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.

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Contently - Strategy

MARCH 2, 2023

Brands realize this, and as a result, nine out of 10 marketers who leveraged short-form video in 2022 plan to continue doing it in 2023. TikTok is probably the best-known platform for brand videos. It’s a good bet that your brand’s next customers are among those two billion. They are not in “buying mode.”

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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.

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Brand Branding Viral Fashion 62

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.

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Brand Branding How To Storytelling 136

Shift Communications

JANUARY 24, 2024

By Megan Fredette, Account Executive, Consumer Throughout the last few years, the Stanley Tumbler craze has gained momentous virality, taking over as an online and in-store phenomenon. 1) Know Your Customer, But Embrace New Ones As a century-old brand, Stanley had a well-established name within the male-dominated outdoor & workwear space.

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Consumer Strategy Marketing Viral 78

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. With such a promising consumer base, luxury brands cannot afford to ignore the potential of TikTok as a marketing platform.

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Brand Branding Marketing Fashion 71

NewsWhip

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

We discussed our latest brand crisis research around misinformation, worker strikes, and vaccine mandates and the key features of public and media interest during the October episode of the NewsWhip Pulse. Nicholson explains that in 2016 “outright false stories were going viral” and now it has become harder to identify.

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Crisis Brand Branding Airlines 78

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. We encourage brands to take a stand on relevant matters, especially those aligned with the values of their customers. Be careful with humor.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

PR, on the other hand, with its ties to reputation and crisis management, is thought to play a more defensive role, designed to protect the corporate brand. A strategic public relations campaign can build significant corporate and product brand value, especially over time. But it’s not a contest. A milestone event.

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Marketing Product Launch Corporate Viral 310

Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

One of the challenges of communicating effectively in times of viral issue and crisis management is ensuring that your brand’s communications are consistent across every stakeholder group, region and department. In other words, you don’t want one team of people saying one thing, while another team says another.

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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.

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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.

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Buchanan PR

JUNE 30, 2023

In the build up to the birthday celebration, McDonald’s changed its social branding to completely embrace Grimace. For example, this tweet served up the perfect meme template. 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.

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Viral Trends Social Media Creativity 72

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.

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Buchanan PR

JANUARY 8, 2024

The Grimace Shake was a viral sensation that demonstrated the power of user-generated content and allowed McDonald’s new product to remain in the limelight in an impactful and interactive way. Plus, it led to many consumers creating art centered around the brand’s name, logo and identity, a form of free advertising for Coca-Cola.

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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. Fashion and retail media included stories about brand partnerships such as Ruggable, Zara and Crocs. He’s just Ken.”

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5W PR

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In the dynamic world of media and marketing, creating a PR stunt that captures attention and aligns with your brand’s values and marketing goals is a high-wire act of creativity and strategy. When executed successfully, it can skyrocket brand awareness, generate buzz on social media, and even make headlines. The key is synergy.

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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.

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Social Media Ethics Trends Viral 73

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. Legos' Corporate History Video.

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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. Let’s take a look.

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Reputation Retail Nonprofit Viral 78

PR in High Definition

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

A viral clip of an Irish rugby coach leading La Rochelle through France’s Top 14 competition got me thinking about this very topic. These stories demonstrate how a global brand is having an impact locally, which is especially important in European markets. But then, what happens when a word isn’t translatable?

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Local Leadership Viral Creativity 62

Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

As you may have heard, Crisis Ready: Building an Invincible Brand in an Uncertain World , is my new book – and I’m so excited that it’s finally available for you to preorder on Amazon ! Such as this example , or these ones.). Becoming crisis ready, and thus building an INVINCIBLE brand, is cultural.

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Crisis Brand Branding Crisis Management 133

Melissa Agnes

JUNE 5, 2018

Not to mention that, due to their emotional relatability, they present a high-risk for fast escalation and virality. Melissa Agnes delivers powerful, thought-provoking keynote presentations that help organizations build brand invincibility. Building an Invincible Brand in an Uncertain World. Click here to learn more. **.

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Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

One big trend I see accelerating in the social media world in 2019 is the move to more “community” and less “let’s go viral” It’s something I talked about in my trends presentation I put together that I’ve given now to five different groups in the Twin Cities. And, that will happen.

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Groups Brand Branding Facebook 68

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 8, 2023

In public relations , the goal is often to generate news that tells a positive story about a business or brand. Disney, for example, announced a restructuring in a February earnings call, outlining plans to cut $5.5 After Thorleifsson’s tweet went viral, Musk queried him about his work responsibilities.

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Employee Viral Twitter Corporate 182

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Can a good story create value for a brand? The reputation the network services and solutions provider Earthlink gained for customer service is a prime example. JC: Storytelling is, in my mind, the essence of brand development. If there’s no story, there’s no brand. If there’s no story, there’s no brand.

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Storytelling Brand Branding Customer Service 84

Cision

AUGUST 23, 2017

In fact, consumers think of brands and products as something, or someone, that could address their emotional needs. Unveiling surprising facts or data can also make your online PR content go viral. So, Samsung, a leading mobile brand in the country, unveiled a new road safety campaign called #SafeIndia. Humanize Your Brand.

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Digital PR How To Small Business Analysis 251

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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Social Media Video Marketing Media 118

Buzzstream

APRIL 4, 2024

But don’t worry; the steps below will also capture domain and brand mentions. Search for the Post Title If you have a post, start with a search of the post title + the brand name. For example, let’s choose a post I worked on for Homebuyer.com: The Most Affordable Cities to Buy a House. Start free trial 3.

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Digital PR How To Media Google 62

Cision

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

If you aren’t listening on social, you’re missing out on tons of opportunities for your brand. Q: What tactics help to make a campaign go viral? Viral means something is shared, and we share things that create emotional connections somehow. That said, trying to be viral usually means that you won’t be viral.

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Viral Nonprofit Software Social Media 120

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.

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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. Next, you must identify the official spokesperson(s) and invest in training them thoroughly on how to speak about the brand. Getting Ready.

Crisis 52

Crisis Brand Branding Crisis Communications 52

5W PR

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Until recently, trendspotting was a hobby relegated to collecting examples of stories behind data or math patterns. Whomever gets ahead of the wave will reap tons of success as well as revenue if it happens to fall within the purview of their brand. Pay particular attention to any differences between the brand and the competition.

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Consumer Trends Viral Survey 97

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 21, 2017

Take this week’s solar eclipse, for example. Long after we dispose of the special viewing glasses and stop listening to “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” we can benefit from a mini-analysis of ways to leverage national events for our own brands and clients…sometimes! The viral videos! Neither did we.

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Hotels Local Interviews Viral 200

Onclusive

JULY 18, 2017

Without PR attribution, you only know the top of the funnel; i.e., which publications wrote about your brand. Use topic segmentation to determine which topics to align with your brand. Those marketers are going to want to know it’s money well spent. That’s what marketers and their PR colleagues need to track.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Armchair PR experts get lots of mileage from critiquing crisis management by major brands and businesses this time of year. But in the spirit of fair play, here are some examples of reputation management that succeeded in 2017. But what about the crisis situations that are handled well? Southwest Airlines’ soft landing.

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Crisis Management Crisis Airlines Viral 149

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 24, 2018

To urge people to give their eyes periodic breaks from screens, it filmed a series of snappy, fun viral videos called 20 Second Daydreams. Creativity helps express company values in a distinct brand voice. Creative PR facilitates the identification and amplification of a company’s differentiating brand voice.

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Creativity Small Business Storytelling Travel 174