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Less “let’s go viral” and more “let’s build community”

Communications Conversations

Last week, Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes wrote an outstanding piece about how the rules of social media marketing have changed. While Holmes talked about how we’re in the midst of transitioning to a post-social-media landscape, I envision another stark trend: The comeback of community. It got bigger.

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3 Essential PR Trends to Monitor in the New Year and Decade

PRSay

At the risk of sounding old, 2010 seemed like just yesterday. Organic reach on social media was also still possible for brands. As marketers, leaders and media consumers, we need to shift our views of traditional news outlets to incorporate more niche, targeted outlets. Yet, in reflection, so much has changed.

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Who is Generation Alpha and How Can We Market to Them?

5W PR

Generation Alpha, born between 2010 and 2025, is the first generation to fully embrace the 21st century from birth. Growing up in a world defined by rapid technological advancements, globalization, and unprecedented access to information, Generation Alpha is poised to shape and redefine societal norms, consumer behaviors, and market trends.

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The Future of Marketing Looks More like Public Relations

Sword and the Script

This is evident in that core PR tenants have been prominently at work in marketing trends over the last decade. See these related posts: PR, Social Media and the Imperative of Content Marketing [UML]. We saw it in the rise of social media , where authenticity reigned and rejected commercialization.

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State of Social Q1 2017: Snapchat Reveals Little, Saturated Already?

Shift Communications

Snapchat, the shiniest new object in social media (at least as far as publicly-traded companies go), held its first earnings call since its initial public offering (IPO). User Growth. What we see is Snapchat’s growth in early days of its reporting over the last year.

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Reflexivity Memo on PR practice from craft skills to education. A case of ‘plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’.

PR Conversations

Although the accelerating decline in the influence of national and local media signalled an end to the dominance of a journalist-to-PR career pathway, it also weakened the established case for the importance of PR in the C-suite (boardroom). These developments also gave life to what was known at the time as ‘digital PR’ or ‘E-PR’.

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COVID-19 Brought a Temporary Flight to Quality in the Public’s Attention Allocation

NewsWhip

The Iffy Quotient , published by the University of Michigan Center for Social Media Responsibility (CSMR) , is the fraction of the most popular URLs on Facebook and Twitter that come from Iffy sites, our tongue-in-cheek way to describe sites that often publish misinformation. This mainstream percentage has trended a little lower (~10.5%–12.5%)

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