Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Snapchat, the shiniest new object in social media (at least as far as publicly-traded companies go), held its third earnings call since its initial public offering (IPO) recently, and the little ghost is struggling. Vice President, Marketing Technology. Let’s see what the company had to report. User Growth. Christopher S.

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Shift Communications

MAY 4, 2017

The largest social network in the world – and to some people, the entire Internet – released its Q1 2017 earnings. What’s new with the 800 pound gorilla in social media? Vice President, Marketing Technology. User Growth. Only time will tell; one data point doesn’t make a trend.

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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). Currently, advertisers still need to cross hurdles to advertise, and measurement is still far below what other social platforms offer.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Facebook, the largest social network and the largest product ever made for the human race intentionally, released its 4Q 2017 earnings report. Let’s see what the social media juggernaut had to say. No other major social networking platform has ever hit even close to $6/ARPU. User Growth. Mobile Users.

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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. The most cutting-edge public relations and media relations professionals will be investigating the forefront of artificial intelligence and how it can be used to generate massive amount of relevant content.

Trends 83

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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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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

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% As with so many other advertising tools, it behooves brands and communicators to test the efficacy of each of the formats for cost effectiveness and impact. Vice President, Marketing Technology.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 4, 2017

As we wind down 2017, our gaze inevitably turns to the horizon. Thanks to technologies like cloud computing, ubiquitous Internet access, mobile devices, and machine learning, the pace of change will only increase. Society and social media have created hyper-focused segmentation of the audience. Part 5: Social Media.

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PRSay

JULY 10, 2018

Analyzing this tension in an October 2017 article on Forbes.com, Kalev H. As PR professionals, we often use social media advertising in our campaigns, and we rely on data and analytics to strategically develop campaigns. These guidelines extend to the development and application of data.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

The news cycle was faster, social media was hitting the early majority in the Geoffrey Moore sense, and blogs…blogs were everywhere. The 7 Best Performing Blog Posts in 2017. What is clearer was the sort of topics that attracted readers in 2017. 2) 2017 PR Salary Survey Suggests Demand for Talent Tightening.

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Shift Communications

MAY 22, 2017

I had the pleasure and privilege of attending IBM Vision 2017 as a guest of IBM Analytics. Christopher Penn (@cspenn) May 17, 2017. Legacy publications find themselves more under the gun every day, with declining subscribers and decreasing advertising revenues. Christopher Penn (@cspenn) May 17, 2017. Christopher S.

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PRSay

APRIL 22, 2021

During the lead-up to the 2016 United States presidential election, the individuals behind fake news sites earned thousands through programmatic and pay-per-click advertising. Paid promotions can appear on a fake news site or run alongside a conspiracy theory-fueled Facebook page without an advertiser even realizing it happened.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Wanting to learn more about industry trends in marketing, public relations, and social media, I searched for influencers, editors, thought leaders, and publications. As of third quarter 2017, Twitter averaged 330 million monthly active users, which means a lot of content. .” ” My answer: Research.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

MAY 8, 2017

Almost four in 10 respondents to a survey of corporate communications, marketing and industry leaders for CommunicationsMatch’s new PR and Communications Agency Search Report said they were looking to hire new agencies in 2017. Content and social media capabilities followed close behind. It’s a “Who Moved My Cheese,” moment.

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Agency Survey SEO Social Media 223

Cision

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

percent in 2017, hitting $83 billion.” The trend creates a ripe opportunity for communicators who manage earned media programs to secure better investments in 2018. The result was an all-boats-rise in the advertising market. The post Paid Media Woes Create Ripe Opportunity for Earned Media appeared first on Cision.

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 28, 2020

Cision has spent more than $1bn on the acquisitions of Visible Technologies (2014), Vocus (2014), Gorkana (2016), PRNewswire (2015), Prime Research (2017), Falcon.io (2019) and Trendkite (2019). Kantar Media, itself owned by WPP, acquired Precise in 2014. But this too is also changing. It’s also an effective monitoring tool. “By

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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. 11 There is no line.

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Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

According to a 2018 Association of National Advertisers (ANA) survey, 75% of marketers are using influencers as a marketing tool and 43% plan to increase spending on it in the next 12 months. The trust and loyalty that social media influencers establish with their audiences are among their most valuable assets.

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Marketing SEO Advertising Advertising 80

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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Cision

MARCH 22, 2017

With rapidly evolving technology and new mediums of communication, we’re getting to a place where an insane amount of time is being spent on the packaging and overall delivery of what we’re saying, but the actual message is getting lost in translation. Camille Sheehan ☁️ (@CSheehanPR) March 13, 2017. Cision (@Cision) March 13, 2017.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

For years, I’ve been discussing the changing roles of PR professionals as a result of social media. Their study, “ Roles in Social Media: How the Practice of Public Relations is Evolving ” was published by PR Journal in Summer / Fall 2016. Q: What made you pursue your research study on “Roles in Social Media?”

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. Once coverage appears, it can then be shared via social media and clients can also leverage paid media to boost it even further if they choose.”.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

On September 26, 2017, Twitter surprised its users by announcing that certain users would have their tweet character limits doubled, from 140 characters to 280 characters. Naturally, as one of the first-ever social media agencies, we wanted to understand the impact of the doubled character limits. B2B technology.

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Cision

JUNE 19, 2017

Along with Tom Ritchie, product and marketing director of Cision EMEA, Barnett discusses the importance of incorporating earned, owned, and paid media to create a successful marketing strategy during Cision partner – Gorkana’s webinar The Rise of Earned Media.

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Strategy Marketing Media Consumer 158

Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 26, 2017

Will 2017 be the year that impactful PR measurement goes mainstream? Here’s what a few top Boston tech marketing pros think: Bobbie Carlton, founder of Carlton PR & Marketing , Innovation Nights and Innovation Women says that “2017 is the year that companies will finally realize that PR activity is measurable. We hope so!

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Cision

OCTOBER 14, 2016

After nearly 20 years as a technology reporter, Phil Harvey knows how to spot tech trends still in their infancy. As managing editor at CRN , he oversees news coverage of technology, telecommunications and the Internet of Things. Do you use social media like Twitter or Facebook to gather leads and story ideas?

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Critical Mention

JANUARY 9, 2019

In a world ruled by technology, simply being aware of marketing trends is not enough. 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. Marketing’s funnel is changing. SEO goes mobile. SCHEDULE A DEMO.

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Karen Freberg

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

The life of a social media professor is both absolutely fabulous, but also challenging to meet the expectations that are being made by both the profession, and universities. I have been teaching the social media class (COMM 333 as it is listed in the course catalog at the University of Louisville) for a few years now.

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Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

According to HubSpot’s 2017 State of Inbound, the top challenge marketing faces is generating more traffic and leads. To exceed your content benchmarks, you must promote your content beyond your owned channels (email, social, website, etc.). Promote via earned media (media coverage & social mentions).

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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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Business Wire

MAY 18, 2017

By Jean-Adrien Delicano, Media Relations Specialist, Business Wire Another month, another round of layoffs and “restructuring” in the Canadian media world. In March 2017, Postmedia Network, Canada’s largest newspaper company, announced 54 layoffs at the Vancouver Sun and Vancouver Province newsrooms.

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Newspapers Industry Print Journalism 178

Cision

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

With nearly 91 percent of people saying advertisements are more intrusive today than they were two years ago, earned media or word-of-mouth approach provides an excellent opportunity to improve conversion rates and generate sales. However, reaching the top of the earned media pyramid is easier said than done. Twitter: [link].

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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. Firms blur lines across advertising, marketing, social media, event planning, content creation and more. Technology means continuous learning.

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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. Let’s take a look: PR and the Marketing Technology Skills Gap. Keeping up with the technological advances and the digital resources available to professionals is a difficult feat.

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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. It’s a theme that Topi?

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PRSay

OCTOBER 2, 2017

10 at PRSA’s 2017 International Conference in Boston. According to Nielsen’s Global Trust in Advertising study , consumers trust earned media and recommendations from friends and family more than any other source. Social Data. Want to know what type of content earns the most shares on social media?

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