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21 things that defined PR agency life before the web (you won’t believe no #5)

Stephen Waddington

Public relations in an agency is unrecognisable from 25 years ago. I posted a list of activities that we used to undertake as part of our day job when I started out working in public relations in 1993. 25 years ago workflow in an agency was defined by media relations. What goes around comes around.

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Why Tech Is Important To PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

As a PR agency that works with high-growth companies, including many technology brands, we talk a lot about why public relations is important for the tech industry. Reach a Wider Audience In the past, PR was largely limited to traditional media outlets such as newspapers, magazines, television, and radio.

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Media Relations Keeps Getting Harder; Here are 6 Dynamic Techniques to Adapt

Sword and the Script

75% of PR and comms pros say media relations is getting harder – up 25% over three years; here are some practical techniques for adapting A majority of public relations and communications professionals say media relations keeps getting harder. Media relations isn’t sales. Nevertheless, here we are.

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Press Release Newswire Services – Worth The Cost?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

For a fee, any organization can upload their press release to a newswire service that distributes it directly to news organizations, much like the original news agencies like Associated Press fed reports to newspapers in the early days of electronic journalism. Their cost range is well within $300 for the packages offered.

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Bringing Multi-Channel Marketing Into the Mix

The Resolution Blog

During our chat, she shared her extensive experience with Paid, Earned, Shared, and Owned media, and how it’s changing the PR world. I’ve had experience with agencies where I’ve produced great work, but there was no real way to measure it. Media relations is great, but the question is how can you translate that to sales.

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PR Pros Don’t Need to Know about SEO

The Resolution Blog

Page three of the FT, an hour on Sky News, wall-to-wall ITN coverage, Today, the World Service and the front or inside front pages of many of the world’s leading newspapers. She realised the power of media. How many PR agencies consider SEO when they’re coming up with PR strategies for clients? Web Results Direct.

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Future of PR: 2020 edition

Stephen Waddington

The greatest of these is the shift away from media relations as the dominant means of public engagement to working across all forms of media. PR leads with earned and owned media but also uses paid and shared media for amplification and targeting. The web has overhauled organisational communication and marketing.