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

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For years, marketing, advertising, and public relations folks fought over budgets, scopes of work, ownership, and talent. The traditional buckets of marketing, advertising, and public relations seem so quaint now. Weber Shandwick created MediaCo , a new unit focused on content marketing, native advertising, and digital media buying.

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

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For a long time, there was a perception that social media marketing was free, or at least very inexpensive. In reality, social media marketing has never been free. Most brands now know the real costs of social media marketing are not as great as the opportunity costs of bad social media strategy. billion industry.

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

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I recently had the pleasure of speaking at PRSA Pittsburgh’s Professional Development Day where I spoke about some of the changes that integrated marketing is having on the PR industry. Before launching into your PR ideas, strategies and tactics, ask to see the overall marketing plan. What if (gasp!) PR led your creative ?

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Content Marketing That Wins: Making Brands, Readers AND Google Happy

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Scott Smith , Nick Papagiannis and I had the opportunity to kick off Social Media Week Chicago with a presentation titled “Content Marketing That Wins: Making Brands, Readers, AND Google Happy ” to a packed house at Morningstar in Chicago. Seemingly everywhere you look, there’s content marketing tips, tricks, and hacks.

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How to BE a Government Consultant and Use Social Media

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Not everything is a marketing opportunity – just try to be a helpful person whom others can rely on. If you’re interested in conducting a marketing call, say that’s what you’re doing. Don’t speak only in marketing-y consultant-ese. For the most part, everyone involved in Gov 2.0

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Why Social Media is Scary | Social Media Strategery

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link] 5 life lessons I learned from social media this week « Direct Marketing Observations [.] Marketing Conversationâ„¢ [.] link] Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009: Social Media, SEO, PPC, Small Business, Web Design, and More » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg [.] What are you thoughts?

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Running a PR Department vs. Running a PR Agency

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In an integrated agency, you have to not only understand PR, but also paid media, SEO and SEM, Digital, Social Media, User Experience, etc. ” The hits, the placements, the coverage that gets PR people all excited doesn’t always have the same effect on people who are responsible for the overall marketing campaign.

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