Prohibition

JANUARY 18, 2020

Influencer marketing is at the forefront of an advertising revolution. Seen as one of the most persuasive forms of modern marketing, an increasing number of brands are turning to social media stars to market their products and services. What is influencer marketing?

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Prohibition

MARCH 16, 2021

Exclusive insights into 2021 marketing trends that will put certainty back into your strategy and help your brand bounce back from COVID faster. Since April 2020, we’ve been busy exploring what the impact of COVID – and the related national lockdowns – really mean for brands, and how this has impacted customer and consumer behaviour.

Social Media 62

Social Media Trends Consumer Video 62

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Advertising is a distant third. She and her research team conducted a focus group with 46 participants and also using a panel to survey 1,500 consumers. Content marketing and media relations need each other. Blogs, including independent and corporate blogs, can be credible. Give our services a try.

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Survey Industry Leadership Study 96

Prohibition

MARCH 16, 2021

Exclusive insights into 2021 marketing trends that will put certainty back into your strategy and help your brand bounce back from COVID faster. Since April 2020, we’ve been busy exploring what the impact of COVID – and the related national lockdowns – really mean for brands, and how this has impacted customer and consumer behaviour.

Trends 62

Trends Social Media Consumer Video 62

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 20, 2023

The power of partnering with influencers Influencers extend far beyond traditional advertising, as their followers actively seek their recommendations and trust their opinions. UGC is content that another party (who has no affiliation to your brand or business) creates.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 17, 2017

While it centers on the marketing of law firms, there are several parallels the B2B technology community struggles with as well, including: “drop the formalities and legalese to humanize”. love awards and accolades” which are an “elaborate scheme to sell advertising”. What are some unique challenges about marketing in that space?

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Marketing Ethics Interviews Meeting 69

PR 20/20

MAY 8, 2019

Artificial intelligence is accelerating change in the marketing industry, and your career: Consumers will demand greater personalization , while wanting to control their data and privacy. More Intelligent” Marketing Automation. Ideas are organized by marketing category (e.g. Are you ready? Is your company ready?

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

The ethical implications are incredible – and maybe too are the dangers. Your job in marketing will probably be the least of concerns; Stephen Hawking, a highly revered physicist, has suggested AI could end humanity. The Struggle is Real in B2B Content Marketing [UML]. Working with the Advertising Machines .

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Marketing Creativity B2B Ethics 60

Cision

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Whether your organization creates content or partners with existing content creators, these are the trends that are shaping your communication future. Cisco forecasts that by 2019, video will make up 80 percent of all consumer Internet traffic, up from 64 percent in 2014. Growth in traffic, volume and influence.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

be the year that some SaaS vendor figures out how to manage and market B2B influencer marketing at scale. There are several platforms out there to simplify and manage B2C influencer marketing, such as Paladin, Heepsy, HypeAuditor, and InBeat. But B2B influencer marketing works completely differently. “I

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MaccaPR

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Why should it matter to a chief marketing officer that her advertising and public relations agency teams are all white, blonde and marinated in the same suburban, upper middle class culture? percent of ad, PR and marketing managers are African-American? Should we care that barely 4.5 I would never let my kids do that.”

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Marketing investment was redirected towards demand generation (content marketing, paid media) as startups looked for deal flow. As the market lifts, brands will need to raise awareness and will be ready to invest for the longer term as their horizons extend. ” ~ Morgan McLintic , CEO, Firebrand Communications 6.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unveiled fresh guidelines aimed at regulating endorsements and testimonials in marketing and advertising, particularly in the multi-billion dollar social media influencer industry. Advertisers bear the weight of ensuring that endorsements are honest and backed by evidence.

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Flatiron Communications

JANUARY 11, 2018

2016 : The growth in the use of social influencers as trusted “third-parties” to create awareness and action (“ Content Marketing is So Last Year” ). 2017 : Can the ethical breakdown of political PR with its purposefully spread false narratives poison other industry sectors? When PR Turned to the Dark Side ”).

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Onclusive

AUGUST 30, 2023

And a widely recognized brand tends to garner more trust, leading to more favourable opinions and a heightened perceived value for consumers and stakeholders. Whether it’s social media, advertising campaigns, or customer service interactions, the brand’s voice, tone, and messaging should remain cohesive.

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Prohibition

AUGUST 23, 2023

Nowadays, consumers are constantly bombarded with advertisements and marketing collateral, creating a congested market. This is where influencer marketing plays a pivotal role in the industry. Traditional forms of advertising often feel intrusive and lack the personal touch that influencer marketing provides.

Retail 62

Retail Marketing Advertising Advertising 62

Cision

APRIL 27, 2017

Communicators need to learn a new language: One of the biggest themes was addressing the elephant in the room: earned media (PR/communications/media relations) budgets do not get as much money allocated to them as owned media or paid media (internal content or advertising) do – despite the fact consumers trust earned media the most.

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Data Leadership Tools Advertising 264

5W PR

JANUARY 31, 2024

This is especially effective for consumer technology products. Tech PR teams tailor its messaging and communication strategies to resonate with the preferences and interests of the intended audience, which could include consumers, businesses, investors, or industry professionals.

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Technology Product Launch Crisis Management Case Study 78

Buzzstream

MAY 2, 2024

Instead, let’s discuss the most effective (and ethical) ways to contact reporters and journalists. Finding websites and publications and then identifying journalists can be time-consuming. But what if you run into those sites that don’t advertise their reporters’ contact info?

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Digital PR Report How To Pitching 62

Contently - Strategy

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

They’re the generation most fluent in online communications, they don’t see a big difference between network TV and streaming or social content, and they don’t find ads as obtrusive as the rest of us old people. The line between UGC and branded content has gotten blurry. Gen Z is used to seeing branding everywhere.

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Stuart Bruce

OCTOBER 30, 2014

I will be talking about mobile, data and wearable technology as the drivers and ethics, real time and content as the issues. Advertising and marketing people might have used to have control. Advertising can’t do that. We’ll look at ethics and governance. Today people want truth and authenticity.

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Crisis Communications Transportation Conference Social Media 148

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

This year, more than 20 professionals – real people that do real marketing and PR work every day – responded and with high-quality ideas that I found to be invigorating and thought-provoking. Consumers trust others of similar ilk. 15) Ethics in PR revisited. 2) Microtargeting augmented by social surround sound.

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Social Media Marketing Media Creativity 93