A recent article in AdAge reports that " the emergence of skippable, blockable, opt-out-able advertising, not to mention ever-more integrated campaigns, means PR can suddenly demand more than a supporting role—and maybe even take center stage." That's great news for PR. It seems that instead of being bombarded with ads, the public prefers good storytelling accompanied y … [Read more...]
Corporate America Looks to PR for Digital and Social
It would appear that the corporate pendulum is swinging away from marketing as the place for social media to PR. More than half (51%) of marketing and advertising execs polled in November 2015 said the PR team is best suited to handle social media activity. This is up from 39% in 2013. Only 28% picked the marketing department. (Study by The Creative Group.) It … [Read more...]
Digital PR Content – Campaign or Conversation?
In a recent article Joe Pulizzi of CMI offered 5 reasons why content marketing efforts fail to hit the mark. The first one is operating with the old campaign mindset, rather than focusing on generating conversations. This is a mistake that Digital PR practitioners should not fall prey to - after all PR as a discipline is about creating conversations. It's supposed … [Read more...]
Digital PR and Content Marketing
Content marketing as part of Digital PR has been the buzz phrase of choice for the past couple of years. Almost every company, BtoC and BtoB, has jumped on the content bandwagon. However, only 37% of BtoB firms regard their content strategy as effective. Gartner's recent research that shows how marketing practices evolve, puts content marketing in what they call the Trough of … [Read more...]
Digital PR: What You Need to Know
There's a good post in Business 2 Community about the challenges of starting out in Digital PR. If you've been trained in traditional PR and technology is fairly new to you, it will seem overwhelming at first. Believe me, there is a lot to learn. And while some of it is tactical, if it's done in a vacuum it's likely to fail. Learning how to devise and implement a strategy … [Read more...]
