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Public Relations Jobseekers: Act Before 2017 Ends

Shift Communications

As 2017 enters its final month, we hit a period in the US B2B world known as the great lull. As in, the weeks between Thanksgiving and December 10, 2017. Predicting PR Job Searches. Between Thanksgiving and December 10, 2017. Companies slow down in America between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. Christopher S.

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Three Public Relations Mega-Trends in 2017

Shift Communications

What does the public relations industry have to look forward to in 2017? What’s in stock for us as practitioners, as agencies, as companies seeking to build awareness, reputation, and trust? In 2017, the tsunami of content will only increase. However, the year that the bubble bursts will not be 2017. Christopher S.

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3 PR Trends to Watch in 2018

The Proactive Report

Here are my picks for the top 3 PR trends in 2018. The number of brands that consider a content strategy effective in raising revenue increased from 74% in 2016 to 83% in 2017. Data Driven PR. As you can see from the content strategy, it’s all about the data. Content strategy.

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IBM Vision: The Future of AI and Public Relations

Shift Communications

I had the pleasure and privilege of attending IBM Vision 2017 as a guest of IBM Analytics. Christopher Penn (@cspenn) May 17, 2017. We see this happening in the communications and PR industry. Christopher Penn (@cspenn) May 17, 2017. Christopher Penn (@cspenn) May 18, 2017. Airbnb has no rooms. Uber has no cars.

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Top Public Relations Trends in 2018: Introduction

Shift Communications

As we wind down 2017, our gaze inevitably turns to the horizon. In this series, we’ll examine some of the major trends we see ahead and how PR practitioners of all stripes should prepare. If 2017 was any indication, we will face these trends sooner rather than later. The Big Picture. The Future Will Be Here Sooner Than We Think.

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SHIFT Communications Creates HAROLD: First Artificially Intelligent, Cloud-Based PR Employee

Shift Communications

SHIFT Communications, the premiere data-driven PR agency , announced today the release of the Heuristic And Recurrent Ontological Lexicon Deep-learner, or HAROLD, the world’s first artificially intelligent (AI), cloud-based PR employee. Vice President, Marketing Technology.

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Breaching 140: Who’s Using Twitter’s 280 Characters?

Shift Communications

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. Which industries/groups are doing so?

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