Communications Conversations

APRIL 8, 2015

The post outlined the success the New York Times brand studio (T Brand Studio) is having with their custom advertising content (referred to as “paid posts”). We’ve seen differing stats on the “effectiveness” of native advertising. And, we’ve seen many different formats for native advertising.

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Advertising Advertising Trends Storytelling 60

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Brad Marley , Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media . Several trends that started in 2021 will grow to carry over into 2022. Another trend that grew in ’21 is authentic, purpose-driven marketing. It’s good news for contextual advertising companies, who have already started reaping the benefits of marketing’s ‘identity crisis.’

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B2B PR Sense

JANUARY 5, 2018

When it comes down to it, PR can be far less expensive than advertising and offer more benefits. Our Ultimate List of the Best PR Tools for 2018. Myth #4: PR is just advertising. PR goes way beyond advertising. When you boil it down, advertising is paid visibility while PR is earned visibility. Product launch.

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Stephen Waddington

JUNE 23, 2019

Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends 2019 report is a monster. The internet ad market #3 Mobile and telly ad and viewing parity The time spent on media versus advertising revenue is in sync for desktop (18% vs 18%), TV (33%) and mobile (34%). Meeker calls out the use of edited and curated images as a means of storytelling.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 29, 2018

As such, the 2018 JOTW Communications Survey , which was conducted in partnership with Ned’s Job of the Week , also included an open-ended question at the end of the survey. It’s not just about content, or search, or conferences, or advertising, or a webinar. Our Industry, Your Answers: Breaking Down the 2018 JOTW Comms Survey.

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The Resolution Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Playing off of it’s Made In, Made For New York event , Facebook aimed to work alongside the chosen marketers to help bring to life engaging advertising campaigns. GDPR Wars Location: Europe The brand: PathFactory Back in 2018, GDPR was everywhere. And then PathFactory showed us that dry topics don’t have to equal dry campaigns.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Marketers will likely gravitate toward tracks including: Advertising and brand experience. Experiential storytelling. Traffic & Conversion Summit 2020 will feature seven tracks including: big ideas, agencies only, digital retailers, digital advertisers, content marketers, conversational marketers and growth hackers.

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PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Modern marketing is constantly shifting, and the folks that are part of your marketing team need to be masters in all things technology, best practices, and trends. Graphic designer / visual storyteller. are all important questions to pose and define to help you figure out how you’ll market to each segment of contacts in 2018.

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Marketing Technology Internal International 52

Presspage

MARCH 13, 2018

“Great content is still just as important as it was before, but good storytelling is paramount,” Friedman says. PR pros can also incorporate popular subjects or trending hashtags into their writing and conversations for added relevance. This revised article has been published before on PRdaily.com on February 22, 2018.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 19, 2018

A new survey of primarily corporate communications professionals identified the hottest trends and tactics in PR – and perhaps those that aren’t so hot too. Respondents said storytelling, content marketing and thought leadership will be more important over the next 12 months. The 2018 JOTW Communications Survey from Frank Strong.

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Survey Trends Communications Storytelling 72

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Tactically, we feel data storytelling is going to be a key pillar in 2024 – so now is a good time to build the infrastructure to be able to pull that data, analyze and present it on a regular and timely basis.” ” ~ Morgan McLintic , CEO, Firebrand Communications 6. Finally, 2024 also brings another U.S.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The organizations who take their ESG, DEI, and social impact strategies seriously will be the ones who are unafraid to show their progress, no matter how big or small it may be, with a combination of visual and written storytelling. Brad Marley , Yelram Media Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media. Relentless focus on the customer .

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Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 190

5W PR

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

But one of the problems for businesses – and their PR people, Instagram continues to limit access to paid advertising on their site. Finally, don’t forget this is still a social media platform, that means it’s not just about advertising your product or service, it’s also about building an interactive group.

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Instagram Publicity How To Social Media 158

Sword and the Script

MARCH 10, 2019

It’s a trend that mirrors similar patterns seen broadly in the marketing for the last several years, where CMOs have slashed agencies in favor of in-house teams. If the in-house trend continues to develop in PR, the agencies that will be best positioned to grow are those that execute well or maintain some specialized capabilities.

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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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Stephen Waddington

MARCH 15, 2021

You do need the storytelling, relationship building, creative and analytical skills. In which case the following books are worth reading: Show Me The Numbers - Stephen Few Say It With Charts Toolkit - Gene Zelazny Storytelling With Data - Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic Is it worth learning R or Python as a PR practitioner?

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Google Data Government Social Media 119

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

According to Hotwire PR’s seventh annual Communications Trends Report , online video will continue to be a major trend in 2016. As the New Year draws closer, we can anticipate some of this year’s social video trends to carry over into 2016, including: 1. To autoplay or NOT to autoplay. Next year” is only some 43-days away.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 12, 2017

It is a window into their assessment of current trends and their aspirations. Here we go…20 insightful PR and marketing predictions for 2018 follows below. My prediction for 2018 is continued investment in both AI tools and competencies and, in parallel, the data needed to leverage them.”. – 1) Pay to play gains prominence.

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Marketing Content Marketing Crisis Management Data 104

Mindful Marketing

JULY 26, 2019

This second kind of mistaken identity will become more common if one particular promotional trend continues. based start-up of ‘engineers, storytellers, and dreamers’ who claim to specialize in artificial intelligence and robotics.”

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Much of the modern public relations business grew up out of media relations and publicity, rooted in storytelling and editorial engagement. Trust in the media The 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer (opens as a PDF) puts the trust between the public and media at 41% worldwide. The number hasn’t moved in 12 months.

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Media Relations Media Print Newspapers 115

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

A trend we are going to see happening more in 2019 is the coming together of marketing and customer success. 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.

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Social Media Marketing Media Creativity 93

Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

This is an article and deck about the outlook for public relations and social media in 2018. I’ve also included a call to action that may be helpful in your planning for 2018. My view is that 2018 will prove to be a breakthrough year for the professionalism of public relations as a result of a concerted effort on a number of fronts.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Too often marketers become enamored with the latest trends and tools. Podcasts are great for the delivery of credible information and analysis, and storytelling. This trend will impact all publishers. In the near future, it’s going to be a lot harder to buy or rent data (in the case of advertising).

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Marketing Employee Content Marketing Training 169

Cision

APRIL 5, 2017

Rallies against Kellogg’s after it pulled its advertising from Breitbart. Automobile companies (and the military) are the largest advertisers on television. We knew the four horsemen for our brand strategies, advertising, public relations, lobbying and pack funding. Storytelling vs. Brand Newsrooms. Say yes and show more.

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