Sword and the Script

JANUARY 23, 2024

The company says they polled some 900 respondents who had been part of the “buying process for a B2B purchase of greater than $10,000 in annual value within the last 24 months.” The study had a range of B2B statistics that ought to resonate with anyone who’s spent time in B2B marketing or sales. It hadn’t even been imagined.

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5W PR

APRIL 29, 2024

In recent times, the B2B tech PR scene has felt the ground shift beneath it. This online revelation hasn’t just changed the way B2B tech businesses communicate with their audience, but it’s also given PR a whole new definition. Collaborating with these influencers can give B2B tech PR efforts a considerable boost.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

APRIL 16, 2024

However, a quiet revolution is happening in the business-to-business (B2B) marketing world, where influencers are reshaping the landscape in new and interesting ways. Today’s B2B buyers are increasingly turning to online platforms and social media to research products, services, and solutions. B2B influence isn’t about that.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 15, 2023

B2B buyers say they want quality content that demonstrates you understand their industry, and their company and helps them to build a business case to buy your tech product One of the reasons content marketing is so important to B2B companies is the fact that the last person a buyer speaks to is a salesperson.

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Stern + Associates

AUGUST 29, 2017

B2B companies that regularly blog generate 67 percent more sales leads than non-blogging companies. Here are four B2B blog best practices. B2B Blog Best Practices: Write for a Real Person. The post B2B Blog Best Practices that Win You Business appeared first on Stern Strategy Group.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 8, 2018

We associate social media platforms with splashy consumer campaigns, but social is increasingly important in B2B public relations. B2B buyers are often looking for as much information as possible on vendors and products before they buy, and they rarely buy on impulse. For B2B companies, an educated customer is like gold.

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B2B Social Media Media Education 170

Landis PR

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Thought leadership is more than just “blowing your own horn.” An active thought leadership program needs a content calendar that is eminently doable. Are you a B2B company? Say yes to the virtual or in-person panel discussion or guest blog post. What Is Thought Leadership, and Why Does It Matter?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Among PR teams, LinkedIn is the go-to social media platform for B2B executives for driving positive visibility and thought leadership. How can executives get the most from their LinkedIn profile to convey leadership and be seen as an expert? . Go beyond a resume . If you’ve spoken at industry conferences, upload the video.

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Ishmael's Corner

MAY 31, 2020

The post This Experiment Proves SEO Extends the Reach of a Corporate Blog appeared first on Ishmael's Corner ~ Storytelling Techniques For Business Communications. Our push to marry SEO and PR picked up steam seven years ago when Google overhauled its search algorithm. Google used the Hummingbird.more.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 1, 2018

Contributed articles bylined by a key executive are part of any PR program that emphasizes thought leadership. Bylined content helps establish a B2B executive as an industry expert or brand voice, and it’s also a strong way to boost SEO for an individual or company. In general, a thought leadership piece is not an advertisement.

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5W PR

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Businesses looking to increase brand awareness are already familiar with the popularity of thought leadership when it comes to their marketing tactics. When it comes to content marketing, it’s a top-down communication method – and it can be promoted business to business (B2B) or business to consumer (B2C).

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 15, 2021

If B2B marketing writers aren’t in direct contact with customers in developing content, you are probably just making it all up. And most B2B marketing writers are indeed making it up. B2B Marketing Writers and the Sales Organization. The survey puts some data behind a long-standing problem in B2B marketing.

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5W PR

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Thought leadership. Another great opportunity for companies to capitalize on the benefits they can get from sharing content via Instagram Stories is by making it a platform where the company can share thought leadership content.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 18, 2022

We define the ask as thought leadership strategy. While it may seem like a simple activity — where clients just tell us what their leaders want to talk about and we magically secure coverage around said topic — successful thought leadership is actually quite complex. Step 1: Beware thought leadership in disguise.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 29, 2017

Marketing may be underestimating the impact of thought leadership on sales, according to a comprehensive study published in June 2017 by Edelman and LinkedIn. While marketers typically associate thought leadership with the awareness stage of the buyer’s journey, the survey shows the influence lasts through sales closure and perhaps beyond.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

In the public relations world, thought leadership is a big deal, but the term can start to feel old, fast. How do you infuse a thought leadership program with fresh ideas and get the most out of it for PR? Here are some essentials worth considering when looking to maximize a thought leadership program. Be strategic with bylines.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

B2B marketing should take a little slice of the display ad budget and invest in media relations, genuine content marketing (not marketing content) and paid distribution of related assets from both . Numbers like these from eMarketer make my head explode: “US B2B display ad spending on LinkedIn will total $3.01 billion by 2024.”.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

The news cycle was faster, social media was hitting the early majority in the Geoffrey Moore sense, and blogs…blogs were everywhere. We started a blog for our employer, a startup in the IT operations space. Some of the newer and smaller startups that had been blogging for a while ran circles around us.

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Doctor Spin

APRIL 5, 2023

Here are my 10 favourite PR strategies for B2B. As a B2B organisation, having a successful PR strategy is essential for reaching your target audience and achieving growth. Luckily, plenty of PR strategies cater to B2B, allowing them to compete in niche markets. The media and potential customers often overlook B2B organisations.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 18, 2021

Here’s a look at the most reliable ways to generate content that supports a B2B brand outside of earned media. One form of content that works particularly well for B2B brands is the white paper. Thought leadership events keep on giving. A white paper is a workhorse. Customer case studies sell benefits.

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Flack's Revenge

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Then, I met Mark Traphagen , who participated in my panel on branding and thought leadership at the Social Tools Summit in October (where he won a Social Guru award). On the face of it, the idea of using video for B2B marketing in 2017 might not seem that groundbreaking. He agreed; see the Q and A below. How do you come up with ideas?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 25, 2023

For B2B tech PR teams in particular, it’s crucial to stay on top of emerging platforms and tools. There are other, similar platforms, but Substack is probably the most suitable for B2B topics and technology issues. How is Substack different from a blog? What kind of writers are on Substack? politics and history.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 8, 2023

SaaS companies have an average of 38 active cases studies that are between 500-1,000 words in both HTML and PDF format; here’s how they incentives customers, sales and customer success to solicit new case studies Case studies are a pillar of B2B marketing, particularly in technology circles like software-as-a-service (SaaS).

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 10, 2017

It’s easy to believe there are a million marketing blogs but that’s just not true. If you blog about marketing – especially with any semblance of frequency – you are in fact among a fair small group. There are more blogs focused on personal development than any other topic, according to the survey.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Erick Sherman , a prolific freelance journalist, beautifully summed up what I believe is central to the TechCrunch conundrum in an Off Script interview, the Q&A series for this blog: “Companies also have to invest their own time. It’s like asking someone to come in and write a thought-leadership piece and then have no thoughts to offer.”.

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5W PR

DECEMBER 5, 2018

However, research into B2B advertising suggests that companies can actually benefit more from social media advertising than they think – particularly if they choose the right platform. Showcase Value Via Thought Leadership. LinkedIn is the ultimate way for today’s companies to grow their presence with business clients.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 4, 2017

Timely, authoritative and well-written bylined articles – contributed pieces for business and trade publications – can elevate a B2B public relations effort exponentially, if executed correctly. The post Improve B2B PR With Better Bylines appeared first on Crenshaw Communications.

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Onclusive

MAY 12, 2022

In our May blog series, we’ll share brand new insights into the relationship between different media attributes and consumer behavior, based on our analysis of the PR Attribution data from over 100,000 media articles published in 2021 that cover both business-to-consumer and business-to-business brands across a wide range of industries. “By

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The Proactive Report

OCTOBER 21, 2020

You can create websites, blogs, and social media accounts. Building Thought Leadership. Start with your own blog and social media profiles. If you are in the B2B space, use LinkedIn to publish content. A new blog or social profile will take time to attract the attention and trust of your audience.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 13, 2021

As most PR agencies know, a speaker program is an excellent tactic for building thought leadership and brand recognition in the B2B space. A well organized thought panel discussion around a key industry issue or trend lets a leadership team showcase expertise to clients, prospects and often trade journalists.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

These habits are applicable to corporate blogging where a blog is a central platform in a content marketing strategy. 1) How long does it take to write a blog post? The average time spent composing a blog post this year was three hours and twenty minutes (3:20). 15% of bloggers say they spend 4-6 hours on a blog post.

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MaccaPR

AUGUST 10, 2020

If you’re a B2B marketer, right about now you’re frantically testing which marketing strategies will help get you through the worst economic catastrophe since the Great Depression, the worst pandemic since 1918 and the most widespread racial upheaval since 1967. What’s a B2B marketer to do? It’s chaos out there. Can you elaborate?

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B2B Interviews Crisis Trade Shows 71

Prohibition

OCTOBER 2, 2019

When it comes to social media marketing , many don’t realise the true potential utilising this communications channel for B2B and corporate companies can have. What’s the different between brand and personal B2B social media activity? Not convinced…? To get you on-board here are some statistics that are guaranteed to blow your mind!

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Don’t mash case studies, white papers, webinars, press releases and blog posts together. Keep your blog, a newsletter, or an articles-site – separate and sacred. It’s true interpersonal and it’s true in leadership and group dynamics. Thought leadership requires actual thought and leadership. Did you know?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Thought leadership content is persuasive. One type of earned media content that is often intrinsic to B2B and political campaigns is the op-ed. Researchers looked at how people evaluated news stories, traditional ads, native ads, independent blogs, and branded blogs. It always comes down to credibility.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

If B2B marketing isn’t careful with how these are sourced and created, then interest could plateau or decline. 1) Adoption, Use and Creation of B2B Buyer Personas. Most B2B marketers (64%) create buyer personas and many use these for content segmentation (33%). Personas ought not be viewed as a fad. Bold emphasis added ].

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 8, 2019

Media references tend to take a back seat to the mad pace that is often B2B marketing. In addition, the account management model many B2B shops follow means marketing has to lobby an enterprise account manager (AM) who would really prefer not to spend a favor asking for something that doesn’t advance a specific deal.

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