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corporate communications, public relations, social media, Video

Is TikTok just for kids and fun brands or can corporate PR use it?

Posted onJune 8, 2020June 8, 2020

TikTok’s meteoric rise has accelerated during the lockdown. However, most of the examples I’ve seen of it being used for work purposes have been influencers …

corporate communications, Media, public relations, Research, social media

Digital now rivals traditional media as driver of major investment decisions

Posted onJuly 24, 2018August 30, 2019

New research into how investors use digital media reveals that it now rivals traditional media as a driver of investment decisions. The new data from …

corporate communications, public relations, Reputation Management, social media

Who owns social media?

Posted onMarch 26, 2018August 30, 2019

It was more than 10 years ago when I first debated the question who owns social media. Last week I spoke on the same topic …

corporate communications, Crisis Communications, Marketing, Measurement and Evaluation, public relations, social media

The State of Social Media in 2017

Posted onJuly 24, 2017August 30, 2019

“Relying on reach to identify influencers is like releasing a flock of seagulls hoping some will get lucky and s**t on the crowd below.” Call …

Content, corporate communications, Infographic, Public Affairs, public relations, social media

How PR and corporate communications can use animated gifs

Posted onMarch 16, 2017August 30, 2019

In Harry Potter newspaper pictures are alive with characters that move. Animated gifs are a type of image file format that are like photographs alive …

PRCA, public relations, Research, social media, Training

Digital PR spend increases significantly, but still not enough investment in training

Posted onOctober 6, 2016August 30, 2019

The PRCA Digital PR and Communications Report 2016 reveals a sharp rise in digital PR budgets, but continuing concern over the lack of investment in …

corporate communications, Crisis Communications, Journalism, Measurement and Evaluation, Media, PR strategy, public relations, Reputation Management, social media

PR problem? Hire a journalist… or rather don’t if you want to have successful PR

Posted onMay 29, 2016August 30, 2019

I actually laughed out loud when I read this story about the BBC’s world affairs editor John Simpson setting up a corporate consultancy to advise …

Conference Speaking, corporate communications, public relations, social media

Place of digital and social media in public relations

Posted onDecember 14, 2015August 30, 2019

In November I spoke at the first ever World Conference on Public Relations in Emerging Economies on the topic of the place of digital and social …

Conference Speaking, corporate communications, Crisis Communications, CSR, Measurement and Evaluation, PR strategy, Public Affairs, public relations, Reputation Management, social media

PR rising in Africa rising

Posted onNovember 27, 2015August 30, 2019

By 2020 African consumers will be spending more than a trillion dollars. 80% own mobile phones. 80% of mobiles sold in Kenya are smartphones, a …

CIPR, Infographic, PR strategy, PRCA, public relations, Research, SEO, social media

PRCA Digital PR Report 2015 need for more digital PR training and digital PR budgets expected to grow

Posted onSeptember 14, 2015August 30, 2019

The Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) has revealed the findings of its Digital PR Report 2015, with insights across the following key areas: In-house budgeting …

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About the PR Futurist blog

This is the personal blog of Stuart Bruce. I started my PR blog in 2003, so it was one of the first PR blogs in the world. I have maintained it personally while running and working for a variety of different businesses. Its primary purpose is not commercial but to promote new thinking and ideas in the field of public relations and communications.

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