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Homegrown: 5 Local Marketing Tactics for Small Businesses

Beyond PR

For many small business owners, home is not just “where the heart is.” While organically earned media and third-party reviews are best, you’ll find that some businesses encourage reviews via in-store signage, their website, and social media channels. It’s where the money is, too.

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15 Up-and-Coming PR and Social Media Marketers to Watch

Communications Conversations

Last week, I shared my news that I’ll be teaching social media at the University of St. Now, she’s crushing it at Best Buy in social media marketing. So, I asked a few key local leaders for up-and-coming social media or communications superstars they admire. And, they have been for a while now.

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Brands Bring Substance To COVID-19 Response

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Early into the social distancing phase several brands quickly acknowledged the situation through visuals. They changed their logos in solidarity with the new guidelines, and the effect was…awkward. Rallying around small business. It’s not about the logo. The familiar McDonald’s arches were clumsily pulled apart.

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Effectively Engage and Build Your Community Through Podcasting

Deirdre Breakenridge

Universities , nonprofits , museums , law firms , associations , and small businesses have branched out into podcasting – expanding their online presence in ways that serve their business and community. Have customers mentioned your podcast on social media, in blog posts, or through referrals?

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Review: ReputationDefender’s New Personal Branding Solution

Melissa Agnes

Furthermore, if someone were to publish something negative about you online—be it negative allegations, unwanted news stories, harmful social media attacks, defamation, or a crisis for the very organization for which you work—how confident are you that your online reputation, your good name, would withstand such an attack?

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How To Track the Success of Your Press Release: Is It Working?

PR Fuel

Use the SMART goals guidelines to set goals with your team: S – Specific. Try focusing on website traffic, social media mentions, and search engine results. Some press release services will offer data that you can watch, but you can also have your team check search engines and social media manually.

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Top 100 Sites for Marketers

Cision

The calculation takes into account a number of data points, such as social shares, SEO data and page rankings. Social Media Today. But what we do know is that data – social media data in particular – can reveal almost everything about us. Social Media Examiner. Social Media Explorer.