Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Professionals across the globe share analysis and perhaps, aspiration, in offering up PR and marketing predictions for 2022. As I’ve done for the last several years , I solicited and compiled a list of predictions from professionals across the PR and marketing community. Tom Pick , Digital Marketing Consultant, Webbiquity , LLC.

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Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In 2017, I shared a stage at Collision Conference with Alicia Hatch, the CMO of Deloitte Digital, when she captured the biggest problem plaguing most marketing teams. ” Over the past few years, I’ve found that this problem plagues most organizations when it comes to content strategy. That promise was flawed.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 19, 2016

Marketers are reporting better results stemming from content marketing. That’s according to a recent survey published by Ascend2 titled 2016 State of Content Marketing Survey Summary Report. Click Here to Subscribe to Sword and the Script by Email.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

With just one statistic, Joe Pulizzi delivered a stark wake-up call to this year’s Content Marketing World attendees. When we asked global enterprise marketers how committed they are to their content marketing approach, 20 percent said they’re fully committed,” said Joe during Day 1’s welcome address.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

JANUARY 7, 2016

Content marketing will be more than just a trend to watch in 2016. Creating and distributing consistent and relevant content is considered a proven strategic marketing approach that attracts and retains an audience and drives customers to action. Why did you choose the topic, “Are You a #ContentMachine”? .

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Marketwired

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Just in the past month many predictions have been made about 2016 PR trends, and a lot of them have overlapping themes. Content Strategy is Vital. We all know the importance of curating organic content for your online audience, but new levels of pressure to do so have made this truly vital for 2016.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 31, 2016

The year of 2016 brought a fairly significant evolution for this website. In May 2016, the blog Sword and the Script became the digital foundation of an Atlanta-based PR and marketing agency: Sword and the Script Media, LLC. Over the course of 2016, I published some 84 posts, on PR , marketing and social media.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

If the B2B community feels overwhelmed by the volume of content, then B2B marketing might feel overwhelmed by the volume of content marketing studies. The trends suggest to me that content is still very much a form of currency bartered in exchange for attention. 1) Content Requirements at Every Stage of the Sale.

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Cision

JANUARY 12, 2016

We ’ re two weeks into 2016 so I can ’ t say “ Happy New Year, ” but it ’ s not too late to make resolutions. In 2016, make yourself the focus. And there are a couple spots still available if you ’ re ready to write a great business book in 2016. Get people to view your content. Plus, life gets in the way.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 26, 2016

Long before product placements and sponsored content, one iconic American brand placed a big bet in creating its own television program – another example of an early content marketing initiative – at the urging of its public relations department. Actor, Spokesperson, Content Marketer. households (56%) owned a TV.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Content Marketing World or as others may know it, #CMWorld , is an incredible event for marketers, journalists and techies from across the globe to gather and share niche content knowledge. We have to get people to take action, and break through the immense volume of content. Long Form Content for the Win at REI.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The Facebook Frozen Frog and Fodder for Content. Teaching and Relevance: The Last Mile in Marketing. The Shocking Beef about Feeding the Content Monster. If we look at California with Apple vs. Chevron, there is a large discrepancy between market value and total revenues. I set out to find the source.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

What I want to do in this post is make a five-point argument that email is one of the most important communications channels in 2016. Two key takeaways for PR and marketing professionals: Email is a reliable way to communicate at scale. Want to improve your content? Email open rate and click-through remain high. Conclusion.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 9, 2016

And that gets to the core of the point here – this is about the psychology of more in marketing: more content , more followers, and more leads. As a result, marketing finds itself on the hamster wheel of more, without ever slowing to consider or stopping to analyze the impact. Sure we have more content, but it’s it resonating?

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The Proactive Report

MARCH 29, 2016

The next #DigitalPR chat on Twitter is Friday April 1, 2016. Topic: Content Marketing Challenges- strategy, planning, content creation and distribution. Previously Marketing Director for Cision. Q2: How does a brand set goals for their content? Time: 10 am Pacific and 1 pm Eastern. andersenology.

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The Proactive Report

MARCH 29, 2016

The next #DigitalPR chat on Twitter is Friday April 1, 2016. Topic: Content Marketing Challenges- strategy, planning, content creation and distribution. Previously Marketing Director for Cision. Q2: How does a brand set goals for their content? Time: 10 am Pacific and 1 pm Eastern. andersenology.

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PR 20/20

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Content marketing has drastically altered the consumer-to-brand connection—from in-your-face advertising to a mutually beneficial relationship. But, as we approach 2016, we’ve hit a crossroads. According to the newly released CMI 2016 B2B Content Marketing Research Report , 88% of organizations use content marketing.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Our top posts from the third quarter of 2016 focused on Google Analytics, digital ethnography, and content overload. Google introduced its Google Analytics™ Demo Account in August 2016. Marketing Analyst. Want to see how to do this for your blog? Here’s how. The answer is to take a fresh, reinvigorated approach.

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Onclusive

DECEMBER 6, 2017

A 2016 survey from Narrative Science found that 58 percent of enterprise business executives are already using predictive analytics within their organization. The MarTech and AdTech revolutions have forever changed the way marketers work and measure their success. According to PwC , 72 percent termed it a “business advantage.”

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Cision

OCTOBER 4, 2017

As consumers gravitate towards multimedia content — multimedia is also the driving force behind the content the media publishes. Furthermore, a 2016 interview with the Associated Press revealed most major news outlets will not run a text-only story. Create more visual content. Better understand efficacy.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

As we close in on the year’s end, I looked back over these marketing and PR statistics in an effort to surface those points that in some way, shape or form, help to summarize 2018 as a year. Statistics about content marketing. The C-Suite views the top marketer as a publicly facing agent of trust. of revenue in marketing.

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PR 20/20

OCTOBER 14, 2016

“SEO is no longer just about 200 ranking factors," according to Gianluca Fiorelli , SEO and web marketing consultant. How do we, as content marketers, focus on making our websites these undeniable sources for answers? First, we need to understand how Google operates in 2016, and where Google is headed.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

As 2016 draws to a close, it’s natural to reflect back on the year that was. Before we start making New Year’s resolutions for 2017, let’s first celebrate the things we’re grateful for, especially in the amazing digital marketing world we currently live in. You’ve got to hand it to digital marketing: it keeps us on our toes.

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Frederik Vincx

JULY 25, 2023

Lead product design and marketing. And later creating an inbound sales engine via content marketing and conversion optimization. The below presentation gives a visual overview of the process we used to find product-market fit. Highlights Bootstrapped to 7 figures annual recurring revenue.

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Cision

JANUARY 19, 2016

ET, Joe Pulizzi, founder of Content Marketing Institute, will discuss how to attract a loyal audience and impact the bottom line with content. Q: Why is content so important? Q: What inspired you to start the Content Marketing Institute? In 2016, we’ll have over 4,000. Tomorrow at 2 p.m.

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Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Over the years, I’ve seen hundreds of companies poison their marketing, sales, and internal comms with jargon. For inspiration, just watch this video of Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky announcing the launch of Trips in 2016. The post Is ‘Pluralistic Ignorance’ Ruining Your Marketing and Comms?

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

To borrow from a quote , the professional’s feet should be planted in their role, but their eyes should survey the marketing landscape. As I’m wont to do on the occasional Saturday, I’ve picked out three, reviewed them carefully and present some of the findings in this roundup series that I call the Unscripted Marketing Links.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

If B2B marketing isn’t careful with how these are sourced and created, then interest could plateau or decline. These are fundamental building blocks of effective marketing. And so buyer personas are the theme of this week’s Unscripted Marketing links (UML). Market Research Mistake: Falling in Love with an Idea.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 5, 2016

The volume of PR and marketing predictions reached an apex as we rounded the corner on a New Year and into 2016. It’s helpful to have metrics that tell you what content did well in the past – but not as helpful as analytics that forecast what will do well in the future. The word millennials will finally die a death in 2016.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 8, 2016

The PR professional “every reason to be increasingly confident,” according to the 2016 PRWeek Salary Survey , from which that median salary figure stems. New or aspiring PR pros would do well to study this data to understand which vertical markets present the greatest earning capacity. PR an Employee Market. PR agency: $84,500.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 3, 2016

Aly Saxe (@Aly_Saxe) July 12, 2016. Aly Saxe (@Aly_Saxe) July 12, 2016. Heather Whaling (@prtini) July 12, 2016. Heather Whaling (@prtini) July 12, 2016. Heather Whaling (@prtini) July 12, 2016. SU Social Commerce (@SocCommSU) July 12, 2016. Aly Saxe (@Aly_Saxe) July 12, 2016. measurePR. —

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Beyond PR

AUGUST 31, 2016

Content marketing is all grown up. With 88% of B2B and 76% of B2C marketers saying their organization uses it, the art and science of content marketing have exploded over the past few years. “Content marketing is sometimes ineffective because people don’t realize what it’s intended to do.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 24, 2018

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. And anyone who has managed a PR-driven content marketing program understands that it can work in a far more enduring way than digital advertising. PR outcomes are measurable.

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The Proactive Report

JULY 23, 2017

A new report from BrightEdge reveals that although marketers at B2C and B2B Fortune 500 brands recognize the AI, voice and hyper-local revolution is here, most are not yet planning to adapt their marketing strategies to these new ideas. IMPROVE YOUR CONTENT STRATEGY. DemandGen Report – 2016 Content Preferences Survey ).

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2016

It’s not just the volume of tasks to be finished in a compressed timeline that makes this time of year hectic – but the type tasks as well: closing key deals you’ve been working for months, wrapping up strategic plans for the new year, and of course making the case for marketing budgets. of Revenue in Marketing. 1) B2B to Invest 12.3%

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 11, 2017

There is more than one way to view tools of the marketing or PR trade. While there are certainly some advantages to early adoption, in a broad sense, B2B marketers all have access to the same general set of tools. And that’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing links [UML]. The emphasis here is on talent or ability.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 25, 2016

And the chase is not easy work given the target market’s distraction and fickle. Whether in sales or marketing the moments we have to capture and hold the attention of a customer are short at best. SEOs have just 60 characters for a headline – and it’s about the same for email marketers and their subject lines. Send us a link!

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