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What I learned about “going viral” on LinkedIn last week

Communications Conversations

Last week I had my first experience with a post of mine “going viral” on LinkedIn. And, I’d say 99% of them had nothing to do with digital or social media marketing. In fact, at the moment, I have a full-time job as a social media consultant AND a part-time job as an adjunct faculty at the University of Minnesota!

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How to Amplify Your Stories With Social Influencers and Viral Platforms

PRSay

If you asked people where they get their content these days, you might be surprised by how many rely on social influencers and viral platforms like Uplift and Humankind to hear from their favorite brands. Here are some ways you can utilize these nontraditional media tactics to enhance audience engagement: Build relationships with influencers.

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The Power Of Creativity In PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Some people don’t think of PR professionals as particularly creative – except when it comes to hatching wild PR stunts or gimmicks, like KFC’s fried-chicken-flavored nail polish in 2016. Yet creativity plays a part in much of a PR person’s daily work. 4 ways creative PR takes it up a notch.

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How PepsiCo uses data to power creativity

NewsWhip

Recently, we sat down with PepsiCo’s Lauren Powell to talk about how her team works to transform trends into successful campaigns and how data can power creative. Every successful modern creative campaign is powered by insight and data. The post How PepsiCo uses data to power creativity appeared first on Newswhip.

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Choosing a PR Career

Ronn Torossian

The public relations industry was ranked as the third-best creative and media job last year by the World Report, and the evidence is clear – PR jobs have become incredibly popular, especially in the digital age. Contrary to popular belief the PR industry isn’t all about press releases, media coverage, and viral ads.

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Capture viral behavior with strange projects

Marketwired

However, some brands are looking at methods to capture the things that appeal to frequent users of social media in a way that grabs their interest and makes the content the center of the story, with the brand name tagging along. When most brands invest in social media, they make the same mistakes often. Grassroots methods.

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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. All in all, Ocean Spray handled its viral moment quite well. ” Oh boy. Millions of impressions.