Mark My Words

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Campaign Two very different types of campaigns from BrewDog and John Lewis have drawn consumer complaints recently. BrewDog, the self-styled punk brewer, displayed some softer edges this week after finding itself on the wrong side of an Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruling. And that seems an even poorer strategy.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Who can forget Oreo’s brilliant “dunk in the dark” tweets during the famous Super Bowl blackout of 2013? This has continued to work well for Kenneth Cole, who uses his advertising and social media to make provocative statements like the “Boots on the Ground” campaign at Fashion Week. Odds are no.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

We can measure the initial impacts of marketing and advertising efforts almost immediately, but that doesn’t mean we should. But it’s not advertising, and it’s not ‘influencer marketing’ in the Kardashian style. Podcast advertising revenue will exceed $1 billion in 2020. 5) Marketers will slow down.

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Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Consider the following stats: 91% of Americans own a cell phone; 61% own a smartphone; mobile ad spending doubled in 2013 and 2014; and, consumers spend 60% of their internet time on a mobile device. Prediction: The native advertising backlash will intensify—but from brands, not media critics. Building your own audience.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Consider how much time and money you and your team spend performing repetitive marketing tasks such as: creating social media updates, writing blog posts, personalizing emails, developing advertising copy, managing digital media spend, optimizing web pages, testing creatives, and extracting insights from analytics. Growing smarter.

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Mindful Marketing

JUNE 5, 2021

It reminded me of a very different campaign from 2013 that featured actor Bradley Cooper seductively spooning vanilla indulgence from the same premium ice cream company’s pints. Other companies that choose to integrate inclusion and diversity in their advertising are often clothing brands, home decor product lines, and cosmetics.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

When Carnival Cruise Line was faced with several crises back in 2012 and 2013 , it was a deficit that many brand experts predicted would take at least four years to dig out of. brand in consumer perception,” a feat which took half the time it has taken other crisis-stricken major brands.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

At this time, Snapchat was solely consumer-user friendly. October 2013. Like all things online, it was only a matter of time before Snapchat added advertising capabilities. And rumor has it, Snapchat’s introduction of Snapcash on Monday could provide even more data for future advertisers on the platform.).

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Mindful Marketing

DECEMBER 12, 2020

”—It’s often the first question consumers ask and one that companies like to avoid until after they’ve described their products’ features and benefits. Legally, organizations can’t charge certain consumers more because of personal traits like gender and race. or would it?

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

They can be used to target a brand’s influencers or to reach directly other segments of consumers at scale.” ” – Journal of Advertising Research 3. ” Journal Of Advertising Research 55, no. References: 1 Soat, Molly. “Serious Sway.” ” Marketing News 47, no. Interaction.”

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Polaris

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

According to a 2013 Technorati study , blogs are one of the most important online sources of purchase influence. On the other hand, independent bloggers rely on advertising and sponsors to make a living. In fact, they ranked third after retail and brand sites—well above online magazines and news sites.

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Journalistics

MAY 26, 2015

More consumers are accessing all kinds of websites via mobile devices than from desktop computers. What’s surprising is how slow news organizations are adapting to the rise of the mobile consumer. They hit the site, consume the content they were looking for, and move on to the next shiny thing that catches their attention.

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Rock the Status Quo

APRIL 23, 2015

Many consumer bloggers who do product reviews, for example, are brand ambassadors because they are paid in money or product, not unpaid brand advocates. I consider brand ambassadors a marketing tactic (advertising) and brand advocates a public relations tactic (awareness). Money to promote the new community.

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Beyond PR

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Communications professionals are aware of the importance of targeting, for example, the considerable number of Hispanics who prefer to consume media in Spanish. The fact is companies that ignore African Americans risk missing out on an increasingly affluent, well-educated and well-connected group of consumers. percent, up from 59.3

Television 72

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Cision

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

And all of these users are having to adjust to changes such as “Moments,” “Mute,” and increasing exposure to advertising and promotion. The general assumption about superusers is that they spend more time on the platform and are more likely to consume and amplify content. The ghosts of Twitter are numerous.

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Communications Conversations

JANUARY 26, 2016

But, a number of stats and reports lately (not to mention consumer behavior trends in general) have got me thinking: We may be well past the tipping point. In fact, if these numbers are accurate, the USA Today went from a print pub circ of 1,424,000 in 2013 to just 299,000 in 2015. Just give this shocking post a read.

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Journalistics

MAY 26, 2015

More consumers are accessing all kinds of websites via mobile devices than from desktop computers. What’s surprising is how slow news organizations are adapting to the rise of the mobile consumer. They hit the site, consume the content they were looking for, and move on to the next shiny thing that catches their attention.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 26, 2018

That’s a valuable amount of attention to hold and the money has followed, as Alex Weprin reported for the Media Post : “Podcast advertising revenue in the U.S. grew at a substantial rate in 2017, hitting $314 million, according to the latest Podcast Advertising Revenue Study, released by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PwC.

Marketing 84

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Consider how much time and money you and your team spend performing repetitive marketing tasks such as: creating social media updates, writing blog posts, personalizing emails, developing advertising copy, managing digital media spend, optimizing web pages, testing creatives, and extracting insights from analytics. Growing smarter.

Financial 52

Financial Conference Agency Resources 52

Cision

MAY 2, 2016

adults use mobile to consume news. Distributed content is consumed on Facebook through Instant Articles, on Twitter through Twitter Cards, on Snapchat through Stories, Google through Accelerated Mobile Pages and News (in a roundabout way), on LinkedIn through long-form posts, on Tumblr and others. According to Pew 64 percent of U.S.

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Cision

JUNE 29, 2015

The decline of television as a news source pales in comparison with the decline of print, which has been drastically declining since 2013. Marketers, in turn, advertise in the publication that attracts their desired audience. The visual nature of television may be serving as a buffer to the greater decline faced by print media.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 7, 2014

This mentality involves a complete change in the way we consume information and created a demand for real-time, up-to-the-second news unlike we’ve ever seen before. One of the classic examples comes from my favorite cookie brand, Oreo, which took to social with this tweet spoofing the notorious 2013 Super Bowl blackout.

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Journalistics

MAY 26, 2015

More consumers are accessing all kinds of websites via mobile devices than from desktop computers. What’s surprising is how slow news organizations are adapting to the rise of the mobile consumer. They hit the site, consume the content they were looking for, and move on to the next shiny thing that catches their attention.

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Ishmael's Corner

JANUARY 27, 2015

You see, Max’s blog on consumer electronics had gained such a following that the likes of Dolby and HP were courting Master Swisher. While many fixate on native advertising, the partnering of publications and brands in the making of journalism is the more jarring trend. Meet Max Swisher. It’s a Bird. It’s a Plane.

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Journalistics

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

It is the hot topic for 2013, as brands look to leverage great content to expand their reach, drive more engagement or improve their search engine rankings – to name a few. Brands have never cared more about content marketing. Don’t believe me?

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MaccaPR

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Eight years ago, Unilever’s Dove brand began exploring how its female consumers perceived beauty by using real women—of all shapes, sizes and backgrounds—as the faces of its marketing campaign from agency Ogilvy & Mather Brazil. The battle for women’s empowerment in advertising and marketing campaigns is far from finished.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

2021 will see an increase in podcasts, with more brands and institutions harnessing the power of this very intimate form of communication as some consumers attempt to ration their screen time. I think consumers expect and are demanding the brands they support to have a position, and this can be uncharted territory for some brands.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 25, 2014

Social media is a great tool for engaging with consumers. Hashtags that encourage consumers to “tell us why you love [brand]” have a tendency to backfire, as there will inevitably be people out there who don’t like your brand and will relish the opportunity to hijack your hashtag. Guest Post by Josh Lyon.

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MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

As SVP and CMO, Addicks led the company’s advertising, promotion, brand public relations, design, packaging, digital media, licensing and multicultural initiatives; built such iconic food brands as Cheerios, Betty Crocker, Yoplait and Pillsbury and created equity platforms including Box Tops for Education.

Brand 48

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

“The cultural divide due to ‘fake news’ and distrust of media will deepen in 2019 forcing marketers and PR to push harder on content distribution with their own consumer channels as the most direct line of communication with the company or client. Consumers trust others of similar ilk. 8) Creativity over productivity.

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MaccaPR

JULY 23, 2014

Develop visuals that are relevant to current events and consumer taste. Consumers love short and punchy. For example, to ensure high-quality content, Facebook stipulates advertisers share photos with no more than 20 percent text in the ad''s image. Another example is the meme-like image series created by H&R Block.

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MaccaPR

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Preceding its $90 million acquisition by LinkedIn back in 2013, Pulse was a news-aggregator app that curated your favorite publications and news sources and presented them in a Flipboard-type manner. Rebranding to “LinkedIn Pulse” in late 2013 , the app has quickly become a key part of making LinkedIn a content marketing machine.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Today’s buyers (whether an organization or consumer) are more informed and choosy about who they decide to do business. The alternative ways to scale marketing is to add headcount or spend more on advertising. December 2013: Focusing on a Few 2014 Content Marketing Predictions. .’” – Tom Pick | Webbiquity.

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Mindful Marketing

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

He has developed communications strategies, managed internal teams and placed high-level business and technology coverage for companies in the semiconductor, services, security, cloud, wireless, enterprise software, marketing and consumer device industries. 2) fama PR was named a Best Place to Work in 2013 by Boston Business Journal.

Marketing 50

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MaccaPR

JULY 10, 2014

The travel industry – seldom known for its goofy hilarity – has been embracing public relations, advertising and video marketing campaigns that feature comedic (as well as not-quite-as-funny-as-they-hoped-to-be) TV spots and in-flight videos. Vastly funnier and more entertaining are these 2013 Delta video out takes.

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Flatiron Communications

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

The deal values Business Insider at $442 million, almost $200 million more than what The Washington Post sold for in 2013 and well above the $315 million AOL paid to acquire The Huffington Post in 2011.” ’ A lot of it looks like advertising. that are focused on technology for the enterprise, not the consumer.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 13, 2016

Content is evolving and so are the ways in which people consume it. Also, of note: Since April 2013, there’s been a 76% increase in Google searches for “influencer marketing”. Guest Post by Taral Patel. Let’s face it. This is where influencer marketing comes to the rescue. in revenue per $1 spent. ALS #IceBucketChallenge.

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