Solo PR Pro

AUGUST 14, 2018

Reputation management has been a recent topic of discussion in our Solo PR Premium Member Facebook Group (Shameless plug, if you’re a solo, this alone is well worth your membership – join us! ). The infographic below highlights the importance of online reputation and the impact it can have on your brand. Infographic by MDG Advertising.

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Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Google doesn’t like it when link builders try to game the system, and they regularly take steps to discourage this. Gray hat tactics aren’t explicitly banned by Google but are looked down upon. Building links is supposed to take work. Usually, the more effort it takes, the more valuable the link.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 26, 2016

If you’re an avid (or even a sometimes) reader of the SHIFT blog, then you already know data-driven public relations is something we know well. Google Trends, Google Correlate and Think with Google are three of the tools we use most often. Google Trends. Google Correlate. Think with Google.

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Prohibition

AUGUST 25, 2023

These channels include websites, search engines, social media platforms, email marketing, and online advertising. Use PR to manage brand reputation : PR plays a crucial role in managing and safeguarding a brands reputation. Earned media coverage adds credibility and helps build brand trust and loyalty.

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NewsWhip

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Instagram carousels lack the quick, “get to the point” advertising that so many want to see. duolingo every time you open Google Translate, I lose a feather. Instagram Reels are short videos within the Instagram platform that offer brands the same quick advertising format that TikTok offers. Data backs it up.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

A Guest Post by Christy Maguire, Graduate Student at American University, PR Expanded Blog Contest Winner. Earlier this year, Google began including direct podcast links in its search results , providing an immediate opportunity for potential listeners to discover and sample podcasts. Now is the perfect time to begin. Welcome Comments.

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Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The reputation hits come from many directions. Others have come under fire too, for their content and privacy issues, in related areas of online like general Web, Google, and mobile. interestingly, this Digiday articles says Facebook advertisers are staying the course ). This may lead some to wonder what to do in the interim.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 6, 2023

PR has a reputation for being notoriously slow to adopt technology – so if you want an easy way to get ahead of your peers – try experimenting with this stuff a little bit. It’ll be interesting to see if the value proposition remains when Google and Microsoft embed gAI into their word-processing software.

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Newsfile

JANUARY 30, 2024

Along the same lines, Google currently offers Gemini Pro in Bard. Sissie Hsiao, Google AI-generated content AI-generated content is becoming increasingly popular in the PR industry as it generates content quickly and in large volumes. But early in 2024, the company will introduce Gemini Ultra in a new experience called Bard Advanced.

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PRSay

APRIL 22, 2021

The bulk of this loss comes from stock market volatility stemming from financial disinformation campaigns, but the widespread proliferation of misinformation has also forced companies and organizations to increase spending on reputation management, brand safety, employee health and wellness, and crisis communication efforts.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Paid media and advertising statistics. 1) How long should a blog post be? The average post today is 1,142 words long but it’s clear that blog posts are getting longer – 41% longer than the typical post three years ago. Bloggers, by an overwhelming majority (76%), choose to run their blogs on WordPress.

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Beyond PR

MAY 12, 2017

The 2016 Edelman Trust Barometer states that out of all the people they surveyed, over 60% trust Google rather than news outlets. Google frequently changes its algorithms, and several minor updates are rolled out each year, which make their presence felt without any prior announcement. Google Fred Update. Image Source: [link].

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The Proactive Report

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Google Penguin and Panda have changed thr face of search forever. Google is severely penalizing sites that are buying links or are invested in private blog networks. Social Media Strategy for Social Signals : Google tends to spend most of its attention on sites that are constantly changing and updating. It’s worth it!

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. Reputation management is crucial. Reputation management would become crucial in the face of recession, jobs loss and livelihood loss. You’ll find my own prognostication at the very bottom. Blogger outreach gets personal.

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Onclusive

MAY 18, 2017

We now have access to PR data that does for PR what AdTech tools have done for the measurement of advertising. Not too long ago, marketers and advertisers could roll out entire campaigns without knowing how to analyze the results. PR is the most effective tool for reputation management. PR outlasts advertising.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 22, 2017

Some say the goal of a great PR program should be to build brand reputation, while sales and marketing actually drive sales. Earned coverage offers a credibility that can’t be matched by paid media like ads or “owned” content like company blog posts or creative social videos. Boosting message resonance.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 30, 2022

So, I consulted Google Trends. The corporate reputation sector saw some consolidation this week, as Signal AI, which bills itself as a global external intelligence company, acquired KELP Inc., a reputation platform,” according to reporting by Ray Shultz for Media Post. You can the results nearby. Signal AI Acquires Kelp .

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The Resolution Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

The more links you have pointing to a webpage, the more points that webpage has in the eyes of Google. If a page has a lot of links pointing to it, Google thinks it must be really good (otherwise why would people be linking to it?). You can add a code to a link which signals to Google not to follow it.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 22, 2024

Most link builders know that what Google says and what Google does can be two very different things. One practice sits squarely in Google’s gray area: guest posting sites. In the early days of Google, guest posting was seen as a legitimate SEO strategy, and Google didn’t publicly penalize it.

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David PR Group

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Literary agents, like most people, probably believe that being a good citizen and acting in a professional manner serves as a reasonable hedge against an attack on their online reputation. He made a good choice if his intention was to do maximum reputational damage. There’s much to be learned by all of us. –John.

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Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 17, 2019

In this blog I explore how paid forms of media can be used as part of an integrated campaign. These include native advertising, sponsored content, syndication; and paid influencers, search and social media. It reflects the innovation in digital media over the last 20 years driven by Facebook and Google. Native advertising.

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Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

It’s interesting to me that the digital world is still very different than the traditional when it comes to revealing what is “advertising” and what is “news.” Include a link in an online news piece, though, or pay an influencer to promote your brand in their blog post and it gets a bit murkier.

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Cision

DECEMBER 26, 2017

To make the most of a sage persona, create a long-form content blog to generate traffic. If you’re an explorer, maximize paid advertising to see which channels produce the best results. Like explorers, rulers use paid advertising effectively, but they also use their platforms to take stances on current issues. The Jester.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Public relations isn’t just for publicity, awareness, and reputation management. A company’s sales and marketing teams should consider PR as a lead-generation tool that can work in tandem with business development and paid advertising. Here are some things to consider when planning your next campaign. Earned media boosts SEO.

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Cision

APRIL 27, 2017

There were so many amazing speakers but since this is the Cision blog, I’ll focus on those not employed at Cision. People are searching for answers, whether by Google, Alexa or some other artificial intelligence (AI) tool yet to be invented. pic.twitter.com/5iEc1ytxLw. — Ron Culp (@Culpwrit) April 26, 2017.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 13, 2023

A smart move would be incorporating user-generated content, actively participating in industry conversations and of course, targeted social boosts (advertising) to ensure that your brand is established amongst a wider audience. Managing interactions through social media effectively builds brand credibility with minimal advertising costs.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I have to use Teams, Wrike, Kapost, Dropbox, Google Drive, Google Data Studio, Sharepoint, Salesforce, Oktopost and Slack to communicate with clients and teams. More and more, I see comms positions advertised as comms + (fundraising, design, content development, etc.”. Many platforms for collaboration. “It Additional duties.

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Landis PR

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Note: This is a reposted blog by our Public Relations Global Network Partner, Amanda Hill – Three Box Strategic Communications. For the original blog, please visit here. If you enjoyed this episode, please follow the PRGN Presents podcast in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or any other podcast app.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

We talk a lot about measuring PR on this blog and as a reader, you know that not all PR tactics directly impact the bottom line. While a media hit will increase a brand’s reputation and bring it top of mind for consumers, it will also increase a brand’s website traffic, SEO ranking, and a host of other measures. Tori Sabourin.

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Doctor Spin

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

To mitigate this weakness, the mass media had to rely on various forms of advertising to enable their editorial efforts. So, the audience pays for content with their attention, advertisers pay for attention with their money, and the editorial outlet pays their staff with ad revenue. It was a great time to advertise.

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5W PR

JULY 17, 2018

A brand is actually a company’s reputation – the things that people think about them, and the image that they have both online and offline. After a business chooses its personality, it will need to start taking steps to bring that identity to life through things like content marketing, advertising, and even social media marketing.

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PR Conversations

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Toni Muzi Falconi writes: Regular readers of this blog are aware of my long-term, personal relationship with the Grunigs, yet I confess surprise when I read Jim Grunig’s first comment on this earlier blog post. ” We’re delighted you also waded into our blog’s territory to opine. At the Arthur W.

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PR in High Definition

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Whether it was or wasn’t, only he knows, but it undoubtedly was an impressive use – or, should I say, manipulation – of online tools to build a reputation for his band. What will have had the biggest impact on Threatin’s reputation as a band worth putting on a stage was the comments and reviews posted on the channels. Social media.

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Wildfire

AUGUST 1, 2018

So, forgive me in this blog post if I talk about the logical aspect of PR, rather than the creative, and use this as a chance to talk about measurement. PR has a reputation of being beastly to measure. Back in the pre-digital era before we could track the most intricate of details of PR, that reputation was probably fair.

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 14, 2014

Side note: I understand that Google is not a “qualified” part of the academic’s research, which I find interesting considering that it could help immensely in identifying the necessary variables for said research. How can you draw a conclusion from Facebook engagement without considering all impacting variables?

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PR in High Definition

AUGUST 24, 2020

The smallest move can amplify or destroy reputations in a matter of minutes, so preparing for all situations is key. In the long run, taking the plunge can also help to build a company’s reputation in line with its purpose. It was research for a blog post” I pleaded to deaf ears as they stumbled away laughing hysterically.

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Buzzstream

AUGUST 13, 2018

Discovery is all about sourcing the right lists through the medium of your choice (often Google, but also media and content databases) using a combination of keywords and filters to find the right audience. Google a relevant search term for the content you’re trying to promote. Click the MozBar chrome extension while on the SERP.

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