The four steps to creating a foolproof crisis comms response
Building a foolproof crisis comms response in four steps
Perhaps the most important role for a PR is to be able to guide their company or client through a crisis. Given that nothing can wipe reputation, prestige and share price from [...]
Combining art and science in effective communications
Combining art and science in effective communications
In this digital, globalised age, the reach of big data is inescapable. Industry after industry has been disrupted by the rise of data and the change in working practices it [...]
This cloud comms breakthrough will change earned media
This ‘cloud comms’ breakthrough will change PR forever
What you’re about to see will change the way your business does PR and comms forever. But what will really surprise you is how simple it is. You see, lots of communications [...]
A better way to measure the value of earned media
Earned media is perfectly positioned to solve the critical problems senior marketers face. It generates qualified prospects, identifies potential customers and engages them at [...]
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The case for investing in earned media
Consumer attitudes have changed radically in recent years. People aren’t just becoming more sceptical of traditional push marketing tactics. They’re increasingly taking steps [...]
Why its time for CMOs to embrace PR and comms
Why it’s time for CMOs to embrace PR and comms
What you’re about to read might sound like bad news. But for businesses that arm themselves with the right tools, it actually represents a huge opportunity just waiting to be [...]
The biggest reputational risk factors in the technology sector
Discover the big reputational risks tech companies face
Over the past 15 years, the value of technology and tech companies has boomed, both in importance to society and market capitalisation. In 2002, the Interbrand survey of brand [...]
How communicators can master modern media relations
How communicators can master modern media relations
“Sorry, I’m really busy and can’t talk to you right now, please send it over in an email and I’ll get back to you.” For a media relations practitioner, this is groundhog day. [...]
How to implement a PR newsroom
How to implement a PR newsroom model in 3 simple steps
PR newsrooms are the best way to ensure your comms function can keep stride with the sheer pace of conversation on the internet. As Stephen Waddington, Ketchum’s chief [...]
Good Relations executive director Lawrence Collis
Inside a PR newsroom with Good Relations’ Lawrence Collis
Lawrence Collis, executive director at Good Relations, outlines why the agency uses a newsroom model for everything from news generation to crisis management. You’re [...]
Why PR newsrooms are the future of brand storytelling
Why PR newsrooms are the future of brand storytelling
The newsroom model is what lets daily news titles work fast to fill their pages with great stories that sell papers. Your business most likely has different strategic [...]
How Microsoft revolutionised its corporate comms with a brand newsroom
How Microsoft revolutionised its corporate comms without the mainstream media
It’s 2013, and Microsoft is about to do something that will change its corporate comms forever. Steve Clayton, the brand’s chief storyteller, has been writing an unusual [...]
Michael Taggart, Foco
Opinion: Chomping at the bot – my night with a chat AI
Michael Taggart, co-founder at Foco, considers how far AI has come since the first chatbot was invented in 1964 and what that means for financial PR today. I had a great [...]
Four trends to shape earned media in 2018
2018 promises to be another intriguing year in the evolution of the PR industry as economic, social and technological trends continue to change the earned media landscape. [...]
The key challenges facing influencer marketing in 2018
The key challenges facing influencer marketing in 2018
Influencer marketing was PR’s big growth story in 2017.  Instagram now boasts 700 million active monthly users, while YouTube’s top 10 creators raked in £93.7 million [...]
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A better way to measure the value of earned media
Earned media is perfectly positioned to solve the biggest challenges senior marketers face. It generates qualified prospects, identifies potential leads and engages customers [...]
Driving growth with PR measurement
Why measurement is the key to rapid earned media growth
For earned media to grow as rapidly as the paid and owned media industries have expanded, communicators need to embrace measurement. Yet, many in PR still don’t see [...]
Chris Lynch, Cision CMO
Chris Lynch: “Nearly half of journalists said they can’t carry out their job without social media”
Cision CMO Chris Lynch discusses the important key findings in the US from the annual 2017 Global Social Journalism Study. The UK 2017 Social Journalism Study country report [...]
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