The rapid evolution of digital and data is causing unprecedented and revolutionary changes on communications and marketing. While CCOs and CMOs agree digital and data are critical to organizational success, they are grappling with how best to describe and deploy both...
AI will turn PR people into superheroes within a year
PR is critical for startups. The profession is always been one part relationship manager, one part storyteller — a sales and marketing gig rolled into one. But with billions being poured into artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning over the next 30 years,...
Pre- and post-crisis response critical for non-profits—here’s why
The last time I checked, non-profits were still businesses. People are served by a non-profit’s actions. A non-profit has staff that addresses those people’s needs. Planning is involved to ensure the business mission is carried out. There is money changing hands. So...
Native ads paired with branded content generate highest brand lift
Brand marketing metrics throughout the customer journey significantly improve with native campaigns that leverage a True Native ad experience, according to new research from native ad tech platform Nativo and brand measurement firm comScore. The firms recently...
Influence? What’s that?
Influence is a lovely word. Brands that don’t have it want it, and brands that have it, well, they’re golden. But what does it mean? Ask any PR department or agency if they have an “influential” top tier media list they work from, chances are very good they’ll say,...
AVE alternatives: There is life after ad value equivalency
I sense a creeping panic setting in at many PR agencies and in-house PR teams. Their favorite fictitious metric, known as Ad Value Equivalency (AVE), is slowly but surely disappearing from measurement tool boxes around the world. As I’ve written before, both AMEC and...
Podcast ad revenues expected to top $220 million in 2017
Podcasters will be thrilled to hear that their money-making potential is reaching unprecedented levels. U.S. podcast advertising revenues are forecasted to skyrocket to more than $220 million in 2017—an uptick of 85 percent over the $119 million recorded in 2016,...
Five trends and predictions changing the PR industry
Our agency team keeps a close eye on emerging trends and frequently reviews new communications opportunities and needs for Fineman PR clients. I recently asked my team to share their predictions and observations as we reach the halfway point of 2017. Here are five...
How to be a PR Superstar Using Data [Webinar Recap]
On July 26, 2017, Bulldog Reporter presented a webinar by Serena Ehrlich titled Monitor, Measure, Evaluate, Evolve. Here is a recap of what Business Wire's Director of Social and Evolving Media had to teach us. Our recent webinar, Monitor, Measure, Evaluate, Evolve,...
Getting your small business marketing off the ground—3 tips
Many small business owners see their grand opening as the culmination of a lifelong dream of owning their own business. Indeed, it's an important milestone, but it's really just the beginning of a journey to build a brand that can attract and keep customers coming in...
What PR can learn from 2017’s internet and tech trends
Each year, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers partner Mary Meeker, a true technologist and venture capitalist, releases an Internet Trends report. This report covers everything from healthcare to Chinese and Indian internet to video games, but it also gives us a...
Why CMOs struggle with adaptability in branded content delivery
Marketing leaders and agencies are finding it increasingly difficult to keep pace with growing demands to localize and adapt their creative strategies. Facing a widening range of digital and physical channels that each require rapid adaptation in order to remain...