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A SEO PR primer
Search engine optimisation (SEO) is about listening to conversations on the web, creating relevant content and building relationships. It’s public relations.
Mind your data: individuals and organisations
We can’t foresee how the data that we share via the internet might be used. That's an issue.
How to do influencer marketing
We hosted an event at Ketchum last week to help organisations make sense of influencer marketing and influencer relations. This is a summary of the conversation.
Seeking tech savvy public relations practitioners to help explore impact of AI
The CIPR #AIinPR panel has crowdsourced a growing list of tools and begun the process of benchmarking a scale of PR tech. Our next job is to determine the impact of tech on skills. Could you help?
95 tools to help you work smarter in public relations
The CIPR #AIinPR panel has published an initial list of tools collated from its crowdsourced project. You’ll almost certainly discover something to help you work smarter.
Tech in marketing and PR: more than shiny objects searching for problems
A positive attitude to new apps and tools is critical to innovation in public relations.
Updated: Public relations dissertation topics
Its dissertation season for MA media and public relations university students. Here are more than 40 potential areas of study.
Agencies as a foundation for entrepreneurs
In this guest post public relations agency founder Max Tatton-Brown makes the case that starting your career in an agency provides a solid foundation for an entrepreneur.
PESO explained for marketing and public relations
The value of the PESO framework as a planning tool for marketing and public relations (PR) lies in the integration of different forms of media.
#AIinPR group kicks off with crowdsourced tool project
A new panel launched by the CIPR will explore the impact of artificial intelligence on public relations, and conversation in the public sphere.
The case for plain language in spoken and written communication
This is an article about the abuse and misuse of language. There’s a simple message: speak and write as plainly as possible if you want to be understood.
In praise of the press release
The press release or news release is often debated on this blog. It's a form of corporate communications content and workflow that is more than 100 years old. Who better to speak up for the form than Business Wire's director of social and evolving media?
So what’s your purpose?
An open letter to business leaders from BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has put the relationship between organisational purpose and profit under the spotlight.
How to write a communications or public relations plan
Planning should be the starting point for your public relations campaign. This approach can be applied to any size of organisation and market.
Making the Facebook newsfeed algorithm work for PR
The Facebook newsfeed is one of the key algorithms in marketing, media and public relations. Practitioners should have a basic understanding how it works.
GDPR for public relations: driving up standards
Absolute answers on the impact of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on public relations are hard to come by especially from database vendors. It's an issue I shared recently with ResponseSource founder and chairman Daryl Willcox.
Don’t build your brand on rented land
After Storify closed last year I asked Mynewsdesk marketing boss Jonathan Bean whether it still made sense for brands to invest in cloud-based services.
Press releases: what, why, when, how, where and who?
Public relations remains firmly wedded to the press release as a fundamental form of content and workflow. They’re used and abused to communicate with journalists and other stakeholders.
Emojis in PR: a picture tells a thousand words
Emojis are a visual code used for messaging on the internet. They transcend demographics and language itself. It’s surprising that they are frequently overlooked as a means of public engagement.
Make it don’t fake it
It’s incredibly easy to fake followers and engagement on social media. It’s a significant governance issue for the platforms and public discourse.