Beyond PR

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

When crafting campaigns, brands often have reaching various language groups on their radar. Communications professionals are aware of the importance of targeting, for example, the considerable number of Hispanics who prefer to consume media in Spanish. Is there a reason to specifically target this community?

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Contently - Strategy

APRIL 10, 2019

In 2013, Andreas Johansson launched a new vodka for a celebrity who knows a thing or two about controversy. ” Shortly after the team launched the vodka brand , with Johansson as founder and CEO, public opinion on Rodman began to shift. . The brand controls over two-thirds of the market. View this post on Instagram. "There

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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. In van den Beld’s defense, he’s referring to the opening up of the LinkedIn publishing platform and its effect on brands.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 28, 2013

but did you enhance brand. John Friedman (@JohnFriedman) May 28, 2013. On the different kinds of assets a company has: A3: Tangible assets less than half company value, rest= goodwill, intellectual capital, customer loyalty, consumer support, etc. measurePR — John Friedman (@JohnFriedman) May 28, 2013.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Blue Cypress is also the lead investor in our sister company, Marketing AI Institute , which raised a $1M seed round earlier this year to help advance the understanding and adoption of artificial intelligence within the marketing industry and broader business community. But AI is not just in your consumer life. Growing smarter.

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MaccaPR

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

The Dove “Real Beauty” Sketches film, which became the #1 most viewed online ad of all time in 2013, had 65 million views and tens of millions of shares, likes and comments. Listen folks: It''s not all about the community size and fan counts! Brand engagement. Consumer, business or trade media relationships. Sales leads.

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PR 20/20

JUNE 25, 2019

Brands have the opportunity to do better marketing at scale, and in doing so, make the world a better place. Technology and data have supercharged consumer expectations for a personalized, connected experience. And 67% have switched vendors for a more consumer-like experience. Source: Neilsen , 2013). Take a stand.

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Communications Conversations

JANUARY 26, 2016

I’m talking about the broader scope of PR here–media relations, content marketing, social media marketing, community relations, etc. 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. Just give this shocking post a read.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 12, 2017

Both media and public relations are constantly evolving, and as mentioned in our 2013 post, their dynamic nature in the past has resulted in a blurred line between concepts. Not only do they help increase brand awareness for a company on social media, but they provide your client with invaluable access to the public.

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Cision

JUNE 29, 2015

This is a guest post by Jeremy Bamidele , a brand strategist, publicist and adjunct professor at Rancho Santiago Community College District. The decline of television as a news source pales in comparison with the decline of print, which has been drastically declining since 2013.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 4, 2022

But in its last full year as a publicly traded company in 2013, prior to its sale to GTCR (and eventual merger with Cision), it did roughly $187 million sales or a little more than the Muck Rack funding round. If a publication puts your logo on its site without mentioning the brand name, you may never see it. PR tech mentions.

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Prohibition

APRIL 17, 2017

So that involves lots of exciting things like online community building, social media listening, brand audits, online crisis management, content marketing and video seeding. While we do ‘the traditional stuff’ very well indeed, we’re constantly pushing the boundaries of what you would expect from a PR agency. Attending press launches.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

As of 2013, 3 percent of the U.S. The FCC is investing in providing access to communities that do not have broadband. PR and media professionals who can understand these changes and anticipate their brand’s or client’s needs will have a strong advantage in this time of rapid change. Prepared for a brand crisis?

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MaccaPR

APRIL 2, 2015

Without a doubt, the top trend I heard reiterated time and time again at SMMW15 was that every piece of content your brand or company generates needs some sort of visual. Your brands'' consumers are no different. Facebook users are often looking to be social; so, ask yourself if your brand’s social posts are engaging.

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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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MaccaPR

MAY 23, 2016

Those of us who are healthcare marketers and communicators have a lot of work to do to gain consumer trust. One result from the study: in contrast to the nearly 500 tweets from e-cigarette brands, marketers and resellers, there were zero tweets from public health groups about the effects of e-cigarette use. What does that mean?

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

3) Brands blur the lines between company and friend. We’re used to seeing communications and interactions with brands that are personalized. Similar to the algorithms which drive many of our online purchases, brands will begin to communicate with their customers as if they have personal connections with them.

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Journalistics

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Brands have never cared more about content marketing. 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. This was the world of content marketing in the mass communications age. Don’t believe me?

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Mark My Words

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Campaign Two very different types of campaigns from BrewDog and John Lewis have drawn consumer complaints recently. The offending work was a promotion that offered consumers the chance to win a “solid gold, 24-carat” can via two tweets and a Facebook post. Whatever a brand does should be rooted in a more intelligent, bigger strategy.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 26, 2018

Host Kerry O’Shea Gorgone – who always sounds like she’s smiling – has recently interviewed marketers on topics including brands, metrics, personalization, content marketing, and even, occasionally, the value of creative in marketing. Keeping track of them is time-consuming. daily | ~15 minutes). weekly | 30-50 minutes).

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MaccaPR

JULY 10, 2014

Vastly funnier and more entertaining are these 2013 Delta video out takes. Could there have been a better evangelist for the Southwest brand than this everyday Texas employee? Hilton even segment-marketed to the GLBT community, with Vacationitis events at gay pride festivals under the theme "Stay Hilton. Source: veeoz ).

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prTini

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Tools are constantly popping up to help communication professionals save time, easily connect with journalist and influencers, and produce better results for their company and clients. Trying new tools for the short free trail week is more often than not confusing and time-consuming. It’s like trying to buy the best wine. BuzzSumo Pro.

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Journalistics

MARCH 2, 2013

Three months from now, the class of 2013 will walk across the stage to collect their diplomas and immediately have a panic attack when they realize it’s time to look for that first job out of college. That’s something I wish I had done (I started my first job the day after graduation).

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ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

“I share to be part of a community. I share because I consume a lot of others’ thoughts, and don’t want it to be a one-sided relationship. “I launched All Things IC consultancy in 2013 because readers kept asking if I could translate my free articles into work they could pay for. It’s not Pepsi vs Coke.

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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? Where that campaign was genuine, true to the brand and fun in its spontaneity, the pancake waffle weigh-in was just illogical and offensive. Brands like Dove always seem to do it right.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Convenience’ (more of it) and ‘friction’ (less of it) are going to be critical terms for brand messaging in 2018, whether through marketing or PR efforts. Today’s buyers (whether an organization or consumer) are more informed and choosy about who they decide to do business. BJ Schaknowski , CSMO | Vertafore.

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Frederik Vincx

DECEMBER 11, 2015

PR teams need to adapt to the changing consumer. All communication teams are striving for the attention of the fickle consumer. Use an integrated PESO model and start thinking of PR as a business driver, not just as a brand enhancer. Your team needs to keep up with and swiftly respond to evolving consumer behavior.

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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. 9) Brands across the aisle. “I 3) Emotional connection with customers. “I

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 29, 2019

They may be about the brand that punches above its weight, one that makes a comeback against the odds, or even the crisis that didn’t happen. This one’s a controversial entry for the winners’ column because reaction to the brand’s 2019 ad campaign was sharply divided. Those are harder to assess. Gillette Gets Woke.

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PR Conversations

MARCH 19, 2015

For P&G it was the bacon brand related to the “healthy eating lifestyle” of the American middle class family; another example was American Tobacco, with women’s rights expressed through the “liberty” made implicit by images of females smoking in public. The power of the image.

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PR Conversations

MARCH 19, 2015

For P&G it was the bacon brand related to the “healthy eating lifestyle” of the American middle class family; another example was American Tobacco, with women’s rights expressed through the “liberty” made implicit by images of females smoking in public. The power of the image.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They may be about the brand that punches above its weight, one that makes a comeback against the odds, or even the crisis that didn’t happen. This one’s a controversial entry for the winners’ column because reaction to the brand’s 2019 ad campaign was sharply divided. Those are harder to assess. Gillette Gets Woke.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Brand-to-brand collaboration. Trust and relatability really come to the forefront for me when thing about marketing and communications in 2021. Likely see more brand-to-brand and brand-to-influencer collaborations. Brands will need to be sensitive and attuned to both realities.

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