Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

My B2B clients are more open to sponsored content. I recently saw new research showing that brand purpose is even more important to B2B buyers than to B2C customers, which is surprising but probably makes sense given the longer selling cycle and relationship to corporate reputation. Slow decline of social media. Fast-vertising.

Marketing 215

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 215

5W PR

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In the dynamic world of media and marketing, creating a PR stunt that captures attention and aligns with your brand’s values and marketing goals is a high-wire act of creativity and strategy. Craft a Creative Concept: Innovate a unique, engaging, and authentic concept for your brand.

How To 78

How To Ethics Measurement Creativity 78

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. 2) The marketing budget as a percentage of revenue.

Survey 104

Survey Marketing B2B Content Marketing 104

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 11, 2021

It’s like an unsung hero of the public relations world — not flashy or creative, but vital to a robust media placement schedule. Though they’re typically created for advertising purposes, edcals give a PR team a topic guide for creation of press releases, blog posts and content marketing.

Pitching 308

Pitching Content Marketing Measurement Social Media 308

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Other readers liked these related posts: The Future of Marketing Looks More like Public Relations. Trust and the Unlikely Reinvention of Advertising [UML]. In reviewing the study, I think it has implications for business in public relations and content marketing. You can and should run content marketing like a publisher.

Content Marketing 69

Content Marketing Marketing Journalism Financial 69

Prohibition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

It provides actionable insights into – Harnessing user psychology Ad comparison – looking at different social platforms Digital strategies for business growth Entrepreneurship – knowing when to quit Looking to the future Are you struggling to get more return from your paid social advertising following iOS 14?

Privacy 62

Privacy Comparison B2B Retail 62

Sword and the Script

MAY 8, 2018

This latest survey polled 362 senior marketers and I’ve culled through the 95-page report to review the data from B2B product segment and the technology vertical, which are the markets I serve. Here are five points I think are relevant for B2B marketing leaders. 1) Marketers anticipate budget growth.

Survey 62

Survey B2B Marketing Mobile 62

Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

A tech PR firm recently published a study that showed promising effects media relations can have on the sales cycle for B2B marketing organizations. I have seen firsthand in my own analysis – across many B2B tech press releases – that readership has fallen precipitously. 1) Earned media is sales enablement. a) Results may vary.

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Study Media Relations Media Measurement 140

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

2) The Struggle for Marketing Talent is Just Beginning. A new study by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) is warning the industry of an approaching “ talent crisis ,” according to reporting by Erik Oster for Adweek. Advertising is indeed marketing, but it only one part of marketing.

Marketing 62

Marketing B2B Content Marketing Survey 62

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Marketers will likely gravitate toward tracks including: Advertising and brand experience. The premier gathering of digital marketers on planet Earth!”. If you’re a marketer, surely you thought ‘yes, please’ to at least two of those categories. Topically, this event covers a lot of ground. Experiential storytelling.

Conference 97

Conference Marketing Case Study Content Marketing 97

ReimaginePR

JULY 25, 2018

It’s the marketing discipline which helps visitors easily find your site in popular search engines like Google. SEO leverages creative elements and technical elements which help your rankings, spread awareness about your product or brand and ultimately drive traffic to your site. B2B – Business to business. On to the good stuff.

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SEO Tools Engineering Google 211

Cision

JANUARY 2, 2018

But becoming overly reliant on Facebook marketing techniques isn’t simply keeping up with the times — it’s lazy. And it’s killing your ability to be creative with your campaigns. Owned media, like content marketing, may be more of a long-term game, but that doesn’t mean the game isn’t worth playing.

Facebook 0

Facebook Marketing Journalism Creativity 0

Beyond PR

MARCH 6, 2018

Considering the culmination of traditional advertisements (newspaper, TV, radio and billboards) and digital advertisements (banner ads, pop-ups and sponsored posts), how many advertisements a day do you think you’re exposed to? Annoyed and overwhelmed, consumers are fed up with intrusive advertising and sales tactics.

Strategy 67

Strategy How To B2C Content Marketing 67

Prohibition

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Digital PR is similar to traditional PR, but instead, campaigns are online and supported with online content including information about the campaign, that is also outreached to journalists and online publications. Combining SEO and content marketing will increase your online presence, as the reach is much greater from higher rankings.

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Digital PR Brand Branding SEO 62

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

The report didn’t break out numbers for the remaining challenges of “fake news, blurred lines between editorial and advertising, and issues around freedom of the press.”. It’s also a key reason why blogging and content marketing has become an important tool in the media relations toolkit. 4) Emphasis on professional journalism.

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Survey Report Media B2B 102

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

In an age of ad blocking, brands have to transition away from solely sponsoring or being associated with the content their customers or prospects want or need. Instead, brands have to also produce the desired content. 1) The Parallel between Product Placement and Content Marketing. in its own ads.”).

Brand 60

Brand Branding Content Marketing Film 60

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Each occupies a unique position in the market and more importantly, our expectation of the experience we will have in those stores. It is more challenging in B2B marketing , but characteristics like speed, scale, reliability, and customer experience (CX) all contribute. Earn word-of-mouth with guerrilla marketing.

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Software Comparison Measurement Content Marketing 99

Sword and the Script

MARCH 11, 2017

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. The Old “New Media” and Marketing Tools with Novel Twists [UML]. 2) Is your brand investing in the right content? 3) Native advertising risking non-compliance.

Tools 68

Tools Marketing Advertising Advertising 68

Landis PR

JUNE 27, 2022

I then moved in-house and spent several decades at major cultural institutions on both coasts in roles that spanned the full MarComm spectrum – advertising, content marketing, special events, audience development, sales collateral, B2B lead generation, etc. You name it, and I’ve probably done it!

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Exercises Pitching Sports 52

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

Unquestionably, B2B blogging, as a topic, re-emerged as hot. A Data-Driven Answer for B2B]. Note: This top post was published in February 2017 and some of the metrics were updated in November and those can be found here: 3 Habits of Highly Successful Bloggers B2B Marketing can Borrow [Study]. And it’s about time.

Blogging 73

Blogging B2B Content Marketing Trade Shows 73

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

What role has content marketing played for you at LiveIntent? It’s huge for us and plays a key role in our marketing strategy. It’s a lot of what we do on the marketing side. So we leverage the staff at Contently to help us with the content we produce because we can’t handle it all in-house.

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Brand Branding Marketing Facebook 118

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

Both PR and marketing are concerned with promoting an organization or individual, but they go about it in different ways. Marketing is focused on promoting a product or service in order to sell it. Marketing efforts often involve paid advertising, and the goal is to reach as many people as possible in order to increase sales.

Interviews 100

Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 100

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 22, 2019

16% on marketing analytics. “As As organic reach on social platforms plummets to zero, and confidence in influencer marketing is challenged, paid media presents more pros than cons for CMOs,” according to Gartner analyst Ewan McIntyre. 3 Recommendations for B2B Marketing Budgets. 66% said newspapers. 66% said newspapers.

Marketing 66

Marketing Survey Study B2B 66

Cision

AUGUST 11, 2016

With the rapidly evolving landscape of the marketing mix, fueled by the MarTech revolution, the growth of influencer marketing and content marketing, and a push towards integrated communications, marketers and communicators need cutting-edge resources more than ever. Advertising Age Online. Mobile Marketer.

Marketing 0

Marketing Mobile Nonprofit Engineering 0

Sword and the Script

MAY 13, 2017

Program effectiveness depends on so many variables such as the context , content, cost, industry, reach, return, trust and the more subjective attributes of quality and value. Isn’t that sort of like buying an advertisement with an ego? 3) Measuring an influencer marketing program. There’s a lot of murkiness to it as well.

Strategy 77

Strategy Marketing Measurement B2B 77

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Graphic used with permission from The Marketing Companion, a podcast with a co-host employed by Edison Research; see link nearby. 1) Marketing Audibles for Audio Search. Audio in marketing doesn’t just mean podcasts writes David Kirkpatrick for Marketing Dive – The call for audio content marketing gets louder.

Tools 60

Tools Pinterest Marketing Media 60

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Marketing investment was redirected towards demand generation (content marketing, paid media) as startups looked for deal flow. As the market lifts, brands will need to raise awareness and will be ready to invest for the longer term as their horizons extend. It’s like trying to lay down pipe before you even dug a ditch.

Writing 194

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 194

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 25, 2015

The organization published a well-written press release that drew me in and pointed to one overarching conclusion: Most view their content marketing process as ad hoc, decentralized and driven by internal stakeholder interests. Content marketing is maturing slowly and steadily. Lacks relevance.

Survey 60

Survey Content Marketing Report Corporate 60

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. Just before you tie down the exact detail for content take a look at this research from content share experts BuzzSumo. The 20 most engaging types of content. What do you guys think? Watch the recording now.

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Tools Publicity Measurement SEO 136

Sword and the Script

JUNE 14, 2016

Mondelez will invest in content properties and intellectual property that will enable it make money from selling distribution rights, advertising and brand integrations, said Laura Henderson, Mondelez’s global head of content and media monetization.”. The Most Popular Day for B2B Webinars and other Best Practices.

Marketing 60

Marketing Conference Software B2B 60

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

The top answers included some of the usual suspects: 86% of respondent’s said product or service marketing; 81% said channel and go-to-market; 72% said marketing strategy; 67% said marketing technology; 65% said marketing services (design, merchandising and packaging); 64% said lead generation; and. Talk to Us !

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Study Marketing Brand Branding 78

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

The Struggle is Real in B2B Content Marketing [UML]. Marketing ROI: You Can’t Buy a Beer with an MQL [UML]. Working with the Advertising Machines . Does your B2B PR machine bring creative ideas? In the creative domain, humans still dominate. Don’t miss these related posts: .

Marketing 60

Marketing Creativity B2B Ethics 60

MaccaPR

DECEMBER 10, 2014

If the world of SEO, inbound marketing, optimized content and landing pages thrills you as a marketer, then the following interview with Clint Danks is going to be your cup of Lipton. The moral of the story for marketers: SEO, PPC, social media – it’s all tied together. What’s on the horizon for digital marketing?

SEO 98

SEO Interviews Blogging Engineering 98

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

be the year that some SaaS vendor figures out how to manage and market B2B influencer marketing at scale. There are several platforms out there to simplify and manage B2C influencer marketing, such as Paladin, Heepsy, HypeAuditor, and InBeat. But B2B influencer marketing works completely differently.

Marketing 190

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 190

Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

In the B2B technology world, which is the lenses through which I example things, I’ve found PR usually reports to marketing – but supports the whole business – when a company is small or young. 13) “I write and post content for our customers and our employees to teach them about our company, products and vision.”.

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Employee Print Writing Survey 150

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

It mirrors a trend that’s already underway in PR’s sibling departments in marketing and advertising. For example, there have been numerous surveys and a pile of anecdotal evidence that CMOs are bringing more marketing work in-house. Who do you see advertising on those pages? 2) Be proactive in delivering value.

Agency 95

Agency Trends Marketing Survey 95

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Content marketing isn’t a panacea. More important, however, is that content marketing can hit diminishing returns very quickly, in a phenomenon first described by marketing expert Mark W. Earlier this year, Mark Schaefer proposed the idea of what he calls content shock. Are we talking to the right audience?

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Content Marketing Marketing Facebook Creativity 158