Stories by Seth Arenstein

As you know, doing more with less is a regular refrain in PR and marketing. As such, we regularly bring you tips about doing things on a tight budget. But can brands really create videos on a budget? Food Network didn’t think such lessons applied to it, but found out differently. Here’s what it learned.

Our weekly roundup of trends, news and personnel moves in PR and marketing. Stories this week include the demise of Bell Pottinger, Doug Busk’s new position, the FTC confronting influencers directly and older citizens getting their news via social media.

In the Houston area the priorities are rescue, assistance and recovery. Finger pointing about who’s to blame has started, but properly should come much, much later, if at all. Still, there are PR lessons in the early stages of what looks to be a years-long issue. Here are a few.

The more things change…. Data from Shareablee tracking consumer engagement with brands’ posts on Facebook during the first half of the year shows nonprofits depending increasingly on video. It’s the same story for B2B and B2C brands.

A new study from Gould + Partners shows PR firms continue to struggle with profitability. The future will be bleak unless firms adjust their rates as they increase salaries and bonuses, the study’s author says.

In an era where the hottest topic is fake news, how can you build trust with journalists? You’ll likely need to do so on social media. Here are tips that will help you do that and start to pitch more successfully, too.

Our weekly roundup of news, trends and personnel announcements in communications and marketing. This week’s stories include PR lessons from the disaster in Houston, Uber’s new CEO, Bell & Pottinger’s fate and Chipotle gets a CCO.

Earlier this month PR News asked 24 public relations leaders the following question: How can public relations leaders become stronger strategic business advisers as the lines between PR, digital and marketing continue to blur? Their answers demonstrate these leaders feel PR already is a strategic advisor and will remain so regardless how blurry the lines between PR, marketing and advertising become.

Once again video was the star of the show for brands on Facebook in the first half of 2017. This week we look at B2C brands courtesy of data supplied exclusively to PR News from Shareablee.

Everyone talks about spurring creative thinking and being nimble. Mondelez International found a way to do just that as it created its millennial-inspired snack line Vea. We spoke to VP Marketing Jason Levine to find out how they did it.