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Three lessons brands can learn from the Hockey Canada Scandal

NewsWhip

Canadian brands know this. If you want to appeal to Canadians, connecting your brand to the game has always been a safe bet. . For context, Tim Hortons’ brand DNA is hockey so their departure made headline news. Good crisis communications teams stay prepared for these kinds of events. Until a few days ago. .

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Challenger Brands: Here’s How To Win At PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Regardless of the industry, a challenger brand can have a natural PR advantage. Challenger brands can shake things up through unique points of view, innovation or a better story. But many brands don’t have Casper’s $240 million venture funding. Everyone remembers their viral, bro-y YouTube ad in 2011 , for example.

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What We Learned From Refreshing a Decade’s Worth of Blog Content

Contently - Strategy

Still, when I set about refreshing more than 10 years’ worth of branded content to bring The Content Strategist up to date with our current web optimization and brand standards, I knew I had my work cut out for me. Here’s what the exercise taught me—and what I think other content marketers can learn from my experience.

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The in's and out's of influencer marketing

Presspage

What is influencer marketing. Influencer marketing is using influential people to get your message across to target audiences. This practice isn’t new: in 1760, Josiah Westwood used royal endorsements to promote his pottery and chinaware brand. In this day and age, influencer marketing hasn’t changed too much.

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Wyzowl’s Matt Byrom Explains Why Animation Works in Marketing

Contently - Strategy

” Byrom saw an opportunity in the market to create videos for small and mid-size companies trying to explain their products and services. In November 2011, he established Wyzowl , a studio dedicated to animated video for brands. I think the market’s certainly maturing. Here’s what he had to say.

Marketing 111
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15 Up-and-Coming PR and Social Media Marketers to Watch

Communications Conversations

Now, she’s crushing it at Best Buy in social media marketing. Ashley Gustafson, Marketing Specialist – Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union (nominated by Arik Hanson). So much of effective social media marketing is based on instincts. Thomas classroom many years ago. But, who are the next LeeAnns, Sarahs and Allisons?

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The Statistics, Effectiveness and Politics of Super Bowl Commercials [UML]

Sword and the Script

There is no better place too study a mix of key issues facing marketing such as creativity , budgets and ROI. That’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing Links (UML). Those sound-like solid considerations for everything marketing does. 3) Should brands mix sports and politics? According to Ms.

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