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6 Ways To Use PR To Build Brand Marketing

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Some say the goal of a great PR program should be to build brand reputation, while sales and marketing actually drive sales. There are many ways to use PR initiatives to add depth, color, and cohesion to the building blocks of brand identity. Generating credibility for the brand message. Showing a brand’s humanity.

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In #PR This is all You Need to Know in 2016

Deirdre Breakenridge

Brands are shifting focus to “Association” rather than “Advertising”. If you can’t get them organically, brands will have to pay for them. Virtual Reality heats up and meets the desire for data as well as brand experiences. Just ask Qualcomm Wireless Reach. I know, being deep rules. Being superficial doesn’t.

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Why 99% of companies should completely forget about brand journalism

Communications Conversations

Relatively recently, Verizon joined a number of big companies in the business of brand journalism. ” It’s hardly the first brand to try brand journalism. But, will this brand journalism trend continue? Will it eventually metriculate down to midsized and smaller brands? But you what?

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How to Improve Your Social Media Targeting

Cision

On Facebook, the likelihood of a brand post reaching an intended audience is low. Facebook’s post-IPO algorithm has never been favorable to brands, and their update last year to promote “friends and family” posts over news publishers and brand posts seems to have further diminished the expected reach for any particular post.

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How To Add “Borrowed Interest” To Your PR Campaign

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

For example, once shopping app Retale had been in the marketplace for a few years, we engaged a personal finance expert to help drive visibility and humanize the Retale brand. At some point in the evolution of a PR engagement, a CSR (corporate social responsibility) campaign may be an appropriate step.

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Behind the Headlines With Sophie Raine

Cision

As head of brand at W Communications, Sophie Raine solves clients’ problems by focusing on flexible and innovative solutions. Firstly, we proved that we can deliver on large-scale events from our work with Live Nation, including the execution of Wireless 2015 and the Kopparberg Urban Forest 2014 and 2015. Use your creativity.

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Storytelling or Story-selling? The Hollywood Blockbuster

The Stalwart Blog

Summertime is here and with it comes the Hollywood blockbuster, known for big names, big budgets and…big brands? Despite its prevalence, Jurassic World takes brand integration to an entirely new level. Some may argue that brand integration provides an element of realism to film, which may be true to an extent.