28 Plus Public Relations Resources to Brush up and Stay Sharp in Comms
A carefully curated list of public relations resources like newsletters, blogs, podcasts, trades and books for staying up to speed in comms The other day Google alerted me to the fact someone had mentioned this blog in response to this...Read More
The Making of Cision: A Brief History of 18 M&A Transactions that Consolidated a Sizable Chunk of the PR Tech Market into One Company
Note: this post was last updated in February 2022. In the course of putting together the monthly PR technology summary (PR Tech Sum), I’ve realized that no news site has compiled a complete list of all the acquisitions around Cision....Read More
9 Little Stories from a One Time Public Relations Gig with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
The month of May will see a sunset on an iconic American performance in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Like many in the middle, I have mixed feelings around the circumstances of its demise. It does seem...Read More
Public Relations: In History, at Crossroads and in the Future [UML]
There’s an old saying that the best business people aren’t student of business, but students of history. This allows them to see things in a grander context, and perhaps choose a path that avoids repetition. We study the past so...Read More
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Icons: Drucker, Einstein and the Final Confessions of David Ogilvy [UML]
The copy I bought of David Ogilvy’s “Confessions of an Advertising Man” roughly 15 years ago was used. To the best of my recollection, it appeared the book was out of print, yet there was a seller on a little...Read More
The PR Stunt that Saved Batman for Generations
PR is a long-term strategy. Relationships and reputations aren’t built in days or even fiscal quarters and rebuilding a damaged brand can take years for a business While reinvention is a timeless PR positioning strategy, for Batman the process would...Read More
General Electric Theater: Reagan met Content Marketing in 1954
In 1954, the television had reached a critical milestone: 26 million U.S. households (56%) owned a TV. Long before product placements and sponsored content, one iconic American brand placed a big bet in creating its own television program – another...Read More
The 5 Major PR steps to the Declaration of Independence
by Frank Strong We often think of the Declaration of Independence as a singular event, the starting point for the war that would ensue over the better part of a decade. As it is history, if it is the record...Read More
A Colonial Pamphlet “Common Sense” Intersects with PR [Independence Day]
“As much hath been said of the advantages of reconciliation which, like an agreeable dream, hath passed away and left us as we were, it is but right, that we should examine the contrary side of the argument, and inquire...Read More
PRSA’s #PRdefined: Please Don’t Redefine Failure
“Public relations helps an organization and its publics adapt mutually to each other.” That’s the old definition. There are three options for a new definition: “Public relations is the management function of researching, communicating and collaborating with publics to build...Read More
