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Trends That Will Shape PR in 2018

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

What can PR professionals expect in 2018? Get ready for more of the same in 2018. Visual storytelling will be better and easier. If you’ve any doubt about the power of visual storytelling, check out these superb examples by brands large and small. Here are some we’ve noticed. Brand advocacy will grow.

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Public relations in 2018

Stephen Waddington

This is an article and deck about the outlook for public relations and social media in 2018. I’ve also included a call to action that may be helpful in your planning for 2018. My view is that 2018 will prove to be a breakthrough year for the professionalism of public relations as a result of a concerted effort on a number of fronts.

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What Lies Ahead for Public Relations in 2018?

PRSay

In 2018, discussions about the future for PR and communications pros will likely include the topic of robots. Digital storytelling, social listening and native advertising will all dramatically increase in significance as well, even as blogs maintain an important role in disseminating information. Wright, Ph.D.,

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Can Sponsored Content Work For PR?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

It’s considered the most credible and influential source for storytelling. Sponsored content is often confused with native advertising , but it’s actually a subset of it. The key difference is that native advertising looks more like a traditional ad and sponsored content is more like editorial. What is sponsored content?

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20 Insightful PR and Marketing Predictions for 2018

Sword and the Script

Here we go…20 insightful PR and marketing predictions for 2018 follows below. My prediction for 2018 is continued investment in both AI tools and competencies and, in parallel, the data needed to leverage them.”. – In 2018 it will become even more about the customer experience. 1) Pay to play gains prominence.

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5 Brands That Earned Our Trust in 2018

PR 20/20

Overall, 2018 was a “down” year for trust, according to Edelman’s annual Trust Barometer. Writing for Forbes , Monaghan predicted in late 2017 that trust was at stake for every American organization and it would play a major role in 2018 PR strategies. The study found that people are unwilling to believe information they see and read.

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18 Marketing and PR that Read Like a Meta Description for the Year 2018

Sword and the Script

As we close in on the year’s end, I looked back over these marketing and PR statistics in an effort to surface those points that in some way, shape or form, help to summarize 2018 as a year. On one hand, competition is fierce (56%), people are increasingly intolerant of advertising (46%) and “information overload” is a genuine problem (44%).

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