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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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Why Lies Beat The Truth On Social Media

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

It seems lies are more viral than truth – at least on Twitter. That’s the conclusion of a study recently published in Science magazine. The depressing conclusion of the study was summarized in The Atlantic. The depressing conclusion of the study was summarized in The Atlantic. Why is false news so shareable?

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Folgers case study sums up what big ad agencies always get wrong about social

Communications Conversations

Thomas, we discussed a case study. Worse yet, we find they’re merely posting the ads and content they posted on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. 2 – Given the popularity of the whipped coffee that went viral on TikTok in 2020, why not play to recipes created by those same influencers above? Our clients deserve it.

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How Journalists Say PR Can Fight Fake News

Cision

The Cision 2017 Global Social Journalism Study outs journalists as similarly skeptical. Facebook is a daily hub of social activity and expression for most people, and Facebook friends are often ideologically similar to ourselves. Over half of journalists described fake news as undermining their area of journalism.

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Lesson From Facebook: 5 Tips on Handling Crisis Communications

Shift Communications

Most recently, Facebook just experienced the classic example of a crisis communications case study. On March 17, The New York Times and other outlets reported how Cambridge Analytica used personal information to build a system that could profile voters by exposing the data of 50 million Facebook users.

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How to Grow Your B2B Facebook Community

Waxing UnLyrical

Despite its uncertainty in the stock market, Facebook continues to be an excellent way to connect with your client base and potential customers. But like any other marketing strategy, growing your B2B Facebook community simply requires an investment of time and genuine engagement. Image: goiabarea via Flickr, CC 2.0. Provide Value.

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Facebook PR Exposed

Flatiron Communications

Facebook’s (Disbanded?) Nick Confessore, one of The New York Times’s better-known investigative reporters, appeared on MSNBC’s “All in with Chris Hayes” within hours of The Times publishing its bombshell exposé on how Facebook dealt with the Russian crisis. Now we know Facebook will do whatever it takes to make money.