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Legendary Hollywood director John Huston was fond of saying that he didn't direct actors—he cast them. He would cast actors because they were right for a particular role, and that judgment alone was the limit of his direction of their performances. You can apply this same approach to the ways in which your brand works with influencers. The bulk of the job is in finding and vetting the right influencers.
Our weekly roundup of trends, news and personnel announcements in marketing and communications. This week we feature stories about the US Olympic Committee in the wake of the Dr. Larry Nassar case, Instagram finally allows brands to schedule posts and Jill Zuckman is promoted at SKDKnickerbocker.
While analysts are scrambling to digest Tuesday's announcement from Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase about their new healthcare alliance, the PR perspective, at least at the outset, seems less complicated. It was a tremendous win for the trio of companies in terms of internal and external communications as well as reputation management.
Our weekly roundup of trends, news and personnel announcements in PR and marketing. This week's stories include several about the Dr. Larry Nassar scandal at Michigan State University, Cision closes its deal to acquire PRIME and Rupert Murdoch suggests Facebook and Google pay for the premium content it carries.
It seemed that the Matt Lauer scandal was behind us now that the former star was gone and his replacement, Hoda Kotb, was installed in his anchor chair. In addition, Katie Couric said the ousted Lauer was "not the Matt we knew." But this morning former Today Show anchor Ann Curry said the Lauer incident was not a surprise to her and that there was a culture of verbal abuse at NBC. Has the network really moved on from this scandal?
Intern of the Year Delaney Lanker was tasked with drafting HP's pitches, researching media targets and conducting outreach to lifestyle, travel and parenting magazines. In less than a month, she placed HP product Sprocket with Travel & Leisure, which has a print audience of 6.3 million. A natural leader, Lanker also shows HP’s other interns—many of whom have never had a “real” job before—best practices for taking notes in meetings, writing blog posts and asking for feedback.
Let's agree that PR measurement is not just about numbers and tone. It's about how communicators can use accurate and insightful data to influence business decisions and develop strategic guidance. Former CCO of Fortune 500 companies and current trustee of the Institute for Public Relations Jim Simon offers examples of how companies derived strategic insights from PR measurement.
Molly Levinson is a known problem-solver and in 2017, the problem she tackled was fake news.
Levinson led the crisis management and communications efforts for the matter widely known as “Pizzagate”—months of sustained online attacks and perpetuation of conspiracy theories aimed primarily toward a Washington, D.C. restaurant, Comet Ping Pong—which spread virally online.
Accusations that Apple slows down the processing power of older iPhones in order to force customers to buy new versions has accompanied almost every new product launch. The rumors never attracted much news cycle traction until this holiday season, and now Apple is paying for it.
Is there anything more dangerous than attempting to predict industry trends? Fortunately we found 17 PR, marketing and communications leaders willing to take the risk of prognosticating for 2018 and sharing lessons learned in 2017. Among the many themes recurring in the predictions are the need for PR to embrace technology, produce better content, speak with authenticity and attempt to create a sense of humanity.
