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Book PR Embraces Digital Media

August 9th, 2024 by

Digital media can impact even the most traditional industries. Books, for example, can find new life or launch via TikTok #BookTok.

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PR Roundup: Big Dad Energy, Axios’s Layoff Blunder, Financial Comms and Market Panic

August 8th, 2024 by

This week’s PR Roundup explores Big Dad Energy, another example of how not to communicate layoffs and dealing with investors in panic mode.

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Should a Brand Enter a High-Traffic News Cycle?

August 7th, 2024 by

During high-traffic news cycles—including social and political global events—many brands may feel obligated to join the thread and contribute to the trending story, feeling mounting pressure for their corporate teams to comment on headlining news.

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Crisis of Communication: The Secret Service’s Leadership Failure

August 6th, 2024 by

Kimberly Cheatle’s, now-former director of the Secret Service, swift downfall highlights the critical communication skills leaders must master during crises.

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The Harris Campaign’s Subject Lines Slay It All

August 5th, 2024 by

Writing an effective headline or email subject line is a target every PR practitioner has aimed for and missed at some time in their career. Meanwhile, the Kamala Harris presidential campaign is wracking up bullseyes right out of the gate.

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Top Tips: PR Advice for Overnight Sensations

August 2nd, 2024 by

For this edition of Top Tips, we asked communicators for their advice for people who become public figures in an instant, such as Steve Nedoroscik, now of Olympic pommel horse fame.

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[VIDEO] PRNEWS Live Discusses How to Combat Narrative Attacks Created by Disinformation

August 2nd, 2024 by

This chat with Blackbird.AI aims to equip businesses with the tools and strategies needed to protect their brand from the harmful effects of narrative attacks.

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PR Roundup: Trump and NABJ Outrage, New Boeing CEO, Ice Bucket Challenge Lives

August 1st, 2024 by

In this week’s PR Roundup we examine the results of former President Trump’s interview at the National Association for Black Journalists, if Boeing’s new CEO will make a difference and the re-emergence of the Ice Bucket Challenge.

Lessons From the Political Campaign Trail for All PR Pros

August 1st, 2024 by

Most PR practitioners will never work on political campaigns, but they can still extract valuable lessons from following political happenings to be used in corporate, brand and PR crises beyond the political realm.

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The How and Why of Pitching a Story to LinkedIn News

July 31st, 2024 by

There’s another major LinkedIn benefit that communications professionals are starting to catch onto, and that’s the power of having company news covered, shared and amplified by LinkedIn News.