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4 Things PR Pros Should Do in 2016

Cision

We ’ re two weeks into 2016 so I can ’ t say “ Happy New Year, ” but it ’ s not too late to make resolutions. In 2016, make yourself the focus. And there are a couple spots still available if you ’ re ready to write a great business book in 2016. The quickest way to thought leadership is motivating people to spread the word.

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Top skills of the 2022 social media professional–as told by the people doing the actual work

Communications Conversations

I wrote a post back in 2016 about the 10 skills the PR pro of the future will need to have. Creativity – the ability to think outside the box and quickly for those time sensitive opportunities. Creative Eye/Design/Photography/Video. Social media managers need to have at least one or more of these creative skills.

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The Extra Mile PR Strategy: Wow Your Customers

Doctor Spin

The extra mile PR strategy is simple yet powerful. Going the extra mile can be a long-term PR strategy if you can figure out how to do things that don’t scale. link] Graham highlights the necessity of recruiting users manually in the early stages, as waiting for users to come is not a viable strategy. Ritz-Carlton.

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How CarMax Drove $56 Million in Content Value Through the Art & Science of SEO

Contently - Strategy

But even though everyone from junior marketing coordinators to seasoned CMOs will give lip service to it, a great SEO strategy is hard to find. One of the most impressive things about CarMax’s sophisticated content program is that it didn’t really exist until 2016. Immediately, the leadership team bought in.

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8 Key Questions To Ask A PR Firm

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

If part of your 2016 B2B PR planning is to invest in a top-notch PR firm , don’t go ahead without incorporating these eight key questions into your decision-making criteria. Can you offer an example of a creative strategy? Can you provide some recent, relevant case histories? How do you calculate ROI for PR services?

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20 PR and Marketing Predictions for 2022

Sword and the Script

Finally, the demise of third-party cookies means brands are reviewing their data strategies and will make major changes. It will boost tactics like contextual advertising, email marketing, and social commerce and could even usher in a new era of creative marketing and PR strategies. Customer success wrestles renewals from sales.

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

The Resolution Blog

Launched in January 2016, the brand had one fundamental problem — low awareness. We’ll let the AMEC judges tell you that: “We loved the creativity both in the execution, media mix and news hijacking. We tracked Daily/weekly/monthly for hits whilst spotting opportunities for further PR thought leadership activities (speaking opps etc).