Cision

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

The first thing most ambitious marketers do when beginning their marketing adventure is to plan the tactics and choose the forms of the content they want to publish (blogs, videos, podcasts, infographics, etc.). Write stories that readers will not only relate to but also use as a valuable source for their future business endeavors.

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Content Marketing How To Marketing Infographics 240

Buzzstream

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Get weekly exclusives (find a celebrity, conduct the interview etc.). So when writing your pitches, avoid including too much fluff or making them dig for the main story. “The The New York Times article example below highlights the simplicity and clarity of its writing style. looks in her BrightonSEO 2020 talk, below, too.

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Pitching Writing Digital PR How To 164

Newsfile

JANUARY 30, 2024

In an interview with TIME Magazine last November, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said multimodality in the company’s new models will be one of the key things to watch out for in 2024. Writing copy for social media is the most popular use for AI, according to 64% of PR pros. Download the report! As well, it synthesizes a host of ideas.

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Trends YouTube Video Social Media 105

Sword and the Script

JUNE 15, 2021

I’ll even take that a step further: if you aren’t in direct contact with customers in writing content, you are probably just making it all up. They don’t want to spend a chip furnishing customer interviews for marketing content because they’d rather save those chips to close a deal. You’ll learn a lot that will inform your writing.

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Survey B2B Marketing Interviews 116

Presspage

JUNE 23, 2021

From our experience working with hundreds of PR and Corporate Communications teams around the globe, most of these issues can be traced back to workflow, in this blog post we will talk about four of the most common ones we've noticed, regardless of industry, geography, or department size. Metrics: New contacts added (measured monthly).

Communications 210

Communications Measurement Tools Enterprise 210

Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Off-the-shelf pricing Many consultants and public relations firms offer individual items off-the-shelf such as TV, radio and print placements, thought leadership op-eds, press releases and blog posts. Without wire distribution, Johnson charges $500 to write the release and send it to his own proprietary media contacts.

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Cision

APRIL 18, 2017

Owned media is content you create on a platform you own, such as your company’s website or blog. If not, complete the following exercise: Write down all of the questions you are asked in new business—aka sales—meetings. Write down all of the questions your customer service department is asked. Get people to share blog posts.

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Exercises Google Writing Blogging 198

Action PR

JULY 26, 2019

Key messages are so, er, key, we – like many other PR agencies – measure the success of our clients’ coverage in terms of how many key messages are included. The secret to writing key messages is to make them memorable, relevant and meaningful. A good key message should slip effortlessly into conversation and copy writing.

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Writing Interviews Measurement Agency 40

Wildfire

AUGUST 1, 2018

So, forgive me in this blog post if I talk about the logical aspect of PR, rather than the creative, and use this as a chance to talk about measurement. PR has a reputation of being beastly to measure. We were lumped into the same boat as advertising, where measuring the effectiveness of a campaign was wholly unscientific.

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Measurement Analytics Google Agency 49

Critical Mention

AUGUST 26, 2018

There are also six professional tracks that attendees can choose from: marketing communication, leadership & management, big data & measurement, reputation & crisis management, tools & techniques, and a special interests track. Anthony: In my 35 years of being in this profession, I’ve learned this: writing is job number one.

Interviews 79

Interviews Ethics Conference Leadership 79

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 4, 2018

Public relations has become very specialized, so in addition to core skills like journalistic writing or visual content production, it pays to learn about the various segments you may target in a job search or career plan. Networking isn’t only about getting interviews. Research specialist sectors. Talk to everyone.

How To 189

How To Nonprofit Interviews Privacy 189

Norton's Notes

MARCH 21, 2017

This is an interview I did with the guys at Vuelio for their Blogger Spotlight section after I was kindly listed in their top ten PR bloggers for the third year running. They have very kindly allowed me to re-share this with you here on my blog, I hope you like it. Why should people read your blog? What makes it different?

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Interviews Writing Blogging Social Media 35

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

It’s not just thinking about writing that I’ve been engaging in. It’s not just thinking about writing that I’ve been engaging in. Image: mj*laflaca via Flickr , Creative Commons It’s about how that writing looks. They might be helpful to you as you continue on your path as a blogging Grasshopper.

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Blogging Writing Facebook Twitter 86

Newsfile

JANUARY 24, 2024

In an interview with TIME last November, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said multimodality in the company’s new models will be one of the key things to watch out for in 2024. Writing copy for social media is the most popular use for AI, according to 64% of PR pros. Download the report! As well, it synthesizes a host of ideas. Eapen, Daniel J.

Trends 52

Trends Data-Driven PR Analytics Survey 52

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Over the years, we have referenced ethics in many of our blog articles, and at least once per year, we devote an entire article to the topic of ethics. It’s worth noting that 83% could opt to take new, specific measures toward demonstrating “strong elements of good practice” in codifying ethical tenets.

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Ethics Industry Publicity Analysis 110

Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

In my last post , I shared three ways to bungle your product launch and touched briefly on preparing your executives for media interviews. 1) They think an interview is just about answering questions. In the majority of media training sessions I’ve done, the spokesperson plays “ping pong” with the interviewer. Source: giphy.com.

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Interviews Media Training Training Trends 60

Cision

JUNE 23, 2015

That goes for press releases as well as social media, advertising, blogging, et cetera. It’s Easier for Journalists to Write About You. Journalists find press releases useful as part of pitches and they start to write about you. And that makes them more likely to write about you! Want to measure your PR’s value?

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Writing Social Media Tools Advertising 120

Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Whether I’m penning a reported piece, ghostwriting, or composing a blog post for a brand, there are a few fact-checking measures I always take. I also ensure I’m citing studies accurately and attributing quotes from interviews to the right people. But after that, it gets more nuanced. “The Sites like Otter.AI

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Content Marketing Marketing Viral Study 120

Cision

MARCH 17, 2017

I instantly appreciated the mix of business strategy, creative ideation and writing that made up those classes; they were theoretical and practical. At the same time, I had been hired to write copy for a jewelry company, which had quickly turned into running PR and marketing, followed by eventually managing a small team.

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Fashion Travel Interviews Instagram 227

Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 7, 2015

If you’ve bought into that, then how do you find smarter ways to measure authoritative content? So when the nature of authoritative content is changing so dramatically, how you measure the success of your content has to change as well. An “engaged” blog was one that drew a lot of attention, comments, back links, etc.

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Measurement System Blogging Facebook 40

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 31, 2023

Factmata uses AI to identify and track narratives online through articles, blogs, tweets and other social chatter, highlighting the ones that could either help or hurt brand reputation and value.” Social media tools offer AI to write social media posts. Email tools will offer AI to help write emails. What does it do?

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Software Case Study Technology Tools 78

The Resolution Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

It’s using your own channels (like your blog and social media) to attract people to your business. Of course, long form content on the blog is really important too, because Google evaluates you based on your content there. Measurement can be quite interesting here. How do you measure the success of inbound? Yes, correct.

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Measurement Case Study Pitching Agency 120

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 24, 2019

Consider these content ideas for co-creating with micro influencers: Video interviews. Blog interviews or contributions. I couldn’t write a post for Shonali Burke and Waxing Unlyrical without talking about how you measure the disco dancing success. As with any campaign, start with measurable goals and KPIs.

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Measurement eBook Tools Survey 95

Norton's Notes

JULY 29, 2015

I have been interviewing PR practitioners from all over the world as part of my interview series called 20:20 Vision. The concept of these interviews is that I ask each practitioner 20 questions about themselves and they give us a brief glimpse into their working lives and what makes them tick. I’m a published poet.

Interviews 28

Interviews SEO Banking Radio 28

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Ten Reasons PR Pros Should Blog November 10th, 2010 Tweet Last week, Joe Hackman hosted Danny Brown , Gini Dietrich and me on his BlogTalkRadio show, aptly entitled PRapalooza. Blogging is a strange beast.

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Blogging Facebook Twitter Writing 90

Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Measurement… Supplemented October 22nd, 2010 Tweet Last week, Priya Ramesh, CRT/tanaka ‘s director of social media, joined us for the bi-weekly #measurePR chat. Were they paid? Sales of what?

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Measurement Social Media Tourism Twitter 60

Stephen Waddington

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

During the session we explored how to choose a desertion topic, explored 20 areas of modern practice, and discussed how to land expert interviews. It’s one of the most challenging aspects of the dissertation process and is the subject of a previous blog post. It’s my fourth-year teaching at the university as a Visiting Professor.

Ethics 60

Ethics Interviews Storytelling Internal 60

Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 11, 2018

I have been writing about issues challenging social media and digital communications, and speaking with thought leaders on the topic. In this installment, I interview Frank Strong, Founder & President of Sword & Script Media, LLC. Thanks for participating, Frank! Frank Strong, Founder & President, Sword & Script Media.

Social Media 149

Social Media Marketing Media Facebook 149

PR Conversations

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

As a passionate advocate of reflective practice and lifelong learning, it’s always useful to look back at my previous writing/thinking. I recommend starting with my initial post and comment thread, before reading the subsequent ‘group interview’ post (and its 31 comments) – followed by João’s recent reflective post.

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Education Reputation Leadership Technology 52

Cision

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Contributors can use the guide to navigate to their ultimate destination — successful publication on your blog, earned media coverage and online visibility. Want to write for Cision®? At Cision, we discuss earned media, identifying and building relationships with influencers, crafting campaigns and monitoring and measuring impact.

How To 177

How To Guidelines Content Marketing Video 177

Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

I’ll sit in on keynotes and sessions to get the updates on pressing topics including measurement, diversity in communications, data and creative storytelling, etc. I know there is only so much time in a day, but some of your best time can be spent helping your colleagues who write books or do research for the PR industry.

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Skype Industry Storytelling Interviews 150

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 26, 2019

There’s only so much time to spend on routine work like monitoring and measuring, yet these tasks are extremely important to any ongoing PR agency-client relationship. And once a client is interviewed by a publication, we can set an alert rather than conducting hourly searches for the posted article (although in some cases we do both!).

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Pitching Tools Agency Resources 136

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 14, 2011

If you’re just getting started blogging (or maybe even if you’ve been doing it a while), here are some WordPress plugins I really really like. I really like its functionality, plus it’s a great way for folks to search on your blog as well as on the Interwebz without actually leaving your blog. LinkWithin.

Blogging 93

Blogging Facebook Twitter Measurement 93

Presspage

JUNE 23, 2021

From our experience working with hundreds of PR and Corporate Communications teams around the globe, most of these issues can be traced back to workflow, in this blog post we will talk about four of the most common ones we've noticed, regardless of industry, geography, or department size. Metrics: New contacts added (measured monthly).

Communications 78

Communications Measurement Tools Enterprise 78

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 11, 2015

“If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” Odds are that you’ve heard someone say that PR can’t be quantified, or social media ROI can’t be measured, or that a media impression or social post generated an advertising value equivalent (AVE) of hundreds of thousands (or millions) of dollars.

Measurement 40

Measurement How To Analytics Customer Service 40

Contently - Strategy

APRIL 28, 2022

Your SMEs and other experts may be hesitant to participate in marketing because they’re not writers or marketers, so make it easy on them: offer to interview them and write up the draft. Various touchpoints contribute to a deal or sale, such as blog posts, webinars, and events.

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Product Launch Measurement Marketing Meeting 106

Newsfile

JUNE 28, 2023

Media channels can include newspapers, magazines, television, radio, online news outlets, blogs, and social media platforms. Media mentions happen anytime your business, product or employee is mentioned in newspapers, magazines, online articles, blogs, TV shows, radio programs, podcasts or social media platforms.

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