An essential component of achieving brand coherence and aligning communication efforts with business goals is the implementation of an integrated communication strategy. Adopting a strategic approach can help to ensure uniformity across all channels while taking into...
Rise of the Fifth Estate: Nontraditional news sources are now key suppliers of news and information for two-thirds of people globally
The Fifth Estate has emerged in recent years as both a legitimate major source of news and information, as well as a major societal problem, allowing the spread of unsubstantiated and even malicious misinformation. This alternative but increasingly powerful media...
The ethics of earned media: Best practices for responsible PR
Public relations practitioners face tremendous hurdles in today’s quickly developing media setting. Credible PR tactics are changing due to influencer marketing, public trust, and intense competition in the digital sphere. Severe concerns regarding the worth and...
A PR guide to building a consumer tech company
Consumer tech companies tend to start from one groundbreaking tech idea with the potential to revolutionize the consumer market. But getting from what might have just been garage tinkering to a household name requires more than just innovation. Companies need a...
Generative AI use may not guarantee quick productivity gains—new research suggests these benefits are still several years away for most
Business leaders were foaming at the mouth just a few months ago when AI’s promise of uber-productivity was dangled in front of them. And some of the earliest adopters have even seen the promise becoming reality in the meantime. But new research from management...
5 ways PR pros can take advantage of a smartphone-centered world
Fifty-four percent of the global population—around 4.3 billion people—now own a smartphone. The devices allow us to communicate with others, browse the internet, purchase goods and services, play games, read books, listen to music, scroll through social media, and...
Implementing the green transition: Leaders are largely positive about this sustainability movement, but green skills need overhauling
Large-scale sustainability initiatives are desperately needed if there’s any hope of combatting the climate crisis, and you can count the U.S. government out—the divisiveness there prohibits substantial action of any kind. Regardless, most business leaders believe...
6 best practices for PR agencies to improve their invoicing processes
PR, marketing and advertising agencies often face a lot of challenges regarding billing for the different services they offer, making their money arrive late. A 2022 survey by Chaser highlights this predicament: an astonishing 60 percent of PR invoices reportedly...
The 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer reveals business, government and media standings—uncovering a new culprit threatening trust: innovation
Considered one of the most reliable measures of the state of brand and institutional reputation, the Edelman Trust Barometer uncovers the top challenges and issues organizations face on an annual basis, and the comms giant’s analysis consistently reveals the central...
New rules from Google and Yahoo could impact delivery of brand emails
Email has long been and remains the decided consumer preference for interacting with brands, but if you look deeper, there are caveats to this truism—new research from business-to-consumer conversation enabling firm Sinch affirms the power of email, but its survey of...
8 paths to prosperity: Increasing sales through strategic lead generation
Lead generation is the act of increasing the number of potential customers that your sales team can nurture. Many companies are concerned about increasing their sales through strategic lead generation strategies, especially with the many challenges the public...
2024 will be the year of the connected retail experience: Retailers focus on omnichannel efficiency to drive revenue
The 2024 Connected Retail Experience Study: Focusing on Omnichannel Efficiency by Incisiv, conducted in collaboration with Verizon and Cisco, shows that retailers are actively seeking innovative technologies to revolutionize store efficiency, mitigate increasing...