal industry’s leading full-service PR and marketing agency (July 2014). And, up until now, the outlet for thought leadership has been traditional media, i.e., print, radio and television.

Social Media 60

Social Media Media Television Radio 60

Lauri Pehar Borsh

AUGUST 9, 2014

Originally written for Jaffe – the legal industry’s leading full-service PR and marketing agency (July 2014). And, up until now, the outlet for thought leadership has been traditional media, i.e., print, radio and television.

Social Media 60

Social Media Media Television Radio 60

Cision

APRIL 5, 2016

As a content marketer, you spend tremendous time and money to create content – be it brand awareness, thought leadership or lead generation pieces. Who doesn’t want an ad agency like that working for them? And then…no one sees it. To succeed you must get your message in front of the right target audience. But it is staggering.

Advertising 120

Advertising Advertising Facebook B2C 120

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 22, 2019

over the next year; 40% of budget goes to paid media; 16% of budget goes to print media; 8% of budget goes to paid social media; 6% of budget goes to paid search; 4% of budget goes to display; and. The full report shows some nuance between agency and in-house respondents (graphic and summary by Marketing Charts here and here ).

Marketing 65

Marketing Survey Study B2B 65

Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 15, 2018

If they’re not currently engaged with an agency, most communicators have either had an agency relationship in their past or can look forward to having one in the future. When it comes to hiring an outside agency, 54% said they brought an agency on board when they needed an extra set of hands. The Latest & Greatest.

Survey 74

Survey Industry Communications Corporate 74

Polaris

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Most useful offline resource: The Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus: How to Get Big Things Done in YOUR Workshop. A good pick for the holiday season, this book is an easy read offering lots of useful leadership tips and techniques. She encourages everyone to have a print edition alongside Merriam Webster’s. #11 11 Gini Dietrich.

Marketing 251

Marketing Resources Content Marketing Leadership 251

Communications Conversations

AUGUST 21, 2018

We all get out into the field on a regular basis to meet with our store leadership, identify great Blue Shirt spokespeople and meet with reporters. Before joining BBY, you worked at four separate PR agencies. How did that agency experience prepare you for your role in corporate PR?

Sports 113

Sports Retail Local Report 113

Cision

MARCH 29, 2016

According to a survey of the releases distributed by (a certain PR firm) on one day: 78% of public relations people spend extra money to dress up their releases with printed letterheads and color…the 78% broke down into 34% on a simple black letterhead, 16% on a one-color letterhead, and 28% on a letterhead with two or more colors.

Retail 120

Retail Pitching Print Writing 120

PRSay

MARCH 22, 2017

A rep for Oscar vote-counters PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) apparently gave Beatty the Best Actress card, which had winner Emma Stone’s printed name on it. In addition to providing PR services for top global sportswear and equipment companies, she has worked with some of the leading sports and entertainment agencies.

Crisis 119

Crisis Sports Television Print 119

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. But, these three people did.

Apparel 106

Apparel Public Affairs Training Corporate 106

Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Treat subject lines like you’re a copywriter at a big ad agency and you have to write a killer headline for a new ad. When it comes to building thought leadership for a client, these are the key themes I’ve seen work the best. Cloud) and print (The Minneapolis St. How do we do that? And, make them short.

Media Relations 100

Media Relations Pitching Media Report 100