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The Most Underrated Skill in Content Marketing? Fact-Checking

Contently - Strategy

Do I need to parse the fine print of a scientific study every time I cite a statistic? Finally, if the information comes from social media, make sure it’s true before you regurgitate it in print or online. But after that, it gets more nuanced. When in doubt, find another source to cite.

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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. It’s no longer just the mainstream media that needs to be taken into account. With Cision® Media Monitoring tools, communicators have the power to listen dynamically across different media types.

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2016 – A Year in Traditional Media

Shift Communications

PR people often talk about ideas to make news go viral, but there is no way to predict or plan for when something will be a hit. On the day of the woman’s retirement party there were four broadcast stations and a number of print/online reporters on-site. Client: Print Syndicate. Online, print, broadcast – it all still matters.

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Top nine PR crises so far for 2019

Prohibition

The commercial went viral, was featured in almost all national publications and generated more than four million views on YouTube in just two days. The brand played with its 30-year tagline, “the best a man can get”, and replaced it with “The best men can be”.

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My top 10 social media campaigns of 2016

Norton's Notes

Certainly one of the most brutally effective campaigns on the list, The Salvation Army used the viral ‘blue vs gold dress’ from earlier in the year to highlight domestic violence. They gave up on TV and print, and have had a year of self-titled ‘social madness’. Here are ten of my favourite social media campaigns from 2016.

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4 MARKETING SECRETS FOR VIRAL GUINNESS WORLD RECORD EVENTS

MaccaPR

Chief marketing officers are in love with the idea of breaking a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® event record and having their brands bask in the seemingly viral eruption of TV, radio, print and online buzz that comes from that honor. Go Online or Go Home. ’ But today?

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4 Examples of Fair Use Debates in the Digital World

Cision

Forty-five percent of executives think it’s okay to share other brands’ information as either digital or print paid content. After he sent a takedown notice, the website took down the photo and updated its post, however, the photographer alleges the photo had already spread virally to other websites without proper attribution.

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