Remove 2013 Remove Community Remove Consumer Remove Ethics
article thumbnail

Blogger Outreach Versus Media Relations: What Marketers Need To Know

Polaris

According to a 2013 Technorati study , blogs are one of the most important online sources of purchase influence. While independent bloggers often have lower audience reach than legacy media, their communities are typically more involved. In fact, they ranked third after retail and brand sites—well above online magazines and news sites.

article thumbnail

I Sold PR 20/20, but That’s Just the Start of the Story

PR 20/20

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.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

(Ad)vice: 3 Marketers at Controversial Companies Explain Their Methods

Contently - Strategy

In 2013, Andreas Johansson launched a new vodka for a celebrity who knows a thing or two about controversy. A post shared by Dennis Rodman – Bad Ass Vodka (@badassvodka) on Dec 3, 2013 at 12:11pm PST. Josem said some of these sites stretch the limits of ethical, legal gambling to the breaking point.

Company 105
article thumbnail

I Sold PR 20/20, but That’s Just the Start of the Story

PR 20/20

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.

article thumbnail

The Present & Future Tech Trends PRs Should Prepare For

Cision

As of 2013, 3 percent of the U.S. The FCC is investing in providing access to communities that do not have broadband. Embedded IoT systems will likely become as ubiquitous as workplace email and instant messaging and like them, will create a long trail of data, creating a whole new set of ethical and legal responsibilities.

Trends 120
article thumbnail

Muck Rack Lands a Whopping $180 million in Funding [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

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. Vocus raised a little more than $13 million over two rounds of venture capital funding according to Crunchbase. Content picks.

article thumbnail

26 Thoughtful Marketing Predictions that Could Actually Happen in 2019 Across PR, Content, Digital, Social Media and Customer Success

Sword and the Script

“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. 15) Ethics in PR revisited.