Konnect Agency

MARCH 10, 2023

The importance of asking questions, creating moodboards, and fostering collaboration in the work of a Creative Agency. In this blog post, we will establish what it means to “speak visually” and how this skill can artfully map the design direction and help define the destination. Why Does a Creative Agency Use Moodboards?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 3, 2024

This year, our PR team published dozens of blog posts, sharing PR insights and unpacking trends from a variety of perspectives. Here’s a countdown of the five Crenshaw blog posts that have attracted the most attention throughout 2023. AI has been positioned for years as a tool for automating repetitive tasks.

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Construction Storytelling Tools B2B 182

Landis PR

MAY 1, 2023

Generative AI tools can help with tasks such as brainstorming, copywriting, research, planning, and automating routine and time-consuming projects. This frees up time for more strategic and creative endeavors, client engagement, and relationship development. Media Relations AI tools can also be utilized in media relations.

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Tools Marketing Writing Resources 52

Stern + Associates

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In this blog post that’s mostly written by ChatGPT, we’ll explain everything you need to know about this disruptive technology and how writers can leverage the tool to connect with audiences in new and innovative ways. It can serve as a strong foundation for the creativity and individuality that human writing creates.

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Blogging Technology Writing Customer Service 62

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 10, 2023

Amid budget cuts, tools like generative AI are ushering in a new era of creativity. Digital-first publications, online video, podcasts, and even company blogs provide additional avenues for brands to connect with niche audiences. Track Campaign Effectiveness In the past, it was difficult to measure the impact of a PR campaign.

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Technology Television Web Social Media 266

Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Two Facebook posts in the last week got me thinking: Should I really keep blogging? First, Geoff Livingston talked about how if he had to do it all over again, and start his social presence from the ground up, he would NOT blog. And, it got me thinking: Should I keep blogging in 2015? I started my blog almost six years ago now.

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Blogging Writing Creativity Meeting 144

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In 1926, psychologist Graham Wallas outlined the basic creative process, which has been the overall framework for understanding and fostering creativity for almost a century. The Wallas process has four general stages: Preparation : loading up your mind to be creative. Inspiration/Insight : the process of generating ideas.

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Creativity Product Launch Examples Energy 96

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 23, 2017

Public relations experts know that the majority of traffic coming to a blog post comes in the first hours and days of publication. This makes the timely promotion of your blog content critical to its success. There are several tools and creative ways to get your post read by the audience you’re targeting.

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Blogging Airlines Analytics LinkedIn 136

PR in High Definition

MARCH 26, 2020

If ever there was a time for some creative thinking, it’s now. What we need now is to learn how to think creatively alone, or with the help of your loved ones (yup, really), or your virtual pals and colleagues. Brainstorming can be a brilliant way to boost creativity. Feeling overwhelmed? Hell, yeah. Brainsparker.

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Creativity Software Exercises Video 54

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Constraint breeds creativity. Writing on the Ignite Social Media blog, Bruna Camargo gave the vehicle manufacturer good grades for its response, “Instead of issuing some lame press release about how they’re sorry their guy couldn’t be more eloquent, they embraced it, rolled with it, and are now about to bank on it. A while back, Inc.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Advertising agencies created ads for multiple outlets, public relations handled media inquiries and proactively sought after coverage, marketing agencies did a variety of things, but generally focused on brand identity and creative attention-garnering activities. Of course, there’s plenty more each did, but you get the gist. 4) SnapChat.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

But a profile that serves as a glorified CV isn’t enough to gain sought-after exposure; that takes time, strategy, and a dash of creativity. Linking to blogs or articles that feature your expertise are also great ways to present your brand. Go beyond a resume . Your LinkedIn profile is representative of your brand. Create polls.

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LinkedIn Nonprofit Leadership B2B 421

Cision

JULY 21, 2015

While each component of your marketing strategy (email, PR, social media, blogs) should bring you results, it’s often better when two or more components work together. Take blogging and social media. You can write knock-’em-dead content, but without a push from other places, your blog may see little to no traffic on its own.

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Social Media Blogging Media LinkedIn 120

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In 1926, psychologist Graham Wallas outlined the basic creative process, which has been the overall framework for understanding and fostering creativity for almost a century. The Wallas process has four general stages: Preparation : loading up your mind to be creative. Inspiration/Insight : the process of generating ideas.

Creativity 76

Creativity Product Launch Examples Energy 76

PR in High Definition

AUGUST 29, 2014

I wouldn’t go as far as saying that yet, but Hyperlapse is a great new tool for brands to engage online. The post Hyperlapse – A new digital creative toy for PRs appeared first on Firefly Communications. In case you’ve been on holiday or not spotted the news, Instagram has just launched a new standalone app called Hyperlapse.

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Creativity Instagram Tools Blogging 105

Flack's Revenge

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Those in the creative fields are the most freaked out. If tools like ChatGPT can write pitches, articles and press releases, where does that leave us? The Futurism blog recently outed the tech news site CNET for using AI to write erroneous articles. Sure, it’s fun to mess around with ChatGPT but what next? Will it turn on us?

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Pitching Writing Creativity Tools 168

Onclusive

JUNE 9, 2021

Welcome back to our blog series about data-driven PR campaign planning! To determine the right creative angle, ask yourself—why would my audiences care about this topic? Onclusive’s research tool, Research Trends , helps communications professionals understand what is trending in the media and on social platforms.

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Data-Driven PR Data Measurement Trends 370

PR in High Definition

JUNE 21, 2018

We may slightly dismiss AI’s own knack for creativity, but there’s now one AI tool that is helping us to get our creative juices flowing again. The post Yossarian: Getting creative with AI appeared first on Firefly Communications.

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Creativity Tools Engineering Groups 48

PR in High Definition

JUNE 21, 2018

We may slightly dismiss AI’s own knack for creativity, but there’s now one AI tool that is helping us to get our creative juices flowing again. The post Yossarian: Getting creative with AI appeared first on Firefly Communications.

Creativity 48

Creativity Tools Engineering Groups 48

PR in High Definition

JUNE 22, 2018

We may slightly dismiss AI’s own knack for creativity, but there’s now one AI tool that is helping us to get our creative juices flowing again. The post Yossarian: Getting creative with AI appeared first on Firefly Communications.

Creativity 48

Creativity Tools Engineering Groups 48

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

This isn’t new, but today there are more digital distractions in the form of tools, tactics and platforms. This requires a combination of creative thinking, analytical skills, and the ability to develop and execute against plan. The internet and social platforms are key tools for storytelling, brand management and connection.

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Analytics Tools Social Media Trends 170

Communications Conversations

JULY 26, 2018

I’ve seen a number of articles recently that have focused on a growing–and increasingly troublesome–trend in our industry: Our complete over-reliance on tools and technology. What I’ve seen is this: Brands purchasing and increasing number of social media tools. Brand over-relying on social analytics tools.

Technology 84

Technology Social Media Tools Trends 84

Beyond PR

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Overreliance on analytics overshadows creativity, which can hinder your chances to earn more media. When you focus solely on optimizing for clicks or conversions, you miss the opportunity for the audience to emotionally connect with a clever or creative piece of content. Creative and Content Go Hand-In-Hand.

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Creativity Marketing Media Analytics 70

HMA Public Relations

JUNE 20, 2023

Online graphic design tool Canva is rolling out new features that are helping us unlock our creative side. From AI to audio syncing, Justin Liggin shares the platform's newest tools in this blog post.

Creativity 73

Creativity Tools Blogging 73

Cision

AUGUST 5, 2015

Sometimes writing fabulous blog posts on your business blog isn’t enough to drive the traffic you really want. One of my favorite content marketing strategies is guest blogging. When you write a guest blog post, you get it published on another well-established blog that caters to your target market.

Blogging 120

Blogging Pitching Writing Content Marketing 120

Prohibition

DECEMBER 12, 2023

One revolutionary tool that has recently transformed the content creation game, is artificial intelligence (AI). From streamlining design processes and making faster copy changes, to generating compelling written work such as blogs and press releases, and even Instagram captions. AI is proving to be an invaluable tool for businesses.

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Guidelines B2C Tools Creativity 62

The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

The content you should be creating 2018 plans are underway and creatives are about to be brought to life. This post and a new feature on insight tool BuzzSumo holds a lot of the answers! More ways to view the world’s questions AnswerThePublic.com, our tool that demonstrates the way people ask questions on Google has had a refresh!

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Tools Publicity SEO Measurement 136

Cision

APRIL 24, 2015

However, blogging is one of the leading tools in any brand’s content marketing strategy. And for nonprofit organizations on a budget, blogging can often be the most effective way to engage and mobilize communities. Since 2007, NYPL Blogs has showcased content that continues to inspire and educate a devoted audience.

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Community Mobile Blogging Publicity 120

PR in High Definition

JULY 24, 2018

Marketers and communicators are under constant pressure to come up with creative and interesting content every day; sometimes we are given exciting campaigns that spur and drive our creativity, and sometimes the brief is less stimulating, and we get stuck. Brainstorming can be a brilliant way to boost creativity. Back to basics.

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5W PR

JANUARY 22, 2024

In the fiercely competitive landscape ͏of digital marketi͏ng, businesses are increasingly turning to paid advertising as a ͏strategic tool to amplify their reach, engage target audiences, and dri͏ve business growth. Measurable results Paid advertising offers robust analytics and measurement tools.

Advertising 78

Advertising Advertising Exercises Measurement 78

Onclusive

JUNE 2, 2021

The more specific you are about who you want to target to achieve the ‘why’—the solution to the problem you’ve identified above—the more impactful your plan and creative execution will be. Stay tuned for the conclusion of our Data-Driven PR Campaign Planning blog series next week.

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Data-Driven PR Data Analytics Product Launch 369

PR in High Definition

DECEMBER 13, 2017

One of sessions, hosted by Leila Haddou from the Sunday Times shared a list of the great tools out there for the media industry and amongst them we found some goodies. Our favourite and henceforth our Tool of the Month has got to be OpenRefine. The post Tool of the Month – OpenRefine appeared first on Firefly Communications.

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Tools Data Conference Journalism 48

Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

Owned media consists of publishing content on brand-owned channels such as a customer-facing blog, email campaign, or social media outreach. PR pros will need to either write content themselves or help to drive strategy with a team of writers, editors and guest blog contributors. Corporate Communications. Media Measurement.

Training 370

Training Media Training Reputation Crisis Communications 370

Prohibition

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This tool will provide more creative options, making suggestions for your copy, generating backgrounds and introducing image expansion tools. Image expansion tool – this will use Meta’s Advantage+ creatives that help size your creative for the best performance.

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LinkedIn Social Media Privacy Advertising 62

PR in High Definition

JUNE 27, 2017

Finally, you have thought up the perfect new creative campaign for your client. As PRs, we are naturally creative but that does not always mean that the first idea we come up with is necessarily the best. If your creativity is running a little dry and you are struggling to see the bigger picture, germ.io

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Tools Creativity Resources Internal 48

5W PR

JANUARY 26, 2024

How Influencer Relationships Strengthen Your Social Media Presence In the dynamic landscape of digital marketing, influencer relationships, and influencer relationship management have emerged as powerful tools for strengthening a brand’s social media presence.

Social Media 78

Social Media Media Storytelling Creativity 78

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 31, 2019

There were 62 posts published on this blog in 2019. In going through the reader analytics for the full year, these are the top 10 most-read posts on this blog about public relations (PR) and marketing. If you haven’t already, consider subscribing to these blog posts by email or RSS. 6) How Long Should a Blog Post be in 2019?

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Blogging Publicity Marketing Survey 80