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6 Trends That Will Affect PR In 2022

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

This bodes well for PR professionals who focus in employee and community relations. The voracious appetite for viral stories on social platforms will assure plenty of exaggerated, distorted, and downright fake stories that seek to stoke tribal divisions. It will revive contextual advertising and give rise to new data targeting tools.

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Best Brand Moves During The COVID-19 Pandemic

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

The abrupt shutdown of normal work and social life has caused many companies to pull back in their advertising and PR. But it does encourage participants to share their signs on social media, resulting in thousands of views and engaging local communities. Talk about raising community spirits! But still others have stepped up.

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7 Occasions When PR And Marketing Must Work Together

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

The right advertising generates reach and frequency of message to inform specific audiences. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, big brands instantly adjusted advertising to suit a more sober public mood and show empathy for customers. A new product launch. Perception can lag reality, and no brand wants to be left behind when things turn.

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Capture viral behavior with strange projects

Marketwired

What #ContentMarketers Can Learn from Hamburger Helper’s Viral Mix Tape #WatchTheStove Click To Tweet. Hamburger Helper didn’t really advertise or force the mixtape on people. The rules of social media readily disprove these methods. Look for a way to enter the conversation naturally. Grassroots methods.

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How to Leverage Emotions to Boost Digital PR

Cision

Fractl, a digital marketing firm, carried out a surveyed of 400 people asking them to record their emotional responses to 100 of the top images from Reddit’s r/pics community. Unveiling surprising facts or data can also make your online PR content go viral. The company is active in their community. Humanize Your Brand.

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The New Digital PR Playbook: Beyond Backlinks, Toward Influence & Impact

Prowly

Community buzz over media coverage Traditional media headlines are awesome but, in retrospect, they don't tend to create lasting influence and engagement. Unconventional, yet humorous, they've created viral content that resonated with audiences far beyond traditional PR. Don't focus on chasing links just to boost SEO. Not in 2025!

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Super Original Thinking is Required to Topple Facebook

Sword and the Script

It became a formula that underscores how much closer the entertainment community is to social science than it is to art. In the liberty of an abstract context, I’d re-introduce Ello and the new social network’s noble concept that there’s a better model than advertising. Rethinking How Advertising is Bought and Sold.

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