Buzzstream

MARCH 5, 2025

Alex Cassidy of UK digital PR agency Distinctly wrote a post about how they were trying to use ChatGPT to build creative campaigns. The digital PR team’s doing it, and other agencies are doing it. I want to start integrating AI processes into digital PR again. That’s how it all started.

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Buzzstream

JULY 10, 2024

I met Digitaloft’s founder, James Brockbank, at their Digital PR Summit in Manchester. With his deep SEO background, he can explain technical aspects like Google’s patents while still naturally integrating that into his agency’s digital PR and content strategy without it feeling forced.

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Beyond PR

MAY 12, 2017

The 2016 Edelman Trust Barometer states that out of all the people they surveyed, over 60% trust Google rather than news outlets. A strong reason for PR pros to start concentrating more on SEO. In the advanced digital landscape and a mobile-first world, digital PR is already closely integrated with SEO.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 21, 2025

I have been hypothesizing about how employing more digital PR will increase the likelihood of getting your brand mentioned in an LLM (see link building in 2025 ), but I have yet to find a compelling study to back it up. Quick Takeaways LLMs used by OpenAI and Google are heavily curated datasets. Google uses C4.

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Following Google’s latest moves, such as the Helpful Content updates , email anti-spam requirements , and transition into AI, The title of this post shouldn’t surprise anyone. Digital PR is certainly not new, but it’s consistently proven to be the most effective way to gain the links that Google values.

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The Proactive Report

MARCH 14, 2017

Public Affairs is one sector of PR that has very different goals, but they are goals nonetheless and can be measured. You might not be working to change hearts and minds in the public, but you should be interested in the hearts and minds of the legislators – both local and national – who can affect your organization.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 7, 2025

With interest in digital PR growing almost 30% in the past few years, we wanted to put together a snapshot of today’s industry, looking at tactics, challenges, tools, and much more. We interviewed over 150 digital PR professionals worldwide between November and December 2024 to give you the State of Digital PR Report for 2025.

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Buzzstream

JUNE 14, 2024

Digital PR can help rankings, organic traffic and more. The term digital PR may differ slightly depending on who you ask. We recently discussed the differences between US and UK digital PR with Rise at Seven’s Will Hobson on our podcast. How Does Digital PR Help SEO?

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 30, 2024

One of my favorite examples is when KFC ran out of chicken in 2018 and published this full-page ad apologizing for it: In digital PR, reactive PR campaigns typically pitch quotes, data, or new stories to journalists that tie into a trending topic or news event. Or maybe local stores are running out!

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

However, it also comes with the unique challenge of delivering results in digital PR on a lean budget. Tips for Doing Digital PR on a Low Budget Based on our chat, here are some great tips for doing digital PR on a small budget. Content led, you know, digital PR. I want to get into this.

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Buzzstream

MAY 2, 2024

In the digital PR world , journalists and reporters promote our content. Some like to go a different route to find interested journalists and seek websites or articles via Google search. So, continuing our farming example, let’s perform a Google search for farming news. Let’s type farming into Google News.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Over the years, I tested and used almost every digital PR, blogger outreach , and link building tool available. Below, we’ve collected our favorite digital PR tools that have been proven to help launch successful campaigns. The list is broken down by task. All pricing and features are based on the time of publication.)

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Buzzstream

JULY 1, 2024

One day, Google says it doesn’t matter as much, and the next day, someone leaks their algorithm, which clearly shows otherwise. Looking at Google Trends to check its popularity shows that link building is almost the same, if not slightly up, from five years ago. Link building has undergone a lot these days. And it may even be too high.

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Cision

JULY 28, 2015

“Scrubbing through Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to find what was working for our clients and what people were talking about was a total time suck,” says Natalie Jenereski, a digital PR strategist at Waterhouse. It would be this process of typing all these individual keywords into Facebook, Twitter and Google.”.

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Norton's Notes

JULY 17, 2014

The Guardian reports on the BBC cuts by stating: Some of the savings – £12m – will be reinvested in digital platforms and enhancing the BBC’s original journalism. In addition the World Service will receive an extra £13m to invest in digital journalism and the development of further language TV services over the next three years.

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In this episode, I spoke with Hana Montgomery , the founder and managing director of the digital PR agency Shout Bravo. I met Hana at Brighton SEO , and she gave a great talk about running global digital PR campaigns and earning links internationally. And now about a week and a half ago, this massive Google leak happened.

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Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Google doesn’t like it when link builders try to game the system, and they regularly take steps to discourage this. Gray hat tactics aren’t explicitly banned by Google but are looked down upon. I love some of the things I see from digital pr, it’s a shame it often gets bucketed with the spammy kind of link building.

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Google now combats this approach by releasing new anti-spam requirements for bulk email sending. But there are four easy ways to find journalists: Google Search for Publications If you don’t know where to start, you can also do a Google search to find some news outlets in whatever field you are interested in.

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The Proactive Report

OCTOBER 27, 2017

A local business, like a bakery or a dentist, will need more people calling or looking for directions to the store. Once the site is live you can use Google Analytics to discover what’s working and what needs further tweaking. The ABC’s of Google Analytics. An e-commerce site will want purchases and payment.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 22, 2025

I mean, this has been a very tumultuous year with Google algorithm updates, AI overviews, the Google leak, all this stuff. The whole of the Google algorithm is based on links. Google’s algorithm. Or maybe you’re a local insurance company. So I feel like it’s been going back and forth.

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Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In the current climate of link building and digital PR, there’s one thing that’s nearly as important as the story you’re telling, and that’s data. . Using trends and popularity data takes us to the trendy tactic of newsjacking for PR. Trends and popularity. There is a wealth of public data readily available for use in campaigns.

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ZudePR

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Eight On-The-Money Digital Marketing Facts for SMBs. #1: 1: Ranking Number One on Google Organic Search Gets You a 34% Click Through Rate. But some marketing experts predict a decline, highlighting Google’s increasingly money-grabbing attitude to organic search. It is also a great citation for your local SEO.

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Buzzstream

JULY 16, 2024

Why These Work for Digital PR City studies have proven to be a tried-and-true digital PR strategy because they make great news stories. SEO Rankings Digital PR and SEO work well together. Tip: Brands can look for gains in Direct traffic when looking at something like Google Analytics.

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Buzzstream

MARCH 26, 2025

Does Google think links are valuable anymore? You build a fake website, Google thinks it’s legitimate and it works, right? And what happened is Google really started to get. There’s so many parallels I’d say to like the digital PR side of things, the PR side of this industry. Links, right?

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ZudePR

JANUARY 21, 2016

I set Hootsuite (I have the Pro version) to share twice a day at those optimum times then schedule the same update to my LinkedIn personal page, company page, my Google+ pages and my company Facebook page. Digital PR. It’s a well-designed round-up of the last 31 days’ digital PR happenings. Brian Dean.

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Both have agency and in-house experience and work as freelance digital PRs. However, they join forces for their very successful PR podcast, We Earn Media. Britt also runs the Digital PR Explained podcast. Britt and Jaclyn provided invaluable tactical advice and inside feedback that every digital PR should know.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 2, 2024

This evolution underscores a fundamental shift in how search engines like Google interpret and prioritize content. I recall working on a website project for a local bakery. I experienced this firsthand when optimizing a local service website for voice search. This shift demands a more natural, conversational tone in content.

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Buzzstream

AUGUST 28, 2024

Media databases can be a valuable tool in any digital PR toolkit. Yet, despite their shortcomings, most digital PR agencies that use BuzzStream utilize a media database. Yet, despite their shortcomings, most digital PR agencies that use BuzzStream utilize a media database. What Do the Experts Say?

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Here is how to use newsjacking in your digital PR strategy to win big. Main Newsjacking Tactics We’ve spoken with dozens of top-performing digital PR teams that have successfully leveraged newsjacking for over a decade. What Exactly is Newsjacking? So, if you can, create a line item for this.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 1, 2022

This is why Google requires links sent through these services to be marked “no-follow.” This is how you wind up with a press release on a local ABC news affiliate in Buffalo even though your tech client is in San Francisco. Here’s a roundup of other news and links from the world of PR technology. So, how is this different?

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Buzzstream

MARCH 21, 2024

In fact, for most digital PRs, they are a necessary part of their digital PR toolkit. But there are some significant upsides to building a media list yourself: Google’s New Email Spam Requirements In Feb 2024, Google and Yahoo announced significant changes to their email requirements to help eliminate spam.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 5, 2024

Whether you are doing blogger outreach, digital PR, link building, or even sales, these 12 techniques can help identify the missing piece of the puzzle. Metric Sparrow Metric Sparrow’s Email Permutator gets its from the work of Rob Ousbey’s Google Sheet. Better Business Bureau has contact information for many local businesses.

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ZudePR

JULY 20, 2016

I don’t know what the figure is for Glasgow PR firms, but I imagine it’s similar. Here are 28 top observations from MY first 28 months as a solo digital PR pro (just in case you ever need them ). You Should Read This If: You’re c onsidering setting up your own (in my case solo) PR firm. Embracing the cloud. I pay £6.58

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Landis PR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Organizations are still hosting events to meet business goals but in a more responsible way, but now we are planning with consideration about how the event will impact investors, partners, and attendees, but also its workers, the local community, and the planet. We publish new episodes every other Thursday.

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Buzzstream

MAY 16, 2024

And yet, according to uSERP’s State of Backlinks for SEO report , guest posting is the third most popular link-building method behind content marketing and digital PR. So, you can do a Google search for something like industry + “blog,” articles,” or “resources.” I’ll be blunt: they are never good.

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Landis PR

APRIL 29, 2024

Finland is looking for investments particularly in bio & circular economy, cleantech, health & wellbeing, ICT & digitalization and travel. For instance Google and Microsoft both have large data centers in Finland. It should be pointed out that many large companies have found Finland a lucrative country to invest in.

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PR Conversations

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Although the accelerating decline in the influence of national and local media signalled an end to the dominance of a journalist-to-PR career pathway, it also weakened the established case for the importance of PR in the C-suite (boardroom). After all, publics were enabled to act as equals and amplify crisis situations.

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