Digital & Technology

The travel industry is faring better when it comes to engaging consumers via social channels.

Here are four key trends related to innovation and four pearls of wisdom from leading professionals that emerged at SXSW.

Due to faster-than-expected growth in users in 2014, up 60 percent, Instagram surpassed Twitter to become the second-largest social network in the U.S. last year, eMarketer s aid earlier this month.

A few ways to focus on your audience.

New social and digital trends have done away with traditional models and fundamentally changed the way PR interacts with the media and the public. Cision’s “The State of the Media 2015 Report” examines traditional and social media in 2014 as well as the rise of mobile, video and new media entrepreneurs.

In an episode of The Simpsons, titled “Simpson Tide” (1998), Homer joins the Naval Reserve (don’t ask). During orientation Homer’s drill sergeant gives him the business. He gets in his grill, and barks, “I don’t… Continued

With so-called vanity metrics summarily dismissed by C-level execs as having any real value, the pressure increasingly is on PR and marketing executives to monetize their brand’s or organization’s social channels.

The release of the Apple Watch is a reminder of how fast consumer tastes are changing.

The Not There campaign is a clever demonstration of bringing an important issue into the public conversation to spark a dialogue and hopefully draw support for the cause.

How can your brand or organization get a piece of the action on Instagram, the world’s fastest growing social network? On Wednesday, the company announced the introduction of “carousel ads,” which expand on the network’s sponsored posts.