NewsWhip

JUNE 21, 2022

This month Kantar released their annual BrandZ Global Report that ranks, analyzes, and honors the world’s most valuable brands. This is done through Kantar’s financial model that calculates brand value (the $ amount that the brand contributes to the overall business value of the parent company).

Facebook 138

Facebook Brand Branding Measurement 138

Mindful Marketing

OCTOBER 9, 2022

About a week ago, before a Consumer Behavior class, one of my students asked, “Dr. ” I hadn’t experienced the creepy tactics live, but like many, I was caught in their viral wake. A veteran marketer and an up-and-coming rookie argue the call. Still, many marketers find it fascinating.

Consumer 80

Consumer Marketing Television Viral 80

Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Stay a step ahead of your competitors in the new year by using lightning-fast media monitoring to go viral. . Boost your Brand Awareness. Instant notifications provide the opportunity for you to always be on top of who’s talking about your brand. Receiving instant alerts is key to boosting your brand’s name.

Viral 70

Viral Radio Media Sports 70

OnePitch

JANUARY 11, 2024

Standing out from the crowd is vital in a consumer media landscape that is flooded with product pitches. Read how you should implement these five elements into every consumer product pitch based on insights we learned from our 2023 Coffee With A Journalist guests. Master all five, and your product will likely land in the spotlight.

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Pitching Consumer Trends Viral 88

5W PR

JULY 7, 2021

At its core, public relations is the best way for startups to develop mutually beneficial relationships both with journalists and with the target audience. This helps generate positive brand awareness and grow the company itself. Goals and Pitches. Interesting Stories.

Publicity 88

Publicity Pitching Product Launch Viral 88

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

OCTOBER 3, 2023

These pint-sized personalities have amassed legions of followers on social media platforms, partnering with brands and making a significant impact on the world of influencer marketing. Brands can easily tap into these specific markets, reaching a highly targeted audience. I have witnessed the power of the kidfluencer firsthand.

Brand 83

Brand Branding Marketing Ethics 83

5W PR

AUGUST 10, 2021

Many years ago, one of the currently most successful personal care brands, Old Spice, faced the problem of not appealing to a younger audience. Although back then the company was promoting its products to the older generations of consumers, after assessing emerging market trends , it decided to switch to a younger target audience.

Brand 88

Brand Branding Marketing Viral 88

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.

Brand 71

Brand Branding Marketing Fashion 71

5W PR

JANUARY 25, 2022

When most people think about brand-building campaigns, viral videos, and PR stunts , they tend to think about the examples from businesses in the B2C industry. Nevertheless, the core purchasing beliefs are the same with both types of audiences – consumers prefer to spend money with brands that they trust and like.

Brand 60

Brand Branding B2C B2B 60

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Brand purpose has real purpose. Research shows that consumers want the brands and companies they do business with to be fair employers, good corporate citizens, and responsible stewards of the environment. Look for brand values to be a core message for most organizations. Branded content is king.

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Trends Employee Viral Advertising 385

Prohibition

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Bert’s Books’ viral display of the Prince Harry autobiography It felt like Prince Harry’s autobiography was everywhere at the beginning of the year – and one independent bookstore in Swindon capitalised on its success in a very clever way. This is a great example of how simple but well done content can go viral.

Brand 62

Brand Branding Viral Fashion 62

Mindful Marketing

OCTOBER 17, 2020

However, the video went viral, gaining over 46 million views and almost 8 million likes, while also grabbing mainstream media attention from the likes of CNN to NPR. Still, positive public reaction suggests that the company’s move was ‘lit’—not sure if I’m using that term correctly.

Consumer 68

Consumer Viral Video Social Media 68

Shift Communications

JANUARY 12, 2018

From a B2C public relations perspective, here are two trends that stand out as attention-worthy: integration across the board and the ability to take a stand. We need to integrate consumer clients into trending conversations, valuable insights into our pitches and data into how we’re benchmarking best practices and measuring success.

Consumer 83

Consumer B2C Viral Fashion 83

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.

Viral 52

Viral Video Trends Consumer 52

Buchanan PR

JANUARY 8, 2024

Plus, Martha Stewart, a public figure known for her DIY talents and abilities in the kitchen, was just the right choice to make this campaign soar. Grimace’s chaotic and fun vibe interested the younger consumers, and they began creating TikToks and memes revolving around the character and his drink.

Marketing 52

Marketing Viral Trends Consumer 52

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 4, 2022

The same is true for brands and businesses. ” When it comes to brand cancel culture, there’s often a constructive goal – to correct mistakes or encourage change. That’s empowering to regular consumers. It’s even worse when a brand ignores the context. So how can you avoid being cancelled?

Construction 385

Construction Crisis Social Media Reputation 385

Buchanan PR

AUGUST 28, 2023

C U T on Unsplash In the dynamic world of social media, trends have become powerful drivers of engagement, brand awareness and community interaction. Partaking in a social media trend can help spotlight businesses (and even help them go viral!) by keeping content fresh, fun and culturally relevant.

Social Media 82

Social Media Trends Viral Media 82

The Proactive Report

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Align your stories with your brand purpose. Every piece o f content should have a purpose and should align with your overall brand purpose. Social media listening can provide invaluable insights when it comes to telling the story of your brand. Instead of ‘talking heads’ describing something, show it.

Video 162

Video Film Social Media Facebook 162

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. Everyone remembers their viral, bro-y YouTube ad in 2011 , for example.

Brand 136

Brand Branding How To Storytelling 136

NewsWhip

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In a time where a company’s every move is being thoroughly watched by both the media and consumers, even the most successful brands can find themselves in hot water. As such, brands must be cognizant of how their reputation is perceived — and this can extend beyond the industry in which the company directly operates.

Reputation 78

Reputation Retail Nonprofit Viral 78

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 6, 2016

By attacking the advertising model that supports sites like World News Daily Report and NewsBuzzDaily, they might help slow the viral spread of false, defamatory, and even dangerous stories. Like many PR professionals, we’ve had experience with web-based rumors that threaten a brand’s reputation. Everything counts.

Publicity 120

Publicity Storytelling Journalism Viral 120

PRSay

MARCH 7, 2024

The Barbie brand is a paradoxical symbol of imagination, comfort, sexism, objectification, feminism and conflicted cultural influence that has entranced and challenged children and adults alike for generations. Women’s sports publications utilized the Barbie campaign in best practices for promoting women’s sports.

Film 130

Film Marketing Sports Hotels 130

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.

Viral 71

Viral Trends Social Media Creativity 71

Prohibition

MAY 5, 2023

In a world where so many brands have a dominant voice online, it can be hard to cut through the noise sometimes and make your brand be heard. In a nutshell, what reactive PR actually means is being reactive to the ever-changing news agenda and hottest viral trends. Reactive PR is however a tool that can be utilised to do so.

Strategy 62

Strategy Marketing Viral B2C 62

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JULY 11, 2023

You may recognize him from the viral post showing him at his young daughter’s kitchen play set, where he gives a hilarious review of her “restaurant.” By partnering with dadfluencers, companies can tap into a unique demographic and leverage their authenticity to connect with consumers.

Brand 56

Brand Branding Instagram Community 56

5W PR

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The demand might be high for a period of time, but one of the frequent downsides to newer companies is that they cannot keep up with the demand from consumers. If a business has recently gone viral on social media , this is a sign that it needs to be scaled up and as quickly as possible.

Viral 88

Viral Employee Small Business Data 88

The Hoyt Organization

APRIL 11, 2024

As brands look for new and innovative ways to reach their target audience on social media, leveraging the power and audience reach of influencers has become a popular and effective tool. How can PR professionals leverage this new influencer power to create authentic and personal connections with consumers on behalf of brands?

Social Media 63

Social Media Video Viral Brand 63

Konnect Agency

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

With infinite digital space coupled with dwindling consumer attention spans, a PR agency’s greatest task is to cut through the content clutter and help brands attract, capture, and retain consumers by way of the media’s reporting. A PR Agency’s Brand Video Fundamentals. What does this mean for brands and public relations?

Video 52

Video Agency Viral Nonprofit 52

Buchanan PR

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Taylor Swift’s image and brand in the media Taylor Swift is a long-established figure in the media, with a career in the public eye dating back well over 13 years. The following year, Swift’s “Reputation Stadium Tour garnered mass public support as she sold out stadiums across the globe. How did she do it?

Strategy 79

Strategy Media Viral Trends 79

5W PR

JANUARY 23, 2023

Additionally, with the increased distrust of advertising campaigns from consumers, a lot of them have started utilizing ad blockers at an increased rate, and outright ignoring the ads that they come across on social media platforms, which has generated a decline in the effectiveness of these types of campaigns.

Marketing 88

Marketing Advertising Advertising Viral 88

Cision

AUGUST 23, 2017

Over the last few years, particularly with the onset of social media, emotional reactions from consumers have changed the face of public relations. Emotional intelligence drives consumer culture which influences your business strategy. So, why not capitalize on this approach to forge a lifelong relationship with your consumers?

Digital PR 251

Digital PR How To Small Business Analysis 251

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The difference between borrowing and stealing can be blurry on social media, where memes, sounds, and other types of content are widely redistributed by brands and users alike. And what can you do if your brand is affected by this activity? Read on for our tips to keep your brand’s content above board.

Social Media 126

Social Media Ethics Trends Viral 126

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Can a good story create value for a brand? JC: I started my career in consumer-packaged goods. While I look for my next gig, I’m doing some consulting for a range of different companies helping to set their brand strategy and developing plans for them to attack their respective markets.

Storytelling 86

Storytelling Brand Branding Customer Service 86

5W PR

APRIL 13, 2022

When companies in the SaaS industry use a sound PR strategy , they benefit from brand awareness, media coverage, and attracting the right consumers. Plenty of companies in the SaaS industry haven’t realized that they don’t always have to create brand new or original content to grab the attention of the media.

Company 88

Company Strategy Viral Data 88

Konnect Agency

APRIL 20, 2021

It aims to contain negative commentary about the brand by ensuring prompt, honest, and informative communication between all crucial parties, both internally and externally. Any one of these can be a public relations nightmare and a real threat to a company’s survival if not handled appropriately. Getting Ready.

Crisis 52

Crisis Brand Branding Crisis Communications 52

Prohibition

JANUARY 31, 2023

Social media listening analyses online conversations to identify what’s being said about a brand across various digital platforms. As a result, it can help you to see conversations that are taking place about your brand and sector, measure brand sentiment and help with content ideation.

How To 62

How To Analysis Comparison B2C 62

PRSay

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

28 during PRSA’s virtual annual conference — “ Strategic Communications: Navigating a World Disrupted ” — Jankowicz discussed the differences between disinformation and misinformation, how PR professionals can credibly communicate complex issues to the public and why we should all be wary of information that manipulates our emotions.

Communications 177

Communications Government Viral Radio 177