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

Stephen Waddington

There were some clear misses in my original essay: social media activism, internal communications, storytelling and professionalism in PR. Social media activism: brands don’t listen In 2012 Steve Earl and I wrote a book called Brand Anarchy. Creative and content, the keys to good storytelling, are frequently overlooked elements of PR.

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The Future of Marketing: Paul Roetzer

Shift Communications

As you might expect at an event called “Future of Marketing,” we spent a lot of time talking about, well, the future of marketing. We had a chance to interview some of the top thinkers driving innovation and transformation in the marketing world, and get their perspective on the Big Question: What IS the future of marketing?

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20 of the Coolest Marketing Conferences to Attend in 2020

PR 20/20

Marketing conferences have shaped my top team memories. To share the knowledge wealth, below is my list of the 20 coolest marketing events in 2020 (coming to a venue somewhere in the U.S.). Social Media Marketing World. Discover the best social media marketing techniques from the world’s top experts.”. Tech industry.

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How to Evolve with the 2016 PR Trends

Marketwired

As technology continues to demand change for all industries, it’s important to start your year off by planning the ways it could impact your day-to-day PR activities. And so is Penguin, Google’s back-link algorithm (combined in 2012). Basically, content marketing really needs influencer marketing to succeed.”.

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Letter from Middlesbrough: 13 lessons from Mary Meeker’s 2019 report

Stephen Waddington

The report is packed with insights on internet adoption, devices and platforms; the internet ad market; content formats; and observations on disruptive business models and markets. 4 Auto advertising The use of programmatic ad buying has grown from 10% of digital display advertising revenue in 2012 to 62% in 2018.

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The New Measurement: Shifting from Traditional PR to Growth PR

Waxing UnLyrical

Marketing and Communications are converging as PR is poised to evolve radically over the next decade. Thanks to the latest technologies, PR now has the potential to be a data-driven powerhouse that maps to real business results, earning a seat at the table alongside Marketing generally, or, at least, other important marketing activities.

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The Gift of Desperation

Ishmael's Corner

operation back in the 2011/2012 timeframe. Out of literally hundreds of PR agencies focused on the technology sector, the Holmes Report judged us as the one of the top five in the country. Every PR company with a pulse touts storytelling expertise, but it tends to be a squishy concept. That was the situation for our U.S.