Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 10, 2018

These messages are tired and far from creative. Yet, health and wellness brands refuse to let them go. Instead of following the herd to captivate and activate your audience you must flex your creative muscles. The following examples focus on health and wellness brands, but the takeaways apply to any industry. Look better.

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5W PR

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Influencer partnerships have become a valuable marketing tool for brands. They help brands connect with their target audience in an authentic and engaging way. Skincare brands, in particular, benefit from influencer collaborations. This helps them build brand awareness, credibility, and loyalty among consumers.

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Cision

APRIL 5, 2017

Emotion and reason are the two key forces that wrestle in every executive, politician and consumer’s mind as they make decisions every day. Brands know that emotions are powerful motivators and an emotional campaign can heavily influence buyer behavior. A second example of powerhouse emotional branding and messaging is Duracell.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 31, 2019

Regardless of the industry, a challenger brand can have a natural PR advantage. Challenger brands can shake things up through unique points of view, innovation or a better story. But many brands don’t have Casper’s $240 million venture funding. But many brands don’t have Casper’s $240 million venture funding.

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Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 15, 2020

There were some clear misses in my original essay: social media activism, internal communications, storytelling and professionalism in PR. Social media activism: brands don’t listen In 2012 Steve Earl and I wrote a book called Brand Anarchy. Brand shaming has become commonplace. I’ve developed each of these themes below.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

PR professionals will need to include new digital strategies into their work in order to bring an added awareness and value to the brands they serve. Storytelling will become more creative. Today there are a plethora of niche outlets that strive to receive business and consumer attention.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Most experts doubt that neural net-powered artificial creativity can ever equal true human creativity. Ravikant, too, believes that automation, and eventually artificial intelligence, will usher in a new era of creativity and inspiration that sounds positively utopian. And the heart of public relations is in storytelling.

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Cision

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Insights provided by the agency practitioner client-side include the importance of mobile, from both a creative and business standpoint. According to INC , being digital friendly is the new norm in any kind of business; inclusive of local search, to test strategies and the overall brand message traction. Search dominates.

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Prohibition

JUNE 27, 2023

Luxury brands , traditionally known for their exclusivity and high-end appeal, have been hesitant to embrace TikTok and its unvarnished content. As the fastest-growing consumer group, Gen Z is projected to contribute to 130% of the growth in luxury personal items by 2025.

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Prohibition

AUGUST 1, 2023

As the demand for vegan and vegetarian products continues to rise, so does the need for effective public relations (PR) strategies to promote these brands. By the end, you will understand how PR can help these brands amplify their reach and connect with their target audience.

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Cision

JANUARY 5, 2016

Gone are the days of pushing your brand’s message to your audience through traditional advertising. Today, consumers want complex, multi-level stories that will make them feel an emotional connection. The answer is brand journalism. So what will your brand get out of brand journalism? Build Awareness.

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Prohibition

AUGUST 4, 2023

social media marketing efforts, social media marketing campaigns, entire video, many brands, drive traffic In today’s digital age, social media video marketing has emerged as a powerful tool for businesses to engage with their target audience. For brands, different audiences across all social media platforms.

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Cision

MARCH 14, 2017

Capturing consumer attention has become increasingly difficult in a cluttered and ever-expanding ad space. To expedite the path to purchase, savvy marketers have pivoted to instead focus on constructing memorable campaigns through creative messaging. Creative Strategies. Design an emotional roller coaster.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 1, 2019

Sometimes PR objectives are described in vague terms, like “increased visibility” or “greater brand recognition.” But the best campaigns are fueled by creativity, yet informed by research. But there are also initiatives that simply come too early in the life of a brand or company. Muddling the message.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 30, 2020

While we have access to a wide breadth of digital platforms to consume our daily dose of news and information, let’s not ignore an essential medium for staying smart – podcasts. Because they’re easy to consume and offer a certain intimacy, brands are using podcasts to inform, entertain, and be visible.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

The flipside of earned media is owned media: publishing content on brand-owned channels such as a customer-facing blog, Medium publication, and the like. A subset of corporate communications work, developing, documenting, and disseminating overarching corporate messaging is key to building a strong brand with a consistent message.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 22, 2021

That means there’s greater potential for B2B brands to reach an engaged audience of business users. The platform offers PR teams a new way of storytelling for organizations and gives business personalities who are talented speakers with a strong point of view about industry trends an opportunity to ride the social audio wave.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Additionally, advertisers generated pre-Super Bowl excitement for their brands with teaser ads the week before the game that drove viewership and excitement. It showcased the unparalleled ability of brands to captivate audiences through a fusion of entertainment, creativity, and strategic promotion. and Jermaine Dupri.

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Konnect Agency

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

With the rise in popularity of social media channels with a variety of platforms and uses — TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and more — YouTube is still just as great a platform to utilize for your brand. Here, we’ll break down why you shouldn’t sleep on the video giant and how to maximize it for brand visibility. Why YouTube?

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Konnect Agency

OCTOBER 25, 2023

At Konnect Agency, our experts have identified some common pitfalls we’ve seen in Public Relations, Social Media and influencer, Creative, and Paid marketing…and our tips on how to avoid them. Consider what insights or consumer behaviors your client can offer that resonate with the broader context.

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Prohibition

AUGUST 3, 2023

For brands, using video content is an almost certified method to drive strong engagement and increase brand awareness in doing so. With the increasing use of smartphones and the dominance of mobile browsing, users are consuming visual content in a portrait orientation more than ever before.

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Masters in Communications

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Stories are emotional, experiential, and creative. As Harrison Monarth writes in The Harvard Business Review : Storytelling evokes a strong neurological response. Here's why storytelling is such a powerful tool: The Power of Synchronicity. Storytelling creates a certain synchronicity between the teller and the listener.

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Karen Freberg

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The past few days have been somewhat of a whirlwind of creating content, consuming coffee (wait… that happens every day!), 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.

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Beyond PR

JUNE 1, 2017

After surveying 2,000 adults to test their attention spans, Microsoft found that technology, social media, and the large volume of media people consume daily is linked to their inability to focus for extended periods of time. The implication, of course, is that consumers are less likely to absorb the marketing messages we’re deploying.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 30, 2020

While we have access to a wide breadth of digital platforms to consume our daily dose of news and information, let’s not ignore an essential medium for staying smart – podcasts. Because they’re easy to consume and offer a certain intimacy, brands are using podcasts to inform, entertain, and be visible. Podcasts are mainstream.

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Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Hunter PR is a wonderful strategic and creative communications partner that helps brands by creating strategic programming, content and relationships that foster consumer attention to brands. Golin provides effective solutions and reaches diverse global markets to best represent brands. GOLINglobal. Edelman PR.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 30, 2024

Influencer marketing will continue to be a powerful tool for brands looking to connect with their target audiences throughout 2024. In 2023 brands certainly started to recognise the value of these influencers, opting for more authentic partnerships that resonate with niche audiences. This will only grow in 2024.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 8, 2019

This isn’t new technology, of course, but it has only recently become reliable enough to reach a tipping point in consumer adoption. Brands are already gearing up to use smart speakers for voice search optimization. Other marketers are embracing voice as an accessible way to deliver immersive brand experiences.

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Prohibition

MAY 18, 2023

Brands of all sizes integrate influencer activity into their PR strategy as it can bring a variety of benefits. According to Influencer Marketing hub , 82% of brands believe that the quality of customers from influencer campaigns is better than other marketing types.

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 16, 2022

From virtual subways to coffee-stained trainers, we’ve rounded up some of the most eye-catching and creative food and drink campaigns from 2022! July saw the launch of Birds Eye’s ‘Welcome to the Plant Age’ campaign, which sought to reappraise and challenge consumers eating habits. Costa Coffee’s ‘Costa-Misation’.

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Konnect Agency

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Why Brands Must Account for Trends Now for 2024 PR Success Now more than ever, public relations may feel like a never-ending arms race to dream up the buzziest, most “disruptive“ campaign fueled by the power of celebrity and the elusive, almost mythical viral TikTok post.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

When Carnival Cruise Line was faced with several crises back in 2012 and 2013 , it was a deficit that many brand experts predicted would take at least four years to dig out of. Want more insights on how your brand can combat a crisis? Read the crisis communications white paper! Then, it’s time to get to work.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 3, 2019

It may be tempting to think that a great PR program is the magic ingredient for a critical product launch or the sole solution to a decline in brand reputation. The molding of public opinion, raising of awareness, or bolstering of reputation are time-consuming endeavors requiring discipline and patience. No creative spark .

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The Resolution Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Marketing in the Business to Business (B2B) world is a completely different beast to that in the consumer industry. Love, Little Rock Location: US The brand: Little Rock Regional Chamber The agency: Stone Ward It all started with an ad. This combination helped them skyrocket their brand overnight. Key Takeaway?—?Think

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PRSay

AUGUST 12, 2016

Before my time at adidas they were actually my client, as I worked for the brand’s PR agency for almost three years. Currently, I’m the Public Relations Director for adidas America, working across all brand categories in both Sport and Style. First off, thank you so much for having me on the blog for a Q&A.

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MaccaPR

AUGUST 26, 2015

Your brand can share storytelling moments from its company history with your key stakeholders, too. From legacy videos and anniversary books to corporate birthday events and digital archives, what follows are five ways smart brands have leveraged their company histories in brand storytelling.

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PR 20/20

JULY 11, 2019

At the heart of what we do, all marketers are storytellers. But to do that, we must deliver our message to consumers at the right time, in the exact right way—so as not to be intrusive or irrelevant. What : Today’s consumers have more choices than ever and are less brand loyal than at any point in history.

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