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The Rise and Fall of the Pumpkin Spice Latte

Cision

2016’s #PSL (Pumpkin Spice Latte) lovers have crushed this total by 44%. Plan your content in advance; prepare a creative post the month before you plan to use it. Advance a conversation by building off of where the conversation ended last year — start with new information and creativity and then cover more familiar tropes.

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The Power Of Creativity In PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Some people don’t think of PR professionals as particularly creative – except when it comes to hatching wild PR stunts or gimmicks, like KFC’s fried-chicken-flavored nail polish in 2016. Yet creativity plays a part in much of a PR person’s daily work. 4 ways creative PR takes it up a notch.

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How to Spy on Your Competition & Steal Their Secrets

Cision

What must also be kept in mind is that creativity and innovation don’t come in a vacuum. Your aim in all of this activity is to spark your imagination, build a list of creative ideas and then innovate. Implement viral marketing tactics. To sum it up, people gravitate to viral content that’s written about them.

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4 Ways Influencers Support Brands in Real Time

Cision

In fact, according to Edelman’s 2016 Trust Barometer , 78 percent of people trust their peers, while 49 percent trust CEOs. It’s every brand’s dream to go viral, but it doesn’t often happen. Instead, it’s much easier to take advantage of a trending topic that is already viral and jump in on the conversation. Add credibility.

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Challenger Brands: Here’s How To Win At PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Dollar Shave Club didn’t build a billion-dollar business and sell to Unilever in 2016 without throwing a few bombs. Everyone remembers their viral, bro-y YouTube ad in 2011 , for example. All it takes is a creative team, a willingness to take risks, and serious commitment to PR. Here are some tips based on tech PR experience.

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2016 – A Year in Traditional Media

Shift Communications

Each member of the team has a particular hit that they are extremely proud of purely based on the fact that good old creativity, industriousness and smarts resulted in a hit that wowed the client and broke through. PR people often talk about ideas to make news go viral, but there is no way to predict or plan for when something will be a hit.

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How to Pitch Social Influencers

Cision

It ’ s 2016 (Almost) and thankfully you don ’ t have to convince your boss that social media is a good idea. Get creative and don ’ t be afraid to pay. Viral content occurs when the right content is shared at the right time by the right people. You now have a different, more exciting challenge. Changing Habits.

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