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How Does a Business Press Release Differ From Advertising?

PR Fuel

Branding is an essential part of a business, with 77 percent of marketers stating that it’s a critical factor in future growth. Every enterprise needs to create a brand around which business advertisements will revolve. Top marketers go out of their way to generate as much brand awareness as possible. What Is Advertising?

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Does Social Media Marketing need a Reboot? Drew Neisser Chimes in

Flack's Revenge

I have been blogging about challenges confronting digital PR and social media marketing. Are the social media waters still safe for marketing? First, social media will be around for many years to come, just like TV, outdoor, radio and even print. Drew Neisser, Founder & CEO of Renegade. Absolutely. Yes and no.

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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. But marketing is anything but stagnant. More recently, fake news has laid the groundwork for a new-found trust in advertising. 1) In advertising, we trust.

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5 Financial Content Marketing Insights From The Best Email Newsletters

Contently - Strategy

The best email newsletters are like holy grails for content marketers. Email newsletters are a particularly useful tool for financial services companies, especially if you’re writing about personal finance. Historically, reporters covered issues of great interest to America’s most wealthy: investing, the stock market, estates.

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PRSA Introduces Innovative Program to Guide Journalists Transitioning Into PR and Communications

PRSay

Through the years, the PR and comms fields have been attractive landing spots for journalists with their writing and storytelling skills and media prowess. Journalists have excellent communications skills, such as writing and the ability to speak clearly and concisely. Many of the most successful PR executives were former journalists.

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Borrowing Trust: The Surprising New Marketing Role of Citizen Influencers

Cision

Digital marketing success is fueled by creating great content and building a targeted audience, but there’s a third piece missing from that equation—ignition. The key idea here is that the economic value of content marketing does not come from content. Aligning a brand with a celebrity is the oldest type of influence marketing.

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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. As I write this post, there are 450+ likes, 50 retweets and 250 comments (screenshot nearby). Because your customers and prospective customers get a vote.