PR in High Definition

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

But whilst we’re busy rushing to get sales and keep the cash flowing quickly, we could potentially be destroying our need to think creatively about the situation we find ourselves in. Understand how marketing and comms needs to change to reflect societal shifts. Explore ways to be creative and innovate.

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Creativity Employee Newspapers Crisis 116

Onclusive

MARCH 6, 2019

We have all been on the front lines of the convergence of marketing and communications, but the transformation has not been without challenges: cultural challenges, organizational design challenges and measurement challenges. We could do marketing mix optimizations and even ROI, but PR was always on the outside of that.

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Banking Marketing Measurement Leadership 199

The Proactive Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Reputation management definition. The difference between PR and Marketing. While digital marketing agencies often provide reputation management services, it is important to differentiate PR from marketing and understand the purposes of both. It’s often used to talk about “cleaning up Google results”. PR comes first.

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Digital PR Reputation Employee Energy 246

Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Many marketers and PR professionals keep a blog. Written content can pose a particular challenge, as anyone who blogs can tell you. Many a marketer has suffered the frustration of sitting down to write a blog post…. Many a marketer has suffered the frustration of sitting down to write a blog post….

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Journalism Marketing Writing Creativity 142

PR in High Definition

MARCH 26, 2020

If ever there was a time for some creative thinking, it’s now. What we need now is to learn how to think creatively alone, or with the help of your loved ones (yup, really), or your virtual pals and colleagues. Brainstorming can be a brilliant way to boost creativity. Feeling overwhelmed? Hell, yeah. Brainsparker.

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Creativity Software Exercises Video 54

PR in High Definition

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Launching Reputation Shapers was most definitely a highlight for us – more on that below! With every crisis comes creativity, new thinking and differing outlooks on life, and so I wanted to share some of our best pieces of content. Unrestricted creative thinking in an ever more restricted world. Communicating in a global crisis.

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Reputation Creativity Crisis Employee 133

5W PR

JANUARY 8, 2019

Marketing is also a victim of folklore needs to be addressed. Misconceptions about common marketing practices can lead to misuse or even complete abandonment of marketing tools. Misconceptions about common marketing practices can lead to misuse or even complete abandonment of marketing tools.

Marketing 74

Marketing Content Marketing Creativity Crisis Management 74

Mindful Marketing

OCTOBER 9, 2022

by David Hagenbuch - professor of marketing at Messiah University - ​author of Honorable Influence - founder of Mindful Marketing Millions of baseball fans were recently watching televised games when they were unexpectedly hit by a pitch! A veteran marketer and an up-and-coming rookie argue the call.

Consumer 80

Consumer Marketing Television Viral 80

5W PR

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In the dynamic world of media and marketing, creating a PR stunt that captures attention and aligns with your brand’s values and marketing goals is a high-wire act of creativity and strategy. But what exactly constitutes a PR stunt, and how does it differ from standard marketing tactics? The key is synergy.

How To 78

How To Ethics Measurement Creativity 78

Shift Communications

MARCH 28, 2018

Recently I was invited to give a presentation to the PR class at the Nova Scotia Community college on the different aspects of blogging—from personal blogs as a way to practice your craft, to professional blogs to grow your profile, to blogs as an integral part of a solid content strategy. Here it goes! Millennials.

Marketing 68

Marketing Sports Blogging Writing 68

Communications Conversations

MARCH 25, 2020

So much of social media marketing, and marketing in general, for that fact, seems like it’s almost in the background right now. That’s why a lot of these creative content marketing opportunities we’ve seen the last week just seem to fall flat (see Chipotle’s attempt to use Zoom in a creative way, for example).

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Content Marketing Marketing Case Study Social Media 60

Prohibition

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This tool will provide more creative options, making suggestions for your copy, generating backgrounds and introducing image expansion tools. The test group for this reported the new options saved them significant time and helped them maximise their campaigns – definitely something all advertisers should be aiming to do.

LinkedIn 62

LinkedIn Social Media Privacy Advertising 62

Deirdre Breakenridge

JULY 3, 2018

Be sure to check out Karen’s new book, Social Media for Strategic Communication: Creative Strategies and Research-Based Applications , which will be published by SAGE in August 2018. Give us your best definition of strategic communications? How can PR pros be more creative in their strategic comms? PRStudChat. PRStudChat.

Social Media 150

Social Media Communications Media Community 150

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

As we close in on the year’s end, I looked back over these marketing and PR statistics in an effort to surface those points that in some way, shape or form, help to summarize 2018 as a year. Statistics about content marketing. The C-Suite views the top marketer as a publicly facing agent of trust. of revenue in marketing.

Survey 104

Survey Marketing B2B Content Marketing 104

Polaris

APRIL 14, 2015

Unless you happen to be a gifted writer, there is nothing simple or painless about writing blog posts. Yet business blogging is an important part of marketing today. Regular blogging can have a big impact on your business. Here at Polaris our blog targets marketers and business owners. Before You Begin.

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Writing Blogging eBook Google 100

Critical Mention

AUGUST 8, 2018

In The CEO’s Guide to Marketing , Lonny Kocina outlines a six-step process called Strategically Aimed Marketing, or SAM 6 ® for short. In these six steps, he speaks to both CEOs and marketers alike. Lonny: Marketing is so stressful now! Q: Your book aims at marketers of all levels, including CEOs.

Marketing 61

Marketing Creativity Groups Media Relations 61

Cision

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Content marketing has the power to turn your brand into a driving force in your industry, but with so much competition in the marketplace, how can you ensure that your content makes an impact? Gini Dietrich, CEO of Arment Dietrich and author of Spin Sucks , recently took the time to answer a few of our biggest questions on content marketing.

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Strategy Marketing How To 120

PR in High Definition

JULY 24, 2018

Marketers and communicators are under constant pressure to come up with creative and interesting content every day; sometimes we are given exciting campaigns that spur and drive our creativity, and sometimes the brief is less stimulating, and we get stuck. Brainstorming can be a brilliant way to boost creativity.

Creativity 48

Creativity Software Exercises Video 48

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 8, 2016

It’s the fourth point that stands out in my mind because the email marketing industry is riddled with lessons for PR. News by definition defies expectations. And so email is the focus for this week’s Unscripted Marketing links (UML). 1) Email Remains a Top Marketing Channel. Don’t miss these related posts: .

Marketing 114

Marketing Pitching Survey Study 114

Mindful Marketing

OCTOBER 19, 2022

by David Hagenbuch - professor of marketing at Messiah University - ​author of Honorable Influence - founder of Mindful Marketing Bobby hastily opens his Happy Meal box, tossing the chicken nuggets and fries aside to find the special toy tucked inside. Thompson is the director of digital marketing in the Joseph M.

Apparel 103

Apparel Sports Construction Resources 103

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 3, 2019

If a PR team or agency doesn’t work in collaboration with marketing, it may be spinning its wheels — or worse, working in opposition to company business objectives. Since PR and marketing are increasingly blurring their functions, sharing goals, data, and messages, the absence of collaboration is a lost opportunity.

SEO 178

SEO Storytelling Product Launch Measurement 178

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 3, 2016

Agile is one of those phrases everyone in marketing seems to be talking about, but with very different ideas about what precisely constitutes “agile.”. This isn’t unusual for a profession where both creativity and data are important. Definitions of PR often count words like credibility, reputation and third-party validation.

Marketing 60

Marketing B2B Content Marketing Training 60

Sword and the Script

MARCH 11, 2017

There is more than one way to view tools of the marketing or PR trade. Technology is by definition the application of science for practical use. While there are certainly some advantages to early adoption, in a broad sense, B2B marketers all have access to the same general set of tools.

Tools 68

Tools Marketing Advertising Advertising 68

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Kerel Cooper is not your average SVP of Marketing. In 2018, he and his good friend Erik Requidan started The Minority Report Podcast to create a platform where people of color, women, and LGBTQ individuals in marketing could tell their stories and have candid conversations. What role has content marketing played for you at LiveIntent?

Brand 118

Brand Branding Marketing Facebook 118

PR 20/20

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Before we know it, it’ll be time to wrap the year’s marketing campaigns, report on performance and write the plan for what will bring next year’s successes. It’s important that marketers constantly iterate strategies throughout the year based on performance. If not, you should. In addition, the average respondent consumes 1.5

Video 78

Video Trends Strategy Marketing 78

Buzzstream

MARCH 7, 2024

Google Search Central blog just posted a new update titled “What web creators should know about our March 2024 core update and new spam policies” The post outlines several changes that could impact the future of link building, content creation, and upend strategies that many sites rely on. So, we need a new placeholder metric.

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System Google Policies Guidelines 62

Sword and the Script

MARCH 19, 2019

Marketing with a quota. Those are the words and phrases Lacey Ford uses to describe marketing today. She got her start as an entry-level marketing associate for SBC Communications, which is now AT&T. Today she’s the senior vice president of marketing for insightsoftware. 2) What hasn’t changed about marketing?

Marketing 71

Marketing Measurement Analysis Data 71

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 9, 2020

Formerly of WSJ and Business Insider, Lara is a senior correspondent covering marketing at Digiday. Today, he reports for WSJ’s CMO Today, with a focus on the ways that tech platforms, digital video and ad tech are changing the business of marketing. Lara O’Reilly | @larakiara. Her cat content is also very enjoyable! It’s great stuff.

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Twitter Advertising Advertising Report 177

Norton's Notes

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

However, before that I was discussing the digital landscape with a potential employee, and they expressed their thoughts to me that blogging was now dead. This struck me as a bold statement, they were younger than me and although I know blogging is not in its 2000s hey day – I still felt it was a powerful tool in the right hands.

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Blogging Marketing Web Twitter 28

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MAY 7, 2024

You want a human to review the true editorial tone of the coverage based on your definitions. click to expand However, measuring and reporting on the spokesperson’s effectiveness required human review, critical thinking, and a bit of creativity to determine how to depict the results best.

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Analysis Measurement Data Examples 96

Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

On the other hand, measuring some PR activities, like earned media , is far more challenging than other forms of marketing and communications. That’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing Links [UML]. Funding is a form of validation and acquisitions signal a strategy – those things impact the market.

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Study Media Relations Media Measurement 140

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Not every one that winds up in the marketing and PR space started there. After college, he spent seven years in capital markets, “trading corporate and high yield bonds for a large regional money manager.”. As a result, they are forced to look external to augment their staff which definitely has benefitted agencies.

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Agency Software Enterprise Marketing 64

Cision

MAY 31, 2017

The implication, of course, is that consumers are less likely to absorb the marketing messages we’re deploying. And as marketers and storytellers, it’s up to us to not only get our brands in front of consumers but to also pique their interest instantly so they don’t scroll right on past.

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Consumer Brand Branding How To 243

Deirdre Breakenridge

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Anyone else remember when advertising, marketing, and public relations functioned like the dinner plate of a picky nine-year-old? So, in a business landscape where an app or life-hack for even the smallest of tasks exists, where does one turn for the newest and smartest marketing and public relation resources? 4) SnapChat. 4) SnapChat.

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Tools Agency Instagram Groups 150

Stephen Waddington

JUNE 22, 2017

Big win for public relations at Cannes Festival of Creativity. In an upbeat article PRWeek reported that agencies increased their haul at the Cannes PR Lions following changes to the awards process and a revised definition of public relations, although ad agencies still dominate. It’s fuelled by developing markets, notably India.

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Public Affairs Privacy Creativity Software 112

Reputation Us

DECEMBER 14, 2022

According to Citi, the total market for the Metaverse could be between $8 trillion and $13 trillion by 2030 , with total users numbering around five billion. See our blog for more details.). While you want to encourage their leadership, you definitely don’t want them getting poached! See our blog for more details.).

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Reputation Insurance Insurance Employee 78

PR in High Definition

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

These stories demonstrate how a global brand is having an impact locally, which is especially important in European markets. Creativity and consistency are key Whether you believe that O’Gara’s approach to coaching is effective or not, we can all agree that it’s creative.

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Local Leadership Viral Creativity 62