Posts tagged with 'PR'
A couple of weeks ago I was invited along to an event organised by
the Charted Institute of Public Relations, discussing whether the PR industry
had missed a huge opportunity to get into the lucrative SEO industry.
As is often the way,
the offline event was triggered by sequence of blog posts and tweets, on the
subject. Those I particularly recommend reading are from Andrew Bruce
Smith, where he compared
SEO company performance to PR agencies and an interesting slideshare from Stephen Waddington. John Straw also talked about how SEO is morphing into PR in a recent Econsultancy interview.
Being a search marketer who had seen myself going into PR while I
was in university, I was interested to hear what the industry thought. It was a
very interesting debate with a number of opinions, but the short answer is yes, they missed a huge opportunity.
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by Kelvin Newman
05 August 2010 11:45am
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As is always the case with a rapid shift in technology, it takes awhile for everyone to get up to speed. Companies are definitely seeing the value of implementing social ideas in their marketing, PR, HR, and customer service. According to the WetPaint/Altimeter Group’s EngagmentDB.com report, those that are the most engaged in social media are also the ones doing the best financially. Yet their websites often don’t reflect their level of engagement in social media.
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by Sally Falkow
22 July 2010 19:47pm
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Increasingly brand savvy customers are more wary than ever of insincere corporate apologies issued by emotionless commitee, and thanks to social media they're more able than ever to make your first strike count against you.
However, if you simply apply a little humility, making a mistake can actually lead to a better long-term relationship with your customers.
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by Matt Owen
16 July 2010 09:30am
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Last week, in a deal that sounded too-good-to-be true, group-buying website Groupola was offering the new iPhone 4 for a mere £99, sim-free. Users had to simply register interest on the Groupola website, where they would then be emailed a link to buy the new must-have iPhone on Friday.
With such a tempting deal on offer, on Friday morning, the Groupola website faced major meltdown, and that's essentially what happened.
A Groupola spokesman said 5m unique users tried to access the site between 9am and 9.30am. That number seems incredibly far-fetched to us but obviously the website fell apart as a result of the demand.
With thousands (if not millions) of users unable to access the site, it's unsurprising that a wave of angry consumers took to social media channels to voice their outrage on Twitter and Facebook.
The process was mismanaged from start to finish, resulting in a PR fiasco for the company. So what could Groupola have done to avoid such an unmitigated disaster?
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by Aliya Zaidi
06 July 2010 09:08am
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The Huffington Post, with its legion of unpaid contributors, has
provided a controversial model for journalism and publishing in the
digital age. Despite the controversy, it's hard to
argue that the Huffington Post hasn't had some success with its model
thus far.
The model has apparently worked well enough to interest stodgy old
publishers to get in on the act. According to a tweet from Forbes
editor David M. Ewalt, Forbes.com will soon see its own brand of the
HuffPo model: standard journalistic fare supplemented with "a level 2
bottom of the pyramid: 1000s of outside contributors."
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by Patricio Robles
17 June 2010 13:01pm
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Are you stuck in a rut with your link building programme? I'm in a sharing mood today so I thought I'd lift the lid on a selection of creative link building tactics I’ve been having success with...
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by Gary Preston
01 June 2010 11:31am
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Press release distribution is something that we are consistently asked about on our training courses and PR and social media related events. A growing number of commercial news distribution services and free services offer different ways to boost press release and related content visibility to media, through search and social media.
So how can you tell which press release distribution services count? What is a social media news release? What are the opportunities and potential pitfalls for businesses and agencies disseminating their news in this way?
I asked Adam Parker from RealWire and Daryl Willcox from DWP Publishing, MDs of two of the UK's most successful news distribution services, to provide some clarity and explain how businesses should use news distribution as a successful part of their online communications and marketing strategy.
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by Michelle Goodall
16 March 2010 11:04am
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‘Building character’ always sounds painful, doesn’t it? It tends to mean wet camping trips or going on a French exchange at school.
In the world of online marketing, building character can be equally painful, but the benefits are far more tangible.
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by Kevin Gibbons
16 February 2010 11:34am
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An overwhelming majority of reporters and editors now depend on social media sources when researching their stories, but they turn to PR for primary research and context.
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by Sally Falkow
21 January 2010 16:06pm
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Social media will
be an enterprise-wide mainstay by 2011, but most
marketers and PR people are still trying to wrap their heads around it all. And
those that don't get up to speed could find themselves without a job.
The CMO Club, polls its members on a regular basis. Just before the end of 2009 they asked this question: What would you do differently in 2010?
64% said they'd increase their spend on social media and 72% of those
who are not yet doing social media said it's on their list for this
year.
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by Sally Falkow
12 January 2010 17:01pm
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