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Frank Strong on Next Steps in Social Media Marketing

Flack's Revenge

I never quite got on board with the “social media strategy” part (see this post from 2012 titled: Social Media Strategists will be Gone in 2 Years ). You need to have a way of activating stakeholders on social media, like employees, because their efforts are likely to go further and advance a brand’s efforts.

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Earned Media: 3 PR Studies Quantifying the Impact of Media Relations on Sales [UML]

Sword and the Script

Because these external award announcements have an effect on employees! Full report: The Effects of Traditional and Social Earned Media on Sales: A Study of a Microlending Marketplace (2012) published in the Journal of Marketing Research by Andrew T. 3) Earned media improves advertising effectiveness. Be smart about it.

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The Extra Mile PR Strategy: Wow Your Customers

Doctor Spin

2012, May 17). Southwest Airlines employees celebrate passenger’s 104th birthday. Host a community cleanup event or volunteer day with employees and customers. David should leverage the surprise element and not advertise his advantage beforehand. 2012, May 17). link] Nordstrom. 4 Ormont Blumberg, P.

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More on PR2020: social media activism, internal comms resurgence, storytelling and professionalism

Stephen Waddington

Social media activism: brands don’t listen In 2012 Steve Earl and I wrote a book called Brand Anarchy. Forward-thinking organisations are using new technologies as a means of listening and engaging with employees. A version of the complete essay will form the basis of the final chapter of Exploring PR. It’s a powerful form of advocacy.

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

PR 20/20

My focus at PR 20/20 will be on vision, growth strategies, leadership team development, employee recruiting, business development, and AI integration into operations and services. We assembled an amazing team of highly motivated professionals, and created a culture that refused to accept traditional wisdom and conventional solutions.

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10 skills the PR pro of the future will need (revised)

Communications Conversations

Here’s the new list of skills for the PR pro of the future (with notes about what’s been updated and deleted from that initial list in 2012). 1: Social advertising copywriting skills and an ability to manage social media advertising campaigns. I think I whiffed on the “mobile” skill set in 2012.

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Your content strategy is broken–here’s how to fix it

Communications Conversations

And boom–client expectations were even crazier than they already were before that 2012 Super Bowl (which is saying a lot). Figure out what content you have within your organization that you’re NOT using (white papers, employee profiles on the intranet, etc.). Suddenly, clients wanted to give real-time marketing a try.

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