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State of Social Media 3Q 2017: Facebook Nears $5 ARPU

Shift Communications

Facebook, the largest social network and arguably the largest product ever made for the human race intentionally, released its 3Q 2017 earnings. Facebook’s cessation of reporting mobile-specific users in 1Q 2017 may have been simply because the statistic is meaningless. Let’s see what the behemoth had to say. User Growth.

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Three Public Relations Mega-Trends in 2017

Shift Communications

What does the public relations industry have to look forward to in 2017? In 2016, we saw more content created than ever before. In 2016, we saw more content created than ever before. Just in news publications alone, we saw an astonishing 72 million news stories written in 2016 according to Google News, an all-time high.

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Why innovation in PR tech is so slow

Stephen Waddington

Cision has spent more than $1bn on the acquisitions of Visible Technologies (2014), Vocus (2014), Gorkana (2016), PRNewswire (2015), Prime Research (2017), Falcon.io (2019) and Trendkite (2019). Until recently few PR agency or communication team budgets had a line item for tools. But this too is also changing.

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The Future of Twitter

The Proactive Report

That might be about to change -Twitter just reported a dismal Q4 for 2016: 16 cents per share on revenue of $717 million. Back in November 2016 the shares were $18. It doesn’t create social media stars and their advertising is not producing as much revenue as other networks. This was way below Wall Street’s expectations.

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Mary Meeker on the rise of the internet for marketing and public relations

Stephen Waddington

Internet usage, planning tools, paid and social mashups, human computer interface, and social business are highlights of Mary Meeker’s 2017 Internet Report. Mary Meeker, an analyst turned venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers (KPCB), has published her annual Internet report for 2017. 9 Talk to me. 14 Doormen as foremen.

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20 PR and Marketing Predictions for 2022

Sword and the Script

As I’ve done for the last several years , I solicited and compiled a list of predictions from professionals across the PR and marketing community. It’s good news for contextual advertising companies, who have already started reaping the benefits of marketing’s ‘identity crisis.’ Dorothy Crenshaw , CEO, Crenshaw Communications .

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We’re Accepting Applications for our Nonprofit Challenge!

Reputation Us

The end of the year is quickly approaching and with that comes the anticipation of selecting an LT Public Relations 2017 Nonprofit Challenge recipient. This will be our sixth year of providing 12 months of pro bono communications work for a nonprofit based in the Portland area. The winner will be announced by Thursday, December 15.