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What Marketers Should Learn From Pepsi’s Commercial Fiasco

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By now, anyone and everyone knows about the recent Pepsi advertisement featuring Kendall Jenner offering an officer a Pepsi in peaceful negotiation. The commercial immediately caused outage amongst many, and Pepsi pulling the ad the same day it was posted. Pepsi, like so many other heavy hitting consumer companies, is trying to engage with its target market through current events. Unfortunately, Pepsi’s commercial has now become a “what not to do” example for other marketing and advertising agencies to follow.

The Future of Social Media’s Fake News

2016 is officially the year that social media surpassed traditional news and media outlets as the “go to” for current events and news. The Pew Research Center reported that 62 percent of adults obtain their news on social media, and that a large percentage of millennials also rely heavily on social media platforms to keep update and informed. This circulation of fake news through social media became even more apparent in the 2016 presidential election - which is why both social sites and individuals need to be accountable.

How Google’s ‘Possum’ Algorithm Update Affects Businesses

About a month ago, Google rolled out its latest algorithm update, Possum. The Google algorithm is what determines where businesses fall on the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs). Now that Possum has been around for a few weeks, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) experts are weighing in on what changes businesses can expect thanks to the update.