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Ocean Spray and Sherwin Williams: A tale of 2 companies and how they embrace social media

Communications Conversations

By now, you’ve undoubtedly heard of the viral Ocean Spray TikTok moment. The viral moment spawned tens of thousands of copycats (including one from Mick Fleetwood) and online visibility Ocean Spray only dared dream of. The company reacted, fairly quickly, and offered Apodaca a new truck packed full of Ocean Spray juice.

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Capture viral behavior with strange projects

Marketwired

While other companies were still trying to find ways to “fool” or “Rickroll” their fans, Hamburger Helper looked for a way to steal the spotlight with actual, not manufactured, surprise. What #ContentMarketers Can Learn from Hamburger Helper’s Viral Mix Tape #WatchTheStove Click To Tweet. And they won the day doing it.

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6 Trends That Will Affect PR In 2022

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Research shows that consumers want the brands and companies they do business with to be fair employers, good corporate citizens, and responsible stewards of the environment. It helped grow “employer branding” among large companies and increased the clout of the workforce within the organization.

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Wordle “Baked” Marketing into its Product; SaaS Companies Have This Too

Sword and the Script

SaaS companies have access to data that’s effectively marketing baked into their product – and done well – that’s marketing that scales. A few years back I worked for a company that, in part, had a SaaS product that processed large volumes of law firm invoices. The story went viral in our market niche. Data as social proof.

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3 Steps to Equip Your Company Blog for the Road Ahead

Cision

The relationship between companies and their customers has undergone a tremendous shift toward the personal. We see it every day: fast food chains challenge devotees to gather retweets for “ nuggs ,” personal care products advocate for women’s equality and airlines get called out — for both successes and major fails — in viral videos.

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7 Occasions When PR And Marketing Must Work Together

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

PR and marketing are perceived very differently, especially in a corporate environment. PR, on the other hand, with its ties to reputation and crisis management, is thought to play a more defensive role, designed to protect the corporate brand. Corporations raced to tell their publics what they were prepared to do to support them.

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Sick and Healthy "Viral Marketing"

Mindful Marketing

” Finally, a few firms have ascended to the highest level of corporate health and community consciousness by going above and beyond what might be expected even for “Mindful Marketing,” for instance: U-Haul is offering 30 days of free self-storage to students who need to move due to coronavirus.

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