Cision

JULY 20, 2015

In 2013, users sent 500 million tweets and uploaded 100 hours of video to YouTube each day. Want to learn the three ways to make your idea go viral? Statistics like these prove how difficult it is for professionals to spread the word about their ideas. Getting the message out is a lot different from being heard. Look Around You.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 28, 2013

but did you enhance brand. John Friedman (@JohnFriedman) May 28, 2013. measurePR — John Friedman (@JohnFriedman) May 28, 2013. gain in each #measurePR — John Friedman (@JohnFriedman) May 28, 2013. John Friedman (@JohnFriedman) May 28, 2013. It’s reality #measurePR. I love that last one!

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Measurement Corporate Survey Viral 103

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Thus, brands have been forced to place a premium on keeping pace with this demand, and many have risen to the challenge and garnered impressive results. 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. Brands take note!

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Marketing Conference Trends Viral 138

Cision

MARCH 1, 2016

In the Journal of Marketing Management, a group of British researchers write that crisis communication has “implications for brand equity and consumers’ purchase intentions.” One of the great examples of crisis/not crisis was the 2013 hacking of Burger King’s Twitter account by a McDonald’s fan.

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Crisis Crisis Communications Journalism YouTube 120

Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 13, 2016

Loosely defined as a marketing strategy involving influencers to impact buyer decisions and boost a brand’s visibility by using their online personality and popularity, influencer marketing has many takers. It is one of the most effective ways to spread brand awareness to scores of followers, to reach out and engage with them.

Marketing 40

Marketing Viral Fashion Product Launch 40

Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

A recent report from Continuity Insights in 2014 shows that “over half (58%) rated mobile technologies [are considered] as absolutely vital in carrying out crisis communications plans, up 5% since 2013” (page 4). We researchers often only focus on what good can be accomplished with social media at our fingertips.

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Crisis Communications Social Media Crisis Communications 40

Cision

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Forty-five percent of executives think it’s okay to share other brands’ information as either digital or print paid content. In 2013, a photographer brought a lawsuit against BuzzFeed for the use of a photo he originally posted in Flickr. But copyright violations can have disastrous consequences.

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Examples Viral YouTube Infographics 120

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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Marketing Content Marketing Advertising Advertising 99

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 25, 2014

For the most part, brands use it well. Social media is very susceptible to human error, things are said in the heat of the moment without enough forward planning, and a large follower base can mean something goes viral in minutes. It’s equally damaging to your brand to jump on completely irrelevant bandwagons for cheap clicks.

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prTini

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Started in 2013, BuzzSumo is an up-and-coming tool I’ve kept my eye on since the beginning. A new tool created by AirPR , NEO (News Engine Optimization) breaks down how people perceive your brand messages online. Viral Content Buzz. Viral Content Buzz is a crowdsourcing tool to generate organic social shares.

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Tools Viral Engineering Comparison 72

MaccaPR

JANUARY 6, 2015

Just as we did in 2013 with " PR and Social Media Counsel from MaccaPR''s Most Popular Posts ," we''re now taking a look back at the most successful recent posts on MaccaPR, according to our readers. His post features tips for how your brand can use YouTube and other social media channels to conquer your competition. #3. The verdict?

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 17, 2018

peaked in 2013, at 242 million units sold. If you’ve got some viral posts, then you’re ready for that “ebook.”. Designing an infographic is an excellent way of making your viral written content more popular and lifting up your posts that performed poorly. Interestingly, between 2010 – 2016, the sales of ebooks in the U.S.

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Norton's Notes

JULY 26, 2017

I speak a lot to student and marketers alike about social media crisis management as I believe it can have a huge impact on a brand’s reputation and share price if you get it wrong. Even today I am amazed at how many brands just pass the social media content to the most junior member of the team. Uber Backs The Wrong Horse.

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Social Media Airlines Media Viral 49

MaccaPR

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Marketers watched with astonishment this year as the Subway restaurant chain’s brand - once valued by Forbes at $6.8 billion, putting it on the magazine’s list of Most Valuable Brands - imploded, as the company flailed about when spokesperson Jared Fogle agreed to a plea deal involving child sex and porn. SUBWAY® (@SUBWAY).

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

In today’s volatile media and social environment, brand reputation is fragile. According to the World Economic Forum , more than twenty-five percent of a company’s market value is directly attributable to its brand reputation. So how should brands prepare for an unknown, uncontrollable event that could impugn its reputation?

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