Onclusive

JUNE 14, 2017

In a perfect world, public relations and marketing teams would work together more often to achieve common goals. But let’s be honest: we’re all fighting an uphill battle in reducing organizational drag , and not everyone needs to be in your weekly marketing meeting. Marketing Goal 2: Better position your brand or product.

Marketing 170

Marketing Measurement Trends B2B 170

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2024

Sword and the Script Media can help with B2B marketing, PR and social media. It grew eventually into a tech-based email list that was free for users with an advertising model. However, I learned a lot about reporters and pitching in that capacity. Measurement templates. And now onward with this month’s PR Tech Sum. >>>

Reddit 178

Reddit Software B2B Technology 178

Onclusive

JULY 18, 2017

Most marketers are obsessed with attribution—and with good reason: not only are they being held accountable for campaign performance, but they’re also on a mission to continually optimize that performance. PR is playing an increasingly integral role in the marketing mix. Those marketers are going to want to know it’s money well spent.

Comparison 294

Comparison Advertising Advertising Analytics 294

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

For the past few years, video marketing has become a dominant tool for captivating audiences and expanding brand awareness. Public relations (PR) can be one of the solutions available for marketers and business owners to support their video marketing campaigns. We’ll delve more in-depth into PR and marketing.

Video 109

Video Marketing SEO Social Media 109

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Marketing and PR predictions aren’t merely forecasts, but often a reflection of our aspirations and perhaps advice – mistakes we’ve made we’d like to help others avoid. “Be Pay to pay, content grows; influencer marketing cools. “I d) Influencer marketing to cool off as far as the amounts of money companies are paying influencers.”.

Marketing 190

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 190

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In today’s digital landscape, videos and marketing go hand-in-hand. For marketers, this means one thing: jumping onto the video marketing bandwagon is no longer a nice-to-have strategy– it’s mandatory. Among all those video marketing strategies, public relations (PR) remains an underrated one. Today, at least 91.8%

Video 87

Video Publicity Marketing Analytics 87

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2017

It’s good to know where and how other marketers are finding success. We are after all forever students of marketing. Those categories are: Content marketing statistics. Social media marketing statistics. Paid media and advertising statistics. Marketing measurement statistics.

Content Marketing 124

Content Marketing SEO Social Media Marketing 124

Cision

AUGUST 9, 2017

Because consumers trust earned media more than any other marketing form. In fact, 73 percent of senior marketers believe earned media is more effective than (or as effective as) paid media. The truth is that PR programs have the potential to generate greater returns than any other kind of marketing. That is, until now.

Communications 185

Communications How To Media Measurement 185

Newsfile

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

PR professionals use this data to assess sentiment, measure reach, identify emerging issues, and adjust communication strategies accordingly. How Do You Measure Media Coverage? Measuring media coverage involves quantifying the impact and visibility of PR efforts. What is Influencer Marketing? Key PR Concepts Explained 6.

Viral 52

Viral Crisis Communications SEO Reputation 52

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 18, 2019

“Strategy” is an overused word, but in public relations or marketing, it’s a key to success. Think in terms of measurable brand preference, increases in website traffic, lead generation, or even specific deliverables, like speaking opportunities generated for the CEO. They’re measurable. They’re actionable.

Strategy 220

Strategy Measurement Advertising Advertising 220

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The most effective blogs in B2B marketing tend to publish longer posts, more frequently, with visuals, paid distribution and analytical measurement Blogging doesn’t have the appeal that voice search, personalization or influencer marketing do in B2B marketing, but when it’s done right, it’s surely effective, according to a new study.

B2B 151

B2B Study Blogging Marketing 151

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

As I’ve done in recent years, I’ve asked a whole bunch of smart people for their marketing predictions or PR predictions for the next year. And now on with the marketing and PR predictions for 2020. 1) Marketing embraces sustainability. 2) Marketing analytics enable better efficiency. “In 5) Marketers will slow down.

Marketing 101

Marketing Content Marketing Advertising Advertising 101

Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

With a host of media, advertising and adtech companies on the roster, many of our teams at SHIFT are grappling with stories relating to how native advertising is impacting these industries. But we have probably thought a little less about how it is affecting our own corner of marketing land.

Advertising 60

Advertising Advertising Print Pitching 60

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

Vendors are giving us reason to be optimistic about public relations technology – from AI that will predict your pitching success to more tangible PR measurement and attribution. Years ago, I had the opportunity to be a PR director for a publicly-traded company that developed and sold software to the PR market. Did you know?

Technology 170

Technology Publicity Software Pitching 170

Cision

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

With nearly 91 percent of people saying advertisements are more intrusive today than they were two years ago, earned media or word-of-mouth approach provides an excellent opportunity to improve conversion rates and generate sales. However, your goals must be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound (SMART).

Strategy 244

Strategy How To Media Measurement 244

Sword and the Script

MARCH 31, 2020

Buyers were taking in content before talking to sales even before the Coronavirus hit; now is a great time to double down on content marketing Today is the last day of the first quarter of 2020. When I think about that statistic in today’s context – this is another moment for true content marketing. Here are their answers: 1.

Content Marketing 118

Content Marketing Marketing Advertising Advertising 118

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 8, 2019

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? But he also notes that content marketing lets you have your cake and eat it too because it supports softer metrics that at the same time: Builds brand; Drives engagement; and.

Content Marketing 82

Content Marketing Marketing Comparison Measurement 82

Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The data brands have collected from these interactions has allowed marketers to fine-tune their marketing tactics, and how they talk to their customers. But here’s the thing: Marketing budgets are increasingly shifting to focus on content marketing and other efforts that can show a concrete return-on-investment.

Media Relations 331

Media Relations Newspapers Measurement Social Media 331

Sword and the Script

JUNE 9, 2020

Many of the open-ended comments from the survey point to underlying causes such as the rise of social media and self-publishing, disruption of the advertising-heavy business model in news, subsequent cuts to editorial staff, growth among the ranks of PR, and the deluge of pitches reporters receive. Measured on clicks, quick hits.”

Media Relations 113

Media Relations Media Survey Pitching 113

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Propel releases AI-based “media war room”; Muck Rack has AI recommending reporters to PR; PRophet partners to bring influencer marketing and media alerts; Did you know Gartner has a Market Guide for Employee Communications? Generative AI may get all the attention these days, but it’s not the only “kind” of AI.

Employee 137

Employee Software Survey Tools 137

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Dozens of marketing and PR professionals express aspirations for 2020 along with educated guesses about the future . I’ve grouped all predictions this year into categories, which is an effort to make it easier to read: Marketing predictions. Marketing predictions. Efficient marketing execution and measurement.

Marketing 169

Marketing Employee Content Marketing Training 169

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Understanding Social Media Ecommerce Marketing, Social Selling, and Social Commerce Social Selling Social selling is the process of forging relationships that lead to sales later. Unlike social media marketing, social commerce lets buyers find products while strolling through their feeds. Access to a Vast Market.

Social Media 87

Social Media Media Mobile SEO 87

Beyond PR

OCTOBER 31, 2017

While those of us in marketing or PR are quick to applaud technologies that allow us to do more, reach more, or earn more, we don’t seem to have the same attitude about updating our measurement tools and processes. Take Advertising Value Equivalency (AVE), for example. How Mature Is Your Earned Media Measurement Strategy?

Measurement 65

Measurement Media System Small Business 65

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 22, 2019

October is typically a time of year with special urgency for many in marketing. To that end, I’ve poured over two surveys and re-visited a third to see what the wisdom the marketing crowds had to say about 2020 marketing budgets. 16% on marketing analytics. 16% on marketing analytics. “As of revenue to 10.5%

Marketing 66

Marketing Survey Study B2B 66

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

There’s an old saying in marketing that half of the advertising budget is wasted, we just don’t know which half. Despite the maturation of digital marketing and web analytics, this remains a challenge. Advertising spots for the big football game this year grew to $5,000,000 for a mere 30 seconds of airtime.

B2B 67

B2B Marketing Advertising Advertising 67

PRSay

MAY 29, 2019

Although commercials still rule when it comes to disseminating a message, we’ve definitely come a long way from the “Mad Men” days of advertising and marketing. People want to believe the marketing they see is authentic, while also relating to the influencers and platforms doing the amplifying. The reason?

Viral 153

Viral How To Advertising Advertising 153

The Hoffman Agency

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

As you can imagine, these clients prefer to keep the details such campaigns private, but I’ve secured permission from our leadership team to pull back the curtain and delve into the nitty gritty behind one of Hoffman’s own recent B2B Facebook advertising campaigns. Let’s get started! b) Retargeting B2B audiences with Facebook Pixel.

Advertising 36

Advertising Advertising B2B Facebook 36

Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

In a recent post , I suggested leveraging Nielsen’s research in order to create data-driven marketing and communications plans. Those guys preach “data-driven PR” so that PR professionals and brand marketers get smarter about how and what they measure when a campaign comes to a close. SFM: Yes, exactly. It was subjective.

Data-Driven PR 150

Data-Driven PR Strategy Data Measurement 150

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

PR measurement has long been the Achilles heel of the industry. Measuring behavior is harder. Sometimes you can use UTM tags to measure an incremental online action attributable to PR, but truly measuring behavior change (sales, votes, donations) is very difficult. The company calls this Cision Activation.

Publicity 90

Publicity Media Advertising Advertising 90

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Both in-house and agency marketing teams will be defending the year’s work, planning for 2016 and securing (or hopefully expanding!) Unfortunately there is no silver bullet measurement tool. Figure out where your audience is and don’t be afraid to remind them with targeted advertising. Check out our PR measurement tool.

Measurement 60

Measurement Data-Driven PR Analytics Data 60

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 11, 2018

Marketing must be aligned with sales. It’s an idea that’s been branded in the minds of marketers, especially those that grew up around the dot-com era. This is because digital marketing, like email marketing and PPC, created an opportunity to measure efforts like never before. Is it alignment or overlap?

Marketing 73

Marketing B2B Pitching Advertising 73

Cision

JUNE 2, 2016

Bonnie Harris, CEO of Wax Marketing, spoke about the necessity of understanding consumers’ behaviors over demographics, one of 10 topics at the conference. Test & Measure. Whenever trying out a new data method, it’s important to test, measure and reflect. Pitch Smart, Not Hard. More useful information.

Data 120

Data Conference Measurement Pitching 120

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Several times during a pitch meeting, a prospective client has asked our team, “What do you need from us to succeed?” Measure what matters. Even more than marketing or advertising, a PR budget can use an advocate inside the corporation. A professional agency team will understand. Be an internal champion.

Agency 223

Agency How To Construction Advertising 223

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 31, 2018

With every business maneuver magnified, reputation now carries measurable, concrete value. Additionally, the PR team’s efforts must align with marketing, advertising, and sales departments, all under a unifying set of business aims. It’s about telling, not selling.

Creativity 136

Creativity Reputation Advertising Advertising 136

Mindful Marketing

JUNE 22, 2015

Brand journalism and content creation falls closer to advertising than PR and while we agree it’s very important in this day and age, it certainly doesn’t oust media relations altogether. Purporting otherwise is going to keep the Bad Pitch Blog very busy. Are you seeing more analysis in PR measurement? Journalists still matter.

Media Relations 50

Media Relations Measurement Report Media 50

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 24, 2018

The objectives should be clear as well as measurable. Get on the same page as marketing. The communications goals should align with or complement those of marketing, advertising, and sales – but they don’t have to be the same. PR and marketing content are increasingly intertwined, as well.

Writing 136

Writing How To Pitching Privacy 136

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

And that’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing links [UML] – an occasional Saturday roundup of three vetted links grouped around a theme and offered for your consideration. This week we challenging three marketing assumptions. 1) Marketing assumption: more leads are better. Who doesn’t want more leads?

Study 65

Study Marketing B2B Apparel 65