What are PR agency CEOs biggest business headaches right now?
It's your favourite time of the week again!
The PRmoment newsletter is here. The first question of the week is: What are PR agency CEOs biggest business headaches right now?
This month, The Pulse Business Ltd has run some research on what is causing PR agency CEO’s their biggest business headaches currently. With answers ranging from growth, to measuring client satisfaction, to staff churn, the insightful findings, uncovered by Imogen Osborne can be read here: https://www.prmoment.com/pr-research/what-are-pr-agency-ceos-biggest-business-headaches
The review of PR Pitches and mergers & acquisitions in UK PR: April 2024
Once again, Ben Smith was kindly joined by Andrew Bloch for April's PR pitches and M&A activity.
In our latest podcast, Ben and Andrew discuss the biggest pitch wins and mergers and acquisitions that the PR sector has seen in April 2024, including:
Listen to the podcast in full here: https://www.prmoment.com/podcasts/the-review-of-pr-pitches-and-mergers-acquisitions-in-uk-pr-april-2024
Good and Bad PR: NHS drones shine whilst Co-op Arena and robot dogs fall flat this week
Andy Barr is back with his Good and Bad PR of the week.
On the good list this week are the NHS, and robodogs.
Who made the bad list? Take a look at Andy's latest column here (shock horror, it includes the absolute carnage at Manchester's Co-op Live Arena): https://www.prmoment.com/good-bad-pr/nhs-drones-shine-whilst-co-op-arena-and-robot-dogs-fall-flat-this-week
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Podcast: A guide to buying, selling and growing your PR firm, from Michael Murphy
On a recent podcast, Ben Smith chatted with Michael Murphy about Michael’s guide to buying, selling and growing your PR firm.
Michael is an advisor and non-executive for various PR firms. Notably, he’s helped WE Communications since 2014. He also currently works with Coverdale Barclay , Alfred, and Lodestone Communications, among others.
Previously, he was CEO of APAC, Weber Shandwick and CEO of International from 1993 – 2000, CEO of Trimedia International from 2004 – 2009 and Global CEO of?Grayling from 2009 – 2013.
Listen to the insightful podcast here: https://www.prmoment.com/podcasts/a-guide-to-buying-selling-and-growing-your-pr-firm-from-michael-murphy
How to upskill in PR
There are two sides to the upskilling coin: employers teaching their teams additional skills, and employees independently going out there and pro-actively?learning them. Approaching upskilling from either perspective isn’t as simple as it may seem - it can be costly and time-consuming, and it can be hard to know on which skills, and employees at which level, should be focused on first.
So, in an industry that’s moving forwards faster than ever, we reached out to seven employers and employees in PR for advice on how they approach upskilling in 2024.
Advice included:
Read the comments in full here: https://www.prmoment.com/pr-insight/how-to-upskill-in-pr
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