Best Practices
Marketers on Fire: Chinese Laundry CMO on Celebrity Fanbases and the Taylor Swift Effect
How Chinese Laundry capitalized on the “Taylor Swift Effect” by using small budget solutions, creative marketing, deep references and perseverance.
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Crisis Management
PR Roundup: Helping Journos, Port Strike Messaging, CEO News and Readers
This week’s PR Roundup looks at the difficulties journalists are facing after the devastation of Hurricane Helene and how PR folks can help, what business communicators can learn from the port strike and Memo’s latest study on messaging while your organization’s leadership turns over.
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Digital & Technology
Media Outlets to PR Pros: Pitch Multi-platform, Social-Friendly and Niche Storytelling
It is imperative for PR pros to ensure that the essence of their story is flexible enough to work across multiple platforms while maintaining a compelling core message.
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Crisis Management
How to Handle an Influencer-Born Crisis
PRNEWS spoke to Alyson Buck of Samsung Electronics America on how to plan in advance for influencer crises and how brands should respond if one occurs.
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Brands on Fire
Brands on Fire: Stanley’s Chief Brand Officer Talks College Campus Tour, Ambassador Program and Product Innovation
We spoke with Graham Nearn, Chief Brand Officer at Stanley, about the campaign’s goals, student ambassador strategy, product innovation and the 113-year-old brand’s approach to tapping into culture by creating relevance.
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Crisis Management
PR Roundup: The Amazon RTO Backlash Continues, B2B Agency Gold, PR Budget Cuts
This week’s PR Roundup looks at the backlash to Amazon’s return to office rollout, how B2B agencies can profit this year and where PR pros are tightening their budgets.
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AI
Monetization Through Content Indexing: a Crucial Step for Media and Entertainment Companies
The rapid rise of AI has created a lot of buzz, but for media and entertainment companies, the real challenge lies in cutting through the noise and focusing on what truly matters: preparing content for an AI-driven future. One of the most critical first steps is content indexing.
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Crisis Management
The Election and Beyond: Why Your Brand Reputation Is Particularly Vulnerable Now
“Political positions” used to mean explicit support of a candidate or issue, but in our polarized, partisan environment any public stance can be interpreted as political. This includes things you do in your workplace—DEI initiatives, vaccine clinics, voter registration drives and ERG’s can all become weaponized.
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Digital & Technology
Maximizing PR Impact While on a Budget
Whether you’re an agency PR pro representing a client or an in-house communicator, you know PR is crucial for the visibility and success of any business. But in this economy, many businesses are struggling to afford the full-scale PR programs they once had
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Branding/Marketing
PR Roundup: Taco Bell Triumphs, A New Study on Latina Impact and The State of the Press Release
This week’s PR Roundup features Taco Bell bringing National Taco Day and Taco Tuesday together for taco fans, BODEN’s new study on the impact of Latinas on cultural and economic influencer and PR Newswire’s latest State of the Press Release.
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Branding/Marketing
Jameson Makes the Case for an NFL Game in Ireland With a Tailgate Tour Stateside
Irish whiskey brand Jameson sponsors several NFL teams, but it doesn’t have an official sponsorship deal with the league. Nor do any of the overseas games taking place this football season happen in the nation of Ireland. So to make some noise about that—and make the case for bringing a game to Ireland—Jameson launched the “Touch Down in Ireland” campaign with a stunt at the NFL HQ in NYC, coupled with tailgating activations happening next month.