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How Your Social Media Presence Impacts the Success of Your PR EffortsWith platforms undergoing constant changes, what's the best way for brands to navigate the social media chaos to maximize their PR efforts?

ByMichelle Garrett

Key Takeaways

  • Why maintaining an active social media presence is crucial for PR success

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It's time to talk about everyone's favorite subject — social media.

Regardless of how you feel about it, your social media presence CAN impact the success of your PR efforts. If you want to engage in a proactive public relations push, getting your social media house in order is always one of thefirst orders of business.

Why? Because journalists will check there when you show up on their radar.Nearly 60% said they check socialFIRST before writing about a company.

If your social media feed looks like you haven't posted in months, that's not a positive signal.

Related:How Social Media Can Help With PR

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