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How to Use Dynamic Listening to Reach New Customers

Cision

With social media and access to this information being so easy, anybody with a smartphone and an idea can become a viral source of news. Recent studies by Forrester suggest that 40 percent of consumers in both the B2B and B2C space have a high willingness and ability to shift current spends. Listen to Increase Customer Spend.

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How Public Relations Can Fight Fake News

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

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. The move still won’t stop the patently fake stories in my Facebook stream, but it’s a start. But the slope can be a slippery one.

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Media 102? A brief update to media 101

PR in High Definition

They’re the main players that make up the journalist line-up that you’ll find in every national newspaper in the UK today. The gig economy as a whole has boomed in the UK in recent years and the media has benefited from this; the number of freelancers contributing to newspapers and magazines feels at an all-time high. News been framed!

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7 Lessons Every Marketer Can Learn From The CrossFit Instagram Crisis

MaccaPR

USA Today and TV stations ravaged the CrossFit brand (a typical headline in a UK newspaper: “Booty Shame: CrossFit trainer blasted for sharing snaps of female clients bent over in the gym”). One defender of the gym owner protested: "it was never intended to be posted to Facebook or go ‘viral.’" Facebook page ) and.

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6 Awesome Examples of How To Leverage Corporate History in Brand Storytelling

MaccaPR

By telling the story of how Lego came to be, consumers are getting a behind the scenes look, and, simultaneously, learning about the people who built it. Speak to your community resources, such as historical societies, libraries and newspapers. When customers get this rare glimpse, they tend to feel more connected to the company.".

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How to Prepare a PR Crisis Plan

Prohibition

In today’s world, a negative story about your brand or organisation could go viral in an instant. What is Consumer Sentiment? What is the current perception of your brand among consumers? Make sure to observe the most up-to-date consumer sentiment towards your brand. What is a PR Crisis Plan? Final Thoughts.

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5 Lessons Marketers Can Learn from the Popeyes/Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich Twitter Wars

MaccaPR

Fried Chicken Sandwich battle went viral on Twitter — and led to a complete sell-out of the sandwich in all 2,400 Popeyes stores across the U.S. Not since Wendy’s lambasted rivals McDonald’s and Burger King with its “Where’s the Beef” TV spots has brand vs. brand combat so entranced consumers.

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