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PR vs. Advertising: What’s the difference?

5W PR

When most people hear about PR and advertising, they assume it’s roughly the same thing. The mistaken belief might arise from the fact that both of them have to do with the information found about a person or brand in the media, making both of them marketing. The starkest difference between them is that advertising is controlled media.

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7 #PR Lessons in 2015

Deirdre Breakenridge

Can you believe it’s December and 2015 is coming to a close? At the same time, the agency participants rated the quality of their creativity as 60% worse than the creative from advertising agencies. Brand Champions : There are people that you don’t even know who will become your greatest brand champions.

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Why Brands Need to Get Emotional

Cision

Brands know that emotions are powerful motivators and an emotional campaign can heavily influence buyer behavior. Brands that are shying away from emotion as a motivator, or merely only as a data-set to inform a marketing persona are fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. . Duracell is “Trusted Everywhere”.

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5 social media marketing predictions for 2015 that are flat-out wrong

Communications Conversations

Yes, those 2015 trends/prediction posts are just starting to roll out. Between the all-too-tired and predictable (2015 is the year of mobile!) to the ridiculously far-fetched (augmented reality will TRANSFORM PR in 2015!), Still really think mobile will “take over” in 2015? It’s that time of year.

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5 Amazing Facts You Must Know About Facebook Advertising

Cision

As a content marketer, you spend tremendous time and money to create content – be it brand awareness, thought leadership or lead generation pieces. B2B marketers, in particular, are missing a huge opportunity with social advertising to promote content. Facebook makes money by selling advertising. And then…no one sees it.

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SHIFT Archives: The Best of Q1 2015

Shift Communications

Our top posts from the first quarter of 2015 focused on Facebook and SHIFT updates. We’ve talked a lot in the past year about Facebook, from the evolution of its advertising offering to the almost complete destruction of organic reach for brand pages. Keep PR Weird: SHIFT Starts 2015 With New Austin Office. Here’s how.

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Is Content Marketing Better than Advertising?

Sword and the Script

billion in ad spend waste in 2015, according to a new report.”. billion in ad spend waste in 2015, according to a new report.”. As a result, the refrain “content marketing is better than advertising” is bounced around the marketing echo chamber. Pay-per-click advertising? Is it better than sponsored social posts?