Ishmael's Corner

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

Since his communications in handing Madison Bumgarner the MVP trophy for the World Series and keys to a Chevy Colorado, the media has crushed Mr. Wilde (and those were the nice ones). I’m assuming someone in the branding or advertising or communications group was involved. It’s been a tough few days for Mr. Wilde. NY Daily News.

Communications 114

Communications Sports Technology Local 114

5W PR

JANUARY 27, 2025

The Evolution of PR Measurement PR measurement has come a long way from the days of manually tracking press clippings and estimating advertising value equivalency (AVE). This framework continues to guide how PR professionals approach campaign measurement, focusing on actual business impact rather than just communication activities.

Measurement 78

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David PR Group

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

What Bacardi is doing actually fits with my main marketing theme for 2015. From a communications standpoint, we need to ensure that our messages flows through our channels to our audience. From a communications standpoint, we need to ensure that our messages flows through our channels to our audience. I would love to learn more.

Hotels 71

Hotels Marketing Strategy Advertising 71

Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Marketers and advertisers Monday-morning quarterback after the Super Bowl (aka the Ad Bowl) every year: Whose ads were watched the most? Which 2015 Super Bowl ads got SHARED the most? Congratulations to Budweiser, the most-shared winner of Ad Bowl 2015! See the original data here: The post Which 2015 Super Bowl Ads won?

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Our top posts from the first quarter of 2015 focused on Facebook and SHIFT updates. We’ve talked a lot in the past year about Facebook, from the evolution of its advertising offering to the almost complete destruction of organic reach for brand pages. Keep PR Weird: SHIFT Starts 2015 With New Austin Office. Here’s how.

Data-Driven PR 60

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Here are the fast facts before we dive in: The new homepage was announced last week but won’t roll out to users until early 2015. But businesses need to start thinking beyond merely advertising to users – they must think about how to join in those conversations. Keep an eye on paid advertising options. Get with the Pulse.

LinkedIn 151

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Melissa Agnes

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Businesses and not-for-profit organizations that are located inside and outside of Canada may be subject to CASL’s requirements, if they communicate electronically with Canadians, or if they conduct e-commerce activities with Canadians. This requires organizations that communicate electronically with Canadians to collect and track consents.

Policies 195

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Cision

JANUARY 11, 2016

Twitter’s growth stagnated in 2015 , and although there were some interesting newer aspects of the network (most notably Periscope) it evidently wasn’t appealing enough for the 77 percent of Internet users that don’t use the platform. What’s the big takeaway for communication professionals and marketers?

Twitter 72

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Prowly

APRIL 23, 2025

You should deliver consistent and high-quality communication. Word of mouth and reviews Peer recommendations and online reviews often hold more sway than traditional advertising. Turning point Around 2015, LEGO made a commitment to public sustainability. Start building trust and maintaining open communication with journalists.

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prTini

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Geben Communication Approach to PR for Tech Startups: ‘Embracy the Crazy’. The Complete List of Cultural Trends to Watch for in 2015. What Digital Marketing Will Look Like in 2015. 2015 Social Media Predictions. Veteran New York Times Advertising Reporter Stuart Elliott Takes Buyout. S ign up today !

Trends 62

Trends Case Study Enterprise Education 62

Cision

APRIL 7, 2017

Kristin Daher, the President and founder of Powerhouse Communications , spearheads the creative communications agency providing a wide range of media relations, brand strategy, and social media services with a specialty in the foodservice and franchise space. I was destined to work in the field of communications.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 28, 2015

The 140 character social network released its Q3 2015 earnings. Should marketers and communicators who rely on Twitter be concerned? The bright spot for investors and marketers is Twitter’s ad growth: Investors are pleased with the orange line for obvious reasons, but marketers and communicators should be pleased as well.

Twitter 60

Twitter Analytics Comparison Mobile 60

Prakkypedia

DECEMBER 27, 2015

It has struck me that this standard message is regurgitated by a lot of organisations in their marketing and advertising material and it’s a wasted opportunity. (I Advertising is an important communication channel that enables you to craft your own message, be creative, stand out, and say something interesting to customers.

Advertising 60

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Deirdre Breakenridge

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Thank you Meredith Fineman for keeping me relevant), I have pulled together everything a PR person may have done in 2015 that they don’t need to do anymore, while giving y’all some guidance for 2016. I simply stole narrowed down themes based on this Hotwire Communications Trend Report. This is a spank-worthy practice. I promise.

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Shift Communications

JULY 29, 2015

The 140 character social network released its Q2 2015 earnings. Of note in the earnings call details is that 88% of Twitter’s ad revenue comes from mobile ads, a testament not only to its user base composition, but also that advertisers have embraced mobile advertising through Twitter. That said, the bird still has wings.

Twitter 60

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Shift Communications

JULY 30, 2015

Consider this: the user base of Facebook according to their 2Q 2015 earnings is 1.49 In what is becoming an unsurprising story, Facebook also grew its revenue significantly; below, every region showed 2Q revenue growth from advertising: In fact, Facebook’s revenue jumped 15.38% quarter over quarter, above its quarterly average of 11%.

Facebook 60

Facebook Social Media Mobile Advertising 60

Stuart Bruce

JANUARY 6, 2015

Writing on Labour Uncut David Talbot makes an excellent job of highlighting Alexander’s ineptitude by showing how his exciting new campaign strategy for 2015 was almost exactly the same as his exciting new – and failed – campaign strategy for 2010. Offensiveness is thus built in to the official campaign strategy.

Communications 60

Communications Case Study Interviews Study 60

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 30, 2015

This is aligned with CEO Jeff Weiner’s previous comments about significant revenue challenges from PPC advertising and the real-time buying ad market. Expect to leverage these improvements for 1:1 outreach and communication with other members on LinkedIn. Further simplification is expected to roll out broadly in November 2015.

LinkedIn 60

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Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

. — David Armano (@armano) August 14, 2015. Jay Baer (@jaybaer) August 19, 2015. Jeff Barrett (@BarrettAll) August 12, 2015. Renee Blodgett (@MagicSauceMedia) June 26, 2015. SocialMktgFella) August 19, 2015. Jeff Bullas (@jeffbullas) August 6, 2015. Ted Coiné (@tedcoine) August 20, 2015.

Social Media 120

Social Media Twitter Media Nonprofit 120

Stuart Bruce

JANUARY 5, 2015

Why in 2015 are we still asking what is PR? Most people who don’t work in public relations have a very poor grasp about what PR actually is and those working in related disciplines, such as advertising and marketing, often have the weakest grasp in that they think they know what it is, but are actually often wrong.

Reputation 60

Reputation Corporate Ethics Communications 60

Stephen Waddington

JULY 28, 2020

Cision has spent more than $1bn on the acquisitions of Visible Technologies (2014), Vocus (2014), Gorkana (2016), PRNewswire (2015), Prime Research (2017), Falcon.io (2019) and Trendkite (2019). Vuelio acquired Cision UK (2015), ResponseSource (2018) and Pulsar (2019). Kantar Media, itself owned by WPP, acquired Precise in 2014.

Tools 135

Tools Software Enterprise Measurement 135

The Proactive Report

JANUARY 8, 2016

More than half (51%) of marketing and advertising execs polled in November 2015 said the PR team is best suited to handle social media activity. It makes perfect sense – PR is a communication function and social media is all about communication. This is up from 39% in 2013. Only 28% picked the marketing department.

Corporate 100

Corporate Digital PR Social Media Study 100

The Proactive Report

JANUARY 8, 2016

More than half (51%) of marketing and advertising execs polled in November 2015 said the PR team is best suited to handle social media activity. It makes perfect sense – PR is a communication function and social media is all about communication. This is up from 39% in 2013. Only 28% picked the marketing department.

Corporate 100

Corporate Digital PR Social Media Study 100

The Proactive Report

JANUARY 8, 2016

More than half (51%) of marketing and advertising execs polled in November 2015 said the PR team is best suited to handle social media activity. It makes perfect sense – PR is a communication function and social media is all about communication. This is up from 39% in 2013. Only 28% picked the marketing department.

Corporate 100

Corporate Social Media Digital PR Study 100

Cision

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Black Friday 2015 has come and gone, and one trend dominated all others: more and more people are purchasing online rather than shopping at brink-and-mortar retailers. What I want to do in this “Cyber Monday” piece is to look at five common misunderstandings about communicating with and converting digital and social customers.

Social Media 120

Social Media Facebook Twitter Print 120

Cision

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

In a recent AdAge profile , Laundry Service CEO Jason Stein describes the huge opportunity that influencers offer to marketers, communications professionals and brands: There is a major convergence between influencers, brands and publishers, and the ones who are really successful are all three of these things.” “Serious Sway.”

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Marketing Groups Journalism Social Media 120

Shift Communications

APRIL 27, 2015

Facebook released its earnings report for Q1 2015, with the latest updates to the largest social network’s statistics. The drop in Q1 2015 is steeper than normal. Let’s see what changed! Above, monthly active users (green bars) grew 3.37% quarter-over-quarter to 1.44 billion people. Prepare accordingly. Christopher S.

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Shift Communications

JULY 31, 2015

For marketers, one of the interesting remarks was that standard display advertising was declining in effectiveness on LinkedIn properties. Unlike other platforms that put advertising above everything else, LinkedIn still gives brands a chance to reach audiences organically, especially with the Pulse Publishing platform. Christopher S.

LinkedIn 60

LinkedIn Social Media Media Advertising 60

Cision

MARCH 3, 2016

Motion PR turns 10 years old this month, capping off a whirlwind 2015 in which they moved into the penthouse suite of Chicago’s LaSalle-Wacker Building, grew the business significantly with high profile client wins, and hired PR industry vet Wheatley Marshall as senior vice president. Motion PR grew by 60 percent in 2015.

Newspapers 120

Newspapers Creativity Mobile Agency 120

Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

The 140 character social network released its Q4 2015 earnings. Should marketers and communicators who rely on Twitter be concerned? Dorsey also announced integration work continues on Twitter’s integration into the Double-click ad network, for increased access to advertisers. The blue bird is not doing well at all.

Twitter 60

Twitter Social Media Analytics Mobile 60

Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

In what is becoming an unsurprising story, Facebook also grew its revenue significantly; below, every region showed Q3 revenue growth from advertising: Above, what’s interesting is the very strong growth in the US and Canada, continuing a trend from the previous quarter. The post State of Social Media Q3 2015: Facebook has 1.5

Facebook 60

Facebook Social Media Mobile Video 60

Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

In what is becoming an unsurprising story, Facebook also grew its revenue significantly; below, every region showed Q3 revenue growth from advertising: Above, what’s interesting is the very strong growth in the US and Canada, continuing a trend from the previous quarter. The post State of Social Media Q3 2015: Facebook has 1.5

Facebook 60

Facebook Social Media Mobile Video 60

Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

In what is becoming an unsurprising story, Facebook also grew its revenue significantly; below, every region showed Q3 revenue growth from advertising: Above, what’s interesting is the very strong growth in the US and Canada, continuing a trend from the previous quarter. The post State of Social Media Q3 2015: Facebook has 1.5

Facebook 60

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Marketwired

APRIL 12, 2016

In its 2015 study , Edison Research showed that podcast consumption grew from 11% of the U.S. population in 2006 to 33% in 2015 — a current total of 155 million Americans. Podcasts Can Help Advertisers Reach Niche Audiences. Most of the leading podcasts these days rely on the same group of advertisers.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 28, 2016

The largest social network in the world – practically a planet unto itself – released its Q4 and 2015 calendar earnings. Let’s see how Facebook closed out 2015. Facebook must be part of every communications strategy in some way, no matter how small, because Facebook is where all the people are. User Growth.

Mobile 60

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Shift Communications

AUGUST 12, 2015

Through the ability to set specific geo thresholds and key word triggers, online advertising is within everyone’s reach and budget. The post Content Strategies in 2015: Make it Visual, Make it Mobile appeared first on SHIFT Communications PR Agency - Boston | New York | San Francisco | Austin. Are you ready to join?

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PRSay

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The City College of New York’s (CCNY) advertising/PR program and our PRSSA Chapter faced a parallel challenge this month in recreating our annual Building Bridges career fair to connect talented ad and PR majors with agency recruiters seeking a pipeline of diverse talent for jobs and internships.

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