Communications is an essential part of just about any professional team or business. But how does a communicator ensure they are giving their colleagues the best benefit of their work that they can? Ragan’s singled out important roles a communicator should play in their article “5 things communicators must do to succeed.” Communicators play a [...]
Public relations has always been a bit of a murky field when it comes to measuring success. But that is changing in the modern era of digital PR. Technology is giving us ways to track the success—or failure—of campaigns and activities like never before. Yet there is a danger of getting lost in the noise [...]
A public relations campaign is a mammoth task that is impossible to get perfectly right. It requires tremendous effort in planning, creativity, and execution, and even then your efforts are always subject to events. But there are several things that can be done while planning which will help prepare you for the unexpected. Here are [...]
Social media has become an incredibly effective tool in a brand marketer’s toolbox. But if managed poorly, a social media presence can be as harmful as it is helpful for a brand’s identity. Here are several common mistakes in managing a social media marketing strategy and what you should do instead that Danielle Winski describes [...]
The focus on fake news’ impact almost exclusively on politics might lead some to disregard it as irrelevant. But recent events are revealing that fake news can be weaponized against far more than politics—a new analysis of social media criticism of Star Wars: The Last Jedi found that more than half of negative [...]
The 2018 midterm elections are now right around the corner—only five days remain before the polls open on November 6. And no matter your age, race, gender, or political affiliation, everyone is encouraged to go and vote and fulfill your civic obligation as a citizen. But if you want to vote for the representatives and [...]
The Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP), a coalition of multi-specialty medical groups and health systems across the United States, is a firm advocate of using telehealth to improve the healthcare delivery process. Recently, they released a new white paper titled “A Roadmap to Telehealth Adoption: From Vision to Business Model” which highlights [...]
Facebook’s recent changes to its news feed has resulted in increasing numbers of users noticing a decline in their organic reach. In fact Adam Mosseri, vice president of product management at Facebook, noted that it began to “shift ranking to make the news feed more about connecting with people and less about consuming [...]
One of the benefits of going to a conference year after year is the chance to observe industry trends over time. The conglomeration of business in one place, the exhibit floor chatter, the sessions and workshops, blend together into themes and patterns showing where a sector is headed. After attending 20-plus RIMS (Risk and Insurance [...]
For the last four years, Scott PR has been privileged to attend the annual Association of Health Care Journalists’ (AHCJ) conference with our non-profit clients. The experience of seeing journalists face to face, talking about their interests, and attending some fantastic workshops looking behind the scenes at the health care headlines provides a great [...]
