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Why Most B2B Companies Don’t Use Earned Media (Public Relations)

Marketing Craftmanship

Most B2B company websites, across all industries, contain some combination of self-produced “owned media” content, including blog posts, case studies, white papers, podcasts, archived webinars, and event calendars. There are 3 reasons why most B2B companies do not pursue earned media: They fear the lack of editorial control.

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The Importance of Public Relations in Marketing

SmartBug Media

In large organizations, public relations (PR) and marketing often operate as separate functions. At its core, PR is about influencing, engaging, and building relationships with stakeholders across numerous platforms in order to shape and frame public perception of an organization.

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3 Ways to Get Your Public Relations Off to a Good Start

Navigate the Channel

This is a great time to take a look at your public relations strategy to make sure it’s solid enough to take you through the rest of the year. Make creating content a priority Content creation continues to be an important way for businesses to reach out to the public right where they are at any given time.

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What Is Public Relations?

ClearVoice

What is public relations? Public relations (PR) is the practice of creating a positive public image for a company or person through conventional and digital media. Public relations differs from media relations in that the ultimate target for messaging is the public (i.e.,

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5 Ways to Boost and Improve Public Relations

Navigate the Channel

The way you and your company relate to the public is crucial to its success. Understanding the need for public relations – and that engaging in public relations is not an option – is a primary factor in the success of many businesses. Understanding there is no uniform general “public” is also not an option.

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Marketers are wizards and Public Relations is magic

Biznology

According to professor Yuval Noah Harari , the law and public relations are modern day magic; lawyers and judges, academicians, and marketers are modern-day, secular, wizards; and Edward Bernays may very well be Dumbledore (while Joseph Goebbels is obviously Voldemort ). Guess what! Like this post? Sign up for our emails here.

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How to Approach Public Relations and Marketing During a Recession

SmartBug Media

When it comes to marketing and public relations during a recession, the same holds true. Once you have a better idea of the big-picture goals, then you can determine how marketing and public relations can help you achieve them. With that information in mind, what goals do you want to reach over the next year?