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How to Make Your Local Story Go National via a Washington Media Tour
May 9th, 2016 by NED BARNETTMany local or purely trade news stories have national hooks. Here is a 10-step method to gaining national exposure for your local story by taking it to Washington, D.C., and perhaps NY City.

Snapchat Tips and Tactics That Will Help Your Brand Engage With a Millennial Demographic
May 9th, 2016 by Seth ArensteinSnapchat had to be happy with what occurred during the Digital Content NewFronts, which began May 2 in NY. Despite Snapchat’s absence as a presenter at the annual marketing confab, there was considerable buzz about the brand. We ask Snapchat experts how brands can use it to reach millennials.

How to Manage the Media Heat in a Red-Hot Story: PR Lessons From the French Train Heroics
May 2nd, 2016 by Seth ArensteinPeople who want to resolve issues, those are who you want in a crisis.

PR Pro or Pest? How Fewer Pitches Can Make You a Trusted Source
May 2nd, 2016 by Michael SmartAn overabundance of options usually leads people to consolidate their trust into a few select providers.
Loving Communications: 10 Tips to Help Humanize Your Brand’s Message
May 2nd, 2016 by Sabrina HornScience is deceptively void of emotion. There’s a Big Bang, a periodic table and numbers. But they can get awfully dry, and so can technology—at least on the surface.

It’s Good to Be King: How Creating Quality Content Solves SEO Issues
May 2nd, 2016 by Marek BiernacinskiKeyword-based SEO is a trap. Most of us know that keyword stuffing is a bad idea, but many aren’t aware that most of the effort put into keywords is of low consequence.

Consumer Engagement With B2C Instagram Videos Up Nearly 80%
May 2nd, 2016 by Seth ArensteinAs engagement with U.S. consumer brands on Instagram grew 30% in Q1 ’16 vs Q1 ’15, primed by 15% growth in posts, the bigger story was a precipitous jump in video, according to exclusive data provided by Shareablee to PR News.

Instagram’s Multigenerational Appeal Offers Brands Wide Targeting Choices
April 25th, 2016 by Seth ArensteinWith attention spans diminishing and the appeal of video and images rising, it seems like the present moment is perfectly suited to Instagram’s quick-hit, low-verbiage, less-is-more characteristics.