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Will Heinz’s Halloween Promotion Scare Away Consumers?

Mindful Marketing

by David Hagenbuch - professor of Marketing at Messiah University - ​author of Honorable Influence - founder of Mindful Marketing ​ Halloween is a time when many companies give a glimpse into their dark sides, usually with carefully created, humor-filled ads. squeeze bottle. squeeze bottle.

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The PR Implications of Edelman’s 2015 Trust Barometer Study

Cision

This in turn affects the likelihood of consumers buying into your advertising and PR efforts. According to Edelman’s 2015 Trust Barometer , “This year’s study also found that a company’s in-house technical experts (e.g., The order of most to least trusted remained the same in 2014 and 2015: NGOs. Government.

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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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B2C Content Marketing Trends: Key Findings from the 2015 Study

Polaris

The Content Marketing Institute (CMI) and MarketingProfs recently released their latest joint study on the use of content in the marketing mix: B2C Content Marketing, 2015 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends—North America. B2C companies are also embracing it, with more than ¾ of those surveyed (77%) using content to build their business.

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How Well Did Social Shake-Up 2015 Stir Up Social?

Cision

Social Media Today’s Social Shake-Up 2015 Conference took place from June 9-10 in Atlanta, GA. Social Shake-Up 2015 blew the PR Measurement Conference out of the water with 13,806 total messages surrounding the two-day event. — Alan Berkson (@berkson0) June 9, 2015. — Brian Fanzo (@iSocialFanz) June 9, 2015.

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2015 State of the News Media Report

The Proactive Report

Pew Research released their 2015 State of the Media report this week. The percentage of Americans who have listened to a podcast in the past month has almost doubled since 2008, from 9% to 17% by January of 2015. The percentage listening in 2015 was up two points over 2014 levels (15%). Key trends. Things to consider.

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Online Reputation Management Guide for 2015

The Proactive Report

In most cases the company had been aware of the issues for some time, says Baskin. Prior to the Internet when a member of the public had a negative experience with a company they would, on average, tell 13 people. Now the consumer has a voice and online reviews are the norm. It must be mobile-responsive.