Best Practices
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Brands on Fire
Brands on Fire LIVE With Alex Tomlin, SVP of Marketing for Bacardi North America
In our inaugural Brands on Fire LIVE, we spoke with Alex Tomlin, SVP of Marketing for Bacardi North America, about the success of Bacardi brands, culturally-relevant marketing initiatives, educating younger generations of drinkers, and more.
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Branding/Marketing
PR Roundup: PR Lessons from the Signal Crisis, PR Employee Engagement and Job Satisfaction, UPS Launches Tariff Tool
This week’s PR Roundup looks at the crisis issues surrounding the fallout from sending of government Signal messages to a journalist, a new study about PR employee engagement not reflecting job satisfaction, and how a new online tool created by UPS is helping to alleviate tariff stress for customers.
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Crisis Management
Navigating Layoff Communication—With or Without a Plan
Downsizing staff is never easy, but how it’s communicated can define a company’s reputation both internally and externally.
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Branding/Marketing
The Benefits of Building a Velvet Rope Around Your Brand
Whether a product or service is priced for the one percent or the everyday American, there are strategies to put in place to create a velvet rope around a brand to make your clientele feel like VIPs.
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Engagement
Festival Roundup: Top 20 Brand Activations at SXSW 2025
With its focus on music, tech and entertainment, the SXSW Conference & Festivals in Austin tend to showcase some of the most creative activations across the experiential marketing industry. Here are the top 20.
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Branding/Marketing
PR Roundup: Journos Pick Bluesky, Frontier Pokes Southwest Air, Forever 21 Bankruptcy Lessons
This week’s PR Roundup explores the growth of journalists on Bluesky, bankruptcy communications in light of Forever 21 closing, and how brands like Frontier Airlines and Polestar are taking advantage of market changes with messaging.
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Media Relations
Your CEO Might Not Be Your Best Spokesperson. Here’s Who Journalists Actually Want to Hear From
Data from Edelman’s Trust Barometer shows only 30% of journalists say CEOs are the most credible voice for company information, which means 70% would rather hear from someone else.
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Crisis Management
In Times of Upheaval, Pick Up the Scalpel and Put Down the Sword
As change and chaos grips our politics, and business leaders try to find their footing, the desire to take bold action can be tempting. In moments like these, however, that kind of thinking can be illusory—and seeking that sense of calm or catharsis for its own sake can lead to ill-advised short-term decision-making with long-term consequences for your brand.
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Branding/Marketing
SXSW 2025 Mixes It Up Again for Brands, Influencers and Their Publicists
SXSW 2025 requires those brands speaking and showcasing at the event to be provocative enough to break through the sea of activations to get the attention of media.
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Digital & Technology
Indeed’s VP, Corporate Comms, on Top Use Cases for Generative AI
At PRNEWS’ March 25 online training workshop, Artificial Intelligence for PR, attendees will learn best practices for pitching media using generative AI, how to use the latest tools for deep research, top AI use cases for PR professionals, how to protect organizations from AI threats, and much more. Following is a conversation with one of our panelists, Scott Dobroski, VP, Corporate Communications at Indeed, on best practices for using AI when pitching media.