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6 Trends That Will Affect PR In 2022

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

The voracious appetite for viral stories on social platforms will assure plenty of exaggerated, distorted, and downright fake stories that seek to stoke tribal divisions. Watch Facebook’s Metaverse and look for greater investment in social media research, testing, and commerce in the months and years to come.

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Super Original Thinking is Required to Topple Facebook

Sword and the Script

In the liberty of an abstract context, I’d re-introduce Ello and the new social network’s noble concept that there’s a better model than advertising. Virality, or appearance of virality, can be fabricated for a price. Rethinking How Advertising is Bought and Sold. Social Media facebook rant social media advertising'

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Today, we say goodbye to HARO [PR Tech Sum 52]

Sword and the Script

The founding HARO was founded by Peter Shankman in 2008 as a Facebook group for journalists in need of sources. It grew eventually into a tech-based email list that was free for users with an advertising model. The quality of queries changed too as the web evolved. The change will take effect on April 2, 2024.

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How Digital PR Pros Can Cope with Recent Google Search Updates

Cision

The updates mainly affect web traffic, conversions and content, leading to SEO and PR professionals scurrying for changing their existing strategies. This includes tracking minor changes in keyword rankings and web traffic. As we saw with the recent United Airlines fiasco , crisis news doesn’t take time to go viral.

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How Public Relations Can Fight Fake News

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Like many in PR, advertising, and journalism, I was relieved when Google and Facebook announced they would ban “fake news” sites from using use their ad services. The move still won’t stop the patently fake stories in my Facebook stream, but it’s a start. Everything counts.

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Monday Roundup: Buzz Marketing a la Spring

Waxing UnLyrical

5 Clever Social Media Marketing Campaigns that Went Viral. Most viral April Fools videos of 2014. And because “April Fools is a great time for companies to get a bit playful with their advertising,” says Chris Quigley as he examines some campaigns that generated buzz last year. What about you?

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Monday Roundup: Optimizing Your Campaigns

Waxing UnLyrical

The Science of Optimizing Your Facebook Advertising Campaigns. 5 Smart Strategies to Make Your Content Go Viral. ” He does say “viral,” which you and I both know is not all that easy… but it’s still a good read. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn Monday Roundup: Optimizing Your Campaigns.

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