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PREthics & Native Advertising

PRSay

Late last year, the Federal Trade Commission issued guidelines for native advertising, a topic of much discussion in 2016. Product publicists have loaned merchandise to editors for photo shoots in exchange for brand name mentions in editorial features, for example. When does product publicity become native advertising?

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The Basic Benefits and Drawbacks of Owned, Shared, Earned, and Paid Media

Sword and the Script

largely centers around advertising. Examples: website, blog, resource page, content hub, newsletter Benefits: You have complete control over the content including the quality, timing, context, and presentation. Be sure to think about sharing ideas that aren’t just links to blog posts, for example.

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5 Amazing Facts You Must Know About Facebook Advertising

Cision

According to the 2016 Content Marketing Benchmark Report by the Content Marketing Institute, the top three paid advertising methods used by B2B marketers to promote/distribute content are: Search Engine Marketing (66 percent); Print or Other Offline Promotion (57 percent); Traditional Online Banner Ads (55 percent). That is staggering.

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Trust and the Unlikely Reinvention of Advertising [UML]

Sword and the Script

Use PR to build a brand and advertising to defend it. The point of that philosophy used to be that, while you can build a brand with advertising, it’s very expensive. Where a few years ago, print was dragging the publishing industry into a morass of unprofitability, today, it is hinting at revival. 1) In advertising, we trust.

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How Communicators Can Help Their Clients Navigate Misinformation and Biased News

PRSay

There are thousands upon thousands of web, print, audio and video outlets, and as we’ve all become acutely aware, many of these publishers spread misinformation and extremely polarizing political content. For example, recently, a right-wing, low-reliability publication condemned Pizza Hut. Understanding earned but unwanted media.

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PR Tips On Industry Awards For B2B Tech Companies

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

When a company shows how a known brand like Home Depot or Mercedes has achieved business objectives using a software solution, for example, it gains instant credibility. Entrants should definitely read the fine print in the rules/guidelines before entering. Awards produced by U.S. based pubs Digiday and AdExchanger are actually global.

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This Twitter Ad Shows Us Why Social Media Advertising Needs Cross-Functional Teams Empowered with Compassion and Humanity

Sword and the Script

You can’t just spend your way to success in social media advertising. They can and do comment on paid promotions as this advertisement for AT&T Fiber demonstrates. You just never had to worry about this sort of thing, at this scale, in a world of print ads and billboards. 2) Make it really easy to complain another way.