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The Best PR Can’t Replace Real Leadership

The reality is, while PR can mitigate communication-based problems, it will never, ever be able to solve fundamental organizational and brand issues. It would be like taking pain killers without diagnosing and addressing the root cause of the medical condition. Resolving a problem or crisis requires real leadership and this often involves making tough decisions… Continue reading The Best PR Can’t Replace Real Leadership

Public Relations Global Network Elects Alexandra Dinita as President

Following a vote from PRGN member agencies, Alexandra Dinița, general manager of Free Communication in Bucharest, Romania, stepped up to lead the worldwide network of 50 independently owned firms as its president for the next twelve months.  As the 30th president of PRGN, Alexandra Dinița follows the footsteps of former president Robert Bauer, managing partner of accelent communications of Vienna, Austria,… Continue reading Public Relations Global Network Elects Alexandra Dinita as President

The New Chapters You Should Add to Your Crisis Communications Handbook After Covid-19

Whether that crisis plays out in the headlines or gets managed internally, everyone immediately recognizes what worked… and what didn’t. While few organizations could have fully prepared for this past year of Covid-19 and the pandemic response, as companies look forward, they should first look back and take some of those hard lessons learned to… Continue reading The New Chapters You Should Add to Your Crisis Communications Handbook After Covid-19

SPAC Attack – What They Are, Why You Should Care and How Communications Plays a Role

What is a SPAC? A Special Purpose Acquisitions Company (SPAC) is a shell company specifically set up by investors to raise money through an IPO and eventually acquire another company. For example, SPAC Hedosophia Holdings bought a large stake (49%) in Virgin Galactic before taking the company public in 2019. SPAC companies have no existing… Continue reading SPAC Attack – What They Are, Why You Should Care and How Communications Plays a Role

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How to Find Micro-Influencers That Match Your Brand

With each passing year, influencer trends shift dramatically, too. The of-the-moment Instagram star is the micro-influencer, a social media personality with a small (1k – 50k) but highly engaged following. Every follower is part of a community and has chosen to be there. Followers are either highly interested in the topic the micro-influencer covers or… Continue reading How to Find Micro-Influencers That Match Your Brand

Five Ways Communicators Should Prepare to Reopen After Covid-19

For many employees following a long layoff, a return to normalcy will be anything but that so it’s important for organizations to be ready for potential challenges ahead when it comes to proper communications. If your business is one of many who might find cobwebs above your desk upon return to the office, you’ll definitely… Continue reading Five Ways Communicators Should Prepare to Reopen After Covid-19

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How to Successfully Host a Hybrid Event

Although virtual events are now commonplace and can be highly effective in reaching your target audience, nothing beats the face-to-face connection of in-person events. Organizers of virtual events and attendees alike are digitally drained. We’re hearing from both sets of constituents that they can’t wait to get back to in-person events. It’s not a question of if they… Continue reading How to Successfully Host a Hybrid Event

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The Five Crises to Watch for in 2021

Vaccine rollout challenges Government and healthcare clients are going to be under a microscope during the vaccine rollout process. Last year, the federal government, through Operation Warp Speed, worked with industry to obtain vaccine approvals in record time. Now all eyes are going to be on the states and healthcare providers to see that vaccines… Continue reading The Five Crises to Watch for in 2021

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2020 – The Year of Crisis

As we reflect on 2020, we all spent the better part of nine months and counting making sense of – and living through – a global pandemic, a long overdue national reckoning around racial equity and social justice, and a contentious U.S. presidential election and persistent (daily, if not hourly) attacks on American democracy by… Continue reading 2020 – The Year of Crisis

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How PR Will Absorb the Social Sphere in the 2020s

Social media and how we use it have come a long way. Just look at Facebook’s path from Ivy League university students to the ability to claim 2.7-billion monthly active users. That disruption and tidal wave of innovation is far from over, though. In so many ways, it has really only just begun and both… Continue reading How PR Will Absorb the Social Sphere in the 2020s

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Companies Should Invest into PR & Digital in 2021 and Beyond

Now more than ever, reaching your target market on a consistent basis and cutting through the clutter to get their attention becomes paramount. There is an increased reliance on the internet, for sure, since many people remain working from home, minus the interactions or distractions of their co-workers in an office setting. They are reading… Continue reading Companies Should Invest into PR & Digital in 2021 and Beyond

Public Relations Global Network Holds First Open Global Online Conference: The New World Ahead

Held in conjunction with the Network’s bi-annual Fall conference on October 16, this first-time virtual event was attended by nearly 200 communicators from around the world. Moderated by PRWeek magazine’s VP and Editorial Director Steve Barrett, the panel – titled “The New World Ahead” – looked at what the 2020s will bring for communications professionals… Continue reading Public Relations Global Network Holds First Open Global Online Conference: The New World Ahead

Six Tips: How SEO Can Power Your New Business Strategy

We’re not a large agency (we’re about 10 people) and our inbound leads average about 1 a day. Of those, I’d say 30% are legitimate leads that seem like a good fit for our firm; and of those 30%, about half will make it to the proposal stage. We are lucky to win about 50%… Continue reading Six Tips: How SEO Can Power Your New Business Strategy