Sword and the Script

JANUARY 22, 2019

That experience, he says, taught him “an appreciation for both the software development side of things as well as for digital marketing and advertising.” He is Greg Kihlström and his latest book is The Agile Brand: Creating authentic relationships between companies and consumers. 4) What is “brand agility?”.

Brand 79

Brand Branding Banking Consumer 79

Cision

JULY 14, 2015

The worlds of public relations and advertising have merged to form integrated marketing. The result is advertisements and corporate communication so clever that they lead to earned/free media expanding the circulation for free. Want to learn how to stand out with your content marketing? Case Studies. Laugh Factory.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 13, 2023

This involves establishing credibility for your brand by enhancing customer engagement and improving awareness of what you offer in the marketplace. Whether seeking heightened brand visibility or driving more web traffic, success requires focusing on measurable targets upfront throughout execution.

Analytics 40

Analytics Content Marketing Measurement Advertising 40

Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 24, 2019

A popular email newsletter is the holy grail for content marketers. When you send content straight to your reader’s inbox, you bypass Google’s search algorithm and the changing whims of social media platforms. If the content is good enough over time, people will come back for more.

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Financial Banking Content Marketing Writing 79

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

DECEMBER 10, 2019

3) Brands blur the lines between company and friend. We’re used to seeing communications and interactions with brands that are personalized. Similar to the algorithms which drive many of our online purchases, brands will begin to communicate with their customers as if they have personal connections with them.

Marketing 101

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 12, 2018

When it comes to building brands most experts will likely start with the tactics: Develop a mission statement or messages, create a logo, use PR, advertise and leverage social media. To be clear, these are all important components of the brand building process. Let’s wind this back to branding. But it has its limitations.

Brand 74

Brand Branding Banking Financial 74

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Marketing be nimble. Rather than having year-long editorial calendars for opportunities and content, marketing and communications professionals are will have to work in a much more agile, phased approach: creating evergreen content per quarter and making room for ‘rapid-response’ type communications based on what 2021 might throw at us.

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Marketing Employee Content Marketing Training 169

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Convenience’ (more of it) and ‘friction’ (less of it) are going to be critical terms for brand messaging in 2018, whether through marketing or PR efforts. People want to buy from brands that they can trust and feel that share the same values. Ecommerce brands use their app to offer discounts, free shipping, etc.

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Marketing Content Marketing Crisis Management Data 104

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

This year, more than 20 professionals – real people that do real marketing and PR work every day – responded and with high-quality ideas that I found to be invigorating and thought-provoking. 9) Brands across the aisle. “I What this does to the customer experience and brand loyalty is significant. 4) New emphasis on trust.

Social Media 93

Social Media Marketing Media Creativity 93

Prohibition

AUGUST 4, 2021

It can be challenging for companies to keep up with what customers are saying about them online, but it’s even more challenging when negative sentiment is directed at you or your brand! A single mistake online could ruin your brand’s reputation and cost you a lot of business; why take the chance? Effective Returns.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 2, 2016

I also believe working through military policies and regulations helps me understand and anticipate the compliance and regulatory requirements of the banking, legal and healthcare industries. I think most of the discussion on content marketing comes down to a couple things. So, what’s my definition of content marketing?

Public Affairs 60

Public Affairs Advertising Advertising Healthcare 60

Shift Communications

JULY 31, 2015

For marketers, one of the interesting remarks was that standard display advertising was declining in effectiveness on LinkedIn properties. LinkedIn is thus shifting more of its portfolio of marketing solutions away from straight display to native content marketing and its lead generation solution, Lead Accelerator.

LinkedIn 60

LinkedIn Social Media Media Advertising 60

Buzzstream

MAY 15, 2024

It’s generally OK to pitch to sites that accept guest posts or contributors, but avoid sites that advertise “write for us” all over the site (e.g., How do you feel about sites that advertise “write for us”? These days, a lot of those are paid placements just because that’s how the market has gone. Does Google like me?

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 9, 2018

Even the advertisers are aiming for a bigger investment in PR. There are a lot of other sites worth sharing to as well, but it’s up to you to figure out which sites work for your brand. The point is, with a little bit of effort, you can give people a reason to care that you are sharing this particular piece of content.

Media 98

Media B2B Groups Conference 98

Cision

JANUARY 14, 2016

For instance, Facebook shows the best of your updates to no more than 20 percent of your fans or followers (in fact, 6 percent sounds like a more accurate figure), unless you “boost” your posts through paid advertising. Or, you may just be looking to create brand awareness. What are the unorthodox social networks?

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Marketing Pinterest Mobile Social Media 120

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

To enhance empathy and connection with their teams and clients, organizations will foster employee brand ambassadors, highlight origin stories, show behind-the-scenes videos, and encourage user-generated content. Expanded brand collaboration “Partnership Paradise: 2024 will be the year of brand partnerships.

Writing 194

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 11, 2016

It can be extremely unpredictable and it’s not guaranteed like advertising. I think this is one of the reasons it can be comfortable for public relations professionals to seek out, and focus on, more controllable forms of marketing like blogging, marketing automation and social media. It can also be hard to measure.

Media Relations 40

Media Relations Media Measurement Conference 40

Norton's Notes

JULY 29, 2015

Despite by my age, I’m lucky enough to have worked with over 30 organisations including a number of banks, DuPont, Adobe UK, and even the Falkland Islands Tourist Board. One of my career defining roles was writing the social media strategy for a prominent central bank. Sadly, investment in advertising won’t help combat this, only PR.

Interviews 28

Interviews SEO Banking Radio 28

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 13, 2019

Vocus had, in years prior, acquired brands including PRWeb for $28 million in 2006, Help a Reporter Out, aka HARO, for an undisclosed sum in 2010 , and iContact, for $169 million in 2012. Cision drops the Vocus brand name, but the underlying technology that all future Cision development will be based on, is Vocus technology.

Technology 12

Technology Software Company Marketing 12

Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Because what do we normally do when we need better results as content marketers? Our biggest issue is how we make decisions in our work as content marketers. They look something like this: As long as I live, I will never forget SiteLinks, or the number Google used to convince advertisers to adopt this feature: 30 percent.

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