Digital & Technology

PR Insider: How to fully embrace mobile

November 6th, 2014 by

As marketers struggle to define mobile objectives and manage their mobile presence, mobile is changing your customer’s behavior and expectations.

4 Tips to Craft Content That’s Shareable and Likeable on Social Media

November 4th, 2014 by

If you’re looking to create social media posts that move people to act, then consider the following tips to give your posts a greater chance of success.

Case Study: Real Estate Company Homes in on Paid-Earned Model

October 27th, 2014 by

For several years after its debut, Facebook was viewed by brands and organizations as a relatively cost-effective way to promote their products and services. Companies could run branded Facebook pages—without necessarily dropping a lot of coin for Facebook advertising—and watch the needle move. Case in point: Hudson & Marshall, which is one of the nation’s top real estate auction companies specializing in bank-owned foreclosure listings.

Banking on Social Media

October 27th, 2014 by

While their communications are highly regulated financial services companies show a growing penchant for social media channels, with engagement up 76% across all platforms since January.

4 Ways to Write and Manage Your PR Content With Google in Mind

October 21st, 2014 by

Only if you create content with Google’s search algorithm in mind as the first processor of your content can you reach human beings on the other side of your screen.

Twitter’s ‘Fabric’ to Offer Olive Branch to Developers—and PR Lesson for Communicators

October 21st, 2014 by

By offering a new suite of tools that should make things easier for developers, Twitter is ripping a page out of PR 101: building relationships and cultivating goodwill with partners who can help to boost the brand and put more fannies in the seats.

Sesame Street Using Technology to Boost Literacy

October 20th, 2014 by

This was inevitable, or long overdue depending on whom you ask: Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit producer of “Sesame Street,” and the children’s speech recognition company ToyTalk are joining forces to explore how to use conversational technology to teach preschool literacy.

Tumblr Extends TV’s Reach Beyond the Tube

October 20th, 2014 by

For marketers who work with TV—especially those pining over Tumblr’s millennial-dominated audience—a Tumblr collaboration can deliver a different, lasting way of extending a show beyond it’s standard runtime.

Coca-Cola Stirs Up Its Communications Via World Cup

October 20th, 2014 by

As an official sponsor of the FIFA World Cup, the Coca-Cola marketing campaign for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil was built upon the notion that the competition is the “World’s Cup,” with the goal to create the most inclusive, engaging and participatory Coca-Cola World Cup campaign to date.

How To Own the Content Marketing Budget

October 20th, 2014 by

As the primary storytellers in your organization, it would make sense that PR executives would own the strategy and the budget for their company’s content marketing initiatives. Why, then, is that so rarely the case?