Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

1) Earned media is sales enablement. A tech PR firm recently published a study that showed promising effects media relations can have on the sales cycle for B2B marketing organizations. The study suggests announcements about financial transactions like funding or acquisitions didn’t convert.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 3, 2021

A major goal of good PR is helping your client get more exposure in the media, and that means talking to reporters. I was a journalism major in college and had dreams of reporting before I shifted to PR, so I know all about wanting to get that big scoop. Here is a list of things you might hear at a PR internship. Exclusive” .

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

Most PR professionals say media relations is getting harder or much harder, according to the 2019 JOTW Communications Survey. This is up 17% from last year where 51% said media relations was getting harder. Study the media. 1) How reporters view social media, embargoes and exclusives.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

APRIL 2, 2024

The specific media outlets that American adults trust vary some by political party, but large mainstream outlets have all seen strong upward swings, according a recent Morning Consult poll. And 40% of social media news consumers expressed concerns about getting news on social media that is inaccurate, low quality and politically biased.

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Axia PR

JANUARY 23, 2018

When I worked in Silicon Valley, a front-page story in The Wall Street Journal was the “ungettable get.” Our teams would persevere for weeks trying to figure out a way to get their venture-backed technology startup onto the front page of the Dow Jones-owned media outlet.

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Stern + Associates

JANUARY 29, 2024

Ad spending – the historic lifeblood of mainstream media – has plummeted as people spend more time on social media platforms where advertisers can reach them directly. Local media has been eviscerated, and now many iconic national and global outlets are hurting badly.

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Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

“Public relations is a young academic field with potential to inform various areas of communication and offer tools like issues management for various applied communication fields.“ Source: Journal of Communication 1 Botan, C., & Taylor, M. Public relations: State of the field. Journal of Communication, 54, 645–661.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 18, 2021

One study shows communicators are faced with growing workloads, but their relationship with business has strengthened; two studies offer a look at media relations insights. 30% said, “new technologies that are helping businesses and consumers.”. The Wall Street Journal 80%. The Financial Times 79%. TechCrunch 85%.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 6, 2023

PR has a reputation for being notoriously slow to adopt technology – so if you want an easy way to get ahead of your peers – try experimenting with this stuff a little bit. Like other vendors that have already released features or products, the Meltwater gAI feature is based on OpenAI technology, which is the company behind ChatGPT.

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Doctor Spin

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Source: Digital Journalism 1 Ling, R. Digital Journalism , 8, 596 – … Continue reading When media content is influenced by biases—such as confirmation bias, sensationalism, or media logic—it tends to favour certain narratives or perspectives, often at the expense of a balanced and comprehensive view. Media Logic.

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Business Wire

MAY 18, 2017

By Jean-Adrien Delicano, Media Relations Specialist, Business Wire Another month, another round of layoffs and “restructuring” in the Canadian media world. The struggles faced by Canadian news media professionals are well-documented. The struggles faced by Canadian news media professionals are well-documented.

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Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In public relations, we call this: Media Relations ( blog posts ) Still, many people know that public relations has the tools necessary to generate publicity. However, public relations has such know-how. Shareholders, investors, financial institutions, etc.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2019

19% of publishers requested articles, 13% requested infographics, 12% requested mixed-media pieces, and 11% requested data visualizations.”. Read more: Cliff Notes to Effective Media Relations: A Summary of 3 Surveys of Editors, Reporters and Journalists [UML]. 9) Twitter is the social network of most value to reporters.

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Business Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2017

by Ai Arakawa, Senior International Media Relations Specialist Many of us in the PR/Communications business spend our days focusing on our work with local media. While we may dream of it, rarely do we imagine our news being picked up and shared by global media.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 18, 2017

Creating better relations between PR and journalism begins with PRs getting acquainted with the work of journalists in industries relevant to their clients. Improved Media Relations Means Better Pitches. So, while some pitches may take license to get attention, once you’ve secured media interest, play it straight.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Once upon a time, many moons ago, I worked at a large PR agency as part of the consumer technology team. I didn’t get into the public relations and communications industry through a traditional career route. Regardless of degree or background, with the right skills, you can get a job in public relations.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. b) More pay-to-play opportunities to participate in national media relations opportunities. Local news and indy journalism more trusted. “I

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Solo PR Pro

JULY 5, 2022

That healthy habit came in handy in the first phase of my career as an investor relations professional for newly public technology companies in Silicon Valley during the 80s and early 90s. Financial markets open trading at 6:30 a.m. in order to make early morning workouts and then 8 a.m.

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Barokas

MARCH 22, 2018

Our team’s media relations chops and social media strategies rose above the competition and were honored in the following four categories: Media Relations – VICIS. VICIS is a sports technology company focused on developing highly engineered helmets that improve protection and performance.

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Beyond PR

JULY 28, 2017

From the vantage point of the C-Suite, we tend to assess our brand’s success based on financials. For example: maybe you’d been targeting solopreneurs with your technology solution, but you’ve noticed that more small and mid-sized businesses are also finding ways to use your product. When money’s coming in, we’re happy.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The greatest of these is the shift away from media relations as the dominant means of public engagement to working across all forms of media. PR leads with earned and owned media but also uses paid and shared media for amplification and targeting. has been exploring in her work on women in journalism.

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PRSay

MARCH 29, 2017

.” Among sectors of the business world, technology is the most trusted (76 percent are apparently willing to have Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg babysit the kids), financial services the least (54 percent probably wouldn’t lend a twenty to anyone from Goldman Sachs). Even technology, however, has grounds for concern.

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Stuart Bruce

OCTOBER 30, 2014

And thank you Aaron for that fascinating insight into how social media has changed journalism. I will be talking about mobile, data and wearable technology as the drivers and ethics, real time and content as the issues. This is about putting the public back into public relations and the social back into social media.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 13, 2019

In the course of putting together the monthly PR technology summary ( PR Tech Sum ), I’ve realized that no news site has compiled a complete list of all the acquisitions around Cision. 3) September 15, 2014: Visible Technologies. Newly combined Vocus-Cision acquires Visible Technologies , a provider of social media analytics.

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Cision

MAY 21, 2015

Welcome to The #AskGaryVee show, where I answer your questions about marketing, social media, and entrepreneurship. Tools, tips and tactics on everything marketing and social media related. A podcast featuring discussions at the intersection of business, technology & culture hosted by Chris Saad and Brian Solis.

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Stephen Waddington

AUGUST 27, 2018

Table 1: James Grunig and Todd Hunt’s Four Models of Public Relations (1984) Excellence Theory The so-called Excellence Theory[ii] developed over the next decade as a result of a research programme commissioned by the Research Foundation of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) in 1984.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

But it’s easy to imagine this technology being used in more subtle but dangerous ways, such as politicians ‘saying’ things that are not totally out of character but more extreme or subversive than anything they would really say. This financial squeeze will only increase pressures to embrace cost-effective AI solutions.

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