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Social media trends overview—what’s hot and what’s not in 2019

Agility PR Solutions

A comprehensive new report from AI-powered social marketing platform Socialbakers takes a deep exploratory dive into 2019’s hottest social media trends for comms industry pros and brands who want to work smarter in social media to engage with audiences at scale.

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

Prohibition

Social media is a powerful tool for people to digest and interact with information regularly. Social media has the potential to grow a brand’s identity and consumer base extensively. However, advertising can just as easily be detrimental for businesses, and blunders are commonplace in the industry.

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How to Social in 2019: Experts Share their Views

Flack's Revenge

Last month I interviewed top PR and social media experts about the challenges facing online marketing. Are the social media waters still safe for marketing? Frank Strong: It’s a question of whether or not your customers and prospects are on social media. What comes after social media?

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Social Media Benchmarks – How Does the Brand Stack Up?

5W PR

The study was conducted over the course of more than a year and a half by SocialInsider between January 2019 and October 2020. What it found is that Instagram appeared to be the rising star among advertisers in 2020. However, they did note a small increase of 1.44% in 2020 over 2019. 07% in 2019. 06% in 2020 compared to.07%

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Why do social media marketers continue to invest in organic reach?

Communications Conversations

But, it continues to be a topic of discussion–mostly because not every brand has the budget of Walmart and can continue to sink hundreds of thousands of dollars each year into social media advertising. In the study, they found that 51 percent of marketers plan on INCREASING their Facebook organic activities in 2019.

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Should Anyone Advertise Alcohol?

Mindful Marketing

In only one year, from 2019 to 2020, tax revenue from liquor sales fell by $813 million , which was “the largest decline in three decades — and a cause for alarm for a government facing broad fiscal challenges.” I have to admit that alcohol advertising is a difficult issue for me to approach objectively.

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PR vs. Advertising: What’s the difference?

5W PR

When most people hear about PR and advertising, they assume it’s roughly the same thing. The mistaken belief might arise from the fact that both of them have to do with the information found about a person or brand in the media, making both of them marketing. The starkest difference between them is that advertising is controlled media.