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Three Public Relations Mega-Trends in 2017

Shift Communications

What does the public relations industry have to look forward to in 2017? In 2017, the tsunami of content will only increase. We cannot afford to advertise to everyone on the one network that reaches everyone – Facebook – and the reach of individual publications continues to decline. Let’s see if we’re ready for them.

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IBM Vision: The Future of AI and Public Relations

Shift Communications

I had the pleasure and privilege of attending IBM Vision 2017 as a guest of IBM Analytics. Christopher Penn (@cspenn) May 17, 2017. We see this happening in the communications and PR industry. Legacy publications find themselves more under the gun every day, with declining subscribers and decreasing advertising revenues.

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Top Public Relations Trends in 2018: Introduction

Shift Communications

As we wind down 2017, our gaze inevitably turns to the horizon. In this series, we’ll examine some of the major trends we see ahead and how PR practitioners of all stripes should prepare. To compensate, more walls will go up, making media less visible to PR professionals and their audiences. The Big Picture.

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Breaching 140: Who’s Using Twitter’s 280 Characters?

Shift Communications

On September 26, 2017, Twitter surprised its users by announcing that certain users would have their tweet character limits doubled, from 140 characters to 280 characters. We downloaded 4,832,877 tweets from Twitter dating back to September 1, 2017. Marketing and advertising. Christopher S. Vice President, Marketing Technology.

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20 PR and Marketing Predictions for 2022

Sword and the Script

Data-driven PR. One of the big headlines for 2022 is that a data-driven approach to PR will be a must. Emerging channels like podcasts will continue to grow in influence, which means PR pros have to become more fluent in strategically pitching and forming relationships in these channels.

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