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How to Use Social Media for PR: A Step-by-step Guide

Emplifi

With the growing digital landscape, brands are now implementing social media into their PR strategy as a means to connect with larger audiences. Now more than ever, customers are using social media to understand and interact with their favorite brands, to generate the buzz that impacts the reach and influence of the brand.

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Influencer outreach is more PR than marketing or advertising

Biznology

When I pitch my influencer marketing services these days on behalf of my digital agency Gerris , I find that I am not competing against humans at other agencies, I am fighting it out with Google AdWords , Facebook Ads , Twitter Ads, Bing Ads and even Pinterest Ads. Payola, baby! Much along those lines, earned media is still the best policy.

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How PR and Social Media Can Work Together

Webbiquity

Social media and PR would seem to be natural allies. So why do corporate PR and social media efforts so often appear disconnected and out of sync? To be sure, some agencies and companies get it, and do an effective job integrating social media and PR efforts. Share this on Facebook. Post on Google Buzz.

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PR needs to Focus on Conversations

Buzz Marketing for Technology

This is really doing the PR industry a disservice. PR becomes this amorphous blob that can move into many adjacent markets. Obviously PR firms could add “digital media” as a compliment to “traditional media” but upper management doesn’t care about digital media. Share this on Facebook. Post on Google Buzz.

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Facebook as the Media

Buzz Marketing for Technology

An interesting trend has started to happen with Facebook lately - Media events are turning into Facebook groups! The most important part of groups on Facebook is the Discussion Board – it’s what makes a group a group and why many are not that well attended since the owners don’t keep the conversation going.

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The 8 Wrong Questions PR Firms Are Asking About Social Media | PR.

Convince & Convert

But, under pressure from digital and advertising agencies each looking to be the driver of the social media express, PR firms are sometimes turning over inquisitional rocks that do not portray them as strategic caretakers of brands’ social presences. What’s the hot new trend in social media that we can bring to our clients?

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Facebook Success Summit - 22 Sessions on Everything Facebook.

Convince & Convert

Now with more than 500 million global members, Facebook is changing the way we interact, communicate, share, and shop. Now with more than 500 million global members, Facebook is changing the way we interact, communicate, share, and shop. Many businesses are past the point of asking the “should we be on Facebook&# question.

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