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Facebook Might Actually Save Publishing After All

Let it be known that, yes, I do read BuzzFeed. And before you mock, let it also be known that hordes of much more highly respected people than me read it, too. People like Heidi Moore, finance and economics editor at The Guardian, for instance.…
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Let’s get down to business – CCgroup launches Business Technology stream

The 27th of November saw CCgroup launch its latest division – Business Technology. There’s a news release here that explains why we think it’s important, what the opportunities are and why we’re equipped to make the most of them.…
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Poland 2013: Stable PR budgets but changing media landscape

This week we spoke to Lukasz Wilczyński and his colleagues, who shared their impressions of the recent changes in PR and the media perspective from Poland: How did the global recession affect the demand for PR in Poland 2013? The crisis…
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and … SlideShare?

Brands are well aware by now that a presence on social media is a necessity for public relations in this day and age. Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn claim the top three places for most popular social media sites for businesses, but there is…
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Failure to Launch: 6 Tips for a Better Website Development Experience

In what may be the single biggest debut belly flop in internet history, the healthcare.gov website continues to struggle with intermittent outages, an inability to handle peak usage and critical breakdowns at key points. Put aside the politics…
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4 Ways to Ensure Your B2B Social Media Strategy Isn’t Just a Corporate Afterthought

Sometimes, it seems like everything has already been said about B2B social media marketing. There are hundreds, maybe thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of articles all talking about the same thing: strategy. To succeed on social media,…
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Wearable tech and Fintech PR: The importance of insight

This blog post was written by Michael Scanlan, CCgroup In 1975, the German electronic band, Kraftwerk, appeared on Tomorrow’s World playing Autobahn while the voiceover explained how they used their ever-so modern synthesisers to create…
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Buzzword Breakdown: The Corporate Narrative

Posted by Leslie Billera at Jennifer Connelly Public Relations (JCPR). Follow Leslie on Twitter @LBillera. Every company’s story is unique. And how you tell yours is critical. Your company’s story is your “corporate narrative,”…
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Latvia 2013: Political and cultural changes cause PR demand

This week to take a look at the Baltics. Our colleague Antra from Latvia shares her insights into recent changes and developments in 2013: 1. How did the global recession affect the demand for PR in Latvia in 2013? In 2013 communication…
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Five flavours of geek the PR industry can’t do without

Richard Fogg, Managing Director of CCgroup “PR Geek Factory Outrage” screamed the TV headlines. Images of a Matrix-style cloning facility flashed on the screen, where dozens of half-formed men and women PR geeks were being synthetically…
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France 2013: Shortend Communication Budgets Favour PR

This week our colleague Marine shares her view of the year 2013 with us and answers the three questions we asked our colleagues around the world. We talk about the global recession, how public relations firms are dealing with the new demand…
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Taiwan 2013: Growing media influence and active political debates

Leaving Europe this week our series moves on to Asia where Christine Kao and Claire Chen share their insights into the Taiwanese market with us.  1.         How did the global recession affect the demand for PR in Taiwan in 2013? In…