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The Rise and Fall of the Pumpkin Spice Latte

Cision

2016’s #PSL (Pumpkin Spice Latte) lovers have crushed this total by 44%. When you are listening for trends, you are given the opportunity to benchmark social and news media events relevant to your business. Trends are cyclical. In September of this year we tracked more than 130,000 mentions of the pumpkin spice.

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How an Influencer Marketing Agency Can Help with Video Strategy

Konnect Agency

As social media platforms continue to emerge and evolve, each innovation drives industry trends, and advertisers must quickly adapt to create and maintain relevancy with consumers in order to keep their brands top of mind. Influencer Marketing Agency Breakdown of Video Content Evolution. Final Thoughts.

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Media Strategies: Lessons Learned from the Taylor Swift Phenomenon

Buchanan PR

In 2016, Swift’s public persona took a big hit when she found herself in an argument with Kim Kardashian, who is also a savvy media strategist (for better or for worse) in her own right. The original viral “ketchup and seemingly ranch” post. the “seemingly ranch” trend.

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How The Los Angeles Times Decides Which Stories Have Star Power

Cision

We’re all dreaming of the way to make something go viral, even though there is no actual way to engineer virility,” says Marc. Anna Williamson (@AnnaWilliamzon) May 18, 2016. . Anna Williamson (@AnnaWilliamzon) May 18, 2016. Cision (@Cision) May 18, 2016. “What can you do with it afterwards? Is it interesting?”

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How Digital PR Pros Can Cope with Recent Google Search Updates

Cision

The 2016 Edelman Trust Barometer states that out of all the people they surveyed, over 60% trust Google rather than news outlets. Google search algorithm updates in 2016 , for example, included a number of integrated changes in order to unify mobile SEO and local SEO along with paid and organic results. Image Source: [link].

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3 Brands That Aced Real-Time Opportunities

Cision

Real-time opportunities span trending topics, events and breaking news and provide a shortcut to gain authority, engage audiences and lead industries. When the media reported that Apple’s iPhone 6 was prone to bending, the news went viral on Twitter with the #Bendgate hashtag. SwishyChug (@SwishyChug) February 18, 2016.

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The Power Of Creativity In PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Some people don’t think of PR professionals as particularly creative – except when it comes to hatching wild PR stunts or gimmicks, like KFC’s fried-chicken-flavored nail polish in 2016. To urge people to give their eyes periodic breaks from screens, it filmed a series of snappy, fun viral videos called 20 Second Daydreams.