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MediaPulse | A Weekly Media Round-Up

Cision

Some industry stories we’re following this week: The Big News: Hillary Clinton announces her 2016 presidential campaign via social media , followed by Marco Rubio a day later ( The Huffington Post ) and ESPN reporter Britt McHenry is suspended for a week after video of her bad-mouth outburst with a towing attendant goes viral ( NBC News ).

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Behind the Headlines With Kathy Walsh

Cision

All too often we are convinced we need a website, or in this day and age, a social media strategy that will go “viral” – but this approach is often doomed from the start. Having a social media initiative go viral is not a good goal – what is the intended net result? Images via Pixabay: 1 , 2 , 3.

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How media engagement differs on Instagram, Facebook, and the web

NewsWhip

The media outlets we’re going to look at are all traditionally famous print ones, as opposed to cable news which produces native videos on social media with a very different strategy in mind. The New York Times is one of the most consistently successful print publishers in its online presence, with engagement coming in to almost all formats.

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Adapting Strategies for Effective Storytelling in the Social Media Era

PRSay

With the tremendous growth of social media in recent years, the PR landscape is continuously evolving and causing public relations professionals to adapt to the 24/7/365 news cycle we now work in as well as the instant, viral nature in which news breaks and spreads. First off, thank you so much for having me on the blog for a Q&A.

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The Essential Guide to Mass Communication: History, Methods, Ethics, and the Future

Masters in Communications

Typically, it is synonymous with broadcast and print media: radio, TV, and film (small and large screen), print media, and advertising. The printing press emerged around 600 years ago, but printed media technically existed for thousands of years.

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How to Build Brand Awareness & Thought Leadership

Contently - Strategy

Brands love to talk about going viral; Dubin actually did it. The brand’s success was about more than just going viral or getting lucky. If you’re B2C, help them enjoy personal passions (travel, fitness, wellness, food, sports, etc.) Better yet, that awareness led to revenue. That’s quite the fairy tale, right?

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What Taylor Swift Can Teach You About Social Media Marketing

MaccaPR

Taylor Swift is a PR mastermind of the highest order,” confirms writer Chris Ostendorf, in his Daily Dot commentary titled, The PR Genius of Taylor Swift’s Viral Media Empire. Dick’s Sporting Goods, which ramped up staff when social posts from customers highlighted weak in-store customer service just before closing hours.