Ishmael's Corner

APRIL 14, 2015

It occurred to me that I could write a grab bag post every single day. This could be fresh fodder for our storytelling workshops, explaining to executives that corporate speak is actually bad for their health. Will Advertising Disappear? But essentially it’s not straightforward display advertising.

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Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Powell Tate partners with organizations across sectors — global corporations, advocacy groups, nonprofits and foundations, coalitions, national trade associations and government agencies. Several popular topics covered in their news & views section of their site are advertising, digital, diverse, creative and awards news.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. This will contribute to even more noise, and it will make high-quality corporate content both more appreciated and harder to find.”.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

What is for sure is that a solid PR team is versatile and can expertly cover down on a broad number of functions: internal comms, external comms, executive comms, media relations, analyst relations, corporate social responsibility, thought leadership and marcom, and as I’ve long proposed, content marketing, among many others.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Recently I went back through all the write-ups I’ve published on surveys and boiled the results down to these ten. Blogs, including independent and corporate blogs, can be credible. Advertising is a distant third. If you want to change corporate culture, focus your efforts on executives, customers and employees.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

I believe when people write predictions, they aren’t just saying what they think will happen but revealing a reflection of sorts. Brad Marley , Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media . It’s good news for contextual advertising companies, who have already started reaping the benefits of marketing’s ‘identity crisis.’

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Landis PR

DECEMBER 4, 2023

While we have only just scratched the surface when it comes to the potential of generative AI , this certainly does not mean that the human element of writing is dead. Instead of viewing AI as a replacement for content writers, we need to recognize its potential to act as a powerful writing aid that can help boost our efficiency.

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PRSay

JANUARY 3, 2018

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 magic of AI will not be the only major change affecting the PR profession.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

The PRTech ecosystem only included a small swarm of companies when we first started AirPR, and now it spans more than 80 , including things like corporate newsroom publishing platforms (Pressvine), visual storytelling tools (Canva), and measurement and analytics tools (what we do). SFM: Yes, exactly.

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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. A lot of that comes from my background as a reporter where often it's, okay I didn’t know about this an hour ago, but you want me to write about it?

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Further reading Corporate Digital Responsibility, Allegory, 29 July 2021, [link] The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review, Sir Partha Sarathi Dasgupta, 3 February 2021, [link] Carbon as a PR metric but who's counting? It’s also an issue of writing style. Three decades on I’m less positive.

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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.

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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.” ” ~ Khaner Walker , Senior Director, Corporate Communications, Syneos Health 16. Return of increased PR budgets.”

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 25, 2018

What’s notable about the film, for anyone who writes for a living, is its masterful use of language. As we have noted , the best way to improve writing is to read a variety of texts, from creative to journalistic. Today’s most effective PR relies on emotional storytelling to make connections with consumers.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 21, 2017

In public relations , sometimes the stars align and a story just writes itself. The Murdoch sons, who reportedly made the final decision to let O’Reilly go, might have made the decision under duress, given the number of advertisers who left the show, but we still give them credit for doing the right thing.

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Landis PR

JULY 31, 2023

Solid storytelling, writing and editing skills are still very much in demand. AI tools can’t handle the nuance that comes with providing sound strategic counsel. While AI may provide a solid starting point for a press release or blog post, it’s not going to churn out a polished product.

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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.

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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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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. Early on in her career, she developed a passion for marketing, writing and anything within the communication field. SCHEDULE A DEMO. Priscilla Osorio.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Why: “By creating the metrics that you want rather than acquiescing to what is available, you can make your work much more effective,” writes Jim Dougherty. Storytelling through the Eyes of a Child. But all good stories need a hero and a villain,” writes Martin Waxman in this analogy filled post. ” 5.

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Cision

JULY 20, 2015

Berger writes that products and people that generate a lot of word-of-mouth exhibit six distinct characteristics: Social currency. Berger writes that a public product is one that is conspicuous and whose use can easily be mimicked by others. ” – Jennie Bev, writing in Psych Central. Something else was going on.

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Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Some journalism startups aim to breathe fresh life into storytelling, and we might learn a thing or two that has applications for PR and content marketing. Most had experienced teams and investors and/or corporate backers. Sadly, the content explosion has led to a cheapening of writing and reporting.

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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. In Two-Way Street , a short book about public relations published in 1948, Eric Goldman describes the three stages of the development of corporate communication from 1900. Not much has changed.

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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. Whether your job is to writing advertisements, pitching reporters, or creating good content, make your customer the hero. Too many brands miss this important point. Can your agency bring big ideas and execute?

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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.

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Maxim Behar

MARCH 6, 2022

So, I started off with a so-called advertising agency at the very beginning and then turned step by step. They were writing stories, covering events on the TV, talking on the radio, and hence they were called journalists. And this is the advertising, public relations, and digital. It's really a merger.

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Rock the Status Quo

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Earlier roles include Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Worldwide Consumer Marketing at the PR unit of Grey Advertising and Edelman Worldwide as a senior vice president. We worked with their HR department to create a real position, writing a fun job description and posting it on Facebook, Monster, and Indeed.com.

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Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 24, 2019

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-up on your website, advertise on social, and incentivize followers with a referral campaign. Try a new audience with a new offering.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 13, 2016

But I am smart enough to realize that a company’s marketing, advertising and public relations efforts—my efforts—have a direct and attributable effect to the bottom line of my company. Scott Kaminski is a client-side corporate storyteller who currently manages marketing communications and public relations for Häfele America Co.,

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PR Conversations

JANUARY 29, 2016

Indeed, barely a week seems to go by before someone is reported to have sold everything they own to travel the world, recording their adventures via vlogging, vining, instagramming, etc – with an eye on securing corporate sponsorship and online celebrity fame. Cosmoblogawards. Money can’t buy respect.

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MaccaPR

MAY 28, 2015

Yes, yes - of course, we’re talking truth in advertising, of all things, but consider: When consumers watch the film, ‘Avengers 2,’ they know that Robert Downey Jr can’t really fly. So what precisely is the understanding between advertisers and their consumers as to honesty? Source: Forbes ). Was the spot intentionally misleading?”

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Sword and the Script

JULY 16, 2016

Virtually every discipline in marketing sees the value – from PR and SEO to demand generation and digital advertising. The good news is you can write less often and still benefit.” Here are three data intensive and thought-provoking pieces on B2B content marketing. 1) B2B Marketers Struggle with Effective Content Marketing.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 22, 2016

But age too is affected by automation threatening to replace some jobs, the way a bot writes news reports for the likes of the AP. While it might pique interest from the keeper of a corporate reputation, it doesn’t answer the CMO question…so what? The advertising pitch today has transition to a talk about storytelling.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The onset of content marketing and emergence “owned media” has turned the storytelling torch into a shared thing that is jointly owned by traditional media and brands. This is especially useful for larger companies that require cross-functional input and approvals. Bad reason: Because you’ve always done them… So, why stop now?

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NewsWhip

MAY 12, 2021

Monitoring for corporate social responsibility | 13:13-14:58. Paul: It’s a very interesting parallel because our tools are used a lot in newsrooms , and in editorial functions, and journalists don’t want to be told, “Here’s the stories you should write just because they’re trending.” Lauren: Yeah.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 4, 2016

When it comes to using humor in marketing, advertising and public relations, we often have to step back and answer a few questions before proceeding down a path of knock-knock jokes, current event inspired memes and company social media postings which could potentially make your mother-in-law cringe. Keep in mind I did not say infinite.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

I believe there will be an acceleration towards humanizing brands, putting individuals in front of a corporate identity, in an effort to emotionally connect with customers.”. – BJ Schaknowski | Vertafore. Also see PR and Storytelling; Off Script No. . – Betsy Hindman | Hindman Company. 3) Emotional connection with customers. “I

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