Creating an Employee Advocacy Program That is Right for Your Company
Two years ago, LinkedIn rolled out its employee advocacy platform, Elevate, a paid mobile and desktop app that makes it easy for its users to discover and share content from experts at their company. Designed for organizations with 2,000 or more employees, Elevate helps companies create and improve employee advocacy, and helps encourage employees to […]
Supporting Delta-Q Charge the Lithium Battery Industry
For nearly four years, Communiqué PR has been working with Delta-Q Technologies (Delta-Q) to help achieve its communications objectives and raise awareness of its battery-charging solutions for electric-drive vehicles and machines. From industrial floor cleaners to sport and utility vehicles, Delta-Q continues to transform the battery-charging market by providing solutions that allow original equipment manufacturers […]
Does AI Have a Future in PR?
Digiday recently posted an article uncovering how artificial intelligence (AI) is making its way into PR. Newspapers such as the Associated Press and Washington Post are already using AI to develop earnings reports and write articles that don’t require dedicated reporters. How will this affect PR professionals? Can we begin to realistically and effectively incorporate […]
Cision’s Six Tips for Building an Enterprise Social Media Plan
Would you believe it if you heard that nearly 11 percent of most marketing budgets are dedicated to social media? How about if you heard that among Fortune 500 companies, nearly 98 percent rely on social media for a combination of public relations, marketing, and customer service and industry insights? While these statistics alone are […]
Cision’s Five Truths of Modern Media Targeting
If you subscribe to HARO (Help a Reporter Out) queries, you’re likely familiar with the format of these email alerts. If you are not, welcome to the world of HARO – a great database for journalists and PR professionals with a number of sources for upcoming stories and opportunities to secure media coverage for clients. HARO […]
How Repurposed Content on LinkedIn Impacts SEO Rankings
I recently found myself in a Google typhoon, searching pages of results to answer one seemingly simple question: How does Google treat LinkedIn long-form content for SEO rankings? In particular, I was trying to determine whether or not republishing content, and linking back from one’s own blog to LinkedIn, would negatively impact the SEO value […]
PR & Brand Advocates: Who’s Who in Brand Advocacy?
In its simplest form, a brand advocate is someone or something that acts in favor of a brand or product and is responsible for spreading positive word-of-mouth messages about the brand to others. If you stumbled upon this post in a wandering Google search or with little knowledge of PR, let’s just say that the […]
4 Communication Strategies Instead of Issuing a Press Release
When it comes to communicating company news, we routinely turn to the strategy of drafting a press release and planning its distribution. Make no mistake, issuing a press release is a valuable way to help companies spread its key messages, raise awareness around updates and further establish itself as an industry leader. However, what happens […]
Visual Storytelling to Restore the Fading Attention Span
It’s no question that creative storytelling is top of mind for PR professionals. The objective of nearly every press release, pitch, webinar and case study is telling a compelling story that will not only entice a journalist, but will help the company communicate and strengthen the relationships with their target audiences. With that being said, […]
How to Integrate Video Into Your Upcoming PR and Marketing Campaigns
Would you believe it if you heard that 59 percent of senior executives prefer video content over text? You better believe it. According to Forbes Insights, 80 percent of senior executives say they are watching more online videos today than they were a year ago. In addition to the uptick in views, executives are also […]