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Create Better Content by First Creating a Better Relationship with Your Lawyers

Social Media Strategery

And so on we go, back to our desks to create content that will get approved. How did lawyers gain so much control over what we do and the content we create? You see, their job isn’t to create engaging content. Here are three key takeaways for anyone creating content for their brand: Do your own research.

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Pay to Play: Seven Ways Social Media is Getting More Expensive

Social Media Strategery

Sure, there aren’t usually any hard costs required to set up social media accounts, but someone is still had to create the content, engage in the conversation, monitor and manage those conversations, etc. As we’ve seen time and time again , turning over your brand’s reputation to an intern isn’t always the wisest choice.

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Social Media Could Have Transformed Marketing — Instead, It Amplified Its Flaws

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No one talked about social “content.” Customers talked to one another about brands all over the Internet, and marketers were invited to join. It became another place for brands to push out advertising. Other things happened: Conversations gave way to content. The organizational hierarchy flattened dramatically.

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PR Pros: Start Thinking Bigger Before It’s Too Late

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Have you ever watched a presentation from a brand planner? The brand planner focuses on the big picture. Ask to see the brand’s business objectives. Ask if you can talk with customers and employees to learn more about what makes the brand unique. Compare that to a PR guy’s presentation. Saving a few dollars?

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What Does Integrated Marketing Mean to the Future of the PR Professional?

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Today we have Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Managers, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) analysts, Digital Analysts, Community Managers, Content Marketing Specialists, and way too many social media ninjas, gurus, and rockstars. It means integrating social ads, sponsored content, and syndicated content into strategies from the very beginning.

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Before You Commemorate the Anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, Ask Yourself These 5 Questions

Social Media Strategery

When brands do this, it can come across as forced, at best, or offensive, at worst. The line between appropriate and inappropriate is a thin one, best evidenced by recaps of brands trying to commemorate 9/11 this year. Social Media #sandy brands crisis external hurricane sandy prdaily social media'

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Watching Church and State Slide Down the Slippery Slope

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No, the more concerning consequence of this mixing of church and state is the audience no longer knows the provenance of the content they’re consuming. If the public is OK with pay-for-play content, then why wouldn’t we offer more of it? Report undisclosed sponsored content to the FTC. What’s the solution?