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Brand crisis research: vaccine mandates, Striketober, & misinformation

NewsWhip

Nicholson explains that in 2016 “outright false stories were going viral” and now it has become harder to identify. Major food producers have been at the front of employee-led strikes from the last few months, with Nabisco, Frito-Lay, and Kellogg’s being mentioned as examples during the webinar.

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3 Brands That Aced Real-Time Opportunities

Cision

When the media reported that Apple’s iPhone 6 was prone to bending, the news went viral on Twitter with the #Bendgate hashtag. Rather than making a comparison to the company under fire, KitKat highlighted how it differs from the rest. Jamba Juice. Jamba Juice took note and responded with a publicity stunt of its own.

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What Makes A Brand Story Authentic?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

It’s like the joke among PR and ad agencies that every client wants a viral video. Innovation will come from the upstarts, because they have so little to lose by comparison. One way is to make an employee or division the hero of a variation on the holy grail search. Goliath myth in a narrative about a company founder.

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55 tips, tools and articles that will super-charge your Public Relations knowledge in 2018

The Resolution Blog

We’ve added a new set of “comparison” terms into the mix to help develop data into insights that can help develop your ideas. Why Picture List Posts Are The Perfect Viral Content Formula Our clever friends over at Buzzsumo reviewed over 100m Facebook posts recently. It’s free, why not give it a go now?

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A Look at the Media Monitoring Tool Truescope is Bringing to the U.S. [PR Tech Briefing]

Sword and the Script

This also works for viral content – like a retweet on Twitter. At a minimum, you can keep a record of an article for year-over-year comparison, even if you can’t access the underlying content 12, or 24 months later for example. Finally, Mr. Croll is aiming to ensure his employees have experience working in communications.

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Financial Services Content Report: Industry Benchmarks & 5 Keys to Success

Contently - Strategy

On one hand, the average finish rate in our data set is impressive in comparison to Chartbeat’s scroll depth benchmarks for all content. When done right, helpful budgeting and saving tips can go semi-viral because they’re more universal than content from the other subcategories. Focus on employee education and advocacy.

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