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The Biggest PR Disasters Of 2016

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

2016 had plenty of the kind of the kinds of news-making crises that public relations people dread. swim team star Ryan Lochte was a loser when it came to his behavior at the 2016 Olympics. Heather Bresch, CEO of pharmaceutical company Mylan, became the poster child for industry greed in 2016. Lochte loses luster.

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7 Best, 7 Worst and 7 Favorite PR Blog Posts in 2016 [Sword and the Script]

Sword and the Script

The year of 2016 brought a fairly significant evolution for this website. In May 2016, the blog Sword and the Script became the digital foundation of an Atlanta-based PR and marketing agency: Sword and the Script Media, LLC. Over the course of 2016, I published some 84 posts, on PR , marketing and social media.

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64% of PR and Marketing Pros Will Increase Content Marketing Efforts in 2016: Marketwired Survey and Infographic

Marketwired

If you’re curious about content marketing, a quick Google search will serve up no shortage of information on trends, best practices, benefits for B2B and B2C companies and what it all means as 2016 approaches. Will you be a #ContentMachine in 2016? What are YOUR plans for content in 2016? We’re curious, too.

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The real reason brands are still posting 30X a month on Facebook

Communications Conversations

Back in 2016, this was actually a somewhat progressive concept. A few brands were leading the way (Target, at the time, was the example I liked to use), but most were still playing by 2012 rules (volume > quality) and posting 20-30 times a month on Facebook. They had a whopping 39 posts in October on Facebook.

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5 Tips to Design Highly-Effective Corporate Social Responsibility Campaigns

MaccaPR

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) campaigns are on the rise as brands explore how they can stand out in a crowded, noisy marketplace, position themselves apart from their competition and make a statement with consumers. In fact, Fortune Global 500 firms spend $20 billion a year on CSR activities. But don’t commercialize your goodwill.

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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. Here is my Q&A with Lisa Davis, Director, Marketing, at Marketwired.

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The Financial Drain of Misinformation

PRSay

During the lead-up to the 2016 United States presidential election, the individuals behind fake news sites earned thousands through programmatic and pay-per-click advertising. Paid promotions can appear on a fake news site or run alongside a conspiracy theory-fueled Facebook page without an advertiser even realizing it happened.

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