Good Monday! Check out your Daily PR Brief - July 18, 2022
Read some of today's best PR and Comms industry news clips:
New PR billing rates/utilization survey reports continuation in increasing rates (Agility PR Solutions - July 18, 2022)
Finn Partners Acquires SPAG (O'Dwyer's - July 18, 2022)
Ragan celebrates 2022 CSR Awards: See full list of winners (PR Daily - July 15, 2022)
Best Practices in Global Comms: A Conversation With ZF Group's Christoph Horn (PRSay - July 18, 2022)
Q&A on Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Storytelling (Ishmael's Corner - The Hoffman Agency - July 15, 2022)
The global PR industry looks well set to withstand economic tremors, argues The PRCA's Koray Camgöz (PRmoment (UK) - July 14, 2022)
The People Behind the Brands – Living Happily Ever After (PRGN - July 18, 2022)
BLND'S Top Picks For Best Social Media Tools (BLND Public Relations - July 14, 2022)
How to Overcome Remote Work Challenges (Commpro - July 16, 2022)
Grow Social Media Engagement with Employee Spotlights (+ Free Templates!) (Franco - July 15, 2022)
Summary Section:
New PR billing rates/utilization survey reports continuation in increasing rates
By Richard Carufel
Agility PR Solutions - July 18, 2022
Newly released research from Gould Partners, the M&A advisory firm specializing in the PR industry, reveals that best in class North American PR agencies again increased their hourly rates in 2021 over averages of all firms from 2020.
Finn Partners Acquires SPAG
By Kevin McCauley
O'Dwyer's - July 18, 2022
Finn Partners has acquired SPAG, an 85-member healthcare PR shop that has offices throughout Asia. Aman Gupta, SPAG founder, joins Finn as managing partner and leader of the independent firm’s Asian healthcare practice.
Ragan celebrates 2022 CSR Awards: See full list of winners
PR Daily - July 15, 2022
The 2022 CSR Awards highlighted the best teams, communicators and campaigns across industries, honoring winners whose CSR & ESG efforts advocated for causes instrumental to their organization's purpose, spark brand activism, provide disaster and pandemic relief, promote environmental stewardship, and much more.
Best Practices in Global Comms: A Conversation With ZF Group's Christoph Horn
By Trevor C. Hale
PRSay - July 18, 2022
Christoph Horn is senior vice president of corporate communications and marketing at ZF Group, a global technology company supplying systems for cars, commercial vehicles and industrial technology, headquartered in Friedrichshafen, Germany.
Q&A on Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Storytelling
By Lou Hoffman, CEO of the Hoffman Agency
Ishmael's Corner - The Hoffman Agency - July 15, 2022
I respect people who can keep the scent of the trail. Fellow storytelling evangelist Brad Marley approached me back in April 2019 to answer a handful of questions on my second-favorite topic. The plot took some twists and turns (naturally), but I answered Brad's questions a couple of months ago. For those who don't subscribe to his newsletter — and you should here, here's the Q&A in blog form.
The global PR industry looks well set to withstand economic tremors, argues The PRCA's Koray Camgöz
By Koray Camgöz, Director of Communications and Marketing at PRCA
PRmoment (UK) - July 14, 2022
The PR market has been on fire since late 2020. Many PRCA members posted 20-30% year-on-year growth, with healthcare and tech sectors leading the charge. But all indications suggest we're entering a new, cautious economic period.
The People Behind the Brands – Living Happily Ever After
By Alexandra Dinita
PRGN - July 18, 2022
The relationships between organizations and communicators are very complex and intimate. Thus consultants should always aim for long-term partnerships.
BLND'S Top Picks For Best Social Media Tools
BLND Public Relations - July 14, 2022
As we all know, to achieve the best social media presence, you need a little help from some outside tools. The tools can be from managing your social media to editing your content. Whatever the case is, we know that we need the best social media tools to keep us to date on trends. So whether you enjoy creating content for TikTok or Instagram, as a social media public relations agency, we are here to give you the best tools to ensure your posts never go out of style!
How to Overcome Remote Work Challenges
Commpro - July 16, 2022
From the outside, working from home may seem ideal. But remote working comes with challenges that require a high level of adaptability.
Grow Social Media Engagement with Employee Spotlights (+ Free Templates!)
By Kaiti Horn, Lily Stotz
Franco - July 15, 2022
Explore ways to grow social media engagement through employee recognition with these employee spotlight best practices and free templates.
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