Trust and Reputation Drive Brand Influence, But Are You Measuring What Matters?

September 10th, 2026

By Abbie S. Fink This is a republished blog by Abbie S. Fink, President of HMA Public Relations and PRGN’s MarCom Chair. For the original blog, please click here. Brand influence has never been particularly easy to measure. Organizations can track media coverage, social engagement, website traffic, sales, and other concrete outcomes, but knowing what can be measured is different from knowing…
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What is reputation management, and why does it matter?

November 1st, 2021

By Polly Winograd Ikonen, LCI “There is no truth. There is only perception.” When he expressed this sentiment, 19th-century French author Gustave Flaubert could have known nothing of the quagmire of 21st-century cancel culture and truth wars. So one can only assume that perception – a.k.a. reputation – has been a human obsession for quite some time. As your mother…
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