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The Keys to a Viral PR Campaign Include Timing, Platforms and Audiences

May 4th, 2023 by

By tailoring your message to your audience and leveraging the unique strengths of each platform, you can create a campaign that resonates with your target demographic and generates widespread engagement. 

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PR Roundup: Hollywood Writers Comms, Shein Eyes IPO, Mental Health Awareness

May 4th, 2023 by

This week we look at messaging techniques, with regard to communications around the Hollywood writers strike and who wins. We also shine a spotlight on Mental Health Awareness month and a few authentic campaigns. Plus, how does Shein counter its reputation as it reportedly eyes an IPO?

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Additional Offensive Clichés to Avoid in Your Writing

May 4th, 2023 by

In this series, PRNEWS highlights phrases to avoid or consider erasing from your vocabulary.

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How Corporate Communications Can Keep Up with Disinformation Attacks

May 3rd, 2023 by

To stay ahead, corporate communications teams must develop strategies to understand the virality and toxicity on both mainstream and alternative platforms.

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For Bud Light and Regina Canada, Does the End Justify the Means?

May 3rd, 2023 by

Many have suggested that Bud Light and Regina Canada didn’t do enough research for their recent campaigns. Contributor Katie Paine argues that the brand crises would not have been prevented by better research, as the target audiences were not driving the backlash in either instance.

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What You Didn’t Learn in Class: How to Prep Clients For an Interview

May 2nd, 2023 by

Public relations agencies have many tools to prepare a client for an interview. But perhaps the most important one is not in any text book or training manual, that is, “common sense.”

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Generative AI Tools Can Save Time, Increase Productivity for PR Pros

May 1st, 2023 by

PRNEWS rounded up a few generative AI tools that have come out in recent weeks to help communicators save time and increase productivity.

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The End of ‘Dumbing it Down’: How to Smarten Strategic Communications

May 1st, 2023 by

Who hasn’t had someone look over their shoulder as they’re working on a communications product and gotten the friendly advice, “Wow, you need to dumb that down for this audience”? There’s a better way. Don’t dumb it down; instead, take some time to smarten it up.

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PR Roundup: Biden’s Re-Election, Carlson and Lemon Out, PRC Releases Ethics Guidelines for AI

April 27th, 2023 by

This week we look at the responses from Don Lemon and Tucker Carlson following their respective firings and what it means for their reputations as well as the reputations of their former networks. Plus, Joe Biden announces his re-election campaign and the PR Council issues new guidelines around the ethical use of generative AI.

PR Life: What Does Your Child Think You Do for Work?

April 27th, 2023 by

In honor of Take Your Kid to Work Day, PRNEWS asked the communications industry, “What does your child think you do for work?”