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Award winning campaign for EDC

Sherrilynne Starkie

An award winning social media campaign allowed Export Development Canada (EDC) speak to their clients on a different level. Video content anchored the campaign, and a smart social media strategy promoted to great effect. The post Award winning campaign for EDC appeared first on Sherrilynne Starkie.

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What is Earned Media?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Just two years ago the news media industry looked bleak with almost half, 44 per cent, of people checking the news less than once a week. In this post, I’ll define “earned media” and show a few examples of how smart marketers use it to fuel successful campaigns. Today’s picture is much rosier. What is Earned Media?

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Top news in social media

Sherrilynne Starkie

Each week I scan the hundreds of industry websites to keep abreast of the news. Now there’s brand awareness campaigns which charge by impressions, enhanced conversion tracking capabilities and ads for LinkedIn Talent Solutions customers. We want to lead the industry in this fight.”.

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What every consultant should know about social media analytics

Sherrilynne Starkie

That’s why they are great at relationships, writing and coming up with inventive campaign ideas. It provides a competitive advantage and the agility to adjust campaigns and activities on the fly. Click To Tweet This balance provides both the creativity and smart insights to plan and put in place effective programs and campaigns.

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Must have digital skills for PR pros

Sherrilynne Starkie

The good news for PR professionals is that industry studies predict a six per cent growth in jobs over the next seven years. Having a solid knowledge of the media industry and good contacts are both probably more important now than ever before, but with industry consolidation and newsrooms downsizing, change is the only constant.

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What the heck are social media consultants and what do they do all day?

Sherrilynne Starkie

This means finding opportunities, collaborating on campaigns, sharing content and audience insights. Paid media is part of most social media campaigns, and that means consultants are managing client budgets. Managing strategic partnerships has always been an important part of public relations. They are metrics geeks.

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Is Facebook advertising worth it?

Sherrilynne Starkie

The essential point is that Facebook ads have big impact no matter if the objective is awareness, consideration or conversion Click To Tweet : The recent Canada 150 celebrations campaign gained broad national awareness thanks to Facebook video ads which featured celebrations from across the nation.