Buchanan PR

JUNE 30, 2023

In the build up to the birthday celebration, McDonald’s changed its social branding to completely embrace Grimace. McDonald’s put on a masterclass on how to create buzz for a new product with a younger generation, but it couldn’t have predicted its virality. A viral sensation that spread like wildfire across social media platforms.

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Konnect Agency

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

As social media platforms continue to emerge and evolve, each innovation drives industry trends, and advertisers must quickly adapt to create and maintain relevancy with consumers in order to keep their brands top of mind. TikTok is well-known for it’s short-form, highly authentic, and oftentimes humorous content.

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Remote PR Jobs

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Specifically, social media can help you craft a PR campaign that will grow your brand awareness and help you stay competitive in the industry. With every like, comment, and follow digitally monitored, there are seemingly endless ways to track brand awareness and growth on your company social media account. Keep It Creative.

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Prohibition

AUGUST 15, 2022

and the general public calling out brands and individuals online, it’s safe to say we’ve seen our fair share of crisis management in play already this year. She has also had a string of brand collaborations and is highly sort after by clothing and beauty brands. Read our round up from last year, here. No one cared.

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Communications Conversations

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Folgers is trying to remake its brand a bit by ditching its iconic “Best part of waking up” jingle in favor of a famous Joan Jett song, “Bad Reputation.” Worse yet, we find they’re merely posting the ads and content they posted on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Thomas, we discussed a case study.

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Prohibition

JULY 21, 2023

To enter, users need to follow the official Xbox Twitter account and retweet their tweets with #Xbox_BarbieTheMovieSweepstakes. Barbie selfie generator This Barbie campaign round up wouldn’t be complete without mentioning the viral Barbie selfie generator. We love the collection – and we’re off to put in an order right now.

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Prohibition

MAY 10, 2023

It refers to any content created by users themselves, rather than by a brand or business. ugc campaign, user generated posts, ugc campaigns, social platforms User generated content is any content that is created by users, rather than by a brand or business. Instead, they want accounts from real people to build confidence in your brand.

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MaccaPR

JANUARY 8, 2021

From TikTok, LinkedIn and Twitter to Pinterest, Instagram and Facebook – if you’re in marketing, you’re eager to predict how your brand can more effectively use social media in 2021. You’re seeing brands forced to use more user-generated content.” Leveraging a viral social media moment has to start with listening,” says Arik.

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The Stalwart Blog

APRIL 22, 2016

These two articles caught my attention throughout the last 24 hours: Mashable "Brands awkwardly try to pay tribute to Prince". Adweek "Brands post tributes to Prince, but struggle to make them Heartfelt and Not Promotional". Death can often bring out the worst in brands, and people, on social media.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 23, 2023

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. Before posting video on your brands socials, its of vital importance to consider what kind of content works best for each channel.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Media critics led by Adweek as well as the Twitter-verse accused the fast food chain of insensitivity. This ad is a creative and humorous expression around the teriyaki bowl, highlighting how a burger brand such as Jack in the Box has the guts — or ‘bowls’ — to go beyond the usual and serve something other than burgers.

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Karen Freberg

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Well, I was able to participate in a few different events related to several brands and teams I admire and respect, but I also was able to help create content to share with the #SMSports community. Adidas is one of my favorite brands not only for their shoes, but the people they have as part of their community. Erik Mendoza – U.S.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 17, 2022

Social Media has become a powerful tool for communicating directly with consumers and engaging them with targeted content and creative contests. If these complaints go unresolved, the organisation may suffer unfavourable effects or suffer brand erosion. Usage: 320 million Twitter users.

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Cision

AUGUST 21, 2017

As the women of Game of Thrones continue to inspire us week after week, they can also give us guidance on everything from career moves to that creative spark we didn’t know our marketing campaign was missing. Think about what your brand wants to achieve. Arya Stark: Define Your Goals.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

But with the power and reach of social media, snatching up prospects halfway around the world seems like a piece of cake…that is, if a brand is listening carefully to what their competitors are saying to their audiences. Images: opensource.com , woodleywonderworks ( Creative Commons ).

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Prohibition

MARCH 16, 2022

hours per day clicking through sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter. Social media has the ability to create a channel of communication between a brand and the target consumer and in doing so it can nurture customer relationships – optimised ad campaign strategies can support this.

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Flack's Revenge

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Then, I met Mark Traphagen , who participated in my panel on branding and thought leadership at the Social Tools Summit in October (where he won a Social Guru award). Through this collaboration I learned of Stone Temple’s very creative use of video. We also typically do a paid boost on Facebook, and occasionally on Twitter.

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Mark My Words

MAY 8, 2015

Who said juggernaut brands can’t self-reflex their muscles? It went viral. Twitter exploded with shares comparing the new fast food bandit to celebrities ranging from wrestlers to politicians. Of course the revival reeks of self-cannibalism; but like all the great brands, McDonald’s can afford to play with its cult status.

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ISEBOX

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

It is, after all, where an estimated 52% of people get their news, where things go “viral”, and where your brand ambassadors can help you most effectively, by sharing with their own friends and family. On both Twitter and Facebook, you can use a friendlier, more interesting tone to interest people enough to click through.

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Katie Paine's Measurement Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

There’s a reason why Randy Rainbow and Seth Meyers videos go viral. Brands like Steak-Umm have seen engagement and sales go up by making people laugh. And then I discover that they don’t even follow those so-called VIPs on Twitter. Back in the day I was constantly being quoted in USA Today on a variety of topics.

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Prohibition

MAY 4, 2017

And how do they match up to our favourite pop and movie icons, who dominate Twitter and Instagram? Let’s look at the top ten and what makes them so desirable to the world’s biggest brands…. 10) Zlatan Ibrahimović (@ibra_official) – Twitter: 4.44m /Instagram: 24.7m. 9) Luis Suarez (@LuisSuarez9) Twitter: 9.16m/ Instagram: 21.9m.

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Critical Mention

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

With the rise of chatbots, PR pros must focus on developing and implementing creative strategies to create awareness, improve their company’s reputation and generate profits. They’re prepared for a crisis to go viral. During a crisis, responsiveness is key to protecting your brand’s reputation.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

“Go steady” with your audiences via these creative ideas that illustrate how you can show some love to your community. It’s not just conversations, but creativity,” writes Francisca Fanucchi as she explains how “the Star Wars community celebrates fans in a big way.” Valentine’s Day Campaign Tips For 2016.

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Karen Freberg

MARCH 31, 2022

” The class that spread virally across social media – reaching all aspects of industries, classrooms, and communities. Ryan and I got connected back in December 2019 on Twitter (seriously the best social media platform ever!). Don’t worry, I am going to tell you! Determine how you can help to add value.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Each member of the team has a particular hit that they are extremely proud of purely based on the fact that good old creativity, industriousness and smarts resulted in a hit that wowed the client and broke through. PR people often talk about ideas to make news go viral, but there is no way to predict or plan for when something will be a hit.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 8, 2016

My name is Greg and I’m a location independent social media manager for a national publishing company (read: I can work in my pajamas, at a local coffee shop or even on a tropical island as long as there’s Wi-Fi), as well as a creative services consultant and Netflix binge enthusiast (“ Stranger Things ,” amirite?!).

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Karen Freberg

OCTOBER 18, 2018

I am sometimes asked by friends and colleagues which brand is my favorite. Some may say it’s Starbucks because I live on coffee, others may say it may be an athletic brand. The brand I am talking about is Adobe. The three days I was in LA were: Inspiring. Transformative. How cool is this?! You all are the best!

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NewsWhip

MARCH 31, 2021

Follow Bryan on Twitter: @bryanpedersen. I mean, certainly even with a NewsWhip when it comes to tracking how stories start to go viral, seeing how that content is being engaged and shared. I mean, there’s a couple recent, I mean, one brand, and this is all public that we work with last year was Invisalign. Bryan: Yeah.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Over the past three-four years, we witnessed the rapid adoption of social media sites like Twitter and Facebook and, consequently, a growing number of our customers talking about our business online. We launched into Twitter on 25 August 2010 and into Facebook on the 7 February 2011. Share of Voice reached 55%.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 24, 2022

What causes a crisis to go viral? These events, if not managed properly, might have a detrimental impact on the company’s brand. Using the services of an agency is an excellent approach to safeguard and restore your company’s brand’s reputation and brand image.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 13, 2016

Loosely defined as a marketing strategy involving influencers to impact buyer decisions and boost a brand’s visibility by using their online personality and popularity, influencer marketing has many takers. It is one of the most effective ways to spread brand awareness to scores of followers, to reach out and engage with them.

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 17, 2018

At IMP Media we work with brands who recognise the power of these stories – and give them a systematic way to discover them. Asda uses a small budget to boost these posts’ reach – particularly in the local area – and the viral effect of all the comments and shares push them into many more people’s newsfeeds. In most cases they don’t.

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Beyond PR

AUGUST 22, 2017

As the women of Game of Thrones continue to inspire us week after week, they can also give us guidance on everything from career moves to that creative spark we didn’t know our marketing campaign was missing. Think about what your brand wants to achieve. There’s a joke that Lady Olenna would be amazing on Twitter – and it’s so true.

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Communications Conversations

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

A “viral” moment, to be clear. Wouldn’t he be a fun–and timely–spokesperson for the Zillow brand? But I immediately thought this would be fun for a brand that, to date, hasn’t seemed all that progressive. I mean, we saw that in the comments on Twitter, didn’t we? Nailed it.

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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. Brand social activity into site content in real-time. Why Picture List Posts Are The Perfect Viral Content Formula Our clever friends over at Buzzsumo reviewed over 100m Facebook posts recently. What do you guys think?

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Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

To figure out which handles to target when I launch ads on Twitter. Every year, Cision creates a list of the top 50 social media influencers on Twitter. Co-Founder of Status Creative, a leader in social media engagement. Branding, Social Media, Marketing, PR & Professional Coach. . ” https://t.co/XuswAAsGAo.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 14, 2022

A PR crisis is a negative story about your brand that threatens the reputation of your organisation, causes reputational damage, or negatively impacts sales or stock value. In today’s world, a negative story about your brand or organisation could go viral in an instant. Your brand could be dragged through the mud.

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