Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

There are so many thoughtful contributions – from people working on both the in-house and agency sides. Brands will look to public relations professionals to help them not only write compelling content but also place it in industry trade publications and other media outlets that may be a fit. Relentless focus on the customer

Marketing 196

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 196

The Proactive Report

JULY 23, 2017

It’s winner-takes-all in the post mobile world and marketing departments are adapting to changing consumer behavior.” This seems like a no-brainer to me, yet 70 percent of marketers lack a consistent or integrated content strategy. DemandGen Report – 2016 Content Preferences Survey ). Altimeter ).

Strategy 149

Strategy SEO B2C Engineering 149

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The important lesson here is that context matters in content marketing. Studies show that people share things on social media simply because they feel it will make them look cool. To that end, the average citizen isn’t going to fact check or even apply critical thinking to the content they share.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Marketing Comparison Data 60

Sword and the Script

MAY 21, 2016

Ask any PR or marketing pro with digital chops how a dynamic web has changed marketing communications and the answers are liable to boil down to ease, speed, volume and accessibility. In his latest book, Content, Inc., So in 2016 our past VP of marketing is now 46.

Social Media 64

Social Media Marketing Media Content Marketing 64

PR 20/20

MAY 8, 2019

More Intelligent” Marketing Automation. I love traditional marketing automation. As HubSpot’s first agency partner back in 2008 , we’ve built our firm on the back of automation and have witnessed it transform the industry over the last decade. But, the great irony of marketing automation is that it’s largely still manual.

Agency 84

Agency Enterprise Technology Analytics 84

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 24, 2018

Yet with the rise of social media and the profound digital disruption of advertising, PR has come into its own. According to PageFair , use of ad blockers grew by 30 percent in 2016, accounting for 11 percent of web users and more than 600 million devices. Here’s why it’s more important than it’s ever been.

Journalism 185

Journalism Advertising Advertising SEO 185

Cision

MARCH 13, 2017

In the world of digital marketing, traditional marketing tactics have been reinvented so many times that it is not rare for traditionalists to get disillusioned. This means guest posting, connecting with influencers on social media, email outreach etc. Bank on Social for SEO & PR.

SEO 229

SEO Social Media Tools Google 229

Prohibition

APRIL 17, 2017

While we do ‘the traditional stuff’ very well indeed, we’re constantly pushing the boundaries of what you would expect from a PR agency. So that involves lots of exciting things like online community building, social media listening, brand audits, online crisis management, content marketing and video seeding.

Agency 48

Agency Crisis Management Fashion Social Media 48

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Here’s a look at statistics across PR, marketing, and social media that were surfaced in the various reports and studies covered on this blog throughout 2020. The list below is broken into four sections: Marketing statistics from 2020. Content marketing statistics from 2020.

Survey 178

Survey Marketing B2B Study 178

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Time and again, we see and hear countless online video marketing statistics like these: Consumers spend 5.5 Video is the most popular content marketing format for 2015, ahead of case studies, blogs and infographics ( 2015 State of Digital Marketing , a report featuring insights from over 600 marketers from Web Marketing 123).

Video 40

Video YouTube Web Case Study 40

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 12, 2017

via logging in with a social platform and then see which of those customers is a potential micro-influencer (who already likes the brand enough to try it out or buy).”. 6) Finding a content marketing niche. Lou Hoffman | The Hoffman Agency. 10) Redeploying older but still relevant content gems.

Marketing 107

Marketing Content Marketing Crisis Management Data 107

Flatiron Communications

JANUARY 15, 2016

The smarter set in the PR biz have turned their attention to how best to harness the influence of their clients’ followers on social media, as well those “independent” stars-for-hire on Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Vine, [link] YouTube and Instagram. Yes, that’s where more and more consumers sate their media appetites these days.

Content Marketing 28

Content Marketing Marketing Instagram YouTube 28

Sword and the Script

MARCH 6, 2018

The same applies to a corporation looking to add PR help in-house, or alternatively, doing a cost-benefit analysis of bringing on outside help from an agency. I’ve reviewed this salary survey and others , for many years including detailed looks at the 2016 and 2017 results. 2) Media PR salary by organization. Agency $88,000.

Survey 118

Survey Agency Report Corporate 118

Critical Mention

OCTOBER 27, 2018

billion between 2016 and 2017. Vladimir Mirnii’s career began as a content writer and he quickly rose through the ranks and is now the founder and CEO of ContentAdore , a content marketing agency based in Ukraine. His agency focuses on blogging, sales and website pages and eBooks. billion to $9.1

Film 131

Film Viral YouTube eBook 131

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The statistics selected can be grouped are heavily weighted along the following topics: Statistics about – or for – the CMO ; Statistics about digital and B2B marketing ; Statistics about PR or media relations ; and. Statistics about content marketing. 18) Successful content marketers put the audience first.

Survey 104

Survey Marketing B2B Content Marketing 104

Sword and the Script

APRIL 12, 2022

million in 2016. In an interview on this blog in 2021 , Propel Co-Founder and CEO Zach Cutler said as a former PR agency owner, he couldn’t find software that met his agency’s growth needs. The company says it has “150 business and agency customers, including Real Chemistry, Textron, Insurify and many other unicorns.”

Software 89

Software Pitching Measurement Enterprise 89

MaccaPR

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Even today, a Google search on the words “Death of Public Relations” generates 108,000,000 results - including giddy articles titled “The Many Deaths of Public Relations,” “The Death of PR Agencies,” and “Corporate PR Is Dead.” But, as that great marketing communicator Bob Dylan sang, “things have changed.”. What’s a marketer to do? “To

Content Marketing 48

Content Marketing Marketing Advertising Advertising 48

Norton's Notes

JANUARY 25, 2018

According to this article , over 60% of marketers plan to increase their investment in video over the next year. Hell I know I am – at my agency we have done more video in the past 18 months than the previous five years and that is only going to increase.

Video 38

Video Social Media Media Google 38

Cision

MAY 29, 2017

This helps users to find content that’s most suitable for them. To understand what content discovery is all about, let us review some examples. Social media sites such as Facebook have content discovery features integrated into its algorithms. Consider the News Feed offered by the social platform.

How To 129

How To Content Marketing Engineering Advertising 129

MaccaPR

JANUARY 11, 2016

Similar to last year (and in p revious collections), our most viewed and shared blog posts featured social media trends, content marketing tips and pop culture-related PR topics: COUNTDOWN: the top 10 MaccaPR posts of 2015*. advertising, PR and marketing managers are African-American? percent of U.S.

Content Marketing 48

Content Marketing LinkedIn Nonprofit Advertising 48

MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The latest content marketing trend our PR agency is seeing is the move toward less content creation and more content promotion. In that rush of adrenaline to immediately promote your new e-book or video ASAP, content marketers risk the opportunity to be creative with promotion.

Marketing 48

Marketing Content Marketing Pinterest LinkedIn 48

Cision

APRIL 5, 2016

As a content marketer, you spend tremendous time and money to create content – be it brand awareness, thought leadership or lead generation pieces. Instead, we must now actively push our content out to our intended audience. Instead, we must now actively push our content out to our intended audience.

Advertising 120

Advertising Advertising Facebook B2C 120

Norton's Notes

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

We all now understand that social media marketing without a clear strategy is dangerous and I am amazed at how many big well-known brands still don’t really have a clear strategy. To gauge the effectiveness of your social media marketing, it’s necessary to carry out a proper audit on your social media channels from time to time.

Social Media 28

Social Media Pinterest Media Analytics 28

MaccaPR

MARCH 2, 2017

Those were questions I asked while preparing for a lecture before a tribe of shiny-eyed, impossibly young and disarmingly idealistic PR students at Metropolitan State University in Minneapolis earlier this month (thanks to professor Rose McKinney of the Pineapple RM agency for the invite). 46 Marketing Tools to Consider For 2017 ”.

Blogging 48

Blogging Marketing YouTube Content Marketing 48

PR 20/20

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

And if you want to absorb marketing news and insight from industry leaders during your commute with a new podcast, we’ve got you covered with 12 of our team’s favorites. This Old Marketing. and Epic Content Marketing. Overview: First started in 2013, This Old Marketing is THE podcast for content marketers.

Marketing 74

Marketing Conference Content Marketing Agency 74

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Artificial intelligence is forecast to have trillions of dollars in annual impact, yet most marketers still struggle to understand what AI is and how to pilot it in their organizations. As a marketing agency, we realized our business and our clients were going to be affected by AI, as would the marketing industry.

Case Study 92

Case Study Study Brand Branding 92

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Most effective marketing channels. Respondents ranked Facebook ads (40%) as the top marketing channel. The social media platform was trailed by organic search (31%), Instagram ads (26%) and influencers (25%). How marketers are evaluated. 3) How marketing is organizing to tackle goals and challenges.

Study 78

Study Marketing Brand Branding 78

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Several surveys reviewed by eMarketer suggest social media advertising continues to advance – and Facebook is often voted the most effective paid platform – even for B2B. For example, a survey of 342 B2B marketers – the State of B2B Social Media Marketing 2016 (reg. req.) – by Regalix found. “…of

B2B 60

B2B Facebook Marketing Social Media 60

Shift Communications

JANUARY 25, 2016

This very early application of content marketing came at the perfect time, in a number of ways. For the blogosphere, it came at a time when the demand for content on indoor pools was not met with a satisfactory supply. Their efforts are what we know of today as “content marketing.” Marketing Coordinator.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing System Google Data 60

Rock the Status Quo

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Social media has completely changed our lives. Sitting down to personally chat with the most influential, amazing people in an industry was virtually impossible before social media. The next year will be even more incredible, with an AMAZING 2016 lineup of guests coming your way. They just weren’t accessible.

Twitter 100

Twitter Social Media Resources Google 100

Sword and the Script

MARCH 11, 2017

The Old “New Media” and Marketing Tools with Novel Twists [UML]. 2) Is your brand investing in the right content? One of the primary reasons I believe businesses struggle with content marketing is that they are too reliant on best practice, and not thinking enough about being different. Talk to Us!

Tools 68

Tools Marketing Advertising Advertising 68

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 1, 2019

This was flat with the $91,000 median originally reported in 2017 and the $92,125 originally reported in 2016. Across segments, the median for 2018 came in like this: corporate: $132,000; agency $88,000; non-profit: $78,300. 2) 12 Things You Should do to Amplify a Media Mention Once You’ve Earned It.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Survey B2B Google 60

Communications Conversations

MAY 5, 2016

Maybe I had gotten a bit *too* focused on our millennial audience in 2016. Let’s hear about Andy Jacobson: You’ve spent the bulk of your career working on the agency side. You’ve worked for large agencies and smaller shops. What do you see as the pros and cons of each? You’re also a fellow blogger!

LinkedIn 60

LinkedIn Education Agency Blogging 60

Sword and the Script

APRIL 4, 2017

The channels that produce the most leads for B2B marketers are as follows: Email: 62%. Content marketing: 51%. Social media also ranks low, through the survey doesn’t distinguish between paid and organic efforts. The missing link here is integration with PR , and PR is the best-kept secret in content marketing.

B2B 64

B2B Study Marketing Survey 64

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

This year, we saw in-house teams get downsized and agency budgets get reduced. Marketing investment was redirected towards demand generation (content marketing, paid media) as startups looked for deal flow. It’s not working anymore because more tech companies are chasing fewer in-market buyers.

Writing 198

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 198

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 22, 2016

For example, social media once lauded for democratizing publishing is largely a paid game today. Social media has become, in many senses, the very thing it once disintermediated. From native advertising to content marketing , the dynamic web is about the blurry and blurring lines in marketing.

Web 60

Web Google Mobile B2B 60

Sword and the Script

MAY 5, 2016

This blog I created about seven years ago is now a business – introducing Sword and the Script Media , LLC. This PR agency will focus on the business-to-business (B2B) marketplace and provide professional services in public relations, content marketing and social media. Content is talking.”.

Blogging 60

Blogging Content Marketing B2B Social Media 60