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So Did Those 2014 Predictions for the Communications Industry Come True?

Ishmael's Corner

Back in January, I offered 10 quasi-mad predictions on how the communications industry would unfold in 2014. Prediction 1: The Pope’s Selfie Goes Viral. Buffett only tweeted once in 2014. PRSA is still an independent body, but Blue Focus, the mega Chinese communications agency, did earmark its war chest for U.S.

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6 Research-Based Insights About Viral Content

Cision

If you’re like me, you probably greet articles about content virality with a healthy dose of skepticism. Of course anyone writing content or posting on social media hopes for the largest possible distribution, but the articles that purport to tell you how to make content go viral are oftentimes less useful than they intend to be.

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Weekly Roundup of Awesome Links: Week of August 25, 2014

Melissa Agnes

Emory’s Excellent Crisis Communication on Facebook. Power of Storytelling & Viral Fundrasing: Exploring the ALS #IceBucketChallenge Case. kfreberg examines this massively successful viral fundraising campaign, and discusses the lessons that PR professionals, marketers and PR professors should be taking away from this ALS campaign.

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Reactive PR Opportunities in Brand Mentions

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

When Stewart retired as host, Arby’s even tweeted him a job application and made a hilarious farewell viral video. While not a direct attack on Tide’s products, the viral video trend of teenagers filming themselves eating Tide Pods in 2017-2018 led to many emergency room reports – and the risk of injury or worse.

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The Power Of Creativity In PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

In today’s atmosphere of continuous communications from a multitude of channels, PR people (and their marketing peers) must come up with original approaches to storytelling to break through the noise. To urge people to give their eyes periodic breaks from screens, it filmed a series of snappy, fun viral videos called 20 Second Daydreams.

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Hashtag Brandjack Campaigns – Lessons From #AskChevron

Melissa Agnes

And worse, what if it gets picked up and begins to go viral with negativity about your organization? Dave Hamilton (@newenergydave) May 30, 2014. Stephanie Horton (@ducorwriter) May 30, 2014. Ryan Feinberg (@ryanfeinberg407) May 30, 2014. Many people are discussing what this may mean for Twitter.

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Royal Family puts Martin Bashir interview aside to embrace BBC and social media, but told to be wary of TikTok

Mark My Words

The Queen’s death has given the core Royal Family members an opportunity to “reset” relations with a voracious media and explore new methods of communicating directly with the wider public, insiders say. Interrupted by a child’s coughing fit, Kate scrunched her nose and asked soothingly if the toddler was ok.