Working in public relations can be a varied, fast-paced, and fascinating career, but being employed within an agency is a very different experience compared to starting a business from scratch. The digital marketing revolution has only increased the demand for...
A few short years ago, hashtag campaigns were a popular and non-traditional form of marketing; today, they're just not as influential, new research from creative firm visual guide Visual Objects reveals that only 11 percent of people have interacted with a social...
How likely are you to ask a roomful of your company’s top sales professionals, “Are we making your life easier? Do we help you close business?” If you’d hesitate to ask, the old adage “Don’t ask a question you already know the answer to” may have sprung to mind....
New research from Data-to-Everything Platform provider Splunk exploring how prepared organizations are for the beginning of the Data Age reveals that two-thirds (67 percent) of those surveyed expect the sheer quantity of data to grow nearly five times by 2025. The...
The COVID crisis has proven to be disruptive to many business initiatives, and the adoption of disruptive technology is no exception. But the latest research from professional services network KPMG suggests that a majority (77 percent) of global tech executives are...
Digital PR is an approach utilized to improve awareness of a brand using online techniques. Indeed, it is somehow similar to traditional PR in multiple ways. However, it is the best way to reach a broader audience that is impossible to reach using offline approaches....
This year, the U.S. podcast advertising industry is already seeing notable growth and will continue to do so for the rest of the year, compared to the ad spending for any other audio formats. In fact, according to estimates, the podcast ad spend will grow by 10.4...
New research from Logica Research, in collaboration with InnovateMR and Women in Research, provides current insights into Americans’ financial, emotional and working lives during the continued impact of COVID-19, as well as employment trends, job satisfaction, and the...
As summer winds down, August has traditionally been a big vacation month, but of course nothing about 2020 is traditional. Our traffic held steady last month, and a wide variety of posts led the charge for our readers, ranging from media relations challenges and...
The recent surge in video conferencing brought on by the COVID pandemic has provided a wealth of comedic material for social media – from bosses transforming themselves into potatoes to Saturday Night Live’s take on the ubiquitous Zoom call, and many fails and awkward...
Technology and commerce are inextricably intertwined. As businesses adopt new technology to boost their productivity, technology further advances, and those advancements produce even better tools for business owners to use to their advantage. The need to adopt...
If there’s anything the COVID crisis has taught communicators, it’s that the days of bland, generic messaging are officially done—personalization is now essential for brand marketers and PR across the customer journey, influencing brand awareness, brand loyalty, and...