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Social media advertising blunders- a look at past advertising failures and what brands can learn from them

Prohibition

Social media has the potential to grow a brand’s identity and consumer base extensively. However, advertising can just as easily be detrimental for businesses, and blunders are commonplace in the industry. Competitor brand KFC brilliantly responded “the best time to delete this post was immediately after posting it.

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[Webinar] How Overstock Combines Paid & Earned Media To Drive Brand Engagement

Onclusive

Date/Time: November, 13 2019 at 10AM PST. Combining the reach & frequency of advertising with the credibility of earned media helps Overstock maximize reader engagement and brand impact. How Overstock measures the brand impact of their media coverage. Complete Form To Register For The Webinar.

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Should Anyone Advertise Alcohol?

Mindful Marketing

In only one year, from 2019 to 2020, tax revenue from liquor sales fell by $813 million , which was “the largest decline in three decades — and a cause for alarm for a government facing broad fiscal challenges.” I have to admit that alcohol advertising is a difficult issue for me to approach objectively.

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Control And The Marketing Ventriloquist: How To Improve Your PR And Advertising Performance Simultaneously

Onclusive

This post was originally posted on AdAge on December 04, 2019. In my previous article on marketing ventriloquism , I made the case for marketers talking through voices other than their own and explained that most marketers tend to rely on advertising because of a need for perceived control.

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How to Social in 2019: Experts Share their Views

Flack's Revenge

Drew Neisser: What’s not safe is ignoring social conversations, especially those related to your brand and category. Interestingly, brands that take a stand, even a controversial one, are generally way ahead of those that sit on the sidelines. Too many brands still operate in output-only mode and then wonder why no one has noticed.

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PR vs. Advertising: What’s the difference?

5W PR

When most people hear about PR and advertising, they assume it’s roughly the same thing. The mistaken belief might arise from the fact that both of them have to do with the information found about a person or brand in the media, making both of them marketing. The starkest difference between them is that advertising is controlled media.

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Social media trends overview—what’s hot and what’s not in 2019

Agility PR Solutions

A comprehensive new report from AI-powered social marketing platform Socialbakers takes a deep exploratory dive into 2019’s hottest social media trends for comms industry pros and brands who want to work smarter in social media to engage with audiences at scale.