Flack's Revenge

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

I first learned of Stone Temple and their great work in SEO and digital marketing through an acquaintance, and interviewed CEO Eric Enge for a post on Maximize Social Business awhile back. On the face of it, the idea of using video for B2B marketing in 2017 might not seem that groundbreaking. He agreed; see the Q and A below.

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Critical Mention

OCTOBER 27, 2018

With thousands of brands competing against each other to win over customers, event-based campaigns are becoming an essential part of public relations today. Many brands are taking advantage of this spooky time of the year by launching their own Halloween campaigns to draw in customers. MGM films staged a telekinetic surprise.

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Landis PR

JANUARY 8, 2024

Apparently, he also had to dispose of the platform’s most valued, and valuable asset, its brand name. Corporations have paid untold millions to branding and marketing gurus to achieve a fraction of this success. The term “Barbenheimer” was all over social media and catapulted both films to top spots on opening week.

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5W PR

MARCH 27, 2020

The current trending tactic for marketing strategies is influencer marketing , which has started showing up in practically every strategy. However, there are big differences between influencers, and not just where it concerns the type of audience they have and the brands that they decide to work with. Micro-influencers.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 24, 2018

In today’s atmosphere of continuous communications from a multitude of channels, PR people (and their marketing peers) must come up with original approaches to storytelling to break through the noise. To urge people to give their eyes periodic breaks from screens, it filmed a series of snappy, fun viral videos called 20 Second Daydreams.

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Mindful Marketing

OCTOBER 17, 2020

by David Hagenbuch - professor of Marketing at Messiah University - ​author of Honorable Influence - founder of Mindful Marketing It was a frightening experience. However, the video went viral, gaining over 46 million views and almost 8 million likes, while also grabbing mainstream media attention from the likes of CNN to NPR.

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Prohibition

JULY 21, 2023

Really, how could we not be with all of the weird and wonderful marketing campaigns that have come out of the film’s promotion? It’s an interesting campaign from Xbox, particularly as you would expect these consoles to drive good sales given the attention around the film. Warner Bros.

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Prohibition

JUNE 17, 2021

This means there are so many avenues for brands to utilise video content to engage their target audience. Many brands often make the assumption that all of their consumers will want to view the same kind of video – but this isn’t always true. Stay on brand. It’s important to find what works for your brand and run with it.

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Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Two marketing conferences, 10,000+ attendees, one convention center. After a weekend of recovery, it’s high time to reflect back on FutureM and INBOUND, Boston’s two-in-one marketing innovation event. About mobile: Marketers must focus less on mobile technology and more on mobile behavior. Simon Sinek).

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Prohibition

MARCH 31, 2023

From Instagram and TikTok, there are so many ways to elevate your brands awareness and image by working with the right influencers and reaching their engaged audience. Check out these other blogs you might be interested in: How can brands benefit from TikTok influencers? Currently sharing her best recipes for the month of Ramadan.

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MaccaPR

MAY 28, 2015

AdAge chose “Message to Space” for its Creativity Top 5 and awarded Hyundai the #1 spot on its Viral Video Chart. Yes, yes - of course, we’re talking truth in advertising, of all things, but consider: When consumers watch the film, ‘Avengers 2,’ they know that Robert Downey Jr can’t really fly. Why is this Hyundai spot so successful?”

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Karen Freberg

MARCH 31, 2022

” The class that spread virally across social media – reaching all aspects of industries, classrooms, and communities. We had a conversation in class on how you can use social media to build relationships and make amazing opportunities happen – because like films – it all comes down to storytelling.

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MaccaPR

AUGUST 26, 2015

Your brand can share storytelling moments from its company history with your key stakeholders, too. From legacy videos and anniversary books to corporate birthday events and digital archives, what follows are five ways smart brands have leveraged their company histories in brand storytelling. Legos' Corporate History Video.

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Prohibition

JULY 10, 2019

Some of these came to light by members of the public calling brands out on social media for their slip-ups and others were campaigns by PR and marketing teams that simply did not turn out as planned. The brand played with its 30-year tagline, “the best a man can get”, and replaced it with “The best men can be”.

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Fashion Telecommunications Crisis Training 75

NewsWhip

DECEMBER 31, 2019

As the year comes to a close, we wanted to take a look at which brands excelled in their social strategy this year. We looked for standouts in these categories: Best Brand Utilizing Data. Best Brand on Instagram. Best Brand on Twitter. Best Socially-conscious Brand. Best Legacy Brand. Most Inclusive Brand.

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MaccaPR

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Chief marketing officers are in love with the idea of breaking a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® event record and having their brands bask in the seemingly viral eruption of TV, radio, print and online buzz that comes from that honor. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS Secret #2: Cause Marketing. million worth of media coverage.

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Prohibition

AUGUST 5, 2022

Social media marketing is an ever-changing environment and keeping up with the latest changes and trends is essential, there’s been a lot happening in July! Twitter has also been great for viral trends in July, from “They’re a 10 but…” to adopting the “Little Miss memes” in a simpler way. An ode to the new BeReal app?

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MaccaPR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Your brand and company may never employ a 12-time Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer such as Ryan Lochte as its celebrity spokesperson. But oh, lordy – we as communications and marketing professionals can receive a master class in what NOT to do during a crisis from Lochte’s self-immolation at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

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Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

However, by combining the creation of newsworthy content campaigns with the importance of building brand awareness, we are able to gain linked client coverage on these platforms. Building awareness of your brand/products/services and boosting your credibility. Improving their brand awareness and reputation. Supercharging SEO.

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Mark My Words

MARCH 6, 2018

It shouldn’t surprise us that brands have attempted to make money from outrage. This week, Centre Parcs announced that it would be joining an increasing number of brands – Lego, Paperchase, the Southbank Centre – who have chosen to stop advertising in the newspaper. The opposite of virtue is not Vice. It’s the Daily Mail.

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Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 12, 2019

by David Hagenbuch , founder of Mindful Marketing & author of Honorable Influence Have you ever been photobombed? Ostensibly, the idea was that thirsty guests would avail themselves of the product samples, appreciate the refreshment, and gain a positive impression of the brand. FIJIwatergirl.”

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 17, 2020

David White , Director of Content Marketing at Connective3 , has found multiple other uses for the tool. Film rankings by different metrics are often quite popular campaign ideas. So searching for ‘films ranked’ allows me to get an idea of what’s working and what angles I could be missing out on.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 4, 2017

It often takes decades to build a strong, respected brand. Innovations in technology and the rise of social media make it possible for bad press and controversy to spread virally. Unhappy customers are typically very vocal, and cellphone cameras make it too easy to capture any potential gaffes on film.

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Airlines Financial Film Viral 87

PRSay

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

And marketers are taking notice. Chipotle, Nike, Skittles, Pepsi and Universal Pictures are among the brands using the app to reach consumers. After his car broke down, a man in Idaho Falls, Idaho, filmed himself drinking the brand’s cranberry juice while riding a skateboard and listening to the song “Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac.

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Cision

DECEMBER 26, 2017

In business, the point of keeping a poker face (aka “brand identity,” for the purposes of this article) is to encourage consumers and competitors to make choices that benefit you, without having to directly nudge them into making those decisions. Brands like Moz and CoSchedule have this poker face down.

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MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Welcome to your Taylor Swift Master Class in Social Media Marketing! Your teacher today will be America’s #1 Online Brand Strategist, Professor Taylor Swift (Cue: Insane, utterly-abandoned shrieking, evolving into wild explosive screaming and rhythmic chants of, ‘Taylor, We Love You!’) Source: Billboard ).

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Mark My Words

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

A few critical tweets directed at a trailer to an upcoming Peter Rabbit film, which features an animated child with a blackberry allergy being pelted with them by a gang of bunnies, escalated into a viral campaign and led to a grovelling apology by the studio. Christopher Plummer is now on stand-by in bunny ears.

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Norton's Notes

JULY 26, 2017

I speak a lot to student and marketers alike about social media crisis management as I believe it can have a huge impact on a brand’s reputation and share price if you get it wrong. Even today I am amazed at how many brands just pass the social media content to the most junior member of the team. Lyft 1 Vs Uber 0.

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Social Media Airlines Media Viral 49

Masters in Communications

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Typically, it is synonymous with broadcast and print media: radio, TV, and film (small and large screen), print media, and advertising. Film photography emerged later that century; this would rule the industry for over a century until digital photography in the early part of the 21 st century.

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Ethics Communications Print Television 52

NewsWhip

DECEMBER 21, 2023

We’ve been reflecting on all that has happened in 2023, and future-gazing into what 2024 will bring, which is particularly interesting to us as marketers. That’s me done, I’ll hand it over to our Marketing Manager Haley Corzo for her predictions for next year.

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