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Sally Falkow - Social Media Strategist

Why Mobile Content Strategy is Important to PR

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Seems like every year we hear this year is going to be the year of mobile. Well, it’s finally arrived. One of the biggest shifts since the Internet became part of our lives occurred in 2014. In June, at the State of the Internet Webinar, comScore presented data indicating mobile users would surpass desktop users in 2014. And they were right. Mobile platforms – … [Read more...]

Visual Content Will Rule in 2015

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As the year draws to a close we're all thinking about 2015.  How much of your content plan is visual?  Research shows conclusively that an image or photograph is the most engaging content on Facebook, garnering an 87% interaction rate from fans.  Adding a photo to your to tweets can boost re-tweets by 35%.  If your team is not yet conversant with the latest visual content … [Read more...]

Google and Our World of Search in 2014

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By Cokey Falkow In the world of Digital Public Relations and Marketing we are apt to become cynical fast. What is it about the new face of the web? Why is it so powerful? What has changed in the world? The answer is everything, and nothing. The world has changed, sure... the only constant is change. But the way we search for things, the way we consume information and … [Read more...]

Digital PR and the Google Penguin

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PR pros are not all convinced that SEO is a skill they need to master. However, as content marketing gains popularity,SEO becomes more and more important. The more content there is on the web, the more difficult it is to find what you're looking for. Content marketing isn't a new idea for PR.  We've been doing this forever. Corporate magazines, thought pieces, by-lined … [Read more...]

How Social Media is Affecting the News

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  A new report from Pew shows that while the news industry has lost more than a third of its newsroom jobs in traditional media, there are now more than 5000 jobs in digital news.  3,000 of these positions are at 30 big digital-only news outlets.  The report covers five aspects of the relationship between social and news: Social Media as a Pathway to … [Read more...]