Uneak White's Personal Brand Exploration Presentation
PRSA Cleveland - New Media's Influence on PR
1. New Technologies In
Communication
Brian Bloom, Liggett Stashower
Matt Dickman, DigiKnow
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2. Exciting Time To Be in PR
• Changing consumer habits
• New techniques
• Evolving media
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3. Changing Consumer Habits
• People still watch TV, listen to the radio and
read newspapers...sort of
• Watch YouTube, iFilm, even videos on
commercial sites (Doritos)
• Listen to downloaded music and podcasts
on their iPods and satellite radio
• Read the latest news on cnn.com, espn.com
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5. Even Old Tactics Have
Changed
• News releases
• Personal email delivery and messaging
• Still mailing
• Wire service
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6. Evolving Media
• Further division of mass media
• Netflix on demand programming on the
Internet
• Cable channels
• Internet TV - YouTube to CBS programming
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7. What is Web2.0
• It’s a mindset, not a piece of technology
• There is no line in the sand
• Social, community-generated content
• Re-think traditional business models
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9. User Generated
• Citizen journalists
• Amateur paparazzi
• Bloggers
• Podcasters
• Proliferation of connected devices
• Content syndication through RSS
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10. Scope of Social Media
• 60,000 videos uploaded to YouTube daily
• 75,000 blogs created daily
• 1.2 million blog posts each day
• 240,000 MySpace users added each day
• 75,000,000+ total MySpace members
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17. Avon Heritage Duct
Tape Festival
• Celebrate duct tape to increase product’s
awareness
• Follow the product’s cult-like following
• Craft a full circle program that captures the
brand
• Use PR tactics to drive people to the Web
site and event
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20. Stuck at Prom Contest
• Embrace creativity around the use of
duct tape
• Stay away from “corporate” program
• Focus on teen media to pull them to
the website
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23. Loctite Hold’em
• Demonstrate precision of the product
• Tag onto a unique event
• Create application to highlight the
applicator
• Use new media (YouTube/Google
Video)
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26. Resources
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Ad Age Daily Online Spin
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Center for Media Research Yahoo Alert
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Daily Dog Technorati
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Google Alert Yahoo! Buzz Index
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OMMA Digg Spy
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Online Media Daily Nielsen Buzz Metrics
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