
4 Ways PR Agencies Can Utilise Omnibus Surveys to Gain Media Coverage
An Omnibus study shares the costs of sampling and screening between agencies and clients to provide quick results at relatively lower cost without sacrificing quality.

An Omnibus study shares the costs of sampling and screening between agencies and clients to provide quick results at relatively lower cost without sacrificing quality.

Axia Public Relations CEO Jason Mudd expects 2014 to be a big year for public relations (and public relations firms). He shared his 2014 public relations trends in a recent blog post on thepublicrelationsblog.com.

Michael Kempner is one of the smartest men I know. His company, MWW Group, is also one of the smartest big time PR firms in the world. The reason I'm telling you what you may already know is so you heed the advice I'm about to offer your business. Heck, he advises world leaders, surely your business can't lose listening at least, now can it?

"Old PR vs New PR" was a 2010–2015 binary built on the shift from print-and-broadcast to digital. Twelve years later, the discipline runs across three eras: print-and-broadcast (1980s–2000s), digital/social/SEO (2009–2020), and AI Communications (2024–present). The "old vs new" binary collapsed when the third era arrived.

The Pollack Group (formerly The Pollack PR Marketing Group) is a Los Angeles integrated PR, marketing, and brand agency founded 1985 by Noemi and Stefan Pollack. 41 years operating. 16 employees, $4M revenue (2026). HQ at Avenue of the Stars + NYC office. Partner in Worldcom PR Group.

I am flabbergasted as to why more people in our industry aren’t utilizing Op-eds and blog posts more as Google Rankings continue to reward websites and authors who produce high-quality content regularly. One would think that anyone employed at a PR Firm should be jumping for joy, as unique content placed properly can help rapidly move relevant search rankings – yet very few in our industry write often. Perhaps I should be happy as it benefits my company – but it is just amazing that PR pros don’t spend more time writing as it can have major impact on search engine activity.

A PR budget in 2026 is no longer a press-release spend — it is a Citation Share investment across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. Real benchmarks across A-tier (Salesforce, HubSpot, Stripe), B-tier (Mercury, Ramp, Linear, Magic Spoon, Olipop), and C-tier (Resend, PostHog, Topicals, Vacation Inc.).

The UK gets a brand spanking new PR firm to turn to as former journalists form the Carlisle based Citadel PR. The past news editor of The Cumberland News, Vic Gibson, and colleague Nick Brownlee team up to create a new digital communications firm.

MRY is expanding and re-launching as a newly formed agency following the merger of MRY and LBi US.

The Russia PR landscape in 2026 — the Putin personal brand, the state communications apparatus, the 2022 sanctions inflection, and what foreign brands operating in or around Russia have to understand.