I’ve been thinking lately about how media is moving increasingly toward a greater technology dependence. I’ve read about how investment dollars, especially in Silicon Valley, where so much media-related innovation is occurring, steer towards technology… Continued
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5 Tips to Maximize Twitter Engagement
November 7th, 2013 by Caysey WeltonTwitter debuted on the New York Stock Exchange today, and so far is performing exceptionally well. Now that the company is public, there will likely be several innovative tools developed with brands in mind.
How to Get Employee Buy-In for Your CSR Program
November 7th, 2013 by Matthew SchwartzWe hear it from senior PR and marketing executives time and again: The most effective CSR programs are those that have solid buy-in from the rank-and file (as opposed to aligning the brand to a cause that’s close to the CEO, but no one else in-house).
Do’s and Don’ts for B2B Companies on Facebook
November 6th, 2013 by Steve GoldsteinEven if you don’t share the company’s belief in the inherent, liberating benefits to humanity of Facebook, it’s hard to deny the power of the social network to expand the reach of brands to new audiences. And when we say brands, we don’t mean just B2C brands.
PR News Announces Winners of 2013 Digital PR Awards
November 6th, 2013 by Steve GoldsteinEngagement and ingenuity ruled the day at PR News’ 2013 Digital PR Awards luncheon, as more than 200 agency and in-house PR executives gathered to celebrate the top digital campaigns of the past year at New York’s Grand Hyatt on Nov. 5, 2013.
2013 Digital PR Awards: Digital Marketing Campaign
November 5th, 2013 by Chris SeymourThe Major League Baseball Fan Cave generated nearly three times as many media impressions in 2012 (4.4 billion vs. 1.5 billion in 2011) compared to 2011, and its social media impressions grew by a whopping 730% (1.7 billion vs. 230 million).
2013 Digital PR Awards: WOW! Campaign
November 5th, 2013 by Matthew SchwartzThe Cap’n Crunch brand, with the help of agency HUGE, was able to capitalize on a Reddit item saying Cap’n Crunch was not a real captain, using the online “controversy” to boost the brand’s online presence and garner international media coverage.
2013 Digital PR Awards: Contest-Game
November 5th, 2013 by Chris SeymourThrough a 3D texting and driving simulator, AT&T, with the help of FleishmanHillard, has seen its “It Can Wait No Texting While Driving Movement” gain significant momentum among teens; for example, more than 1.6 million have taken the pledge to not text while driving at ItCanWait.com and through Facebook, Twitter, simulator events and text-to-pledge initiatives.
2013 Digital PR Awards: Digital PR Campaign – $200-$500K
November 5th, 2013 by Chris SeymourCone launched The Nature Valley Trail View—a digital platform offering 300-plus miles of immersive content for three of America’s most iconic national parks—at South by Southwest Interactive 2012 with the help of Mashable, inspiring unusually positive social media chatter for a CPG company like General Mills.
2013 Digital PR Awards: Viral Campaign
November 5th, 2013 by Matthew SchwartzCo-Winner: AMD – AMD Radeon HD 7990 eBay Stunt In April 2013 AMD was about to roll out AMD Radeon HD 7990 graphics card, the world’s fastest graphics card at the time of its release.… Continued