PR/Comms
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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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Digital & Technology
AI-Powered Answer Engines: Five Ways to Proactively Manage Reputation
An Institute for Public Relations Webinar last week, titled “Al-Powered Answer Engines: Shifts in Digital Reputation Building,” panelists outlined five ways in which marketing and communications professionals can proactively manage digital brand reputation amid the shift brought about by AI-powered answer engines.
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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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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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Social Media & SEO
Why Finding Your Niche Is the Key to Successful Executive Linkfluence
While many LinkedIn executive profiles fall short by losing focus and posting too frequently without a clear purpose, nearly every top voice or executive who has built meaningful “linkfluence” on LinkedIn has remained disciplined and committed to a niche strategy. Here are four key questions your communications team should consider with each executive post.
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Social Media & SEO
Handling the PR Fallout From Social Media Algorithm Changes
The advent of social media was a game changer for marketers and PR practitioners to build narratives, promote products, enhance brand reputation and increase sales. However, there are challenges beyond the control of marketing and PR practitioners and entirely under the control of social networks. One of these challenges is the social media algorithm and its changes over time. These algorithms impact the effectiveness of content, and any change in them can stagnate the impact of PR and brand campaigns. Here’s how PR pros can shift with the algorithm changes and stay ahead of the game.
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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.