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Stop the Insanity. Fire Your PR Firm in 2014.

Marketing Craftmanship

Fire your PR firm in 2014. If you’re unwilling to make that commitment, or if they’re incapable of delivering on your expectations, then it’s time to stop the insanity.

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9 Places to Source Authoritative Stats for Your Content Marketing

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Examples: Ipsos Pew Research Premium business media Public relations professionals seek coverage in business magazines that have long-standing reputations as authoritative news sources executives turn to. Though it was published in 2014, it’s still a great starting point for government research data in the US.

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Public Relations: How Journalists and PR Specialists can Improve the Media Landscape

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Thanks to the pressure on the media industry to continuously seek online engagement as a key element in its current business model, public relations professionals now face the same pressures that incentivize reporters to develop articles that garner as much attention as possible. Where Journalism is Headed. Business technology?

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How Executive Teams Can Improve PR

Convince & Convert

C-level executives often don’t fully understand that public relations personnel need the ongoing involvement and support of upper management in order to meet PR goals. Many senior executives have a simplistic and mistaken view of PR. Three-fourths say they spend a half hour or less each week discussing their PR strategy.

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How Customer Service can Devastate Your Social Media Plans

Convince & Convert

As a public-relations and new media all-star , Peter Shankman is interested in how brands foster those good experiences and try to avoid the bad ones. via Ahalogy 2014 Pinterest Media Consumption Study Of course, introducing ads to a social platform is never popular. Tweetable Moments Focus on the ‘help’ first.

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Study: Social Media is Not a Trusted Media Source for PR Pros

Convince & Convert

Facebook is also the most-used paid platform for PR’s counterpart — marketing — as 90 percent of respondents said they use Facebook ads in Social Media Examiner’s 2014 Industry Report. Social Media Research cision prnews public relations social media social media advertising social media research social media usage'

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Zenith Social Media Marketing Conference – An Event Not to Miss!

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Lisa Buyer ( @lisabuyer ), smart and engaging online public relations pro and author of the phenomenal new book, Social PR Secrets. Events Social Media Marketing aimClear Dennis Yu Josh Bratten Lisa Buyer Lisa Grimm Marty Weintraub Neal Rodriguez Zenith Social Media Marketing Conference 2014' See you there!