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Financial analysts say marketing is an investment, not a cost

Sword and the Script

The “Brand Finance Investment Analyst Survey” polled more than 200 financial analysts who “cover publicly listed companies in the United States and United Kingdom.” All the other factors considered – leadership, innovation, profitability, sustainability, and employees – all influence the awareness and strength of a brand. The purpose?

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Today, we say goodbye to HARO [PR Tech Sum 52]

Sword and the Script

Top stories in today’s summary of PR news: Cision shutters the HARO brand; Agility adds “Intelligent Insights”; PR tech company replaces employees with AI On the first Tuesday of every month, I sort through all the news I can find on PR technology or comms tech and present it in a summary post like this one.

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How agencies can benefit from R&D tax relief to drive innovation

Stephen Waddington

Research and Development tax relief for small and medium-sized enterprises applies to enterprises with less than 500 employees and turnover under €100m or a balance sheet total under €86m. These include employees, subcontractors (up to 65%), software and consumable items. It is becoming a lot harder to claim R&D on software.

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Why I’m NOT buying the employee advocacy hype machine (at least, not yet)

Communications Conversations

Do you ever get the sense this whole Employee Social Advocacy concept is being shoved down our throats by a number of “thought leaders” and software vendors who have everything to gain by advancing this agenda? This report, titled Employee Advocacy 2.0: ” In this case “people” = employees.

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Content analysis tool BuzzSumo adds journalist database for SMBs [PR tech sum no. 48]

Sword and the Script

BuzzSumo edges into PR with journalist database for SMBs; Poppulo adds generative AI for internal comms; why don’t PR software vendors follow basic PR standard practices? I do a lot of work in fintech – and all those vendors have financial professionals on staff. Why do vendors in PR skip this part?

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Dealmaking Sizzles Again Among PR Software Providers and Here Comes Another Side Dish of Generative AI for Comms [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

Recent earnings Separately, Meltwater (Oslo Børs: MWTR) also recently announced financial results for the third quarter ending, September 30, 2022. Blackbird says it technology “helps organizations detect and respond to narrative manipulation and online risk that causes reputational and financial harm. to $109 million.

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Transparency and Trust: The Role of ESG Reporting

Presspage

For example, when using ESG data to quantify its impact on financial performance, IROs can inform investors on how a company’s sustainable practices not only reduce its environmental impact but also positively influence the bottom line. What is the correlation between ESG reporting and financial performance?

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