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Understanding the market for social media and web listening tools

Stephen Waddington

The promise of the social web is the opportunity for organisations to listen to their audiences or publics and gain insights for business improvement. The technology is stuck firmly in public relations and marketing departments as a reputation and marketing insight tool.

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The Enduring Significance of Broadcast Media: Why TV and Radio Remain Essential for PR Professionals

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

In today’s digital age, where streaming platforms and online media dominate the landscape, it’s essential not to overlook traditional broadcast media’s enduring relevance and significance, such as television and radio. Older individuals, particularly those over 50, are more likely to rely on television for news rather than the internet.

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Borrowing Trust: The Surprising New Marketing Role of Citizen Influencers

Cision

Similarly, the same study showed that 70 percent of adults say their purchasing decision is affected by content they see shared on the web. It takes a long time to build the reputation and earn the trust required to build this proprietary audience. They are taking the time to read and understand. 19 percent were piloting a program.

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Engaging (and grilling) the social side of James Grunig

PR Conversations

Is recent social media engagement related to new research and/or a growing personal interest, or is it mainly a tool for reputation management regarding possible (mis)interpretation(s) of your theoretical body of work? With the advent of Web 2.0, The growing significance of the “social web” (or web 2.0,

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Changing the PR Channel

David PR Group

As I have told my stunned teenage children, we only had four television channels when I was a kid. Television channels were broadcast over the airwaves (not Wi-Fi), and some TVs only showed footage in “black and white.” ” Our viewing choices and channels were very limited, but we didn’t know any better.

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The New Measurement: Shifting from Traditional PR to Growth PR

Waxing UnLyrical

Our computers, smart phones, televisions and other devices are inundated with information: From news articles and blog posts, to tweets, Facebook posts and messages on dozens of other social networks, to emails and newsletters. PR professionals need to be thinking about things like web traffic, customer engagement and conversions.

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PR’s First True Revolution

Maxim Behar

Radio and television, the electronic media that came after the press, were constituted in the same fashion as print media — they had different channels for delivering their messages. This has entirely changed with social media, which has uplifted the quality of Web 1.0 No dialogue.

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