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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. The book holds up almost ten years on because most organisations are lousy at using social media to listen to their customers. I’ve developed each of these themes below.

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M&A: The Top Reasons Why One Company Acquires Another [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

Cision announces plans to acquire Brandwatch; BuzzSumo introduces journalist profiles; Forbes contributor compares PR tech tools; PR tech vendor posts supporting Black History Month. The first reason is to acquire a new piece of technology. AI is something that is missing from most of the incumbent PR software tools.

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Martech is NOT Marketing; Long Live Marketing

Sword and the Script

Marketing technology (martech) is not marketing. Not any more than, a CRM database is customer service. Because if martech is marketing, then businesses merely need to buy some technology. This makes the education of business leaders – the internal marketing of marketing if you will – a continuous effort.

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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

Every month when I go to write this PR technology summary, I’m surprised at just how many new tools and features are being brought to market. This month was no exception, and perhaps because many of the launches were timed with annual PRSA International Conference which wrapped up recently. What sort of data?

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An “Interview” with ChatGPT: What is Public Relations? How Has PR Changed? Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Comms Pros?

Sword and the Script

Internal communications: PR practitioners may also be responsible for communicating with employees and stakeholders within an organization. Managing crises: PR can be an important tool for managing crises and mitigating damage to an organization’s reputation. How is technology being used in public relations?

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The Comprehensive Marketing Audit: 21 Questions to Guide Strategic Planning

PR 20/20

As Paul Roetzer ( @paulroetzer ) states in Chapter 8 of The Marketing Performance Blueprint : “Every marketing plan should start with an honest internal marketing assessment. Modern marketing is constantly shifting, and the folks that are part of your marketing team need to be masters in all things technology, best practices, and trends.

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The Old “New Media” and Marketing Tools with Novel Twists [UML]

Sword and the Script

As such, podcasts are an old tool with a new twist. There are many reasons for a business to make an acquisition – to acquire a technology, to acquire a customer base, to accelerate growth, or to kill the competition. In a new twist on an old tool, it added comment analytics and have expanded on its native ad product.

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