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PR Glossary: 30 Key Terms and Insights Every Professional Should Know

Newsfile

PR professionals balance these media types to maximize brand exposure and credibility: Paid Media : Content promoted through advertising (e.g., Newsjacking is a media strategy where a brand capitalizes on viral news stories to market itself. What is Native Advertising? What is Viral Marketing? Key PR Concepts Explained 6.

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Super Original Thinking is Required to Topple Facebook

Sword and the Script

Market research, social engineering and a little bit of luck seemed to produce a spate of so-called “boy bands” in the late 1990s. In the liberty of an abstract context, I’d re-introduce Ello and the new social network’s noble concept that there’s a better model than advertising. Rethinking How Advertising is Bought and Sold.

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How Digital PR Pros Can Cope with Recent Google Search Updates

Cision

For instance, 48% of consumers start mobile research with a search engine and on an average, smartphone conversions are up by 64% as compared to the average desktop conversion rates. As we saw with the recent United Airlines fiasco , crisis news doesn’t take time to go viral.

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What is a Press Release and Why is It Important?

5W PR

A press release can be used to announce a new product or a new service, as it’s easy to distribute it to all major search engines and social media platforms, as well as journalists and news outlets, as this way the company is able to reach a larger number of people. In any case, you should avoid ‘fluffy language’ in the main body.

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6 Reasons to Use Influencer Marketing

Critical Mention

According to a 2018 Association of National Advertisers (ANA) survey, 75% of marketers are using influencers as a marketing tool and 43% plan to increase spending on it in the next 12 months. And in a 2017 TINT article, only 4% of consumers declared trust in marketing in advertising in general. influencers) over brand advertisements.

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3 Link Building Strategies For Improving Off-Page SEO (Infographic)

PR 20/20

Peggs is the founder of Marccx Media , a digital marketing agency specializing in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM). Before Marcxx, Peggs worked at Google in business development, forming digital media and advertising partnerships in the United States and Asia. Create high-quality content.

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The Economics of Bad Taste

Mark My Words

Engineered and crafted to grab your attention when you least expect it and then entice you to spread it far and wide in spectacular viral fashion. I’m sure there was fierce debate inside the newsroom about the need to push through with both stories, but the decision was made to get them out no matter the cost. So why was it done?

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