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Lessons in Brand Cross-Promotions from ‘Barbenheimer’

PRSay

Consumers were amused by promotions such as Burger King’s Barbie burger with pink sauce, and the Barbies and Kens who started popping up on the Bumble dating app. The success of “Barbenheimer” can inspire communicators to find new and creative approaches to brand partnerships and cross-promotions. Choose cross-promotions carefully.

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The Power of Internal Linking with Positional’s Nate Matherson

Buzzstream

Icebreaker: What’s a cool piece of content you’ve seen that’s inspiring or super creative? What’s a really cool piece of content you’ve seen that’s an inspiring or super creative. And so I spent, six, seven years essentially marketing consumer financial products. What have you seen lately?

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6 Things Cybersecurity PR Pros Should Do To Stand Out

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

That means cybersecurity PR pros must be savvy, creative and tactical to ensure their companies are noticed by target audiences. . Are the company’s offerings geared toward consumers through products like antivirus and firewall solutions, or toward business and enterprise via security information and event management (SIEM) software suites?

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Three Digital Marketing Strategies for the Ages

5W PR

Consumers and businesses spend more and more of their time on the internet, and understanding their behaviour online is now the key to a marketing campaign success or flop. When one hears the word “Geico,” they’re likely to immediately remember a chance to save 15% or more on car insurance. Delta Air Lines.

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I‘m in PR: What’s the Big Idea?

Flack's Revenge

It takes a big idea to attract the attention of consumers and get them to buy your product…”. Just think about ads that break through and make an impression: e.g. a gecko that sells car insurance; or the AFLAC duck. How do you get major media recognition for a provider of deep tech for insurance companies?

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4 Ways Your Brand Can Stay Hip Without Losing Its Cool

PRSay

Consumers are smart — they can usually see through a brand’s forced engagement. Be creative. Creativity is key! Even car insurance companies have fun with their communications efforts; take Progressive , for example, whose face of the brand is a hilarious fictionalized saleswoman named Flo. Be genuine.

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Can deliberately provoking ad complaints work as a marketing strategy?

Mark My Words

Campaign Two very different types of campaigns from BrewDog and John Lewis have drawn consumer complaints recently. The offending work was a promotion that offered consumers the chance to win a “solid gold, 24-carat” can via two tweets and a Facebook post. Perhaps they decided that the risk was worth it for the cut-through.