Opinion: Why experiential activity is key for brand engagement
Jon Carson, partner at Immerse, explores why more brands are creating experiential campaigns to engage potential customers. Emerging technologies are rapidly reshaping the [...]
Opinion: How to book great celebrity talent in 3 simple steps
Emma Usher, director of talent booking agency RunRagged and founder of The VIP Suite, gives her top tips for securing the best celebrity talent for your PR initiatives. The [...]
Opinion: Why the PRCA is taking decisive action on diversity in PR
Neha Khatwani, the PRCA’s public affairs, policy and research manager, talks about the new PRCA diversity guidelines and why 2018 is a pivotal year for diversity in PR. This [...]
Opinion: How to promote employee wellbeing in the PR industry
Beth Gaudin, a senior consultant at Forster Communications, argues that wellbeing should be a top priority in PR and outlines how to design a wellbeing strategy that works. [...]
Opinion: What a winning PR account pitch looks like
Launch director Niki Wheeler recalls this year’s Creative Shootout final and breaks down the key PR pitching tips communicators can take away from the event. Imagine the [...]
Cision webinar to reveal how to build a tech brand with earned media
Staying ahead in tech PR requires constant innovation. Today’s breakthroughs are tomorrow’s old news, and it can be tough to convey the benefits of complex technologies to key [...]
Opinion: The key earned media video trends in 2018
Rory Green, videographer at specialist broadcast agency Shout! Communications, predicts how video content in the PR industry will evolve in 2018. Video content is ever [...]
Opinion: Measurement’s importance is now understood
Barry Leggetter, CEO of the International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communication (AMEC), explores what earned media measurement will look like in 2018 and [...]
Opinion: Why brands need PR to make technology personal
Louie St Claire, Harvard’s Group CEO, argues that tech brands must invest in PR to connect with their audiences and outlines four simple steps to engage tech consumers. [...]
Opinion: Why brands that take a stand will see commercial benefit
Businesses may be missing a trick if they don’t use responsible behaviour to drive commerce, says Weber Shandwick’s Jon McLeod. In its recent 2018 trends white paper, [...]
Opinion: Chomping at the bot – my night with a chat AI
Michael Taggart, co-founder at Foco, considers how far AI has come since the first chatbot was invented in 1964 and what that means for financial PR today. I had a great [...]
PR Case Study: 3 Monkeys Zeno – Met Office: Who do you trust?
3 Monkeys Zeno outlines how it partnered with Radio One DJ Scott Mills to bring the Met Office’s sun safety message to new audiences and drive downloads of its weather [...]
Opinion: The key growth opportunities for PR in 2018
Zoe Ogilvie, director of BIG Partnership, outlines what she sees as the key growth areas for PR in 2018, including green energy, PR measurement, video content and more. I’m [...]
Opinion: Carillion shows us that engaging employees is an investment, not a cost
Huw Morgan, director of Good Relations’ internal communications practice, argues that Carillion’s collapse shows why brands must invest in employee engagement. Business [...]
Cision webinar to reveal the latest trends in media relations
Influencer marketing may have been the big growth story of 2017. But media relations techniques still form the backbone of every great PR strategy. PR will always be about [...]
Opinion: The Launch guide to (festive) media relations
Niki Wheeler, director at Launch, reveals her top tips for generating earned media “cut through” for Christmas campaigns. Brits are saying “bah humbug” to 2017. The BDO High [...]
Stephen Waddington predicts 2018 will be a breakthrough year for PR
In this year’s final Cision webinar, Ketchum‘s Stephen Waddington predicted that 2018 will see communicators capitalise on the opportunities new technology is [...]
Opinion: Why communicators must prepare for gender pay gap reporting
Michaela Gray, senior manager at Golin, says businesses should act now to prepare their comms strategies for “toxic fallout” from the new gender pay reporting rules. The start [...]