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PR Agencies Need To Be More Diverse And Inclusive. Here’s How To Start

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In January, fashion retailer H&M came under fire for an advertisement featuring a young black boy in a green hoodie bearing the words “coolest monkey in the jungle.” A lack of inclusion can sometimes be seen in employee surveys. Thirteen of the CEOs were men and five were women; 17 were white and one was Latino.

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Thanksgiving and Black Friday bring Target the most brand coverage in November

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While one day a company might receive coverage that frames it in a positive light, on the very next it can find itself facing an eruption of negative coverage. This year, Target CEO Brian Cornell released a statement reflecting on the decision to keep stores closed every Thanksgiving Day, naming employees and their families as the key reason.

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What Business People Should Know About PR

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Occasionally a tech startup or small brand will tell us that the company has committed most or all of its marketing budget to public relations. Most consultants or agencies operate individual profit centers that may be organized by sector, from food to fashion to financial services. It can’t replace marketing. Good PR takes time.

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A PR View Of CEO Apologies

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Media training can be a useful communications tool, whether it be for national TV interviews or phone chats with small trade press. Several factors determine how the public will receive a video/interview apology. A good apology can actually be turned into an advantage for a company. Time elapsed before TV interview : 4 days.

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A telecom company holding a red carpet PR event? Verizon kinda pulled it off.

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But, I thought the red carpet strategy was an interesting approach from a large company like Verizon to roll out its newest holiday products. Get Verizon employees involved. Instead of hiring actors (or stand-ins) to showcase the Verizon products, they simply let their employees do it.

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Three cardinal rules of PR that Adidas broke with Kanye West

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The story began way back in September, when Kanye (now known by the name “Ye”) criticized the German footwear company in interviews and on social media. Sure, the fight with West didn’t help that, but the company was already facing declining sales and has been missing quarterly targets. Adidas should never have signed West.

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How to build better relations with employees

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Next, it is interesting that Earnshaw’s chapter title focuses on relationships with employees, where the 2014 text has a more functionalist title. Hence my preference for Earnshaw’s focus on building better relationships employees rather than seeing them as an audience for internal communications.