Sword and the Script

MARCH 2, 2021

The first reason is to acquire a new piece of technology. For example, to gain a foothold in a new vertical market or geography. Years later, I’d land the company that bought the divested business as a client, so it was interesting to see the outcome compared with the rationale for buying and selling at the time. Did you know?

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Landis PR

APRIL 17, 2023

Based on that extensive experience, we have learned the best opportunity for achieving great success is when we do work that is values-aligned with our company, staff, community and clientele. For example, we would happily represent alternative energy clients. But oil companies? Not so much. I’d love to hear about it.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 21, 2019

When Shonali reached out to me to ask if I’d write a guest post on technology in communication, I immediately jumped at the chance. In this post from last May by John Friedman , he wrote about a job where he traveled across North America to discover a company had lost the plot of what it was doing. Let me give you an example.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 23, 2019

Three question areas in particular – about goals, issues and technology – stood out to me. For example, a study conducted by Edelman in 2018 found “nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of consumers around the world now buy on belief, a remarkable increase of 13 points since 2017.”. 3) PR Technology is about Customer Experience.

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Onclusive

APRIL 22, 2021

Some of these will be different for every company—depending on factors like your scale, organizational structure, the technology you leverage, and your geographic location. For example, a certain technology is your main competitive advantage, your organization may be more prone to a technological crisis.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Its implosion was in large part due to first-rate reporting by The Wall Street Journal’s John Carreyrou, yet Carreyrou was originally tipped off a company insider. Just two months ago, luggage company Away grappled with reputation stumbles after employees shared internal slack messages that unpacked a punitive workplace culture.

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PRSay

JULY 22, 2021

Until March 2020, working from home was, for most employers, an idea that raised many concerns — especially regarding cybersecurity, employee productivity and accessibility. A 2020 study from Growmotely, a company that matches organizations with remote workers, found that 97 percent of employees prefer not to return to the office full-time.

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The Hoffman Agency

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Copyright : [link] , Christopher Burns (@christopher__burns) As the landscape continues to evolve and new trends and technologies redefine industry standards, we invite you to join us as we explore the frontiers of the marketing and communications world in 2024. The key to this is a strengths-based attitude. Home sweet home? Probably not.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 9, 2024

In this edition: Cision silently rebrands HARO; Meltwater’s dealmaking continues; PR tech briefs and mentions content picks There have been so many private equity (PE) deals among PR technology companies, that it’s easy to lose track of who owns what. In 2020, the company quietly went IPO raising $400 million.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The “Brand Finance Investment Analyst Survey” polled more than 200 financial analysts who “cover publicly listed companies in the United States and United Kingdom.” To understand how analysts factor marketing into their assessment and valuation of the companies they cover. The purpose? Comment: A brand is a promise. It’s a perception.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 11, 2023

For example, you shouldn’t copy and paste proprietary data with a generative AI system. The feature seems to be a white label of the company behind Chat GPT. The company says, “AMIGA offers advanced research and writing capabilities including generating pitches.” There are some risks too. It’s not conscious.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 15, 2020

While Instagram is seen as a huge part of any B2C social media plan, it may have a role in a social media plan for B2B companies. . Our client ActiveViam is a dynamic pricing company and provided comment in MarketWatch on how J.Crew’s filing for bankruptcy will affect the retail industry. Look at Slack, for example.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 11, 2017

These early arrangements can include a junior in-house employee or possibly a “shared” situation where the PR function is wedged into marketing or even customer service. But they usually fall short as a company grows and sees a need for a more coordinated PR effort. Unfounded rumors are surfacing about the company. .

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 6, 2023

PR has a reputation for being notoriously slow to adopt technology – so if you want an easy way to get ahead of your peers – try experimenting with this stuff a little bit. ” The company’s platform uses two different AI tools. To that end, the company also announced two other AI related features, which I believe are proprietary.

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Onclusive

OCTOBER 12, 2021

A strong business case can help your proposal stand out amongst many competing priorities within your company and may be the key to securing your brand’s investment in PR. A business case is a document that outlines the value or benefits your company will gain if you pursue a significant business investment or initiative.

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PRSay

JULY 9, 2021

An example that immediately comes to mind involves technology. Companies that institute informal, reverse-mentoring programs can benefit in numerous ways. The programs help younger employees elevate their profiles within their companies’ ranks, too. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Photo credit: netflix ].

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Its implosion was in large part due to first-rate reporting by The Wall Street Journal ‘s John Carreyrou, yet Carreyrou was originally tipped off to irregularities by a company insider. But the most far-reaching recent example is that of Susan Fowler. Often there are employees who received complaints directly or who heard about them.

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Stern + Associates

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Digital transformation has become much more than simply upgrading software and building a new skill set; it’s now a required state of mind , says Paul Leonardi , award-winning University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) professor and Technology Management department chair. Technology is Only Half the Equation; The Other Half is People.

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PRSay

JUNE 23, 2021

companies faced 65,000 attacks during 2020, in which their computer systems and data were held hostage by cybercriminals. While law enforcement and other experts strongly advise against paying a ransom, the decision ultimately rests with the company and possibly its insurance carriers. Enlist employees. Watch your language.

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Contently - Strategy

JANUARY 26, 2023

The good news is that many companies have already cracked the thought leadership code using strategies that content marketers can emulate. We’ll walk through examples from organizations like Google, FedEx, Cigna, and more and break down the steps you can take to develop a thought leadership program of your own.

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Critical Mention

JUNE 13, 2018

Over the past couple of years, there’ve been some serious PR blunders, leaving companies red-faced and scrambling to rebuild their image and win back the public’s trust. When a company faces a crisis, its CEO must step up and restore his or her organization’s PR image in a crisis. Wells Fargo.

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Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Five to six years ago, one of the big conversations you heard a lot about was around how many companies were blocking Facebook at work. And then, companies got smarter (well, most companies, at least), and they started opening up social media usage at work. But, technology at work is still a challenge. There was outrage.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

It’s also the case with tech products that must continually improve and innovate to meet customer needs and take advantage of emerging technology. At the same time, they needed to make sure that their customers, employees, and communities heard from the companies behind the brands. A sudden market shift or crisis.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 20, 2020

Now, five weeks into the lockdown that has decimated so many business sectors, many companies have settled into a new normal. Most have learned from early mistakes or half-measures and have designed campaigns that make a positive impact for employees, customers, and communities. It’s not about the logo. ” I tend to agree.

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PR 20/20

MARCH 8, 2023

Example commands include: Quick status updates , such as, "How many tasks are assigned to me?" Reporting , for example, "Show me a summary of monthly web visitors for the last two quarters" or "report of monthly revenue in Q4." Prospecting , such as "Find manufacturing companies in Ohio with over 100 employees."

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PR in High Definition

OCTOBER 27, 2022

This makes sense: leaders have the greatest power in a company, and when we think about the biggest companies on the planet – Apple , Meta, Tesla and Microsoft, for example – their leaders are inextricably tied to their company reputations, good or bad. But managing a company or brand’s reputation is rarely simple.

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Cision

AUGUST 23, 2017

From your corporate leaders to your average employees, involve the people behind your company in your digital PR campaign. Lendistry , a firm providing funding for small businesses located in southern California, is an excellent example of how to humanize a brand. The company is active in their community.

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Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 7, 2020

I like “secret sauce” Most who work in IT understand that this refers to the magical ingredient that sets a technology or solution apart. It was an interesting marketing strategy from parent company American Chicle – whose other product was Chiclets. When was “secret sauce” first used to describe information technology?

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Technology is a priority business investment for 2022; 53% of IT buyers expect tech spending to grow – and budgets will grow on average by 26%. For example, among businesses with 500 or more employees, 64% said tech spending would rise. Other studies show security is a concern across the board – in martech for example.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MARCH 18, 2021

It is one of the most important reports a company does for responsible investors and key stakeholders. Yet, our experience with first-time reporters, together with our analysis of the quality and level of ESG reporting by the world’s biggest companies, has yielded fresh insights about ESG reports. And it doesn’t end here.

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PRSay

JANUARY 29, 2019

18 talk to PRSA Dallas , the company’s head of global employee communications tackled a recurring challenge in today’s information-heavy world: how to keep your audience invested and interested in your work. When Graham joined Amazon Web Services in 2016, there were 10,000 employees. During a Jan.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

I recently read an account by an executive summarizing his experience buying a marketing technology (martech) tool. Such a point speaks well of a company and culture, but it underscores the sizable challenge facing both buyers of marketing tools – and the marketers tasked with promoting them. Organizational barriers to martech tools.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

This can include the media, customers, employees, and the general public. What are some examples of public relations? Internal communications: PR practitioners may also be responsible for communicating with employees and stakeholders within an organization. What is public relations? This is a pretty solid answer.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

SEO vendor that dabbles in PR technology buys an audience and adds an influencer to their team. It doesn’t happen often, but we’ve seen software companies in the PR space run this play before. Innodata, the parent company of the soon-to-be-formed Agility PR Solutions swooped in an bought the publication in bankruptcy.

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The Proactive Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The more you know about your customers, clients, employees, and competitors, they better your planning will be. You start by listening and gathering information about your brand/s, your company, and your competitors. These are the people who shape the narrative around your brand. Once you have the data. Content Analysis.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Here’s the monthly PR Tech Sum rounding news and links from the world of PR technology. The contact database – and the information it contains – is “human-verified” according to an announcement the company emailed. The company has done a couple of things historically that allow it to stand out in the market.

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Stern + Associates

MARCH 15, 2023

As seen in a recent 60 Minutes appearance , the Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at NYU has emerged as a prominent skeptic not of AI itself, but of the potential path that companies using AI may find themselves on if they do not adequately prepare themselves.

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