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Are employee social media advocacy programs really working?

Communications Conversations

Encouraging employees to share content on social can be significantly more cost-effective than upping your ad spend. And, these programs can have a big impact on recruiting–which is front-and-center for almost every brand right now. The post Are employee social media advocacy programs really working?

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Brand PR Lessons from SXSW Taco Trucks and Sessions: Authenticity Counts

Cision

For this post, I want to focus on one session: SXSW Podcast Stage: On Brand. The panel was an engaged discussion on brands and individuals choosing to take a stand and share their beliefs on politically charged issues in an increasingly polarized political climate. Still scared to take a stand from your brand’s voice?

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Why Brands Need to Get Emotional

Cision

Brands know that emotions are powerful motivators and an emotional campaign can heavily influence buyer behavior. Brands that are shying away from emotion as a motivator, or merely only as a data-set to inform a marketing persona are fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. . Duracell is “Trusted Everywhere”.

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Storytelling is the Essence of Brand Development; Off Script No. 44: Jeffrey Crow

Sword and the Script

Can a good story create value for a brand? While I look for my next gig, I’m doing some consulting for a range of different companies helping to set their brand strategy and developing plans for them to attack their respective markets. From your perspective what is storytelling? . If there’s no story, there’s no brand.

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The Top PR Trends For 2017

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Here are the top new trends that are accelerating change in the practice of public relations and challenging old-timers as we move into 2017. Today’s PR programs are less about selling and more about telling… stories that engage prospects or customers, and visual storytelling is hotter than ever.

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Storytelling Techniques: Avoiding the Humble Brag

ReimaginePR

See, these statements aren’t just limited to loudmouth celebrities and social media only. In fact, More and more businesses are using the humble brag during their storytelling—and it’s driving everyone nuts! This means that their first impression of you and your brand might not be as favorable as it should be.

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Best Practice When Using Video Across Different Social Media Channels

Prohibition

Video content is a fantastic way to engage audiences, informing and capturing your brand’s message to your target audience in ways which still imagery simply cannot. Videos are also a great storytelling device. This will support your brand ‘s content strategy for creating and optimising social posting moving forwards.

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