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Five years later: Reflecting on 7 big social media trends from 2013

Communications Conversations

And, I think I can point to seven posts from my blog in 2013 as proof: Some of the hottest social networking sites of 2013 aren’t even around anymore. I mean, I could make a list… Sometimes technology doesn’t move as fast as everyone thinks it will. Instagram had 90 million users in January 2013.

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Voice moves from awareness to application

Stephen Waddington

Voice is evolving from an interface to a distinct channel according to the Voice Consumer Index. Data on the adoption of voice technologies by consumers is hard to find. It’s an area of the media and technology that organisations such as Ofcom or ONS don’t yet track. A third of UK consumers use voice assistants daily.

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20 Retail Journalists You Should be Following on Twitter in 2020

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Steve contributes to Forbes as a senior retail leader focusing on emerging trends and the evolution of consumer markets. . Are you more interested in e-commerce and technology? Khadeeja has been writing for WSJ since 2013 where she covers US based retail companies, including brick-and-mortar chains and e-commerce. .

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Iterations: Inception, Courtesy Of Public Relations

Remote PR Jobs

So began The Economist’s obituary for Daniel Edelman in January 2013, a sharp eulogy commemorating the life of a public relations giant. There’s demand for PR because everyone is starting something, entrepreneurship is mainstream and “cool,” and consumer attention spans are under constant attack.

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

PR 20/20

We will be making new investments over the coming months in talent and technology to advance the agency. Now imagine if every one of those activities could be intelligently automated to some degree with smarter marketing technology. But AI is not just in your consumer life. AI is not some abstract thing you see in sci-fi movies.

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

Sword and the Script

The PR technology space can be in some respects, divided into Davids and Goliaths. Here’s one more: Vocus was one of the earliest technology companies in the PR tech space. Muck Rack now has the resources to compete on the same playing field with a modern and homogeneous technology platform. million in a Series A. Perspective.

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

PR 20/20

We will be making new investments over the coming months in talent and technology to advance the agency. Now imagine if every one of those activities could be intelligently automated to some degree with smarter marketing technology. But AI is not just in your consumer life. AI is not some abstract thing you see in sci-fi movies.