{"id":11216,"date":"2021-03-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/?p=11216"},"modified":"2021-03-09T12:22:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T17:22:17","slug":"taylor-swifts-hidden-message-a-smart-marketing-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/index.php\/2021\/03\/12\/taylor-swifts-hidden-message-a-smart-marketing-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift\u2019s Hidden Message- a Smart Marketing Move"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TSwizzleHiddenMessage-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11220\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TSwizzleHiddenMessage-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TSwizzleHiddenMessage-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TSwizzleHiddenMessage-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TSwizzleHiddenMessage-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TSwizzleHiddenMessage.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On February 11, Taylor Swift announced \u201cFearless\u201d would be the first rerecorded album to be released, and \u201cLove Story\u201d is going to be the first single. When she announced this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CLJzk9MjcCe\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\">in an Instagram post<\/a>, she posted a message that says how the original album, released in 2008, doesn\u2019t tell her whole story, and she is excited to do that in the rerecorded version called \u201cTaylor\u2019s Version.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this message, there were certain letters that were capitalized in the middle of words. At first glance, it looks like it could be a typo; that\u2019s what I thought at least. When investigating even further, I noticed there was a hidden message in Taylor\u2019s message. All of the letters in capital letters spelled \u201cAPRIL NINTH.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This message was a great public relations move from Taylor\u2019s marketing team. It was very subtle but bold enough for some fans to figure it out and realize that she was announcing her album release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a very smart move for Taylor\u2019s marketing team. It left fans guessing and theorizing that the first \u201cTaylor\u2019s Version\u201d album will be coming out on April 9. This also had people talking about her album. Both \u201cAPRIL NINTH\u201d and \u201cFearless\u201d were in the top trending on Twitter all day on February 11, and it will likely be this way until the release day is confirmed. People everywhere are now talking about Taylor\u2019s rerecorded album thanks to the subtle hint by her marketing team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Putting subtle hints into publicity posts like this is a very smart thing to do in a marketing or public relations campaign, especially in the entertainment industry. Dropping hints that are so subtle that it could be hard to point out is very smart, especially if some fans don\u2019t pick up on it while some do. The fans that do pick up on it will start talking about it and spread it to the fans who didn\u2019t get it the first tome, and this information will keep spreading to the general public. So many people were talking about it over social media, and this will most likely make her album launch on April 9 a bigger event than originally anticipated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 34%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"951\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Christina-Billie-Headshot-951x1024.png\" alt=\"Christina Billie\" class=\"wp-image-10618 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Christina-Billie-Headshot-951x1024.png 951w, https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Christina-Billie-Headshot-278x300.png 278w, https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Christina-Billie-Headshot-768x827.png 768w, https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Christina-Billie-Headshot-93x100.png 93w, https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Christina-Billie-Headshot-186x200.png 186w, https:\/\/progressions.prsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Christina-Billie-Headshot.png 1009w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Christina Billie is a junior public relations major at Temple University. She serves as her Chapter\u2019s vice president and is also an account associate for PRowl Public Relations, Temple\u2019s student-run public&nbsp;relations firm. She is currently interning at Breslow Partners, where she serves as a public relations intern.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 11, Taylor Swift announced \u201cFearless\u201d would be the first rerecorded album to be released, and \u201cLove Story\u201d is going to be the first single. 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