Shift Communications

MAY 11, 2017

Snapchat, the shiniest new object in social media (at least as far as publicly-traded companies go), held its first earnings call since its initial public offering (IPO). This is the same growth rate as more mature social networks like Facebook, raising the question of whether Snapchat is already saturated or not.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Here are some highlights from three professional development sessions at the PRSA 2017 International Conference in Boston on Oct. However, according to Pew Research Center , 65 percent of people who earn less than $30,000 are Facebook users. “If 3 Ways to Maintain Control of Your Corporate Social Media. During the Oct.

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Social Media Conference Media Corporate 117

wiredPRworks

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

A new FTC advertising disclosures document and video gives online influencers guidance on how to ensure consumers are aware of advertising relationships. As a brand influencer , I appreciate knowing when and how to disclose ads on social channels. FTC Disclosures 101 for Social Media Influencers. WHEN TO DISCLOSE.

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Advertising Advertising Guidelines Video 87

Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Snapchat, the shiniest new object in social media (at least as far as publicly-traded companies go), held its fourth quarter earnings call and its first annual call since its initial public offering (IPO) recently. Any social network that does not notch strong revenues in the fourth quarter is generally in trouble. User Growth.

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B2C Web Advertising Advertising 74

Shift Communications

MAY 1, 2017

Twitter, the microblogging service that Wall Street loves to hate, has surprised analysts and marketers alike with its Q1 2017 results. Its influence on social media analytics is still second to none. Because of its open data and analytics, Twitter is still a rich source for qualitative social media data.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 2, 2017

What does the public relations industry have to look forward to in 2017? In 2017, the tsunami of content will only increase. Our goal is public relations professionals can no longer be to simply try to reach everyone through the media en masse. Dark Social and Influence. Let’s see if we’re ready for them.

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Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

We’re constantly told that social media is now a pay-for-play environment. That’s the reality of social media marketing in 2017. In the last couple weeks, I’ve noticed a few stories in my feeds talking about an earned and organic social media comeback. Facebook Live video.

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PRSay

JULY 10, 2018

Analyzing this tension in an October 2017 article on Forbes.com, Kalev H. It recently came to light that Cambridge Analytica , a political research firm, had gathered and exploited data on the likes and personalities of tens of millions of American Facebook users, to micro-target political messages to them before the 2016 U.S.

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Ethics Data Privacy Policies 247

Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Twitter had its best quarter of revenue ever at $644M in advertising revenue: Year over year, their revenue is now positive, 0.9% By becoming profitable, Twitter has the opportunity – as long as the trend continues – to be a solid alternative to the overwhelming dominance of Facebook. Let’s turn our eyes towards revenue.

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Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Facebook pages and groups are replacing local media according to research from Braintree, Essex. By Dan Slee If there’s one thing I can tell you it’s that Facebook groups and pages in a local area are huge. Exploring a community In September last year I set about counting the Facebook groups and pages in Braintree.

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Local Facebook Media Government 60

Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Local Facebook pages and groups are replacing local media according to research from Braintree, Essex. By Dan Slee If there’s one thing I can tell you it’s that Facebook groups and pages in a local area are huge. Exploring a community In September last year I set about counting the Facebook groups and pages in Braintree.

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Communications Conversations

MARCH 12, 2018

There’s been an awful lot of hand-wringing about Facebook lately. Edison Research released a report last week claiming Facebook usage was down–for the first time ever–from 67% to 62%. What’s more, Facebook usage among the coveted 12-34 segment was down from 79% in 2017 to 67% in 2018. The result?

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The Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The one thing you can rely on in Social Media is that there will be change. The major social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter) have been fairly stable for the past five or six years. It doesn’t create social media stars and their advertising is not producing as much revenue as other networks.

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MaccaPR

APRIL 20, 2016

That place is Social Media Marketing World. I can attest that everything there is to know about social media can be learned within the walls of the San Diego Convention Center, where the conference took place this week over the course of two days with 100+ sessions. The Year Of (Live) Video for Social Media Marketers.

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Social Media Trends Media Facebook 48

Shift Communications

DECEMBER 4, 2017

As we wind down 2017, our gaze inevitably turns to the horizon. Society and social media have created hyper-focused segmentation of the audience. Traditional news media is struggling to survive, hemorrhaging cash. To compensate, more walls will go up, making media less visible to PR professionals and their audiences.

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Trends Publicity SEO Advertising 161

Stephen Waddington

JUNE 2, 2018

1 Internet growth slows down The growth of internet adoption has slowed from 12% in 2016, to 7% in 2017. hours accessing digital media, however the data isn’t deduped to account for dual screen usage, for example when people use a tablet while watching digital TV. #3 Social media services can be applied equally for good and bad.

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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 4, 2018

But, recent statistics and trend lines have me thinking 2019 may be the year we start to see “dark social” truly start to impact social media marketing plans. Really, it boils down to this: Public engagement levels are leveling off or decreasing on major social networks (with the notable exception of Instagram).

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

The largest social network in the world – and to some people, the entire Internet – released its Q4 2016 and year end earnings. How is Facebook faring as the current king of the hill? Facebook’s overall growth remained above 4% quarter-over-quarter in Q4, which is no small feat given its massive size and dominance.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Engage with the blogger on social media first, personalize your outreach, read and follow any requirements, and provide high-quality content. Social media livestreams will become acceptable as mainstream ‘news.’. As a former journalist, I struggle with this blurring of the lines between earned and paid media.

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Stephen Waddington

JUNE 5, 2017

Internet usage, planning tools, paid and social mashups, human computer interface, and social business are highlights of Mary Meeker’s 2017 Internet Report. Mary Meeker, an analyst turned venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers (KPCB), has published her annual Internet report for 2017. 12 Here to serve.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Sometimes, it feels like paid media budgets are invincible. Despite Facebook’s measurement problems , Google’s ad controversy and $7B of fraud allegations, the dollars keep flowing. percent in 2017, hitting $83 billion.” The result was an all-boats-rise in the advertising market. Far from it.

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Norton's Notes

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Are you fed up of fake engagement on Facebook? These days it’s pretty hard to log on to your Facebook without seeing ‘tag that work colleague you couldn’t survive without ’ or ‘like if you’re hungover this morning’, however, thankfully that’s about to change.

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5W PR

JULY 11, 2018

Top Publicity Stunts of 2017-2018. It’s safe to say that PR has seen some incredible creations over the course of 2017 and 2018. In March of 2017, the Cancer Research charity blew us all away with an incredible interactive ad campaign. The result was a powerful social media response along with plenty of hype for the cars.

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Cision

OCTOBER 4, 2017

When it comes to the transformation of the public relations industry, Google, Facebook, and Twitter always receive the revolutionizing praise. As you look through an interrogative lens — analyzing brands, consumers and the media’s relationship with multimedia, it’s easy to see that visual content is the engine that steers the narrative.

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Communications Conversations

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Some brands still didn’t have a Facebook page. And follower counts on Twitter, Facebook and other social channels was a big deal. Fast forward to 2017. “Dark social” is prevalent. Snapchat is the social media darling. In fact, you could say it was a key metric for many companies.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 10, 2017

An old video interview with Jeff Bezos, which has recently resurfaced on the social media , is a reminder that underscores just how visionary he really was. Bezos could see in 1997 Amazon would be selling anything you could buy at a Walmart in 2017. It’s also why Walmart should have looked at buying Yahoo in 2017.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 29, 2018

Much ado was made during the month of January about Facebook’s Newsfeed changes. Social media experts proclaimed that everything was fine; business press declared the era of social media over. Our timeframe of data was from December 1, 2017 to January 27, 2018. Methodology. Overall Impact. Conclusions.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

To shift this direction, MSHDA teamed up with local companies Airfoil Group (a creative marketing and PR firm) and Perich Advertising + Design to build an integrated marketing communications campaign centered on demystifying the home-buying process for potential first-time homebuyers — specifically Michigan millennials.

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Prakkypedia

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Vegemite (@Vegemite) December 13, 2017. Vegemite (@Vegemite) December 13, 2017. Vegemite’s Facebook post is faring better. Like others who took the plunge, I shared images of the improbable Vegemite Cadbury on my social media channels. Brace yourselves Australia… it’s time for VEGEMITE Icy Poles!

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 9, 2017

Fake news, social media speculation, the Croatian Public Relations Association conference and support for students, are all among the topics discussed on the latest #FuturePRoof podcast. Fake news has become a catch all term for any ethical issue that impacts the media or public relations. Here’s what you’ll learn.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

First, the ease with which disinformation can be created and spread via social media has huge implications for public engagement and discourse in society. Second, structural issues in the mainstream media as it continues to transform to digital should be a concern for all practitioners. She always improves my work.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 15, 2017

2017 PR Takeaways. This means creating and adhering to policies that dictate how employees use social media and particularly how they respond. 45% of people watch more than an hour of Facebook or YouTube videos a week. Reputation management – more 24/7 than ever. television networks have created in 30 years.

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Critical Mention

JANUARY 9, 2019

The current marketing funnel is made up of mass email and social media blasts, accepting anyone and everyone that comes through. Rise of native advertising. In a 2017 report , 54 percent of companies were using native advertising , and 38 percent were likely to do so in the future. Marketing’s funnel is changing.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Our top posts from the second quarter of 2016 focused on PR and marketing technology skills, Facebook branded content, and measuring influencer performance. A technological skill set is a must to execute effective PR and Marketing campaigns in the digital age so what is your company doing to bridge the skills gap in the year 2017?

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Over the course of 2016, I published some 84 posts, on PR , marketing and social media. 3) The Facebook Frozen Frog and Fodder for Content Marketing. 6) Survey says PR Best Positioned to Manage Corporate Social Media. Social media fit well in the PR workflow, though a digital skills gap remains.

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Stephen Waddington

JUNE 23, 2019

. #2 Popular platforms The most popular platforms by daily usage are Facebook (30%), YouTube (27%), WhatsApp (25%), WeChat (23%) and Instagram (19%). Instagram and YouTube are growing fastest, up from 13% and 22% in 2017 respectively. 10 Vicious cycle of news Live images and streaming media are heightening our sensitivity to news.

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Cision

OCTOBER 14, 2016

You’ve been in the industry for a long time – how has it changed, and what do you think will be the hot topics in the coming months and in 2017? Do you use social media like Twitter or Facebook to gather leads and story ideas? Image courtesy of Stuart Darsch. Blue Apron, not smart fridges.

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