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How Do You Build A Brand? Start by Asking What Drives Human Behavior

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When it comes to building brands most experts will likely start with the tactics: Develop a mission statement or messages, create a logo, use PR, advertise and leverage social media. To be clear, these are all important components of the brand building process. Let’s wind this back to branding. Guest Post by Simon Erskine Locke.

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10 Content Marketing Tricks That Will Help Your Brand Stand Out

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You are drowning in emails, ads and brand messages – and so are your prospects and clients. LinkedIn is better for B2B companies that publish thought leadership articles and get recommendations. Instead, use hashtags that are already popular and align with your brand. Guest Post by Monika Jansen. Offer consumable content ….

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Monday Roundup: Branding Inspired by Oscar

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have honored those films and actors that stand out from the crowd, creating a brand that exudes excellence. So, taking a (gold) leaf out of Oscar’s book, this week’s roundup features seven posts that examine how smart branding strategies can position your company (or you) as unique in a sea of competitors.

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Apple: A Case Study in Why Brands Should Control Their Stories

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It is very rare that social media is used to propel or hurt brands in significant business-altering ways. And brands should prepare for such an eventuality with an integrated public relations/social media strategy. One brand has benefited for years from this lack of control. The iPad was going to save publishing and advertising.

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Monday Roundup: Content Rules

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In this WUL post, Dan Cohen shares five reasons why your brand must get on the customer-centric wagon today. Be Your Own Publisher on Social Media: 8 Brands that Kill It. Be Your Own Publisher on Social Media: 8 Brands that Kill It. Digital Business: How Much Social Promotion? Please share in the comments below.

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Understanding Paid, Owned and Earned Media

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Just to sum up: Paid is anything the marketing department pays a media or other company for media placement of its message, brand, email or other form marketing. Earned occurs where an customer, individual or media outlet mentions your brand in some form. Traditionally this includes ads, SEO and direct marketing buys.

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How AI May Impact PR Pros

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In fact, I have seen brands like BMW parse their social advertising by zip code and optimize content and channel (Pinterest or Instagram or Twitter or Facebook). They need to quantify real engagement and impact beyond vanity metrics so they can better advise their brand partners. Can AI Improve PR? This experience is normal.

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