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How Will #PR & Marketing Pros Approach #Content in 2016? A Q&A With Lisa Davis, Marketwired

Deirdre Breakenridge

Content marketing will be more than just a trend to watch in 2016. to find out exactly how PR and marketing professionals felt about their content efforts in 2015, and to also see how they plan to approach content marketing in 2016. Is it brand awareness, thought-leadership, lead generation, etc.?

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Inside Innovation: Smoking Gun PR’s innovative approach to PR measurement

The Resolution Blog

Gold for Most Effective B2B PR campaign for Bright HR and Silver for Most Effective Consumer PR campaign for Silentnight Tell us a bit more about one of the campaigns, what was the objective? Launched in January 2016, the brand had one fundamental problem — low awareness. KPI: 1,000 downloads What was so good about the campaign?

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20 PR and Marketing Predictions for 2022

Sword and the Script

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) initiatives will be incredibly important, but when the next crisis hits, consumers will be reminded to look back on major brands that only paid the topic lip service. The 2021 Customer Success Leadership Study found that 55% of SaaS companies put renewal ownership under the customer success teams.

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4 Ways PR Creates Brand Attachment

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

In 2016, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook took a controversial stand (on its news site and in TV interviews ) against the U.S. Patagonia, a smaller, privately owned company, has earned a loyal customer base by making good products, but its communications has also played a big role in engaging consumers. Storytelling brings brands to life.

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How Communicators Can Help Their Clients Navigate Misinformation and Biased News

PRSay

Most consumers (inaccurately) believe that brands proactively select all the publishers upon which they advertise. As a result, consumers have been holding brands accountable for the perceived endorsement of problematic news content. Improving MBI is another similar opportunity. Vanessa Otero is the founder and CEO of Ad Fontes Media.

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Taylor Swift’s Lessons for Communicators

PRSay

After taking a 17-month hiatus in 2016 and 2017, Swift reemerged in a way people didn’t expect. Even when an organization isn’t trying to rebuild itself after a crisis, switching up the way it does things can spark positive buzz from media and consumers. Will consumers remain loyal or take their business elsewhere?

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How PR Can Treat Every Company Like a Start-Up

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

For example, a medical device client launched with a heavy b2b focus for their products and services, only to migrate a year or so later to a more consumer-oriented positioning. Some companies have been out of the limelight long enough to have missed the rise of “thought leadership” as a PR tool to building reputation.

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