Branding/Marketing

Moss Kendrix, a pioneer in the field of public relations, played a significant role in transforming the portrayal of minorities, especially Black Americans, in the media over 75 years ago.

It’s a unique selling point to be an award-winning company, as it enhances credibility and trust, so don’t keep it a secret.

Valentine’s Day is a massive cultural bandwagon for brands to jump onto. And for many, this opportunity pays off. But brands, like anyone else on Valentine’s Day, can get it wrong if they’re thoughtless.

Super Bowl ads used to be tightly guarded secrets, revealed only during the game to maximize impact and surprise. But these days, brands seem to release them days or even weeks before the big game. Our author proposes the answer is rooted in two things: marketing ROI and the advent of viral social media content.

This week’s PR Roundup looks at customers pushing back on McDonald’s rising prices, the PR Council’s latest update to their AI guidelines, and a chapel in Las Vegas looks to marry the most famous couple of the year on Super Bowl Sunday.

How can one decide to enter the conversation—especially as an outlier—and appeal to that broad of a base (such as the Super Bowl audience)? 

This week’s PR Roundup looks at Elmo’s impact on mental health, a preview of Super Bowl advertising themes and a new frontier for niche PR: Higher education.

IMC, also referred to as integrated marketing or integrated marketing communications, is a holistic approach to communication in which unified messages are shared across multiple channels. Our author breaks down the concept in the latest installment of our Explainer series.

Our author explores some of the key challenges in building AI brands, including navigating hype cycles, job-displacement fears and diving deep into the real scope of this technology.

It’s clear many CEOs know how important earned media, including PR, is to trust and credibility, but not all fully grasp its impact on the bottom line.