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Caine’s Arcade: How Powerful Storytelling Can Make a Difference

Polaris

Stories—and storytelling—are powerful. He also addressed the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. Its signature event is the Global Cardboard Challenge, held in 2013 and 2014 on the Saturday closest to the anniversary of the 2012 flash mob. Let me tell you about one such story.

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The Power Of Creativity In PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Still, a prime impediment to PR teams’ showing out-of-the-box creative chops is clients’ aversion to risk– something not so prevalent in the advertising field. Advertisements for travel metasearch sites usually involve a cutesy gnome (Travelocity) or a charismatic spokesperson (Trivago). 4 ways creative PR takes it up a notch.

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Content Marketing Lessons Learned From Our Best Performing Blog Posts

Polaris

Here are some of Polaris’ most popular blog posts from 2014, along with the lessons they taught us. So I turned to Bill Hearn , Counsel, Davis LLP, a leading legal expert in competition, advertising and marketing law. This post was our most viewed in 2014, with more than 2.5 Everyone wanted to understand the new rules.

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How the World of Influencers Has Shifted

Cision

I don ’ t think I noticed this until early 2014 when Chrissy Teigen asked me how to get a Taco Bell Breakfast Phone after I posted mine. . Jeff Barrett (@BarrettAll) March 20, 2014. christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 23, 2014. The more influencers are used, the more PR can grow and take budgets away from advertising.

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Talking Points Podcast: Interviews with SocialMedia.Org’s Andy Sernovitz and Whole Foods’ Natanya Anderson

Communications Conversations

I had the week off this week, but luckily Kevin Hunt had the opportunity to interview Andy Sernovitz of SocialMedia.Org and Natanya Anderson of Whole Foods around the topics of native advertising, digital storytelling and key rules every social media leader should keep in mind (great post by Kevin over on Linked about this ).

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20 PR and Marketing Predictions for 2022

Sword and the Script

Brad Marley , Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media . It’s good news for contextual advertising companies, who have already started reaping the benefits of marketing’s ‘identity crisis.’ The lines between marketing, advertising, and PR will continue to blur, with many companies wanting to consolidate the three efforts.

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5 social media marketing predictions for 2015 that are flat-out wrong

Communications Conversations

Consider the following stats: 91% of Americans own a cell phone; 61% own a smartphone; mobile ad spending doubled in 2013 and 2014; and, consumers spend 60% of their internet time on a mobile device. P rediction: Visual storytelling will emerge as a main strategy for growing communities in 2015. Prediction: Mobile will take over.