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Folgers case study sums up what big ad agencies always get wrong about social

Communications Conversations

Thomas, we discussed a case study. The centerpiece of the campaign continues to be the “creative” (in this case, a 60-second TV commercial), while social gets short shrift. In most cases, social is nothing more than an afterthought. Certainly, that appears to be the case here.

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Recent PR Campaigns That Have Successfully Implemented Video Content

Prohibition

However, using video for your PR campaign may not be the first thing that comes to mind – but that shouldn’t always be the case. It only makes sense then, to use this ‘video technology’ to creatively highlight the issue of homophobia. When considering a social media strategy, video is likely to be front of mind.

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8 Judges Share Their Secrets This PR Awards Season

The Resolution Blog

Have a Clear Objective and Strong Creatives… Karan Chadda : “For the entries I’ve seen, the outstanding ones have had a clear objective and measured specifically against it. Strong creatives seem to always generate discussion among judges, too.” unless they are presented as proof/evidence. A good video with a strong story arch?—?clearly

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What to Pitch the Media in May

PR for Anyone

Get creative with it. It went viral because it looked like big worms. National Pasta Month – if you are a cook, chef, food blogger, etc. this is a great time to pitch national pasta month. You don’t want to pitch what everyone else is going to pitch. Have some fun. That’s what people like.

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How the Women of Game of Thrones Can Inspire Your Content Strategy

Cision

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. You don’t need to create the next viral video, but you do need to make a genuine connection with your audience.

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Coming Out on Top of a PR Crisis

Critical Mention

The lists go on and on when it comes to crisis communications case studies. As I have shared with students and young professionals, if you go into crisis communications, you will always have a case to discuss and work to do. Social media crises, on the other hand, can spread virally from person to person at a moment’s notice.

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Once Upon a Time…3 Keys to Good PR Storytelling

Cision

Below are a few ways you can amp up your storytelling, stemming from insights, ideas and case studies explored at the 2015 xPotomac Conference. We all want as many social media shares as we can get, but in order for us to increase our content’s chances of going viral, we must first look at the demand side.