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Seven Things You Will Learn in This Week’s Issue of PR News

February 18th, 2013 by

Seven Things You Will Learn in This Week’s Issue of 1. A nonprofit’s “overhead ratio” is often the most scrutinized metric by leadership and the public alike. (p. 1) 2. To build buzz for the Feb. 24th

PR Execs at Cash-Strapped Nonprofits Use Partnerships to Extend Engagement

February 18th, 2013 by

As the economy has slowly begun to climb its way out of the abyss, communications budgets across many industries have stabilized. But there’s one sector that’s still fighting for budget dollars even as the

Hospital Tops Facebook Loyalty List; Consumer Purchasing Gets More Complex; Hispanics Gravitate to ‘Social Care’

February 18th, 2013 by

▶ Hospital Has Right Facebook Loyalty Rx: A nonprofit attracts the most loyal Facebook fans, according to LoudDoor ’s Brand Satisfaction index. St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, well known in

The Event PR Oscar Goes To: The Organization that Innovates the Most

February 18th, 2013 by

It’s events and awards season. From the ultimate movie-industry soiree, the Academy Awards—which airs this Sunday, Feb. 24— to New York’s glitzy Fashion Week, event communicators are all looking to cut

How To: 5 Steps for Making Complex Topics Easier to Understand

February 18th, 2013 by

We’ve all been there. You are asked to write a newsletter about a topic that is very complicated and technical. And your audience is unfamiliar with the subject matter and its jargon. So, how do you explain

The New Press Release: Mix Digital/Social Outreach with Old-School Writing Chops

February 11th, 2013 by

Woe is the press release. As an outreach tool the press release sits in close proximation to Google+ as a platform suffering from “malaise,” as Jimmy Carter may have put it. Let’s face it, the… Continued

LinkedIn Tapped by Small-Business Owners As Social Platform with the Most Potential

February 11th, 2013 by

By a wide margin, small-business owners said that B2B social network LinkedIn is the social-media tool they use the most and has the greatest potential to help their companies, according to a recent survey by… Continued

Seven Things You Will Learn in This Week’s Issue of PR News

February 11th, 2013 by

1. B2C content marketers deploy an average of 12 tactics to distribute their content. (p. 1) 2. Press releases allow PR pros to tell their brand’s story—but the writing has to be eloquent. (p. 1)… Continued

Efficiency and Integration Critical For Effective Content Marketing

February 11th, 2013 by

As the term “content marketing” becomes de rigueur in both marketing and public relations precincts, communicators are scrambling to find the resources and develop the processes to turn their organizations into content factories. But we’ve… Continued

PR News Announces Nonprofit Awards Finalists

February 11th, 2013 by

It’s not easy to do more with less, but that’s exactly what nonprofit PR professionals do—year after year. This is why PR News honors the top nonprofit PR campaigns and the people behind them. This… Continued