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Communication Challenges for your PR Team in 2023: World Communication Week

The Proactive Report

Technology has transformed the practice of Public Relations and marketing. These technology advances continue to escalate and create new challenges. No matter what business you are in, it’s vital to level up your communication skills, so that you can effectively reach customers, clients, and employees. Fake content.

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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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7 Occasions When PR And Marketing Must Work Together

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

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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Separating fact from fiction: lessons from Madbird

PR in High Definition

The story of how the fake design agency Madbird ensnared unsuspecting job seekers into its web has gone viral, leaving readers shocked at the façade that was created. Can you blame these unsuspecting employees who trusted that the company they were working for was in fact legitimate?

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When The CEO Should Be The PR Spokesperson

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

A truly critical event, like one that involves loss of life, major litigation, or a viral story like the United Airlines incident of 2017 usually requires an ongoing commitment by the company chief. The CEO acts as Chief Engagement Officer with company employees, particularly during a turnaround, and sometimes his role goes further.

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7 Things You Need to Know Before Starting a PR Business

Deirdre Breakenridge

There’s nothing like a grueling weekend spent unsuccessfully following up on pitches for coverage of a client’s innovative, disruptive, and ground-breaking new technology release to make you start daydreaming of starting your own firm. Each year brings new technology and new table stakes skills for communications professionals.

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Listen Up on Social: Q&A With Jay Baer

Cision

The e-book is divided into five sections, for customers, competitors, prospects, influencers and employees, and details how and why you should listen to each audience. Q: What tactics help to make a campaign go viral? Viral means something is shared, and we share things that create emotional connections somehow.

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