ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Each December public relations agencies spend time crafting pitches and byline articles capturing clients’ takeaways for their particular industry. Firms blur lines across advertising, marketing, social media, event planning, content creation and more. 2017 PR Takeaways. PR firms expand service offerings.

YouTube 136

YouTube Training Video Survey 136

Sword and the Script

MARCH 1, 2022

Cision adds sponsored content feature to PR Newswire – pitches it as “guaranteed editorial”; Meltwater Beats Earnings; TrueScope Raises $6.2 It’s doing this through a partnership with an adtech company called Nativo, which as the brand name suggests, is a native advertising platform. Million and Eyes the U.S.

Software 130

Software Case Study Advertising Advertising 130

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 CMO Survey with Social & Mobile Marketing Takeaways.

Marketing 60

Marketing Conference Software B2B 60

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

So too has the improved capacity to update podcast subscriptions over wi-fi — and without the hassle of syncing a mobile device with desktop software. And that’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing links [UML]. 1) Marketing Audibles for Audio Search. See these related posts: What is Agile Marketing Again?

Tools 60

Tools Pinterest Marketing Media 60

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

3 statistics from the newest B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends report shows the “subscribed audience” is missing from most content marketing efforts. I had a chance to be a judge for the annual content marketing awards hosted by the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) this year.

Content Marketing 132

Content Marketing B2B Marketing eBook 132

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Against that backdrop, I’ve organized this year’s prediction roundup into the following categories: Predictions that have little or nothing to do with AI; Predictions that express caution about AI; Predictions that are enthusiastic about AI; Predictions from PR software executives; and One prediction from ChatGPT.

Writing 201

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 201

Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

At the beginning of every new month, I take a look back and the news and notes stemming from the software developers that make tools for PR pros. As I’ve pointed out over and over, this has, in part, contributed the need for PR to get serious about *true* content marketing. Here we go…. via BurrellesLuce.

Trends 60

Trends Media Report Technology 60

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

In marketing, most of the tech tools are simply automation, described with great editorial liberty. Taking repeatable tasks, mapping them out, streamlining the process and then using software to get part of the work done. The Struggle is Real in B2B Content Marketing [UML]. Working with the Advertising Machines .

Marketing 60

Marketing Creativity B2B Ethics 60

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 17, 2017

While it centers on the marketing of law firms, there are several parallels the B2B technology community struggles with as well, including: “drop the formalities and legalese to humanize”. love awards and accolades” which are an “elaborate scheme to sell advertising”. For the most part, effective marketing isn’t taught in law schools.

Marketing 71

Marketing Ethics Interviews Meeting 71

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Everyone is doing content marketing these days. In fact, some 80% of respondents say they are doing content marketing according to 2017 survey data. You can also think about these in stages of content marketing maturity, though I’d caution, you never done with any given stage. Analyze, but experiment.

Engineering 63

Engineering Content Marketing Marketing Analytics 63

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 13, 2019

A subsidiary of the private equity firm GTCR subsidiary, called Blue Canyon , makes a public offer of 775 million in Swedish Krona (SEK) to for a majority stake in Cision, a provider of PR software and services such as, media monitoring, media list building, distribution and analysis. Now imagine that world, but in software.

Technology 13

Technology Software Company Marketing 13

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In fact, you must publish content in order for it to be indexed and returned in response to search. That’s the gist of a piece Michael Brenner wrote for the Content Marketing Institute last week titled The Best Reason to Do Content Marketing? b) Integrated marketing. b) Integrated marketing.

Content Marketing 82

Content Marketing Marketing Comparison Measurement 82

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

“Data and the use of data will become the great divide between marketers producing content and content marketing. Those companies that can take data, do a deep dive, and understand what the data tells them will see more success in achieving their goals from content than those who look at simple analytics.

Marketing 199

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 199

Landis PR

JULY 31, 2023

Now, more than a half century since the birth of artificial intelligence, mass interest and adoption of the technology has accelerated in recent months, thanks to publicly available software like ChatGPT and Character.ai. But you’re still going to need to review the content and adjust accordingly. Here are six of the top takeaways.

Communications 97

Communications Marketing Pitching Technology 97

Where the Fishermen Ain't

OCTOBER 25, 2013

For example, think about the many ways pitches —certainly a core feature in PR’s OS—have been examined in public and, when maladroit, mercilessly criticized. PR Must Prove Its Value to Online Communities or It Will Be Treated as a Software Bug or Network Damage.

Publicity 39

Publicity Wikipedia System Community 39

Sword and the Script

JULY 18, 2017

Consumer technology has had a serious impact on expectations for business software. Why, the business user asked, can I unwrap a new mobile device an intuitively understand how to use it, but the business software I use at work requires several hours or days of training? Where and How B2B Marketing Generates Leads it Likes [Study].

Trends 77

Trends Marketing Software Media 77

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 27, 2023

Now, it’s not at all unusual to see a company announcement first posted on their own blog or newsroom (including being optimized for search engines), promoted on social media and pitched to the media with an accompanying release. Earned media is the lifeblood of media relations, a core component of public relations.

Pitching 40

Pitching Writing Engineering Wikipedia 40

Sword and the Script

JUNE 22, 2021

Savvy marketers know email subscribers are crucial for success with any blog, news or content marketing program. And for many years, FeedBurner offered a free and easy way for subscribers to opt-in and receive newly published content by email automatically with real simple syndication (RSS). So, what am I going to do?

Google 111

Google Tools Analytics Blogging 111

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

I joined BuzzStream as Director of Content Marketing in November of 2023. But before that, I worked for over ten years with three content marketing agencies and one in-house role. This information helps digital PR teams understand the media landscape and craft targeted pitches or campaigns.

Digital PR 62

Digital PR Tools Google Pitching 62

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

I joined BuzzStream as Director of Content Marketing in November of 2023. But before that, I worked for over ten years with three content marketing agencies and one in-house role. This information helps digital PR teams understand the media landscape and craft targeted pitches or campaigns.

Digital PR 62

Digital PR Tools Google Pitching 62

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Content marketing isn’t just a constant stream of advertisements. But if those fundamentals are strong, letting freelance talent create your marketing content frees up the core employees to focus on the big picture. But using the wrong tools can cripple smaller content marketing teams.

Content Marketing 111

Content Marketing Print Analysis Data 111

Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 4, 2018

When you map all of your content marketing to the funnel, things get trickier. Most content marketers, unlike sales reps, usually shy away from promotional ad copy that could scare their audience away. What is the content marketing sales funnel? They also know Contently gave that information to them.

Case Study 111

Case Study Marketing Study Content Marketing 111

Cision

MAY 4, 2015

We’re excited to realize the next step in our ongoing mission to innovate the content marketing, social and PR spaces with the release of two new products: the Cision PR Edition and Cision Social Edition. Track and report on every pitch and interaction with the media using the industry’s most robust CRM. cision.com.

Social Media 120

Social Media Analytics Enterprise Content Marketing 120

Sword and the Script

MARCH 20, 2018

Live events are not only the most widely used enterprise content marketing channel, they are also viewed as the single most effective B2B marketing tactic. 2) How has event marketing evolved or changed over the course of your career? First, event marketing has become a whole lot smarter.

Industry 76

Industry Marketing Enterprise Mobile 76

Flatiron Communications

MAY 2, 2017

I thought I’d list a handful of those on which I’ve come to depend: MuckRack : Some years ago, I co-developed an app called MatchPoint, which surfaced the names of reporters to “pitch” based on their body of work versus their job titles or reporting beats alone.

Tools 45

Tools Twitter Report Pitching 45

Cision

AUGUST 19, 2016

“If you want your pitch to be noticed in a flood of product releases, know when to send it,” writes Anna Marevska in our recent blog post How to Pitch Holiday Gift Guide Editors. Inform your pitches by following the listed lead time and deadlines. Need more tips on crafting your holiday pitch? OUTLET: Allure.

Pitching 120

Pitching Newspapers Advertising Advertising 120

Frederik Vincx

DECEMBER 11, 2015

And you are not just competing against other PR teams for budgets, but also against advertising, digital, and marketing. Predominantly left-brained industries, like software development and internet startups, further popularized the methods of Toyota. Reasons: Team has no overview of who is getting pitched.

How To 60

How To Software System Employee 60

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

More and more prospects are seeking counsel of friends and peers in making buying decisions for software and other products. Getting unbiased, raw opinions from product users before buying is as important in the buying decision as website content, logos, case studies and demos. Jennifer Tomlinson | Qorus Software.

Marketing 176

Marketing Employee Content Marketing Training 176

MaccaPR

OCTOBER 26, 2015

We’ll never forget the panic in the PR world as tens of thousands of journalists (aka our PR pitch targets) at newspapers, TV stations and magazines were laid off. Exhibit A: The Death Knell of “Advertising’? What is even worse is that I know the people who are making it now that I’m going to hate it.

Content Marketing 48

Content Marketing Marketing Advertising Advertising 48