Sword and the Script

APRIL 30, 2024

I got fed up with the attention span of goldfish statistic a couple of years ago; it’s 100% fictitious and yet went viral). He wrote it up in a paper published online titled, Advertising effectiveness and the 95-5 rule: most B2B buyers are not in the market right now. These memory links activate when buyers do come into the market.

B2B 159

B2B Marketing Advertising Advertising 159

Contently - Strategy

AUGUST 30, 2024

Instead of highlighting the latest technology, newest features, or energy efficiency, real people talk about how the product makes their lives better. The answer should be “never,” because they don’t use traditional advertising and don’t spend any money on paid ads or endorsements.

Storytelling 85

Storytelling Marketing Travel Case Study 85

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

A Harvard marketing professor named Thales Texeira has done some recent studies of content virality and sharing. In his research on viral advertising videos , he found that a very small percentage of advertising videos (0.1%) actually go “viral.” His findings are pretty illuminating. Why we share.

Viral 106

Viral Advertising Advertising Facebook 106

Cision

MAY 12, 2017

The best way to go about it is to find ad placements by listing the websites where you want to advertise or search for placements that are in-sync with your client’s themes or topics. As we saw with the recent United Airlines fiasco , crisis news doesn’t take time to go viral. Connect with him on Twitter @connect2taral.

Google 259

Google Digital PR Mobile SEO 259

Cision

JULY 5, 2016

All too often we are convinced we need a website, or in this day and age, a social media strategy that will go “viral” – but this approach is often doomed from the start. Having a social media initiative go viral is not a good goal – what is the intended net result?

Nonprofit 227

Nonprofit Crisis Viral Groups 227

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 26, 2016

As marketing and advertising become more data-driven and trackable, PR professionals will be expected to deliver the same kind of metrics and attribution. Publishers are increasingly looking to monetize content everywhere, especially newer media startups without the legacy of a solid wall between editorial and advertising.

Viral 136

Viral Creativity Advertising Advertising 136

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2024

Top stories in today’s summary of PR news: Cision shutters the HARO brand; Agility adds “Intelligent Insights”; PR tech company replaces employees with AI On the first Tuesday of every month, I sort through all the news I can find on PR technology or comms tech and present it in a summary post like this one.

Reddit 183

Reddit Software B2B Technology 183

Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

The fact that we’re never quite sure when something may or may not go viral against us in a negative way makes us feel as though we’re not in control, it makes us feel vulnerable and exposed, and it’s one of the biggest setbacks resulting in a lack of proactive action that needs to take place. What makes something go viral?

Social Media 113

Social Media Viral Crisis Management How To 113

Flack's Revenge

MARCH 8, 2018

Other methods like advertising equivalency value and reach (or circulation or audience) seem outdated and only take you so far. They also mentioned a recently released Chrome extension that they say predicts content virality. Their approach involves the use of social engagement data as a PR metric. This idea makes sense.

Data 159

Data Media Software Viral 159

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Good CX combines people, process and technology to understand, anticipate and consistently deliver a high-quality experience across all of a product or service brand’s touch points, from website to customer service. The latest technology for scaling content marketing may be the most promising. B2B content must be shareable.

B2B 120

B2B Customer Service Software Technology 120

Cision

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Chris Lynch: I think they are, and I think that’s being driven in part by just how granular we can look at communications now due to the technology that we have in place to measure it. Steve Barrett: We’ve all seen those go viral haven’t we?

Media 202

Media Storytelling Technology Data 202

Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

You have two options: Promote through paid media (pay-per-click advertisements & sponsored posts). Brands understand the social predicament and continue to invest in social media advertising, yet 80 percent of marketers are unable to attribute ROI to their social media efforts. Surveys & Research.

Infographics 235

Infographics Case Study Content Marketing Video 235

NewsWhip

JULY 15, 2021

We want to make sure that we’re not posting funny memes and/or advertisements at a time that nobody wants to see that,” said Powell. “So, When it comes to advertising, PepsiCo works on some huge campaigns, but the company’s major event each year is the Super Bowl, which they have also employed NewsWhip technology to help with.

Creativity 78

Creativity Data Trends Analytics 78

NewsWhip

JUNE 2, 2020

Marketing and Advertising. Turbine Labs separates itself in the crowded industry by using a unique combination of technology and analysis to trace the impact of media sentiment on clients. The virality graphs give us both a better sense of whether or not a story is still gaining attention, and how much attention that story is getting.

Case Study 78

Case Study Study Viral Data 78

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 4, 2014

The Harlem Shake dance video craze largely took off based on the whims of students, employees and other everyday folk interested in making a funny viral video. Gangnam Style was a concentrated publicity effort based on the work of Psy and his PR team. So which one garnered more interest according to Google trends? Holistic media and commerce.

Mobile 105

Mobile Community System Social Media 105

Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Facebook was not initially built to monetize; it was built to go viral. The company is betting on huge advertising growth in the next five years, and many people, including myself, are skeptical. Its stock has been almost cut in half, GM dropped a $10M ad deal, and Google is nipping at its heels with the purchase of Wildfire.

Facebook 106

Facebook Mobile Google Viral 106

Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

According to a 2018 Association of National Advertisers (ANA) survey, 75% of marketers are using influencers as a marketing tool and 43% plan to increase spending on it in the next 12 months. And in a 2017 TINT article, only 4% of consumers declared trust in marketing in advertising in general. influencers) over brand advertisements.

Marketing 80

Marketing SEO Advertising Advertising 80

PRSay

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

But for PR professionals, the Olympics are also an opportunity to monitor a variety of communications-related topics — personal branding, corporate sponsorships, new technology — on a universal stage. Adam Rippon has been a viral sensation this year despite not being the most spectacular figure skater at the Games.

Sports 94

Sports Communications Viral Fashion 94

Buzzstream

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In it, he discusses how we are so overwhelmed by constant interruptions from advertisements that we tune most things out. Former New York Times reporter and current Washington Post technology columnist Taylor Lorenz’s Substack, User Mag, sends out the newsletter every few days. These are the ones that provide actual value.

Digital PR 62

Digital PR SEO Web Resources 62

Mindful Marketing

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

As rapidly advancing technology helps blur lines between fact and fiction, does marketing have any obligation to stand for truth? In recent years, the growth of social media and advances in digital technology have helped deception proliferate like never before, both in volume and sophistication.

Marketing 78

Marketing LinkedIn Technology Comparison 78

Beyond PR

JUNE 29, 2017

Advances in technology will revolutionize your business, but what if your job is more than just a business to you? While technology continues changing every industry I can think of, many communications and public relations professionals hold tight to the more poetic side of storytelling. Who saw it? About Bruce Kennedy.

Storytelling 73

Storytelling Data Communications Technology 73

Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 15, 2019

Generally speaking, marketers tend to focus on high-quality images and videos, alongside posts that have the potential to go viral. Currently, Instagram has over 300 million daily users, which means that each Story has great potential to be seen by a handful of people, especially if they are viral. Bottom Line.

Instagram 63

Instagram Marketing Viral Airlines 63

NewsWhip

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

However, fifty years later, technology and our media consumption habits are almost unrecognizable. The collision of these two cultural behemoths is going to create six weeks of extreme congestion across TV schedules, news agendas, advertising buys and of course, consumer attention.

Branding 78

Branding Brand Data Viral 78

Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

Social is branding, but unlike traditional advertising—it’s more human. 7 Ways to Make Your Tweets Go #Viral – [link] by @douglasi #twitter pic.twitter.com/dfyOaIOiuf. VP Marketing Technology at SHIFT Communications, Marketing Over Coffee co-host. Ted Coiné – @tedcoine. Coach and author on #SocialCEO.

Social Media 120

Social Media Twitter Media Nonprofit 120

PRSay

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

But for PR professionals, the Olympics are also an opportunity to monitor a variety of communications-related topics — personal branding, corporate sponsorships, new technology — on a universal stage. Adam Rippon has been a viral sensation this year despite not being the most spectacular figure skater at the Games.

Sports 74

Sports Communications Viral Fashion 74

Shift Communications

APRIL 13, 2015

Will a blog post go viral? It’s certainly possible, using predictive analytics, to get a rough sense of what might work and what might not work, but few companies have access to that much technology and expertise. Vice President, Marketing Technology. Advertising Marketing Metrics Strategy' Christopher S.

Analytics 60

Analytics Google How To System 60

Sword and the Script

JUNE 12, 2018

There are a lot of technology vendors out there pitching better collaboration. wrote Siftrock in a press release about being included as one of the nearly 7,000 other logos on the marketing technology landscape infographic. The Denny’s stunt was the brainchild of an advertiser and not a PR pro. This is a press release.

Creativity 62

Creativity Infographics B2B Corporate 62

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MARCH 12, 2024

Posting organically to social sites like Facebook and TikTok can quickly boost your brand recognition at a fraction of the price required for paid advertising. When crafting social content, lean on trends and publish content with a high virality rate. It is, however, important to note that social media isn’t necessarily “free.”

Social Media 79

Social Media Strategy Media SEO 79

Sword and the Script

APRIL 5, 2016

However, this year, there’s a catch: Much has been made of the disparity between marketing investment in social media and mobile technology and the return on investment (ROI). There seems to be this general consensus that a brand presence on social media inevitably leads to viral appeal. Here are three examples: 1. Or near-zero.

Mobile 60

Mobile Survey Marketing B2C 60

Contently - Strategy

JUNE 18, 2024

They’ve used neuroscience technology to look at what’s happening in people’s brains while they watch ads and TV shows. What makes Neuro-Insight unique is their proprietary technology called Steady State Topography (SST), which pinpoints how likely someone is to remember an ad. They call this long-term memory encoding.

Storytelling 52

Storytelling Examples Branding Brand 52

The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

When I left comms agency work for PR technology I felt I had to unlearn many of the techniques I’d built up over 13 years. Why Picture List Posts Are The Perfect Viral Content Formula Our clever friends over at Buzzsumo reviewed over 100m Facebook posts recently. Online advertising has changed. Where is your paid content?

Tools 136

Tools Publicity SEO Measurement 136

Landis PR

JANUARY 8, 2024

Was it not enough that he alienated Twitter’s most committed and notable users, as well as advertisers, with nonsensical fees , rules and misleading descriptors ? Was it not enough that he quickly laid off most of the staff who actually made the platform operate – including all the communications staff (natch)?

Film 59

Film Twitter Social Media Viral 59

Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The ad: Even though the first political advertisement didn’t air until 1952, his team pioneered the art of campaigning by filming his tour across the country for the 1944 election, the former president’s fourth and final campaign. The thoughtfulness of the video paid off–it went viral, with over three million views on YouTube.

Policies 64

Policies Film Exercises Viral 64

Prohibition

MARCH 15, 2023

VAR is a huge presence in modern football and the assistance of video technology to analyse fouls and decisions remains a huge topic of debate. It only makes sense then, to use this ‘video technology’ to creatively highlight the issue of homophobia. Ronaldo was keen, Serena not so much.

Video 62

Video Case Study Sports Creativity 62

Sword and the Script

MARCH 22, 2016

Technology Adoption and New Services. Technology is a competitive advantage until everyone else has it – and PR doesn’t have a reputation as an industry of early adopters. On the other hand, innovation in PR technology isn’t exactly on the vanguard. Marketers think in terms of findability, sharability and virality.

Survey 60

Survey System Small Business Trends 60

Solo PR Pro

JULY 3, 2019

E-commerce and Online Advertising. Developing a better user experience produces by far the most viral effect and impact when investing in growth. Privacy Concerns and Their Impact on Advertising. technology, wearables, and on-demand content are all on the rise. Activity is stable, but growth is slowing.

Report 45

Report Privacy Pinterest Retail 45

David PR Group

JULY 28, 2015

We have about 50 million surveillance cameras in America, and that number is likely growing at a rapid clip as the prices for such devices falls, and they become easy to monitor with web-based technology. Law enforcement agencies have widely adopted dashboard cameras on police cars, again as the technology has improved.

Reputation 40

Reputation Viral Privacy Retail 40