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The Marketing Power of Wikipedia: 8 Tips for PR Pros

MaccaPR

As PR and marketing professionals – and consumers – we often forget about the sheer power and influence that Wikipedia has on our daily lives. Wikipedia is a permanent part of our public culture. All jokes aside, Wikipedia does have a distinct influence on the business community. Wikipedia is just plain popular.

Wikipedia 101
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On Today’s Multi-Agency Wikipedia Statement

Where the Fishermen Ain't

PR Leaders Today Affirm a Commitment to Abide by and Evangelize Wikipedia Community Norms. Last February, William Beutler , principal of Beutler Ink and publisher of The Wikipedian , convened a meeting of digital leaders from multiple agencies, as well as notable Wikipedia volunteers. Fortunately, my employer feels the same way.

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Definers Saga and the State of PR Ethics

Flack's Revenge

In his story, Nicas wrote: “Definers specialized in applying political campaign tactics to corporate public relations — an approach long employed in Washington… but less common in tech.” Of course, Facebook makes this topic relevant as it fits in with NY Times story about their recent missteps.

Ethics 136
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Your PR Campaign is Too Short

Doctor Spin

Many organisations underestimate how long it takes for corporate messaging to propagate through a population. For whatever reason, mass media conglomerates refused to implement algorithms, leaving the playing field open to algorithm-driven tech giants like Google (now Alphabet ) and Facebook (now Meta ). In Wikipedia.

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What Happens When You Kiss a Bunch of Frogs?

Waxing UnLyrical

We are, apparently, the “most influential species” on our planet (according to Wikipedia, and Wikipedia knows all). Founder and publisher of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke helps smart businesses make bank by taking their communications from corporate codswallop to community cool™. Luckily for you, I got your back.

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Time for communicators to help manage Employer Brand social channels

Communications Conversations

” According to Wikipedia, an “Employer brand” is the reputation of an employer, and its value proposition to its employees, as opposed to its more general corporate brand reputation and value proposition to customers. They might then head to Facebook or Instagram to see how the brand portrays itself publicly.

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The metaverse: fear or freedom for humanity and communication?

PR in High Definition

Could this be the Facebook vision? Facebook doesn’t expect the true metaverse to be up and running until at least ten years from now, mainly because the immersive technology is not quite up to scratch yet, and, let’s face it, with Facebook’s history, no doubt they’ll be a few regulatory challenges along with way.