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Industry experts assembled at PRNEWS’ inaugural “PR Thought Leadership Strategies on LinkedIn” event Tuesday  afternoon to share best practices and tips for writing posts, becoming a LinkedIn thought leader, mastering the platform’s algorithm, media training clients and optimizing newsletter engagement. Following are insights from event.

PRNEWS spoke to Tayler Felix of Workday on best practices for utilizing LinkedIn newsletters.

This week’s PR Roundup follows Cision’s upcoming shutdown of Connectively, formerly known as HARO, the mass exodus of users and brands from X (formerly Twitter), and a new study featuring the pros and cons of AI for digital PR.

Forty six percent of those surveyed said they’ll use YouTube more, 39% said Instagram, 38% said YouTube Shorts, 30% said Facebook and 23% said X (formerly Twitter). YouTube makes sense because its algorithmic discovery is similar, especially when it comes to learning and making content recommendations.

This week’s PR Roundup features an analysis of Jason Kelce’s crisis response, advice on how brands should respond to the X blocking lift and a link to the latest Muck Rack State of PR Measurement report.

PRNEWS attended a Chief Communications Officers Roundtable on Emerging Trends and Tactics in which panelists discussed innovative strategies used to connect with their audiences. 

This week’s PR Roundup explores last-minute advice for communicators during election week, an evaluation of McDonald’s E. coli response and a notable Halloween campaign that channels a famous scream queen.

In a recent conversation with PRNEWS, Will Trowbridge, Founder of creative entertainment agency, Saylor,  discussed best practices to follow when creating Halloween and “spooky” seasonal content campaigns.

This week’s PR Roundup features a look into brands’ commitment to women’s sports, how Vice President Kamala Harris fared on Fox News and how influential social media is regarding gifting.

Chinese Laundry CMO Sarah Zurell is on a mission to make the fashion footwear brand cool again—as it was in the ’80s. And that, in her mind, meant they should be cool enough for Taylor Swift. Thanks to a coordinated PR effort on the part of Zurell’s PR agency CLD, some creative marketing tactics and a symbiotic relationship between marketing and PR, that dream was realized. We caught up with Zurell to discuss the PR-marketing partnership that made her pie-in-the-sky goal a reality.