Critical Mention

JANUARY 3, 2018

Have you given much thought to how you’ll improve your work life in 2018? Gone are the days of using AVEs (advertising value equivalents) or the number of clips or impressions as ways to gauge success. If you don’t get enough chances to write at work, start a blog. Offer to guest blog. Write in your spare time.

Measurement 119

Measurement Content Marketing Writing Infographics 119

Institute for Public Relations

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

After graduating in … Continue reading Barbara Gardner Proctor (1932-2018) → Barbara Gardner Proctor was born on Nov. 30, 1932, in Black Mountain, N.C. She grew up in an impoverished neighborhood there without electricity or running water.

Publicity 52

Publicity Advertising Advertising Blogging 52

5W PR

JULY 17, 2018

Here’s how groups can define their brand in 2018. After a business chooses its personality, it will need to start taking steps to bring that identity to life through things like content marketing, advertising, and even social media marketing. Begin with an Online Audit. Create a Verbal Identity.

Brand 97

Brand Branding Social Media Advertising 97

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Fittingly, I asked a whole bunch of folks for predictions to include in a blog post here (if you want to be invited next year, you can sign up here ). Here we go…20 insightful PR and marketing predictions for 2018 follows below. In 2018 it will become even more about the customer experience. 1) Pay to play gains prominence.

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Marketing Content Marketing Crisis Management Data 104

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Fortunately, there are several new studies that have been published about content marketing, blogging and webinars that provide solid benchmarks. Of that segment of respondents, 72% use paid social media channels; 66% use sponsorships; 61% use pay-per-click advertising. 2) Blogging benchmarks. 1) Content marketing benchmarks.

Content Marketing 138

Content Marketing Study Blogging Marketing 138

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 5, 2018

measurePR March 2018. By attending webinars, reading blogs & staying up on best practices, youll be armed w/ info you need #measurepr. measurePR April 2018. In April, Kami Huyse joined as the guest host to discuss measuring the success of paid advertising for nonprofits with Jasmine Cordew of Whole Whale.

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Nonprofit Measurement Analytics Creativity 56

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 16, 2021

Advertising offers a strong return. With the right audience data, Facebook advertising can get your brand in front of your targets. Its relatively low CPM offers a better return on advertising spend than LinkedIn in most cases. Video summaries of current blog posts are another way to ramp up video content.

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B2B Facebook LinkedIn Small Business 344

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. Each statistic links to the blog post that covered that particular study or survey and links to the underlying source. Photo credit: Pixabay.

Survey 104

Survey Marketing B2B Content Marketing 104

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 9, 2020

This is by no means a complete list of advertising journalists; they’re among those that are very active, often posting interesting and engaging updates about industry news. Lauren joined Business Insider as a Senior advertising reporter in 2018, coming off a four-year stint at Adweek. Lara O’Reilly | @larakiara.

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Onclusive

JANUARY 20, 2020

This blog was originally published on AdAge.com on December 18, 2019. Corporate comms is probably already doing some informal earned media amplification through social media channels, email, newsletters or the company blog. Secondly, don’t overthink it. Free yourself from your media snobbery, and you will be rewarded.

Marketing 195

Marketing How To Measurement Advertising 195

Onclusive

DECEMBER 22, 2017

s clients and advertisers. AirPR: How do you see PR & content marketing evolving in 2018? Because of browsers cracking down on banner and other types of digital advertising, you are going to see the balance tip even more in for of native advertising over traditional digital advertising.”.

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Interviews Strategy Content Marketing Advertising 294

The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

The content you should be creating 2018 plans are underway and creatives are about to be brought to life. Read Jim’s insights and my response on Paul Sutton’s PR blog. Online advertising has changed. Could there be a future standard for article strength? What do you guys think? But is this the case for the whole industry?

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Tools Publicity Measurement SEO 136

Onclusive

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

I believe each client begins at a different point on the PR spectrum … some need to start with blogs, online magazines and trades publications to perfect their narrative before moving to mainstream radio and television media outlets. AirPR: With PR as a focus, you have included marketing and advertising into your agency.

Interviews 284

Interviews Radio Small Business Pitching 284

PRSay

MAY 9, 2023

Definitions of EMV vary but, broadly, it means the value of earned publicity in unpaid third-party channels such as traditional media, social media and blogs. It’s unlikely that any amount of paid advertising would have built the same value for the brand. EMV is starting to sound like a reincarnation of AVEs.

Measurement 103

Measurement Marketing Pharmaceuticals Social Media 103

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

The news cycle was faster, social media was hitting the early majority in the Geoffrey Moore sense, and blogs…blogs were everywhere. We started a blog for our employer, a startup in the IT operations space. Some of the newer and smaller startups that had been blogging for a while ran circles around us.

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Blogging B2B Content Marketing Trade Shows 73

Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

I now pay attention to this survey if for no other reason than there just aren’t that many surveys of bloggers like this around anymore in 2018 (which, actually, is hard to believe). Anyway, the survey polls bloggers, but I believe some of the lessons learned also pertain to people like us who manage corporate blogs.

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Corporate Survey Trends Blogging 100

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 1, 2019

This blog published about 60 new posts in 2018. And so here’s the annual look at the most read, least read, and posts I recommend reading, that were published on Sword and the Script in 2018. The 7 Most Read Posts in 2018. Here are the posts readers read the most in 2018 – as measured by readers clicks.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Survey B2B Google 60

Mindful Marketing

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

My friend created the good prompt below, which is followed by the bot’s detailed response: Write a blog post about the mindfulness of Pepsi advertising, using the "Mindful Matrix" criteria established by the website www.mindfulmarketing.org/mindful-meter--matrix.html. But how mindful are they in their advertising?

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Ethics Advertising Advertising Analysis 94

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

million in a Series C venture funding round in May 2018, according to Crunchbase. SocialChorus claims “50% year-over-year growth in both 2018 and 2019” and that growth “has accelerated in 2020.” million for the full year in 2018 , the last full year report the company published as a public company. SocialChorus last raised $12.5

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Internal International Tools Software 147

Landis PR

APRIL 29, 2024

In this week’s blog, our Public Relations Global Network partner, Taru Tujunen from Ellun Kanat , writes about the business environment in Finland. The blog covers Finland’s history of innovation and current investment opportunities, particularly in sectors like bio & circular economy and sustainable technology.

Radio 64

Radio Pinterest Television Government 64

Stephen Waddington

AUGUST 16, 2017

This is list of 2018 undergraduate public relations degree courses as AS- and A-Level results are published. AS students will start to draw up a list of university courses for consideration for a place in 2018. AS students will start to draw up a list of university courses for consideration for a place in 2018. PRCA partner.

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Course Publicity Journalism Advertising 112

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

As much as video content has grown in advertising, marketing, and PR , data shows that it continues to expand. In the 2018 B2B Buyers Survey Report , 77 percent of buyers named “deployment time/ease of use” as the top variable in making a final decision on solution providers. Video can demonstrate and explain.

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Video Case Study Agriculture B2B 149

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. It’s good news for contextual advertising companies, who have already started reaping the benefits of marketing’s ‘identity crisis.’ 2018: 20 Insightful PR and Marketing Predictions for 2018. Blogger outreach gets personal.

Marketing 215

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 215

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Paid media and advertising statistics. 1) How long should a blog post be? The average post today is 1,142 words long but it’s clear that blog posts are getting longer – 41% longer than the typical post three years ago. Bloggers, by an overwhelming majority (76%), choose to run their blogs on WordPress. Marketing Spend ).

Content Marketing 124

Content Marketing SEO Social Media Marketing 124

Presspage

APRIL 6, 2018

As advertising and other marketing become less effective, content marketing is exploding. Come Tuesday April 17, 2018 at 6.15pm in the heart of North Beach San Francisco for an informal Media Salon. During this event, a panel of experts will discuss trends and effectiveness in corporate publishing strategies.

Company 92

Company Media Web Advertising 92

Stephen Waddington

JULY 28, 2020

Vuelio acquired Cision UK (2015), ResponseSource (2018) and Pulsar (2019). Paying for tools Investment in software tools has historically flowed into more lucrative areas of marketing tech such as advertising, demand and performance. Until recently few PR agency or communication team budgets had a line item for tools. “By

Tools 135

Tools Software Enterprise Measurement 135

Mindful Marketing

AUGUST 15, 2021

” In answering both questions, she pointed me to a study published in npj Digital Medicine , which found that “online advertisements hold promise as a mechanism for changing population health behaviors.” of adults were obese in 2018. ” ​ Subscribe to Mindful Matters blog. ” 3.

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Pinterest Advertising Advertising Exercises 99

Sword and the Script

JUNE 9, 2020

That’s an increase from 68% in 2019 and 51% in 2018. It doesn’t take a lot of money, but it does take making the case for budget and learning how to use these advertising tools effectively. Advertising spends big money to rent out someone’s else’s audience. It’s passive and complementary to your existing efforts.

Media Relations 113

Media Relations Media Survey Pitching 113

NewsWhip

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

This blog is a guest piece from Chris Smith, Senior Strategist at the Red Consultancy, who used NewsWhip data in their latest report on the World Cup and Christmas. Comms and PR planning has changed massively in recent years, but it remains a crucial pillar of any proactive press office or communications program.

Brand 78

Brand Branding Data Viral 78

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

The 2018 State of the Media report by Cision is an annual survey of reporters that offers some insight. For example, citing the Edelman Trust Barometer, Digiday reported , “trust in traditional media has increased from 48 percent last year to 61 percent in 2018.”. You can also edit and delete a blog post relatively easily.

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Survey Report Media B2B 102

Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

According to a 2018 Association of National Advertisers (ANA) survey, 75% of marketers are using influencers as a marketing tool and 43% plan to increase spending on it in the next 12 months. And in a 2017 TINT article, only 4% of consumers declared trust in marketing in advertising in general. They create fresh content.

Marketing 80

Marketing SEO Advertising Advertising 80

Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

There's no formal methodology and they’re not so much predictions as a series of stories that I’ve recorded on my blog during 2018. Larry Fink, CEO, BlackRock, fired a warning shot in January 2018 about the contribution of corporations to society beyond profit. . #3 billion to the UK economy according to the PRCA Census 2018.

Publicity 120

Publicity Analysis Measurement Tools 120

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 17, 2019

Digital marketing spend tallied up at around $629 billion in the US in 2018. Branded media, defined in this report as blogs, social media and video weren’t far behind with 27%. How often should you publish on your company blog? How Long Should a Blog Post be in 2019? And Other Key Blogging Statistics You Should Know].

Study 61

Study Survey B2B Advertising 61

Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Those splashy advertising efforts get undermined when brands publish a handful of safe, boring blog posts, devoid of storytelling or new ideas, written by marketers without editorial chops. Content teams often sit two or three levels below the CMO. ” So why hasn’t there been more attention and investment in content?

Brand 145

Brand Branding Healthcare Enterprise 145

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

There shouldn’t be a barrier between the press office and the digital team - media relations people should be running blogs and engaging with journalists via social forms of media such as Twitter,” said Alex Singleton, author of The PR Masterclass. Advertising, production, and distribution have all fundamentally changed.

Media Relations 115

Media Relations Media Print Newspapers 115

PRSay

MAY 9, 2019

She writes, in a June 2018 blog post , “Measuring PR is not as simple as throwing some earned media metrics together and trying to correlate bottom-line impact through traditional, tangible business results. According to Jessica Lawlor — Muck Rack’s features editor — PR measurement is a recurring debate among professionals.

Survey 66

Survey Measurement Communications Advertising 66

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2019

1) The average blog post is 1,236 words. How long is the average blog post? How long does it take to write the average blog post? Read more: 3 Studies with Benchmarks for Content Marketing, Blogging and Webinars [UML]. Read more: 3 Studies with Benchmarks for Content Marketing, Blogging and Webinars [UML].

Marketing 78

Marketing Publicity Survey Study 78