Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Specifically, I talked about how today’s branded content is broken. My main hypothesis: Today’s branded content is broken (for the most part). Or, we see this type of content: Yep–so many brands attempting the real-time marketing thing. We have been the ones telling brands to “create engaging content.”

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Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 15, 2020

Social media activism: brands don’t listen In 2012 Steve Earl and I wrote a book called Brand Anarchy. Brand shaming has become commonplace. Most brands have learnt that the customer service or reputational impact of the occasion rogue tweet isn’t worth the cost of 24/7 social media management.

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Doctor Spin

APRIL 17, 2023

He argues that founders should not underestimate the power of compound growth and should measure their startup’s progress through weekly growth rates. 2012, May 17). This policy encourages customers to try products without fear of commitment and builds trust with the brand. link] Nordstrom.

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MaccaPR

JUNE 1, 2016

If you’ve ever read a Buzzfeed article, you know that brands are capitalizing on the opportunity to publish their own brand stories in the context of news distribution. New York Times article while scrolling through your newsfeed — only to realize halfway through that it was actually sponsored by a brand, like.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Marketers will likely gravitate toward tracks including: Advertising and brand experience. Traffic & Conversion Summit 2020 will feature seven tracks including: big ideas, agencies only, digital retailers, digital advertisers, content marketers, conversational marketers and growth hackers. Experiential storytelling.

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Communications Conversations

APRIL 21, 2015

Remember, these product line launches haven’t always been so successful (remember the Nieman Marcus partnership in 2012? ” The financial crisis of 2012? What’s the one social platform that’s seeing massive engagement for brands? Tough to measure success here without seeing Target’s analytics.

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Prohibition

APRIL 2, 2017

The PR industry, much like the advertising industry, has been challenged no end over recent years. At first the rise of internet, computers and connectivity helped to streamline admin, create new and measurable mechanisms and provide communicators with a more coherent way of working. And with that comes a need for change.

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Prohibition

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

I also love the way PR and comms has become far more measurable, being in a position to demonstrate the strength of your work to your clients is so satisfying, not least when there’s direct engagement with consumers. Underline Audio-Technica’s commitment as the brand of choice for those serious about music.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 14, 2019

If you or your brand earn coverage, this tile is calculating the social shares around that particular piece. 3) Measuring the influence of coverage. You can view this measure in a couple of different ways – and the charts allow for you to drill down and take a look at the underlying coverage. Sentiment analysis.

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Onclusive

MARCH 21, 2018

In 2012, in response to the Altimeter group’s white paper on “converged media” last summer, Jeremiah Owyang took a stab on his blog at defining the new workflow for paid, earned, owned and shared media. In the meantime, the rise of shared or social media complicated things further. Was it a function of PR? Its own function?

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PR 20/20

MAY 12, 2016

The future belongs to dynamic agencies with more efficient management systems, integrated services, versatile talent, value-based pricing models, a love for data, and a commitment to producing measurable results. Their value and success will be measured by outcomes, not outputs.”. However, these digital-savvy firms are in short supply.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

As much as video content has grown in advertising, marketing, and PR , data shows that it continues to expand. PR practitioners have long helped clients amplify video content through social media promotion and earned media coverage, but they may be underusing video as branded content. 7 best PR uses for video. A public-facing CEO.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 13, 2019

Vocus had, in years prior, acquired brands including PRWeb for $28 million in 2006, Help a Reporter Out, aka HARO, for an undisclosed sum in 2010 , and iContact, for $169 million in 2012. Cision drops the Vocus brand name, but the underlying technology that all future Cision development will be based on, is Vocus technology.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 28, 2017

To be fair, LinkedIn started with subscriptions and the advertisements came later. A single share of Facebook in May of 2012 cost $40 – today it’s worth $130. Their blog post earned a measured response from Megan Rose Dickey , also of TechCrunch, with a rather blunt headline that reads, Google+ won’t go away.

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Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

Branding, Social Media, Marketing, PR & Professional Coach. Social is branding, but unlike traditional advertising—it’s more human. Digital Brand Manager for USC, digital strategist, marketing consultant, public speaker. A5: Social listening is critical and key to success in brand protection. ” https://t.co/XuswAAsGAo.

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MaccaPR

JANUARY 6, 2015

Since MaccaPR first launched in late 2012, we''ve averaged a new blog post nearly every week for our loyal chief marketing and PR officer, corporate communication directors and marketing professional subscribers. His post features tips for how your brand can use YouTube and other social media channels to conquer your competition. #3.

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ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

“Value is subjective: it’s impossible to measure the value of a public relations programme until it’s been running for a while (and even then it’s still hard). “Almost 10 years later, what are some measurable outcomes from participating in PR Conversations? Rich started PRexamples.com in January 2012.

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Frederik Vincx

DECEMBER 11, 2015

And you are not just competing against other PR teams for budgets, but also against advertising, digital, and marketing. The issues we face in practice are well documented: measurement, media, paid, planning, and workflow. Use an integrated PESO model and start thinking of PR as a business driver, not just as a brand enhancer.

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Cision

MAY 14, 2015

New ways to accurately measure and track PR’s value. The CEO of Social Media Explorer, Nichole Kelly spent 15 years as a brand-side marketer working for organizations such as Sherwin-Williams and The Federal Reserve Bank. She also co-founded TRKS.IT, a link shortening, measurement and remarketing platform.

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MaccaPR

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

But that head-to-head contest could hardly be as savage as the current brand battle between Beats Electronics’ Beats by Dre headphone line and the venerable audiophile company, Bose. The NFL’s effort to defend Bose’s investment by punishing athletes for going brand AWOL boomeranged into a PR bonanza for Beats by Dre. The lesson?

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PRSay

MAY 18, 2016

In June, we saw AMEC upgrade its 5-year-old measurement guidelines to Barcelona Principles 2.0. Those are four great reasons more and more brands, including your competitors, are taking deeper dives into data. In a more positive example, suppose you see a measurable traffic spike after a particular campaign. Data Closes Deals.

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