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The Financial Drain of Misinformation

PRSay

During the lead-up to the 2016 United States presidential election, the individuals behind fake news sites earned thousands through programmatic and pay-per-click advertising. Paid promotions can appear on a fake news site or run alongside a conspiracy theory-fueled Facebook page without an advertiser even realizing it happened.

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AirPR Raises $8 Million Series C Financing – Bolsters Platform With the Release of Author Intelligence™ Solution

Onclusive

In addition to industry-leading technology and data products, what I am most excited about is the breadth of talent and experience which we are bringing to bear to this opportunity”, said Dan Beltramo, CEO of AirPR. “We The PR and communication function, on the whole, has been losing ground relative to the advances in marketing technology.

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The Statistics, Effectiveness and Politics of Super Bowl Commercials [UML]

Sword and the Script

1) Statistics on the Super Bowl audience and advertising. Marketing Charts published a piece – Super Bowl 2020 Data – summarizing advertising research about the Super Bowl from Kantar and the National Retail Foundation , among others. What does an advertisement in this year’s Super Bowl (54) cost?

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How to Tackle Social Media for Your Business Even When Technology is Not Your Strong Suit

ReimaginePR

So with the help of today’s article, I’ll show you how to use social media even when technology is not your strong suit. Snapchat was initially released in 2011, but it didn’t gain much traction until recently. Remember, all of these social media sites were foreign territory for everyone when they first launched. Click Here.

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Top Trends From State of the Media 2016

Cision

Emerging technology continues to change the way readers consume the news and how media outlets report it. Pew Research Center found that the number of Americans using smartphones increased from 35 percent to 64 percent between 2011 and 2015. Native Advertising. So how can you stay on the cutting edge of the news industry?

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Your Brand is Not the Hero…Your Customer is the Hero

Sword and the Script

The story stems from a 2011 commercial for the Volkswagen Passat – the “Darth Vader Super Bowl commercial.” For example, I was recently perusing a corporate B2B technology blog about an awards program a vendor had established. The point of which was to recognize customers for doing great things with their technology. Talk to Us!

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I Sold PR 20/20, but That’s Just the Start of the Story

PR 20/20

We will be making new investments over the coming months in talent and technology to advance the agency. Now imagine if every one of those activities could be intelligently automated to some degree with smarter marketing technology. AI is not some abstract thing you see in sci-fi movies. But AI is not just in your consumer life.