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What people think vs. What people think about

Onclusive

The key to public perception, public affairs, and public relations. A lot of effort in public relations and marketing communications goes into influencing what people think, but influencing what people think about is equally, if not more important. That was recently demonstrated by Gregory J.

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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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7 Rules for a New Era of Communications

PRSay

James Grunig and Todd Hunt’s “excellence theory” has long told us that, in public relations, listening is as important as speaking. Things that have been said over and over no longer garner the public’s trust. Now, a cynical public demands more. Awe is the second most viral emotion. The importance of elephant-whispering.

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Behind the Headlines With Matt Sutton

Cision

Given my background and our legislative successes, I feel like we are in a unique position to expand our public affairs practice. . You’ve worked with a number of public affairs organizations. With so many people today getting their news from social media, it is the best way to reach people and get stories to go viral.

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Behind the Headlines With Dan Gregory

Cision

Coming out of college, I was more focused on public speaking and speechwriting than general public relations. Public speaking was more exposed, intimate and immediate in how it connected the communicator and the audience in real time, allowing them to play off each other. How did you get your start in PR?

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3 Content Marketing Hacks Driven by Listening

Beyond PR

Knowing when to launch a product or marketing campaign can improve lead conversion and social virality. James Rubec, Cision Content Strategist, is a content marketer, researcher and brand journalist who for the past year with Cision has told data stories about global news events, public affairs and what motivates people to take action.

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Hyundai “Message To Space” TV Spot – Marketing Masterpiece or Brilliant Illusion?

MaccaPR

AdAge chose “Message to Space” for its Creativity Top 5 and awarded Hyundai the #1 spot on its Viral Video Chart. Does it matter that Hyundai’s footage of an astronaut receiving a love note from his daughter down below may, in fact, have involved generic public footage shot prior to the “Message to Space” event? Did they cross them?

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