ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 18, 2018

While top-tier marketing and advertising are valuable, associated PR campaigns can help propel a brand to the next level of emotional attachment. For companies looking to differentiate themselves from the pack, PR (integrated with advertising and marketing) can help build a foundation of brand love. PR gives voice to brands.

Brand 149

Brand Branding Storytelling B2B 149

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 29, 2017

We saw the Coca-Cola company air a Super Bowl ad featuring a stream of attractive multiethnic individuals set against “America the Beautiful,” sung in various languages. Corporate CEOs rallied to aid those affected by the administration’s suddenly announced travel ban. Visual storytelling will be better and easier.

Trends 185

Trends Storytelling Corporate Leadership 185

Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Unprecedented times” has been a looming term that has affected many companies and organizations throughout recent years. This could be helpful for major corporations, especially those trying to branch out into new geographic regions so they can easily identify how new campaigns are performing and adjust accordingly.

Brand 126

Brand Branding Storytelling Analytics 126

MaccaPR

AUGUST 26, 2015

Your brand can share storytelling moments from its company history with your key stakeholders, too. Corporate histories are important to customers, employees, business partners, and community members. Legos' Corporate History Video. Legos' Corporate History Video. The New York Times Digital Archives.

Corporate 48

Corporate Examples Storytelling Brand 48

Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 7, 2021

As the business development director for a growing services firm ( we’ll call it Company B ), he is charged with expanding Company B’s presence and business in the Detroit automotive market. Fortunately, though, Company B has recently done some credible work for an Asian-based automaker. Mark has a problem. Enter the PR Firm.

Agency 96

Agency Automotive Company Mobile 96

Masters in Communications

OCTOBER 30, 2018

As Harrison Monarth writes in The Harvard Business Review : Storytelling evokes a strong neurological response. Here's why storytelling is such a powerful tool: The Power of Synchronicity. Storytelling creates a certain synchronicity between the teller and the listener. Storytelling is also a powerful tool for persuasion.

Storytelling 61

Storytelling Chemicals Advertising Advertising 61

PRSay

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

A participant in one of my storytelling workshops once shared this advice: “If you’re writing about seeing a snake at a picnic, for gosh sake, start with the snake. The day you learned the company had shipped its $60,000 circuit board with a fatal flaw. Master the Art of Storytelling. Tip 1: Move the problem to the top.

Storytelling 149

Storytelling Case Study Writing Banking 149

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

It’s not hard to envision the rows of self-checkouts in stores, corporate chatbots, and fleets of driverless trucks, because it’s already happening. That means creative work, like generating innovative ideas for programs, and like — storytelling. And the heart of public relations is in storytelling.

Marketing 173

Marketing Storytelling Creativity Privacy 173

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The boom comes thanks to data privacy concerns and the call from major advertisers for greater transparency and control over their digital advertising. At the same time, browser companies like Apple, Mozilla and Google have taken aim at cookie-based tracking. Adtech companies can make use of this trend.

Privacy 156

Privacy Advertising Advertising Data 156

Sword and the Script

MAY 29, 2018

It’s not just about content, or search, or conferences, or advertising, or a webinar. 9) “That reporters don’t write corporate profiles, they cover NEWS.”. 13) “They don’t understand how important it is to have good digital communications tools in an effort to reach all employees in the company.”.

Corporate 74

Corporate Communications Survey Employee 74

Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Popular topics consist of top PR trends, product updates, company culture, as well as PR successes and blunders. The company’s News section is an excellent place to visit when seeking the latest updates in PR announcements, awards and coverage. Their blog covers topics from PR tips, company culture, social media and more.

Public Affairs 172

Public Affairs Creativity Nonprofit Agency 172

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Stories are an essential component of our lives… and good corporate stories are perhaps some of the most powerful stories of them all. Why Storytelling is So Effective. They don’t want to be told what a company can do for them – they want to experience that company for themselves. Who’s doing it right?

Storytelling 40

Storytelling Brand Branding Advertising 40

Onclusive

MARCH 6, 2019

I got an MBA and went into advertising back when we basically had general advertising agencies that did your research, media planning and buying, and creative, and we had direct marketing agencies. With my current company, PR was traditionally the press release machine of the company. Different Paths to Convergence.

Banking 199

Banking Marketing Measurement Leadership 199

Prohibition

JANUARY 6, 2023

When launching a campaign, video has great storytelling potential – showcasing your brand’s campaign findings far and wide. inform audiences, promo film, personal connection, next company event. Storytelling is a huge part of PR and video marketing offers exactly that. Better inform your audience.

Video 62

Video Strategy SEO Engineering 62

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Companies who attempt to ride roughshod over their employees – whether it be forcing them back into the office after extended period away due the pandemic or those who choose to pay less – are going to have all sorts of issues which are going to be publicly known in very short order. Brad Marley , Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media .

Marketing 214

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 214

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. 1) “Make sure that employees, customers and the market understand our company, its services and goals.”. 8) “Consult, coach, teach.”.

Employee 148

Employee Print Writing Survey 148

Cision

AUGUST 23, 2017

Samsung has used fear in their advertisement to talk about the serious issue of increasing selfie deaths. From your corporate leaders to your average employees, involve the people behind your company in your digital PR campaign. The company is active in their community. Humanize Your Brand. Share Relatable Stories.

Digital PR 251

Digital PR How To Small Business Analysis 251

Cision

MARCH 30, 2016

Prior to the recent announcement, Instagram had previously let advertisers extend videos to 60 seconds, but now it’s anyone’s game. Billboards, people, advertisements, your friend, your boss. People are constantly trying to put information in front of us,” Steve Clayton, Chief Storyteller, Microsoft. Longer Videos.

Instagram 120

Instagram Video Brand Branding 120

PRSay

JANUARY 3, 2018

Tech companies have made huge financial bets on all of these innovations. Digital storytelling, social listening and native advertising will all dramatically increase in significance as well, even as blogs maintain an important role in disseminating information. the blink-and-you-miss-it nature of Snapchat).

Publicity 167

Publicity Social Media Television Measurement 167

Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

It’s become accepted terminology for PR-focused, tech-enabled companies since. The fact that marketers and advertisers have long been able to prove their work’s value with heavy-hitting quantitative data, metrics such as direct sales, means that it’s been somewhat easier for them to get a seat at the decision-making table.

Data-Driven PR 150

Data-Driven PR Strategy Data Measurement 150

Cision

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Negative perceptions, wary passengers and media ready to pounce at any sign of a ship problem plagued the brand and contributed to its highest volume of conversation about the company, but also its highest negative sentiment ever. Most companies stop talking after the crisis,” Frizzell says. That’s wrong. And over-communicate they did.

Crisis 120

Crisis Brand Branding Crisis Communications 120

Ishmael's Corner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

With the story “ The Invasion of Corporate News , The Financial Times became the latest publication to skewer brand journalism. Unlike the FT, I believe the vast majority of people have the wherewithal to understand that if a certain piece of information is coming from Hershey or any other company/organization, it carries a certain bias.

Journalism 150

Journalism Brand Branding Publicity 150

Ishmael's Corner

JANUARY 27, 2015

But the administration’s true digital savvy comes out in how it shapes in-depth content with a storytelling bent, attracting a mass audience. While many fixate on native advertising, the partnering of publications and brands in the making of journalism is the more jarring trend. It’s a Bird. It’s a Plane. It’s Sponsored Content.

Industry 60

Industry Storytelling Journalism Corporate 60

Solo PR Pro

APRIL 8, 2021

Aside from having a passion for storytelling and a knack for journalistic writing, her time as a reporter trained her in key transferable skills, including the ability to stay agile. It’s doing a lot of different things in partnership with other functional areas and forms of communication, like marketing and advertising.”.

Meeting 97

Meeting Journalism Employee Storytelling 97

Cision

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Each month we’ll hear from c-suite level communicators and marketers as they discuss challenges and opportunities facing companies in an ever-changing business climate. I’m Steve Barrett, editorial director of PRWeek and I’ll be your host for the initial installment of this new and exciting podcast. That’s fantastic!” “We

Media 202

Media Storytelling Technology Data 202

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Blogs, including independent and corporate blogs, can be credible. Advertising is a distant third. is $100,000 in 2020; it’s higher for in-house PR and corporate communications roles at $145,500 and lower for PR agencies at $90,000. How much money do PR professionals earn? The results? Give our services a try.

Survey 95

Survey Industry Leadership Study 95

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

As a vertical, technology companies invest 9.7% e) Championing a customer-centric corporate culture. e) Championing a customer-centric corporate culture. On one hand, competition is fierce (56%), people are increasingly intolerant of advertising (46%) and “information overload” is a genuine problem (44%).

Survey 104

Survey Marketing B2B Content Marketing 104

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 1, 2017

If you’re thinking the medium is best suited to advertising, think again. In a twist on posing questions to its followers, online clothing company Everlane launched a weekly series on Snapchat called “Transparency Tuesdays,” a Q&A session where followers ask the founders any question they want about the company.

Video 120

Video B2B B2C Survey 120

Contently - Strategy

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Email newsletters are a particularly useful tool for financial services companies, especially if you’re writing about personal finance. You can promote newsletter subscriptions with pop-ups on your website, advertise on social, and incentivize followers with a referral campaign. Take Nerdwallet’s finance newsletter as an example.

Financial 52

Financial Content Marketing Marketing Banking 52

Cision

JANUARY 6, 2017

Adrienne Weiss Corporation, or AWC, is a branding think tank that has been building successful brands since 1986. That is how we created the three pillars of storytelling, country building and club making. It is profound to step back and witness the storytelling that we have created over 30 years and for so many companies.

Retail 225

Retail Consumer Brand Branding 225

Critical Mention

OCTOBER 29, 2019

In addition to learning how to deliver information across all mediums, PR pros must be strong storytellers and know how to navigate and tailor messages to the targeted audiences. For example, a company that sends out a press release for a restaurant’s grand opening should include specific details such as where and when the event is.

Radio 92

Radio Television Social Media Sports 92

Mark My Words

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Kwik Fit’s winter safety check campaign is proof in point that PR “content” is moving further into terrains previously occupied by advertisers and the media. As newsrooms shrink and the opportunity for communicating across owned channels and social media grows the hubris of these ‘brand storytellers’ seemingly knows no bounds.

Film 60

Film Television YouTube Video 60

Cision

JULY 20, 2015

For decades a company called Curtis Designs created a handmade packraft called the “Curtis Raft.” ” It was revered, and when the company stopped production there wasn’t a comparable raft on the market to replace it. It’s a common understanding that storytelling is an effective way to share ideas.

Energy 120

Energy Viral Storytelling Community 120

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Tressa credits a brief stint in corporate communications for a health care company with stoking her interest in PR. These experiences changed the course of her career, exposed her to the BurrellesLuce clipping service as a client, and eventually led up to her employment with the company.

Measurement 60

Measurement Course Advertising Advertising 60

Prohibition

DECEMBER 19, 2019

What so many videos are missing, particularly videos produced by smaller companies, is the storytelling component. Storytelling is what makes us human, as they make the message relatable. This will be the strongest, most successful use of video advertising and has already been shown to enhance engagement. Vertical Video.

Video 48

Video Trends Storytelling YouTube 48

ReimaginePR

AUGUST 15, 2016

People don’t trust soul-less corporations. Online advertisements. Host a company-wide party for your employees. Just like you did with your internal launch, make it a festive event that celebrates this new phase of the company. For this reason, it’s so important to build a brand that is deeply human and relatable.

Employee 120

Employee Social Media Education Brand 120

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

For example, I was recently perusing a corporate B2B technology blog about an awards program a vendor had established. The company is trying to make its brand the hero. Whether your job is to writing advertisements, pitching reporters, or creating good content, make your customer the hero. Give our services a try. Talk to Us!

Brand 70

Brand Branding B2B Exercises 70