Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. Marketing turns to creative to stand out from the clutter . The pendulum has swung too far and at the expense of creativity in marketing.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Rather than share my New Year’s resolutions or point out the latest trends in PR for 2016, I’ve decided to share my thoughts about some important lessons this past year. Staying relevant and up-to-date with the latest technology, trends and techniques will set you on the right path. Regardless, creativity is a big part of PR today.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

We can measure the initial impacts of marketing and advertising efforts almost immediately, but that doesn’t mean we should. But it’s not advertising, and it’s not ‘influencer marketing’ in the Kardashian style. Podcast advertising revenue will exceed $1 billion in 2020. 5) Marketers will slow down.

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Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

AI is among the fastest-growing marketing trends, with 80 percent of marketers predicting in 2016 that AI would revolutionize marketing by 2020. In today’s digital landscape, rife with an oversaturation of advertisements, customers have high standards when it comes to personalized experiences. Creative skills (26%). None (27%).

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PRSay

MAY 5, 2016

We are just about five months away until the world unites and comes together in Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Generally speaking, brands have taken a much more diverse approach as to how and when they announce their Rio 2016 programs as compared to recent Games.

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Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 15, 2020

Forward-thinking organisations are using new technologies as a means of listening and engaging with employees. Social leaders use platforms and technology to build relationships externally with employees, customers and other stakeholders. In the shift to data driven programmes there’s a danger that we lose sight of creativity.

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Cision

APRIL 7, 2017

Kristin Daher, the President and founder of Powerhouse Communications , spearheads the creative communications agency providing a wide range of media relations, brand strategy, and social media services with a specialty in the foodservice and franchise space. In January 2016, Powerhouse Communications was born.

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Shift Communications

MAY 22, 2017

Legacy publications find themselves more under the gun every day, with declining subscribers and decreasing advertising revenues. Imagine what a timesaver this will be for companies as they tackle GDPR compliance in the next year, one of the most important changing regulations in marketing and advertising. pic.twitter.com/plqrYTUht3.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 16, 2016

In 2016, public relations saw its share of highs and lows. But perhaps the most notable thing to happen to the industry this year was the way it evolved, thanks in large part to constantly-changing technology. With the rise of social media, digital technology, and more, PR professionals have to stretch. Technology will evolve.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

We will be making new investments over the coming months in talent and technology to advance the agency. Now imagine if every one of those activities could be intelligently automated to some degree with smarter marketing technology. Invest in your future! Register for Marketing AI Conference (MAICON) 2021 Virtual, Sept.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

2020 accelerated the invasion, and in 2021, every technology in your marketing stack will be powered by AI on some level. Creative employee communications. “2021 will be the year of communicating creatively with employees – Zoom fatigue is real and it’s not going away any time soon. Susan Kostal | Stet.

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PR 20/20

MAY 8, 2019

Technology will get smarter , intelligently automating traditionally human-powered activities while adding layers of complexity to your martech stack. Brands will need to become more human with greater resources dedicated to listening, relationship building, ethics, empathy, creativity, culture and community. Career paths will evolve.

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Cision

JUNE 14, 2016

Creativity will always be what attracts consumers to brands, says Kipp Jarecke-Cheng, global chief communications officer at Publicis Health. In this interview, Kipp shares his thoughts on the challenges healthcare brands face, adapting brand communication globally and the ways in which technology has transformed communication.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 26, 2018

A 2016 study by Edison Research found avid listeners spend four hours and 10 minutes every week listening to an average of five different podcasts. That’s a valuable amount of attention to hold and the money has followed, as Alex Weprin reported for the Media Post : “Podcast advertising revenue in the U.S. Give our services a try.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

At #SMWChicago, over 270 speakers have convened to discuss the cross-section of industries including advertising, communication and technology (just to name a few). Day 1: 1871’s Howard Tullman Presents Top Tech Trends for 2016. Quick reactions, humanity, and creativity rule the day: 1. By Kristen Sala.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 11, 2017

There’s nothing inherently wrong with such a perspective, but it ignores the influence of technology. Technology is by definition the application of science for practical use. Speed is a staple value proposition of technology and tools clearly have an influence on a craft, whether carpentry or PR or something else. Talk to Us!

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

While it’s a tricky tightrope to walk, as cultural and political issues continue to saturate the news and social media, more companies will take a stand through marketing and advertising that resonates with customer loyalties. 8) Creativity over productivity. Also see PR and Storytelling; Off Script No. 7: Lou Hoffman.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

As a vertical, technology companies invest 9.7% On one hand, competition is fierce (56%), people are increasingly intolerant of advertising (46%) and “information overload” is a genuine problem (44%). CMOs also choose to define it more broadly across technology (48%), content (44%), distribution channels (41%) and data (38%).

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Cision

MARCH 22, 2017

With rapidly evolving technology and new mediums of communication, we’re getting to a place where an insane amount of time is being spent on the packaging and overall delivery of what we’re saying, but the actual message is getting lost in translation. ” #OnBrandPodcast. — PR Newswire (@PRNewswire) March 11, 2017.

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Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In an era where consumers are increasingly sceptical of advertising and corporate speak, PR offers a more authentic and credible way to communicate with the public. To get started, you develop a creative concept and a marketing strategy, which you pair up with copywriting and art direction to create your assets.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

21% of respondents cited a skills gap as the top barrier to using technology in marketing. Just 12% are optimizing their content for voice search, even though Google reported in 2016 that 20% of searches are made by a voice interface. 63% said external advertising media and digital agencies. Content production to grow 25%. “58%

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PRSay

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Editor’s Note: Anne Green is presenting Why “Partnership Relations” Is the New PR at the PRSA 2016 International Conference on Sunday, Oct. And with so many critical cross-overs between industries, technologies, consumer needs / experiences / behaviors and societal issues – the possibilities are significant.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

We will be making new investments over the coming months in talent and technology to advance the agency. Now imagine if every one of those activities could be intelligently automated to some degree with smarter marketing technology. Invest in your future! Register for Marketing AI Conference (MAICON) 2021 Virtual, Sept.

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Stuart Bruce

MAY 20, 2016

The GIFT report – produced by Brand Finance, CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) and the IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising) – is an annual study assessing the intangible assets of more than 57,000 companies in more than 160 jurisdictions around the world. You can’t just create or build it.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

I call it the PR technology summary ( PR tech sum ) and here’s what I found over the last 30 days. The press release doesn’t spell out any specific technology initiatives, so it seems this is merely an agreement allowing each business to sell the others’ products. “Q4 new research from staffing firm The Creative Group shows.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

It mirrors a trend that’s already underway in PR’s sibling departments in marketing and advertising. It found as the Wall Street Journal reported , “Advertisers with in-house agencies increased to 64% of the survey’s respondents from 42% a decade ago, according to the study.” The Role of Technology on the Legal Market.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

with $1 million of advertising; in return, Hershey could use E.T. Certainly, there are similarities to native advertising as well, but Coca-Cola was onto something in 1982 when it made that acquisition – and that’s the difference: For a period of time, an entire film production company was, in essence, a potential content marketing platform.

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Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

You have two options: Promote through paid media (pay-per-click advertisements & sponsored posts). Keep in mind, if you need something more professional or interactive, MultiVu , our in-house creative team can help you out. The influx of technology and the data it yields makes everyone a researcher. That’s precisely 2.34

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PR Conversations

JANUARY 29, 2016

Consider three examples: The best quotes from Davos 2016 (the 46th meeting of the World Economic Forum) were reduced to a series of 36 image macros. If you’ve reached this far, you’ll know I’m feeling snarky about the state of PR affairs at the start of 2016. Money can’t buy respect.

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ISEBOX

JANUARY 14, 2016

Well, several reasons, such as a lack of good compression technology, and the fact that virtually no video content was digitized that early in the game. 1998 is now 2016, and the concept of “low-speed” connection is a thing of the past, except when you’re in a public airport. That’s how content works in 2016. Text and a photo.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

I didn’t understand the underlying technology at the time, but when I read Automate This by Christopher Steiner in late 2012 I became convinced that artificial intelligence would transform marketing as we know it. We’ve profiled 27 companies since launching the Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute in November 2016. Back to Top.

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Masters in Communications

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

As technology advances, we require up to the minute information quickly and efficiently. Mass communication is a subarea of communications studies in the US, and social science with some elements of physical science - especially when designing systems and technology to transmit messages. Mass communication aims to meet these needs.

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PRSay

APRIL 19, 2016

Editor’s note: This post is a preview of the PRSA 2016 Strategic Collaboration Conference , May 24-25 in Chicago. You may already be using many of these tactics together, but understanding the timing and tactic sequences that deliver the strongest results is critical, as is constantly brainstorming new, creative combinations.

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PR Conversations

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Source: Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) State of the Profession Report (2016). In addition to this data, in the 2016-17 reporting year (ending in February 2017) 2227 CIPR members completed a CPD record (22 percent of members). It also stimulates creativity, innovation and continuous improvement.

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Prohibition

MAY 4, 2017

Back in December 2016, football was hit with the tragic news that the plane carrying Brazilian club Chapecoense crashed on its way to the Copa Sudamericana final, killing 71 and injuring 6 others. 7) Ronaldinho (@10Ronaldinho) Twitter: 14.6m. 6) Gareth Bale (@GarethBale11) Twitter: 11.8m Instagram: 28.8m. Instagram: 30.7m.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

But it’s easy to imagine this technology being used in more subtle but dangerous ways, such as politicians ‘saying’ things that are not totally out of character but more extreme or subversive than anything they would really say. AI will continue to have a profound impact on creative and marketing fields, including PR.

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MaccaPR

OCTOBER 26, 2015

The near-collapse of much of US journalism employment and the seeming vulnerability of PR coincided with America’s top marketers who - smitten with digital advertising - diverted billions of dollars from their traditional ad budgets into online. Exhibit A: The Death Knell of “Advertising’?

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