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9 Content Marketing Trends That Will Rule The Roost In 2016

Cision

Soon 2015 will fade into history, so it’s time to forecast which content marketing strategies are most likely to follow through in 2016 and which of them will die a fast death. Want to deliver valuable content in 2016? Interactive Storytelling. In fact, storytelling compels users to convert more effectively.

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2016: The Year of the (Marketing) Monkey

Shift Communications

2016 in the Chinese Zodiac is the year of the Monkey, whose attributes include being “smart, quick witted, frank, optimistic, ambitious and adventurous.” It’s going to require deeper analysis that informs strategy; relationships beyond marketing; and the ability to draw conclusions from unexpected findings. Here’s to an exciting 2016.

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Top Ad And Marketing Podcasts For PR Pros

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

While we have access to a wide breadth of digital platforms to consume our daily dose of news and information, let’s not ignore an essential medium for staying smart – podcasts. Because they’re easy to consume and offer a certain intimacy, brands are using podcasts to inform, entertain, and be visible. Podcasts are mainstream.

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The Enduring Significance of Broadcast Media: Why TV and Radio Remain Essential for PR Professionals

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

Television , with its visual storytelling capabilities and wide viewership, remains a powerful tool for conveying messages to a mass audience. Television and radio stations continue to be a primary source of news, entertainment, and information for millions of people worldwide.

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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. Storytelling brings brands to life. But the storytelling should go beyond the founders and employees. In the B2B sector, Salesforce excels at storytelling and has a team dedicated to it.

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Adapting Strategies for Effective Storytelling in the Social Media Era

PRSay

The fusion of these groups truly mirrors the current state of the news making and storytelling industry as a whole. Story timelines have shifted from traditional long-lead or daily print opportunities to instantaneous news with the introduction of social as the go-to storytelling platform.

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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. But I thought what would be more interesting–and helpful–is to get that information from the people who are most important in this equation: the social media professionals themselves. Strong copywriting skills. Community management.