Another Reason for Business to Avoid Politics: People are Sick of Politics
55% of adult social media users are “worn out” many political posts – it’s another reason brands should avoid politics Every so often a survey comes along that supposedly suggests customers want businesses to take a stand on politics. The...Read More
Media Relations Shrinks as a Public Relations Service; Cliff Notes to 3 Industry Reports
Studies find media relations isn’t the top PR service anymore; PR weakness on technical skills; execs are key to shaping corporate social positions Several interesting reports on the PR industry were published earlier in 2020 but got lost in the...Read More
IABC Webinar Recap: The 2020 JOTW Communication Survey Review
The IABC Heritage Region recently hosted Ned Lundquist and I for a webinar. We presented a sampling of the findings – along with analysis – from the 3rd Annual JOTW Communications Survey for 2020. The full report is more than...Read More
Should Brands Speak Out Right Now or Not? [UML]
Brands are feeling pressure to speaking out right now. At the same time, some brands that have spoken out were subsequently criticized because their own house wasn’t in order. As such, I know there many of us wrestling with this...Read More
6 Benchmarks from a Survey of CMOs through the Lenses of B2B Marketing
Another edition of the bi-annual survey of CMOs published by Christine Moorman, a professor at the business school at Duke University, was published at the end of August. I’ve read and written about the survey since about 2013 and have...Read More
The Complicated Business of Mixing Brand and Politics [Survey]
It’s very difficult to escape politics these days. Political messages have permeated every possible medium from the mailbox to social media and everywhere in-between. Most of it is shouting, and there is very little listening. That’s the backdrop for brands...Read More
Survey Report: Should Brands Take a Public Stand on Politics?
It’s harder to hide from non-stop political noise these days as the United States has never been more divided. Various factions seem engaged in a contest to outmaneuver each other to be more polarizing. There’s an old saying that business...Read More
Should Brands Take a Stand in Politics? [UML]
Update: A year after writing this post, which serves partially as a literature survey, and seeing the narrative begin to push brands to take a stand, I conducted my own primary research on the subject — Study: Should Brands Take...Read More
Diversity, Politics and MBAs in the Business of PR; Off Script #20: James S. Walker
There’s a quote often attributed to Peter Drucker that says culture eats strategy for breakfast. Maybe he said it, and maybe he didn’t, but the but the point remains: it’s hard to execute on a business concept if your people...Read More
