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How to Evolve with the 2016 PR Trends

Marketwired

As technology continues to demand change for all industries, it’s important to start your year off by planning the ways it could impact your day-to-day PR activities. Just in the past month many predictions have been made about 2016 PR trends, and a lot of them have overlapping themes. [By Alex Hoag].

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SHIFT Archives: The Best of Q2 2016

Shift Communications

Our top posts from the second quarter of 2016 focused on PR and marketing technology skills, Facebook branded content, and measuring influencer performance. Let’s take a look: PR and the Marketing Technology Skills Gap. In April of 2016, Facebook decided to change the game and reporting methods for the typical influencer.

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How Digital PR Pros Can Cope with Recent Google Search Updates

Cision

The PR industry and SEO no longer live in two separate worlds. The 2016 Edelman Trust Barometer states that out of all the people they surveyed, over 60% trust Google rather than news outlets. A strong reason for PR pros to start concentrating more on SEO. Image Source: [link]. Fred is a spam algorithm that works around links.

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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.” That doesn’t mean that keeping up with marketing automation data flows, marrying that to Google Analytics data and incorporating SEO fluctuations to pivot messaging isn’t possible.

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Top Ad And Marketing Podcasts For PR Pros

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Launched in 2016, Adweek Yeah, That’s Probably an Ad features co-hosts David Griner and Ko Im debating the highs and lows of creativity, advertising, marketing, media and technology. Hosted by John Wall and Christopher Penn, each episode covers all aspects of marketing and business, SEO, analytics, email marketing and more.

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Why Press Releases Are Still a Viable PR Techniqiue

The Proactive Report

According to the 2016 Global Trust Barometer search engines (read Google) are the first-used and most trusted media source. Not at all – while technology has disrupted PR in many ways it has also made it more accessible to the small business owner with a tiny budget. MEDIA SOURCE. There are several to choose from. Google maps.

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5 Ways to Improve Your Content Strategy

The Proactive Report

.” Jim Yu, CEO of BrightEdge, There is a positive side to the findings of this report – in house marketers and agencies are moving towards strategies that integrate SEO, SEM, social media and content marketing. DemandGen Report – 2016 Content Preferences Survey ). It gets better results and improves customer experience.

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