The Most Recommended PR Tech Vendors [PR Tech Sum No. 13]
Survey Identifies Most Recommended PR Tech Vendors, Meltwater Adds Signals, TVEyes Spots Logos in Broadcasts, Cision Shows Pageviews of Coverage, Burrelles Names First Women President For years, I have published a new post every Tuesday like clockwork. For the last...Read More
Partisan Politics Complicates PR and Comms for Business, Survey Finds
72% of communications professionals say partisan politics makes their job harder, according to third annual JOTW Communications Survey for 2020 The majority of professional communicators say partisan politics has complicated communications for brands and businesses. Some 72% of professionals believe...Read More
PR Software Vendors Wrestle with Cybersecurity [PR Tech Sum No. 9]
Welcome to the first PR technology summary (PR tech sum) of 2020. For those new to it, the PR tech sum, it’s a monthly roundup of all the news coming from the vendor community that develops and sells PR technology....Read More
Notified by Intrado is a Promising PR Software Tool that Supports 5 Central Duties in Public Relations [PR Tech Briefing]
Few in PR had ever heard of Notified or its parent company. So, it wasn’t surprising that few paid attention when a US-based company acquired Notified last April. Yet if the name rings a bell, the company has been working...Read More
The Updated Media Monitoring Module by Agility PR Solutions is a Solid Tool for the Price Point [Product Review]
A few months back, Agility PR Solutions announced it updated its media monitoring tool. As I noted then, the company indicated the new software release focused on improving the workflow, search and sharing abilities in the platform. Since then, the...Read More
Would you Run Your Internal Data Through this Media Monitoring AI? PR Tech Sum: Talkwalker, TVEyes, Meltwater, SocialChorus, Cision, Signal AI and Burrelles [PR Tech Sum No. 7]
Every month when I go to write this PR technology summary, I’m surprised at just how many new tools and features are being brought to market. This month was no exception, and perhaps because many of the launches were timed...Read More
Prezly is CRM for PR that’s Built on an Online Newsroom [PR Tech Briefing]
It’s not the best content or the best contacts that drive success in PR – it’s the connection between the two. So says Jesse Wynants, the founder and CEO of Prezly. The Belgium-based company takes customer relationship management (CRM) approach...Read More
New Tech Products and New Features for PR Pros; Agility, Meltwater, Prezly, Business Wire, Onclusive, Intrado, Cision and TVEyes [PR Tech Sum No. 6]
The solution providers serving the PR and communications space have been busy. There were more product releases in September than in any other month, since I started tracking a list of 30 or so vendors about six months ago. You...Read More
The Making of Cision: A Brief History of ~20 M&A Transactions that Consolidated a Sizable Chunk of the PR Tech Market into One Company
Note: this post was last updated in November 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
What Do You Get When You Cross Media Trends with Customer Support and Investor Relations? Business Wire, Meltwater, Onclusive, Cision, TrendKite [PR Tech Sum No. 3]
At the beginning of every new month, I take a look back and the news and notes stemming from the software developers that make tools for PR pros. I call it the PR technology summary (PR tech sum) and here’s...Read More
