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6 Research-Based Insights About Viral Content

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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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The Rise and Fall of the Pumpkin Spice Latte

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In 2015, in an analysis of news media, web forums and 1% of Twitter conversations, we found 90,140 mentions. When you are listening for trends, you are given the opportunity to benchmark social and news media events relevant to your business. Trends are cyclical. There are pumpkin spice cookies, cakes, candles and yes, lattes.

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3 Brands That Aced Real-Time Opportunities

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Real-time opportunities span trending topics, events and breaking news and provide a shortcut to gain authority, engage audiences and lead industries. When the media reported that Apple’s iPhone 6 was prone to bending, the news went viral on Twitter with the #Bendgate hashtag. TheSalvationArmySA (@SalvationArmySA) March 6, 2015.

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How to add inspiration and future trends to your 2018 comms plan

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So, what are the crazy trends predicted to become lifestyle norms by 2027? So, here are four more seemingly-ludicrous trends that will be quite normal activity by 2027, and how these trends can these be woven into your 2018 campaign. Uber came under fire after an employee blog went viral, detailing a culture of sexism.

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How to Ride the Wave of Influencer Marketing

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Influencer marketing has been around for a while, but it’s become a truly epic wave in 2015. More are joining them every day from every possible angle: PR, marketing, social media…Everyone wants in on the trend. To go widespread (breadth) often means handing out a pretty penny or two or entrusting a campaign to the viral gods.

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6 Best Practices for Identifying and Reacting to a PR Crisis

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Exercising constant vigilance… monitoring the environment… assessing industry trends… listening for stakeholder criticism or concerns” For every potential crisis that we identify in PR crisis plans, we want to have a way to identify and react as soon as possible. Ripley wrote her insight in 2015. React fast.

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5 Common Misperceptions of Social Customers

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Black Friday 2015 has come and gone, and one trend dominated all others: more and more people are purchasing online rather than shopping at brink-and-mortar retailers. This trend isn’t particularly surprising, but it gives the Friday after Thanksgiving a bit of an identity crisis. Practical Value.