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Guest Post: 4 Reasons #PR Pros Need Customer Service Skills

Deirdre Breakenridge

Public relations professionals are required to have many skills these days, from excellent writing to knowing how to read data or to be efficient. During my career, I have noticed that one particular skill is often overlooked when it comes to training new PR pros and that is customer service. Put your client first.

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The 22 Responsibilities of PR and What They Entail

Onclusive

PR professionals should create thoughtful, data-backed pitches, engage with reporters on social media, send swag (when appropriate), maintain relevant media lists, and manage all follow-through with reporters and journalists. Experts have often debated the interesting PR problem of measuring the effectiveness of internal communications.

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The 21 Responsibilities of PR and What They Entail

Onclusive

PR professionals are expected to create thoughtful, data-backed pitches, engage with reporters on social media, send swag (when appropriate), maintain relevant media lists, and manage all follow-through with reporters and journalists. Internal Communications. Data Journalism. Relationship building takes time. Media Training.

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Would you Run Your Internal Data Through this Media Monitoring AI? PR Tech Sum: Talkwalker, TVEyes, Meltwater, SocialChorus, Cision, Signal AI and Burrelles

Sword and the Script

This month was no exception, and perhaps because many of the launches were timed with annual PRSA International Conference which wrapped up recently. 1) Talkwalker lets you run your data through their AI. Talkwalker has introduced a new feature it’s calling Customer Data +. What sort of data? Why would you do this?

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The 20 Responsibilities of PR and What They Entail

Onclusive

The PR pro sends thoughtful, data-backed pitches, engages with reporters on social media, sends swag (when appropriate), maintains relevant media lists, and manages all follow-through with reporters and journalists. Internal Communications. Data Journalism. Relationship building takes time. Media Training.

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More on PR2020: social media activism, internal comms resurgence, storytelling and professionalism

Stephen Waddington

There were some clear misses in my original essay: social media activism, internal communications, storytelling and professionalism in PR. Most brands have learnt that the customer service or reputational impact of the occasion rogue tweet isn’t worth the cost of 24/7 social media management. It is enjoying significant growth.

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How Speaking Opportunities Support B2B Companies

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Software solutions are expensive, and buyers under pressure to make the right choice seek as much information as possible to vet the quality of a SaaS, AI, cybersecurity, or data product. Especially in the B2B tech space, buyers are seeking partners that also provide great service in addition to a great product.

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