The Stalwart Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

As plans get underway for 2016, many marketing predictions will be made. Here’s mine - next year might very well be the beginning of the end for stand alone Search Engine Optimization firms. Consumers are getting more savvy about keyword-laden articles that are more advertising puffery than substantive, educative content.

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Stephen Waddington

JUNE 21, 2018

PR spotted the opportunity to create and publish owned content, alongside earned, working with traditional media. In time it also turned its attention to shared and paid, as search and social media advertising and promotion matured. It’s been a defining opportunity not only for the media but also for the PR business.

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Konnect Agency

APRIL 16, 2020

Media and communications have been experiencing drastic changes for decades. However, the marketing engine of many businesses has been less than willing to adapt to those changes and now it’s suddenly catching up to them. And, much of this change has me thinking. In our line of business, being forced to change is not something new.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

After learning that Ari Levy at CNBC was working on a longer lead piece about ad blocking, we quickly pitched him on the idea of talking to Vungle to learn more about the broader in-app advertising ecosystem and how they work with developers. They also provide great content for repurposing on social media, blogs and elsewhere.

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PR 20/20

MAY 8, 2019

PR 20/20 launched Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute in November 2016 with the mission to make AI more approachable and actionable for modern marketers. PR 20/20 created MAICON and is the marketing engine behind it. advertising, content marketing, ecommerce, email, social media, website, etc.),

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Social media platforms Bluesky and Threads will continue to become attractive substitutions for X (formerly Twitter).” ~ Marc C. presidential election, which means misinformation and deepfake advertising will rise, putting pressure on communicators to combat false narratives. Finally, 2024 also brings another U.S.

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Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

As Cision’s social media manager, I use top 50 and top 100 lists for three purposes: To follow individuals who will help me stay in the loop when new trends and statistics emerge within my industry. Every year, Cision creates a list of the top 50 social media influencers on Twitter. ” https://t.co/XuswAAsGAo.

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5W PR

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

It’s also the fastest growing among the larger social media platforms. But one of the problems for businesses – and their PR people, Instagram continues to limit access to paid advertising on their site. Using Influencers in your Social PR Campaign. Want a million followers on a social media network?

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

We can measure the initial impacts of marketing and advertising efforts almost immediately, but that doesn’t mean we should. But it’s not advertising, and it’s not ‘influencer marketing’ in the Kardashian style. Christoph Luke | Christoph Luke Media Relations. 5) Marketers will slow down.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 13, 2019

It included email (iContact), press releases (PRWeb), media relations (HARO), and social media (North Social and Engine 140), bundled in what was pitched as an easy-to-use and all-in-one product. Newly combined Vocus-Cision acquires Visible Technologies , a provider of social media analytics.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

According to Hotwire PR’s seventh annual Communications Trends Report , online video will continue to be a major trend in 2016. As the New Year draws closer, we can anticipate some of this year’s social video trends to carry over into 2016, including: 1. Online video explosion to continue well beyond 2016.

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MaccaPR

JANUARY 21, 2016

When working with a sponsored blogger, consumer brands gain immediate access to that blogger’s unique visitors, subscribers and social followers. Brands can reach consumers in a way that advertising and other traditional marketing can’t touch. The best part is, these bloggers' readers are often a part of your key audience already.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

And, based on the fact that renowned inventor, author and AI expert Ray Kurzweil is leading a team of approximately 35 engineers at Google working on Gmail Smart Reply, it’s a safe bet they’re not going to stop with short email replies. So, by fall 2016, I was left with an incomplete book outline. Draft social media updates.

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PR 20/20

JUNE 7, 2018

You're seeing an early version of this with social media. Glassdoor, a job site, listed out 15 of the top AI roles advertised on its site. The list doesn't just include engineers. The result was that in 2015 and 2016, the old system beat several Go champions, including one who'd won 18 world championships.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Similar to what is currently going on as a result of the 2016 election in social media, I feel there will be an increased and possibly dramatic focus on message attribution across all channels. And there are some real gems in that certain whitepaper from 2016. 14) Tips for social media differentiation. “I

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Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

To exceed your content benchmarks, you must promote your content beyond your owned channels (email, social, website, etc.). You have two options: Promote through paid media (pay-per-click advertisements & sponsored posts). Promote via earned media (media coverage & social mentions). Infographics.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

There’s something in here for every discipline of marketing – be it strategy, PR, content marketing, SEO, digital, social media, customer marketing, and so much more. There will be a notable uptick in socially conscious marketing. 8) Creativity over productivity. Do you want to be invited to make a prediction for next year?

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Beyond PR

DECEMBER 5, 2017

To exceed your content benchmarks, you must promote your content beyond your owned channels (email, social, website, etc.). You have two options: Promote through paid media (pay-per-click advertisements & sponsored posts). Promote via earned media (media coverage & social mentions). Infographics.

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Cision

AUGUST 8, 2016

“ In the Freakonomics podcast referenced above (and embedded below), an interesting observation is made: the promise of the Internet was to democratize information, yet over time intermediaries (such as social media platforms and search engines) have become content gatekeepers. billion monthly users ( 1.13

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Cision

MAY 29, 2017

People were excited to see how the search engine offered relevant results just by reading the first few letters of a keyword. Fast forward to 2017, the search engines have become even smarter. Search engines and various other platforms are now using artificial intelligence (AI) to understand customer preferences and interests.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Trust in the media was 37%. The rise of social media and tech platforms in the last decade means that anyone can create and share content. Social media fulfils an unhealthy trait of the human nature that rejects the truth unless it confirms a bias. It’s not hard to understand why. It’s not all bad news.

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Beyond PR

MAY 30, 2017

People were excited to see how the search engine offered relevant results just by reading the first few letters of a keyword. Fast forward to 2017, the search engines have become even smarter. Search engines and various other platforms are now using artificial intelligence (AI) to understand customer preferences and interests.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 22, 2016

For example, social media once lauded for democratizing publishing is largely a paid game today. Social media has become, in many senses, the very thing it once disintermediated. From native advertising to content marketing , the dynamic web is about the blurry and blurring lines in marketing.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Are you active on social media (at least the top one or two platforms where your audience spends time)? Many platforms are already leveraging machine learning in a meaningful way, and our own work with hyper-personalization and advanced recommendation engines (think Amazon suggesting similar products when you shop) has exploded.

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Masters in Communications

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Mass communication is a subarea of communications studies in the US, and social science with some elements of physical science - especially when designing systems and technology to transmit messages. Typically, it is synonymous with broadcast and print media: radio, TV, and film (small and large screen), print media, and advertising.

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MaccaPR

OCTOBER 26, 2015

The near-collapse of much of US journalism employment and the seeming vulnerability of PR coincided with America’s top marketers who - smitten with digital advertising - diverted billions of dollars from their traditional ad budgets into online. Exhibit A: The Death Knell of “Advertising’?

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