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How Storytelling Connects Paid, Earned, and Owned Media

Onclusive

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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Brand Ambassadors, Brand Advocates: These Programs Aren’t Easy!

Rock the Status Quo

Don’t Let The Plethora of Blog Posts Fool You It’s easy to tout the benefits of brand advocate programs – of which there are many – but there isn’t enough discussion around just how difficult it is to create and sustain one. They are hired by the company and have a paid role to grow the brand.

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The Extra Mile PR Strategy: Wow Your Customers

Doctor Spin

A family staying at the Ritz-Carlton on Amelia Island, Florida, experienced the hotel’s customer service when their son’s beloved stuffed giraffe, Joshie, was accidentally left behind. 2012, May 17). Stuffed giraffe shows what customer service is all about. Ritz-Carlton. link] Nordstrom.

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Become the Pied Piper of Community Building

Waxing UnLyrical

So how can you, as a communications professional, leverage the power of community building for your brand? Now the hard part, building those relationships to reach your prospects and build brand advocates (your fans who will share your messages on their own networks). Customer Service. Think about content as your bait.

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What’s New In B2B Tech PR For 2017

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

PR and CX go hand in hand, since it’s PR’s role to burnish a brand reputation and the job can only be done when the customer experience lives up to expectations. Everyone loves a story of customer service that goes above and beyond. PR must function in real time. PR will embrace paid media.

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Best PR Uses For Video Content

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

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. As noted in our post on long-form content , a CEO can help influence a corporate image as well as build a personal brand through regular video communications.

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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. Any gap between a product or service and the public’s expectation will become a conversation on social media. Brand shaming has become commonplace. It is almost a sport on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.