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Top Tech Trends That Affect PR: Mary Meeker 2017

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Last month Mary Meeker of Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfield, Byers released her Internet Trends report for 2017 , and all 355 slides are well worth a read for anyone in tech public relations or digital marketing. But this threshold crossing is a sign that major advertisers can no longer give short shrift to digital ad budgets.

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A PR Wish List For Holiday 2017

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It also provides opportunity for those just starting out in the business to flex their writing muscles. That’s why we want to see junior staffers working hard to improve basic writing skills – expanding beyond press releases and pitches – to master blog posts, bylined articles, video scripts, speeches and more.

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4 PR Trends for 2017

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And that’s just one PR trend for 2017. If your bosses or clients can combine their industry with trending topics like data, analytics, artificial intelligence and/or virtual reality, their thought leadership will boom in 2017. This means, if you don’t have a strong influencer marketing program set for 2017, you will be way behind.

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What’s New In B2B Tech PR For 2017

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As almost 200,000 folks get ready for their annual excursion to Las Vegas for CES (Consumer Electronics Show) , those of us who toil in B2B tech public relations will be looking for 2017 trends to better take advantage of industry moves and stake out positions for clients. Organize before you write. What’s your way in?

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Marketing Budgets, Planning and Benchmarks for 2017 [UML]

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Businesses will increase investments in marketing for the third year in a row according to the Gartner CMO Spend Survey for 2016- 2017. The survey showed the top three categories in 2016 marketing spend were web, digital commerce and digital advertising. of revenue will be allocated to marketing budgets to drive growth in 2017.

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Trust and the Unlikely Reinvention of Advertising [UML]

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Use PR to build a brand and advertising to defend it. The point of that philosophy used to be that, while you can build a brand with advertising, it’s very expensive. More recently, fake news has laid the groundwork for a new-found trust in advertising. 1) In advertising, we trust. PR is less expensive than advertising.

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Triple 7s: The Best, Worst and Most Loved Blog Posts in 2017

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Not long after that I started this blog and began writing. 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. The 7 Worst-Performing Blog Posts in 2017. Which is better: reach or time?