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4 Key Elements in Viral Videos

Cision

When it comes to producing viral videos for big brands, Stephen Voltz is about as experienced as they come. With his viral videos for big brands being viewed over 150 million times, Voltz took the stage at Inbound 2015 to share what he believes to be the four key elements found in almost every viral video.

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The Media Spin No. 2: Dumpster Fires

Doctor Spin

Elon Musk: Twitter boss announces blue tick shake-up Branded accounts will have no choice but to sign up for Twitter Blue if this becomes a reality. Unboxing Is So 2012. The question is if they will even bother to do so. The Benner cycle. Incredibly accurate Was 2019 peak panic? Not so sure. I reckon it could be oddly satisfying.

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5 Scariest Halloween Campaigns of the Past Decade

Critical Mention

With thousands of brands competing against each other to win over customers, event-based campaigns are becoming an essential part of public relations today. Many brands are taking advantage of this spooky time of the year by launching their own Halloween campaigns to draw in customers. billion to $9.1 billion between 2016 and 2017.

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7 Rules for a New Era of Communications

PRSay

Works like Daniel Kahneman’s “Thinking Fast and Slow” (2011) and Jonathan Haidt’s “The Righteous Mind” (2012) show that they — and our target audiences — are not. Audiences, craving authenticity, are calling out brands when they smell hypocrisy. Studies have shown anger to be the most viral emotion, but anger destroys and divides.

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6 Best Practices for Identifying and Reacting to a PR Crisis

Cision

In the Journal of Marketing Management, a group of British researchers write that crisis communication has “implications for brand equity and consumers’ purchase intentions.” ” You know, the stock that was worth $38 in 2012 and is (as of this writing) worth $107. Referenced in this post: 2012. 4309: 84-85.

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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. We’ve seen how powerful real-time marketing is for consumer brands that are active on social channels. PR will embrace paid media.

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How Guest Posting Should Be Done In 2020

Buzzstream

Unfortunately, as many of us know, a thing called Penguin came along in 2012 and aggressively targeted SEO techniques which were designed to manipulate search results. There are still many good reasons to do some guest blogging (exposure, branding, increased reach, community, etc.). Make it good! This is a big one for me.

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