In September 2016, Yahoo confirmed a 2014 data breach that affected 500 million of its customers. Then, three months later, the company announced another breach that exposed one billion accounts to hackers in 2013. Almost a year later, Yahoo, yet again, announced that...
The effects of consumer behavior on marketing and business operations
One critical step in developing any marketing strategy is understanding the target audience. There are many questions you must answer. It helps you know how to communicate with customers. You must know what they need, their pain points, motivations, likes, and...
Who’s got the answers? Three PR industry obstacles in 2021
PR practitioners have always faced challenges. It’s part of what makes working in the industry so rewarding. But according to the responses we received to a survey back in June, there are a few challenges PR pros would really like the solutions to, especially as parts...
Creative intellectual property: Why protecting the lifeblood of successful PR matters
Issa PR takes a stand to fight for creative rights, lighting the way for other PR agencies The importance of protecting creative intellectual property (IP) is just as crucial in the PR industry as any other creative field. By failing to be proactive, creative agencies...
Top post-COVID shifts of virtual and hybrid conventions, corporate events, trade shows and meetings
The big question on everybody’s minds these days is what the future holds for virtual events and meetings. Were they a flash-in-the-pan to help event organizers and businesses survive the past year-and-a-half, or are they a viable tool for communicators in the brave...
7 ways to use PR to improve customer satisfaction
Customer satisfaction used to be the measure of how happy a customer is with a company’s products or services. Nowadays, there’s more to customer satisfaction than meets the eye. To fully satisfy your customers, you need to give them a complete experience of...
The psychology of messaging: New consumer rules of texting etiquette for brands
There are lots of channels out there, and plenty of opportunities for brands to connect with consumers. But Americans are clear fans of texting, and brands should take advantage of this always-engaging platform by using the right approach, reveals new research from...
5 insights on the value of observing customer behavior
Once customer behavior is analyzed successfully, businesses can engage people more effectively. Studying consumer buying behavior leads to a greater understanding of the expectations of customers. By assessing what leads a consumer to decide on a product, a business...
When it comes to cannabis, PR can be a tool to save lives
This month marks three years since the first medical cannabis prescription was granted on the NHS to nine-year-old boy Alfie Dingley. This decision by then Home Secretary Sajid Javid led to a law change on 1st November 2018, which enabled medicinal cannabis to be...
After an unpredictable year of COVID, organizations value the role of PR more than ever
Organizations value communications more than ever. That’s according to the 2021 JOTW Strategic Communications Survey—by Ned’s Job of the Week, an email newsletter and Sword and the Script Media, a PR and marketing consultancy for B2B technology. The fourth annual...
In today’s PR, patience is a virtue—here’s how to restrain yourself
With the advance of social media platforms, multi-channel markets, the Internet of things, and omnichannel campaigns, many businesses are trying their best to navigate this field in terms of marketing and public relations. The first step in maximizing the return on...
How to humanize and personalize financial brands in a post-pandemic world
Post-pandemic solutions in financial services, and many other industries, will be a hybrid of digital and in-person services as companies evolve from traditional "B2B" and "B2C" services and communications to more personalized "B2I" services and...












