Hashtag PR campaigns can go either way. It’s a reality you have to embrace before you ever decide to embark on a very public conversation in a very flippant, off the cuff context. But, brands try it all the time. Some with great success, including Adidas UK, the WWE, Starbucks,
In honor of Mother’s Day, 5W Public Relations would like for you to take a look at some of Hollywood Mothers that aren’t just great mothers and performers, but also leverage the power of social media to build powerful Personal Brands. Whether they’re tweeting about their baby bump, posting a
Facebook campaigning and outreach is no new topic, but a charitable organization called Classroom of Hope has just reinvented FB fund-raising. With a goal of impacting poverty on a massive scale, Classroom of Hope launched a Facebook app all non-profits should emulate.
One of the best ways to succeed in business is to become a social media speaker, because apart from branding your company, you’re branding yourself.
For its tenth birthday, Facebook gave everyone using it a gift. Customized look back videos that were created in a jiffy, and shared exhaustively across the social media platform’s feeds. Social media is, at its core, all about sharing stuff. But nothing has come close to the unilateral impact of
Sure, Pinterest works for clothing brands and other retailers—but what about auto parts companies, repair shops, or metal fabrication brands? Are there ways that visually oriented Pinterest can be useful to non-visually oriented brands? To help answer those questions, let’s take a look at four ways to use Pinterest, even
If you have a Facebook account it’s very likely you’ve seen one, if not one every day. The Zimbio survey. You know, the one that reads like a Cliffsnotes version of a Myers Briggs personality battery, and tabulates your answers to compare you to various different pop culture characters, and
Business blogs bring a host of benefits. From an SEO standpoint, these blogs provide more indexed pages and link opportunities to boost your search business’ ranking. A blog also positions your company as a thought leader or credentialed expert by showing company expertises.
Social Media has become an inextricable part of our culture, for better or worse. One thing is for certain: every one of us learned something from social media this past year, whether it was how to spread the word about important issues or how to safeguard our personal data.
Life in Public Relations (PR) is a constant battlefield. As goes technology and society, so goes PR, and keeping up in the ever changing landscape can be tricky. Looking forward to the trends that will continue and emerge in the coming year can help build a successful PR strategy for
