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How social data can drive business outcomes and optimize marketing strategies

Agility PR Solutions

The advertising industry has evolved significantly over the years, with the emergence of new technologies and trends. Social influence and word-of-mouth marketing continue to play a significant role in the industry, influencing consumer decision-making and driving sales. AdAge reported that the US ad industry grew by 7.5%

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Advertising takes a PR pivot as brand factors like consumer loyalty prove to have a greater impact on sales than just reaching a broader audience

Agility PR Solutions

But advertising has mostly kept to its own (highly influential) niche within the comms department at arms’ length from PR. The integration of PR and marketing has been underway for some time, basically going back to when brands started setting up websites.

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Consumers say they want more control over personal data and transparency from brands

Agility PR Solutions

With continued legislation being introduced, most recently the American Data Protection and Privacy Act, CMOs, advertisers, security and compliance teams, as well as C-level executives are being further pressed to justify the use of personal information in line with consumer expectations.

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Newsjacking: How Brands Can Use Current Events To Make News

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

As B2B PR specialists, our team has helped adtech, data and cybersecurity brands like SOCi, MediaRadar, Lotame, National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA), and Digital Remedy seize news opportunities. They found a striking decline of nearly 40% in CNN’s ad revenue, capturing significant attention within the media and advertising industry.

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8 in 10 Gen Z consumers use social media to find new brands, citing better authenticity

Agility PR Solutions

New research from marketing-focused social advertising automation platform Smartly.io examines the role social media plays in how consumers connect and engage with brands and how the Gen Z mindset differs from the generations before it when it comes to interacting with social ads.

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Advertising is Dead—Exploring the Future of Paid, Owned and Earned Media

Cision

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. Advertising can and will continue. Paid Media Will See Big Changes.

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Sephora Data-Privacy Penalties Sound Alarm for Marketers

PRSay

Marketers are taking notice of California’s data-privacy laws after cosmetics retailer Sephora agreed last month to pay $1.2 million in penalties for alleged violations involving its targeted-advertising practices. As NBC News reports, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Sephora sold its customers’ data without their consent.

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