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Get a Big Picture of the PR Landscape with these Notes from 10 Industry Surveys

Sword and the Script

Surveys show earned media is still the most credible; exec appreciation and collaboration with PR improved during the Coronavirus Regular readers know these pages are filled with surveys and statistics. Recently I went back through all the write-ups I’ve published on surveys and boiled the results down to these ten.

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5 Pitch Ideas For PR Pros When There Is No News

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Often companies have surveys or case studies that contain great data points. The Oxford dictionary defines it as “ The practice of taking advantage of current events or news stories in such a way as to promote or advertise one’s product or brand. ” . Data points drive press.

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13 stories about the future of news

Stephen Waddington

The report is based on data collected from a series of surveys of more than 80,000 people in 40 markets. Consumption of printed newspapers has fallen as lockdowns undermine physical distribution. Two further surveys were conducted in Norway, the UK and US about misinformation and paying for online news.

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Media Relations Keeps Getting Harder; Here are 6 Dynamic Techniques to Adapt

Sword and the Script

Three-quarters (75%) of PR said so this year, according to the 2020 JOTW Communications Survey. Polarized audiences, ‘fake news’, decline of great newspapers and skilled reporting.” Next year, when we conduct that same survey, I bet the results will look similar. That’s an increase from 68% in 2019 and 51% in 2018.

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Everything is Measurable in PR

Shift Communications

Virtually everything in marketing, advertising, and PR is measurable. For example, if I get a small mention in the local newspaper about SHIFT Communications that doesn’t have attribution, a clickstream, or a call to action, it would take an extensive research project to find out the true impact of that article.

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Why PR Needs to Get Over its Strong Aversion to Sponsored Content

Sword and the Script

You buy some advertising and magically you also start getting coverage. One former employer bought a full-page ad in a major local newspaper, and after that, every pitch I sent in seemed to merit an interview and an article. PR has traditionally had a strong aversion to advertising , so the answers surprised me.

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2020 Marketing Budget Planning: Here’s How Marketers Say Spending is Shaping Up

Sword and the Script

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. The CMO Spend Survey by Gartner. but most CMOs (61%) expect “their budgets to rebound in 2020” according to The CMO Spend Survey by Gartner. The CMO Survey.