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Control And The Marketing Ventriloquist: How To Improve Your PR And Advertising Performance Simultaneously

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This post was originally posted on AdAge on December 04, 2019. In my previous article on marketing ventriloquism , I made the case for marketers talking through voices other than their own and explained that most marketers tend to rely on advertising because of a need for perceived control.

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Social media advertising blunders- a look at past advertising failures and what brands can learn from them

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However, advertising can just as easily be detrimental for businesses, and blunders are commonplace in the industry. Here we explore some examples of social media advertising gone wrong – and share insight on what brands can learn from these blunders, to make sure they don’t make the same mistakes.

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$100 Million M&A for Internal Comms Tool: What’s Older is Still News in Marchlyjunetember [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

Internal comms tool SocialChorus acquired by a PE firm; Burton-Taylor digs up revenue numbers; Nexis Newsdesk Simplifies news search; Propel adds broadcast monitoring Welcome to the beginning of September. The company helps leaders and communicators create, publish and distribute text and multimedia messages to an internal team.

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Do we need PR in 2019?

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With 13 days until 2019, let’s turn our attention to whether organisations still need PR. This involves listing all of your current communications methods and channels (enewsletters, industry networking, paid advertising, social media) alongside a list of all your stakeholders (customers, partners, suppliers, staff). What’s working?

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Trend: Shift to “dark social” will impact your marketing plans in 2019

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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. Social media marketing, in general, is shifting heavily towards advertising–this is where most brands are investing and seeing results.

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Marketing Ventriloquism: A Master Class On How To Speak To Your Audience In A Voice Other Than Your Own

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This blog was originally published on AdAge.com on December 18, 2019. I also speculated on some of the reasons more organizations are not connecting the dots internally to maximize marketing effectiveness in this way. Secondly, don’t overthink it. times more likely to measure marketing ROI than underperformers.

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A Salute To Independent PR Firms

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For years, advertising and PR firms have touted their “independent” status. In our industry independent agencies have grown at a brisk clip when compared to publicly-held PR firms for the past few years, although the larger agencies experienced a nice rally in 2019. But what does that really signify? One thing might be faster growth.

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