ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 12, 2018

A recent study by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and the USC Center for Public Relations found that marketers plan to increase staffing and overall spending on public relations over the next five years. Here’s a “cheat sheet” to help brands get a leg up on the PR universe this year.

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Cision

MAY 25, 2017

If advertising as we know it is truly dead, what’s next for paid, earned & owned media? The study, The End of Advertising As We Know It , warned marketers that billions of dollars were going to be moved out of traditional advertising in 2017. Owned Media Requires Great Storytelling.

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The Hoyt Organization

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Consumers are presented a daily barrage of misleading advertising. They seek authentic and meaningful connections with brands and are no longer swayed solely by glitzy advertising or grandiose promises. What Is Purpose-driven Storytelling? It encapsulates the brand’s vision, mission, and values.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A Q&A on McDonald’s Employer Brand Building with Megan Gaffney, VP, Consumer Team. It’s hyper-regional and a huge part of our work is employer brand, so promoting McDonald’s as a great place to work and highlighting the people that make the brand all that it is. Give us the 10,000-foot view of the campaign.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 5, 2024

She predicts these platforms will bring more collaboration and less friction between the two camps, improving storytelling and overall media quality. Chris is watching how X continues to shed advertisers – driven in part by the spread of misinformation on the platform. And he sees PR teams getting more involved in brand safety.

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Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Let’s just say it: Most branded content isn’t very good. Along the way, I’ve probably consumed more pieces of branded content than anyone else. A detrimental representation of their brand. Content is the primary way that consumers have that crucial first impression with your brand. I should know.

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Prohibition

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Whether your focus is fitness, food, or fashion, TikTok offers the potential for brands to grow their reach, attract new customers and connect with a highly engaged audience. billion users by the end of the year, TikTok is now an essential platform for marketing, advertising – and can even be utilised for PR.

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Cision

JUNE 29, 2017

What if you paint pictures with words and tell tales around something as seemingly boring as a brand? While technology continues changing every industry I can think of, many communications and public relations professionals hold tight to the more poetic side of storytelling. Connecting Data and Storytelling. Who saw it?

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Cision

JANUARY 5, 2016

Gone are the days of pushing your brand’s message to your audience through traditional advertising. The answer is brand journalism. Brand journalism combines journalistic storytelling tactics with brand strategy to engage audiences and increase brand reputation. Read the free white paper today!

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wiredPRworks

APRIL 27, 2020

Marketers love storytelling. I’ve presented all kinds of storytelling programs, including digital marketing and storytelling. Yet, is storytelling the right way to build brands – and even tell stories? Prior to joining AMA, Russ Klein quarterbacked teams for many of the world’s foremost brand names.

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ReimaginePR

AUGUST 22, 2016

The most important part of branding is storytelling. And the most important part of storytelling is connecting with your audience. You must cultivate a brand story that adds context and meaning to what would otherwise be dull facts and figures. Your brand story should be authentic, relatable, and deeply human.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

An effective content marketing calendar will complement a PR campaign to help differentiate a brand and generate business growth. It’s considered the most credible and influential source for storytelling. Sponsored content is content that an organization or brand pays to place and promote. What is sponsored content?

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Cision

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Your audience no longer responds to traditional advertising. In fact, custom content is 92 percent more effective than traditional advertising. So how can you create content that will spread awareness of your brand and drive sales? Make sure your brand journalism plan is concentrated on your brand’s goals.

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Journalism Brand Branding Fashion 120

Contently - Strategy

APRIL 19, 2021

At first glance, TikTok’s audience, which skews younger, may not seem like the ideal place for a B2B brand. And based on personal experience, the platform’s algorithm has gotten very good at recommending related content on the “For You” page—including posts that come from brands. It depends. I love the moon.

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NewsWhip

MARCH 31, 2021

What happens when influence outshines advertising? As the CIO Bryan Pedersen leads MSL’s digital and innovation center of excellence that includes developing new offerings and tools, as well bolstering core capabilities like storytelling and influencer marketing. MARCH 26, 2021. Watch webinar. Read transcript. Bryan: Yeah.

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ReimaginePR

JULY 4, 2016

Over the years, I’ve fallen in love with a few particularly great brand stories. How many times have you had to stop midway through reading a brand story that was nothing but fluff without any real substance? Sadly, these aren’t the only two problems that I have seen as far as awful brand stories go. Or one that set off alarms?

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Cision

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

When a brand can’t dictate the message anymore, it has to connect with its consumers. It means that PR is becoming even more valuable for brands. Conventional advertising is struggling. This means that brands will have to connect to consumers in different places. And who can connect those dots for brands?

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Additionally, advertisers generated pre-Super Bowl excitement for their brands with teaser ads the week before the game that drove viewership and excitement. It showcased the unparalleled ability of brands to captivate audiences through a fusion of entertainment, creativity, and strategic promotion. and Jermaine Dupri.

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Steve Barrett on PR

MAY 4, 2018

PRWeek and Campaign's Brand Film Festival gala screening showed how much the craft has developed and reflects the tipping point into brand storytelling that is overtaking interruptive advertising.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 30, 2020

Because they’re easy to consume and offer a certain intimacy, brands are using podcasts to inform, entertain, and be visible. Here’s a roundup of some top advertising and marketing podcasts. It features brand marketers and CEOs in travel, retail, FMCG, health and wellness, among other high-growth and heavily COVID-affected industries.

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Onclusive

MAY 4, 2020

Marketing strategies are being altered and advertising budgets are being slashed. The role of public relations is to positively place a brand into news stories. The modern communicator is not just a great storyteller. The volume of news content being published, as well as the consumption of news media, has spiked.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 9, 2022

In the PR world, when we kick-start a new engagement we may ask a client, “Where do you want to see your brand? What may be one company’s tier-three can be another brand’s tier-one. . To execute a strong PR program and target the media outlets that will work best for your brand, assess your goals. Assess your audience.

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Media Retail B2B Journalism 310

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Yet for some reason, brands continue to drone on about facts, instead of taking the same, tried-and-tested approach for emotional communication. Why Storytelling is So Effective. In a world that’s saturated with marketing, it’s more important than ever for brands to make a lasting impression with their customers.

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Cision

MARCH 30, 2016

Since a lot has already been written about how Facebook’s change from a chronological timeline to an algorithmic one impacted brands, we wanted to focus on the impact of longer videos. Prior to the recent announcement, Instagram had previously let advertisers extend videos to 60 seconds, but now it’s anyone’s game. Longer Videos.

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Onclusive

APRIL 9, 2019

Measuring Reader Engagement and Brand Impact. The addition of Ozmotik will provide communications teams with two important new metrics: Reader Engagement which measures if earned media is actually being read and how much of the content is being consumed; and Brand Impact which measures the influence that content is having on its readers.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

People will say they dislike advertisements because of the disruptive nature of them. This is why the event is so interesting for marketers: it’s a moment to study the marketing pitch, storytelling and irrational behavior. It’s possible that brand recall went up as ads regained their humorous nature.

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Onclusive

JUNE 15, 2022

Generating brand awareness PR is a great vehicle for generating brand awareness through media relations, news coverage and thought leadership content distribution, all of which contribute to increasing your brand’s online footprint. Equilar spends 90% of our marketing and communications efforts on earned media.

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Onclusive

JUNE 15, 2022

Generating brand awareness. PR is a great vehicle for generating brand awareness through media relations, news coverage and thought leadership content distribution, all of which contribute to increasing your brand’s online footprint. Maintaining a positive company image. Developing stakeholder trust.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

When Carnival Cruise Line was faced with several crises back in 2012 and 2013 , it was a deficit that many brand experts predicted would take at least four years to dig out of. Want more insights on how your brand can combat a crisis? Read the crisis communications white paper! Then, it’s time to get to work.

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Crisis Brand Branding Crisis Communications 120

Barokas

MAY 22, 2019

With so many brands vying for our attention through various channels – from social media, TV, radio, print, smartphones and the endless barrage of emails flooding our inboxes on a daily – sometimes hourly – basis, it’s easy for your message to get lost among all the noise. The post Storytelling Isn’t Just for Kids.

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Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 15, 2020

There were some clear misses in my original essay: social media activism, internal communications, storytelling and professionalism in PR. Social media activism: brands don’t listen In 2012 Steve Earl and I wrote a book called Brand Anarchy. Brand shaming has become commonplace. I’ve developed each of these themes below.

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5W PR

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

They can effectively leverage digital fast-food marketing through their own mobile apps, social media advertising, and online ordering. Chains can get involved in local communities through sponsorships, charity partnerships, or environmental initiatives that can enhance the brand’s reputation.

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Ishmael's Corner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

With the story “ The Invasion of Corporate News , The Financial Times became the latest publication to skewer brand journalism. Stepping back for a moment, I’m still perplexed by the rancor that publications dish at brand journalism. In fact, I wrote a post on this very topic, “ Journalists Accept Apple’s Storytelling Candy.”.

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Journalism Brand Branding Publicity 150

Critical Mention

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Compelling storytelling is an incredibly powerful way to communicate with your target audience. Digital storytelling is at the top of the list of communication trends that PR executives believe will dominate in the next five years. Example: How Cotopaxi leveraged storytelling to sell its brand.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 30, 2020

Because they’re easy to consume and offer a certain intimacy, brands are using podcasts to inform, entertain, and be visible. Here’s a roundup of some top advertising and marketing podcasts. It features brand marketers and CEOs in travel, retail, FMCG, health and wellness, among other high-growth and heavily COVID-affected industries.

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5W PR

JUNE 14, 2023

There are a few different effective strategies that brands can employ to market cheap healthy snacks successfully. Understanding the Target Audience To effectively market cheap healthy snacks, brands must understand their target audience. Once a snack brand understands its target audience, it can work on brand awareness.

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Marketing Consumer Education Retail 88

5W PR

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Enhanced relevance Cultural marketing allows brands to be more relevant and relatable to specific cultural groups. When people see themselves in a brand’s marketing, they’re more likely to engage with that brand. Competitive advantage Brands that invest in cultural marketing gain a competitive advantage.

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