The planet benefits from corporate social responsibility strategies regardless, but brands begin to benefit when consumers are aware of those efforts. Reducing a carbon footprint is a good look for brands, and it engages consumers when the particular efforts align with their individual values. That's... Read More

Corporate social responsibility efforts not only benefit the planet and brand reputation, but they are also key to attracting millennial consumers. These plugged-in and open-minded yet strongly opinionated buyers are particular about the brands they choose to support. That's because they're... Read More

Universities across the globe face different crises on a daily basis. The media has reported on everything from campus shootings and riots to hazing, hate crimes or another similar critical situation that can result in students feeling uncomfortable and in danger. Institution leaders must learn how to... Read More

Skepticism is alive and well in 2018. Fake news or alternative facts—depending more on a person’s point of view rather than actual reality—wormed its way into our collective psyche over the course of 2016 and 2017. When combined with revelations about social media accounts used to purposefully... Read More

The value of having real-time access to what people are saying about your company is essential to anyone involve in communications. LexisNexis Newsdesk ® delivers just that. Launched in April 2015, Newsdesk is designed to work as a versatile media monitoring and analytics tool that delivers PR and... Read More

In the digital age, you need more than a ruler to measure PR performance. Preview our eBook on why AVEs fall short and what metrics you need to track instead. Since the inception of the profession, public relations practitioners have wrestled with one vexing challenge above all others: How do we measure... Read More

Nearly three weeks have passed since Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico. Since then, at least 43 people have died , 84 percent of the territory remains without power, 37 percent of its citizens don't have access to drinking water, over 6,000 people are held up in shelters, and there's... Read More

From an early age, we hear phrases like, “ There’s no such thing as a free lunch ,” “Free comes at a price” and “Nothing is free.” These sayings capture the truth that there are few things in life that are truly given at no cost—there are usually strings... Read More

A goldfish has a longer attention span than your audience. A goldfish? Yep, a goldfish. You may have seen the story as it got picked up by a variety of media outlets. It seems some scientists (purportedly with Microsoft Canada) studied the brain activity of 112 people as they did various tasks... Read More

Last month, a news alert came through that the European Union slapped Google with a $2.7 billion fine for breaking antitrust law. The EU judged that Google had “abused its dominate position by systematically favoring” its own shopping comparison services while demoting its competitors’... Read More

By Sam Knowles, Founder & MD of Insight Agents, a corporate and brand storytelling consultancy News is neither a fixed nor a finite entity. There are some periods in history when it feels like there’s just more happening than at others. I’m not talking about the Dark Ages (which suffered... Read More

If you are a real estate professional, you know that having information is crucial to growing your business. Using open web can be suitable for finding on-the-surface info, but it won’t reveal the full picture that you need the most win new business, such as: exclusive contact data, market analytics... Read More

Reputation management, one of the major branches of modern public relations, is at its most important when a crisis strikes. If a brand you're representing comes into bad press, your efforts to burnish the company's image will face a major test. There are really two kinds of actions that will... Read More

From 1983 until 1994, PBS aired The Joy of Painting , which featured the always good-natured Bob Ross demonstrating wet-on-wet oil painting. While it doesn’t sound like a show that would attract a large audience, the show—and Bob’s folksy, conversational teaching style—enjoyed... Read More

How many people are seeing your PR messages? This is likely one of the first and most important metrics you check once a story with media analytics once your pitch reaches the masses. While this is a good start, however, it's premature to call a campaign a success until you've determined whether... Read More

April 29, 2017 marked the 100 th day of Donald Trump’s Presidency. Since taking office, Trump has signed 24 executive orders, 22 presidential memoranda, 20 presidential proclamations, and 28 bills. But how much of his work has made a difference? Has he stayed true to his 100-day plan which he laid... Read More

With a whole new year stretching out in front of you, it's time to take stock of what trends and changes your department or company is going to face in the months ahead. The next steps for the Public Relations universe will likely include a few continuing trends from 2016, alongside a few long-gestating... Read More

It’s not unheard of for TV shows—like Saturday Night Live—or parody news sites—like The Onion—to bend the latest headlines to their will for the sake of comedy. But recently, headlines have trumpeted a disturbing trend: the rise of deliberately misleading or even entirely... Read More

It's not enough to only score Public Relations victories when there is a new product to promote or a major news event to link. Keeping excitement for a brand at a simmering level for a long time keeps companies in touch with news providers and the public at large, and there are plenty of actions... Read More

A new media launch is a PR masterclass. No matter the field you promote in, you can draw inspiration and information from observing how movies, television shows and online media offerings present themselves. With the recent launch of fall TV shows in the U.S., there are plenty of great examples to choose... Read More

Being a PR professional today means bringing news outlets and consumers closer to companies than they've ever come before. It's a social media-powered age wherein people examine the organizations they do business with. This often now means ensuring the company's values come through loud and... Read More

"I'll leave it to chance," said no PR professional ever. But, do all PR professionals have a fast and effective way to stay atop of media buzz? Last September, we brought together three media intelligence experts to share best practices for utilizing media monitoring to manage, protect... Read More

Since the dawn of the social media age, viral success has been a PR goal. The idea of scoring maximum coverage for little outlay is often too exciting to pass up. But that doesn't mean companies should chase this goal recklessly. There are a huge number of risks, and campaigns designed for viral... Read More

There are always lessons to be taken from which people, places and events are getting the most media coverage. A major sporting event such as the Olympic Games provides a great chance to focus in on the athletes, countries and companies involved. The patterns and sentiments embedded in the data show... Read More

“Without promotion, something terrible happens… nothing!” Sounds like a quote any brand might ascribe to these days, right? Actually, those words come from one of the most brilliant promotors of the 19 th century and founder of the Barnum & Baily Circus—Phineas Taylor Barnum... Read More