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6 Research-Based Insights About Viral Content

Cision

If you’re like me, you probably greet articles about content virality with a healthy dose of skepticism. Of course anyone writing content or posting on social media hopes for the largest possible distribution, but the articles that purport to tell you how to make content go viral are oftentimes less useful than they intend to be.

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The 2021 Oscars predictably failed to capture the public interest

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Many blockbusters delayed their releases to coalesce better with when audiences would be allowed back in cinemas, and despite a series of historic ‘firsts,’ the Oscars failed to capture the public imagination this year. . The viral stories about the 2021 Oscars. NewsWhip users can access the dashboard here. million in 2020 to 2.9

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Top 5 NewsWhip features you may not know about

NewsWhip

Here’s the top 5 features they use to better understand live issues, inform whether or not to respond, and to help keep their team and stakeholders informed at all times on key topics of public interest. Ideal for keeping a pulse on viral content and shaping responsive strategies in real-time. Read more about it here.

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The How and Why of PR Attribution

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Without PR attribution, you only know the top of the funnel; i.e., which publications wrote about your brand. In PR, however, the impression metric corresponds to the viewership of an entire publication. Sometimes trade publications have greater returns, too, due to their highly targeted audiences.

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The Power Of Creativity In PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

The Canadian Ontario Association of Optometrists unveiled an eye-opening approach to getting a simple public service message to the public. To urge people to give their eyes periodic breaks from screens, it filmed a series of snappy, fun viral videos called 20 Second Daydreams. Creative PR helps B2B brands be accessible.

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Summer movies captured the public’s interest — and its money

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Across the web and social media the movie dominated in terms of public interest, easily making it the most popular movie of the summer. It’s also important to note that Top Gun and Doctor Strange had virtually the same number of articles written about them, showing just how tuned in the public was to news about the long awaited sequel. .

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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 took note and responded with a publicity stunt of its own.

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