Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

Public relations professionals create and maintain a positive image for their organization, often through the use of marketing, branding, and communication strategies. Marketing efforts often involve paid advertising, and the goal is to reach as many people as possible in order to increase sales. It’s not a bad take.

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Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 100

Sword and the Script

MARCH 24, 2015

As a metric for content marketing, pageviews are flawed according to a white paper – Why Content Marketers Are Using All the Wrong Metrics – published by Contently. The company provides the combination of a talent marketplace and content marketing software to manage projects and campaigns.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Measurement Marketing Analytics 60

Cision

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

When you invite internal and external subject matter experts to contribute to your content marketing program, it’s important to have guidelines for them to follow. The less time you need to spend editing content and following up with contributors, the more time you have for strategy and optimization. Want to write for Cision®?

How To 177

How To Guidelines Content Marketing Video 177

Flack's Revenge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Many wish to continue to write off public relations and kick it to the curb – by coldly saying that the profession and/or its trappings are dead. Some say that every company is a software or tech company. Indeed, Joan Westerberg writes: “The demand for technology news is bigger than ever. The appetite is there.

Writing 177

Writing Pitching Report Industry 177

Beyond PR

JULY 10, 2017

Feedback is huge when it comes to developing a successful content marketing strategy. Here, we identify five sources that can prove invaluable to you in crafting your content. Who better to listen to in order to develop more targeted content than the people that you are developing content for? Your Prospects.

Content Marketing 69

Content Marketing Marketing Employee Pinterest 69

Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Content marketers often have difficulty getting executive buy-in for customer research. Not all companies have heavy pennies for product marketing—meaning content marketers are expected to do the humungous task of audience research on their own, along with their other responsibilities. Lack of buy-in.

B2B 137

B2B Company Survey Enterprise 137

PR 20/20

MARCH 12, 2019

The Marketing AI Institute was created and is powered by PR 20/20. No matter what content you write or what stories your brand tells, there’s a good chance a machine can help you do it better. Content marketing activities dominated the list of highest-rated use cases for AI in marketing.

Content Marketing 40

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Against that backdrop, I’ve organized this year’s prediction roundup into the following categories: Predictions that have little or nothing to do with AI; Predictions that express caution about AI; Predictions that are enthusiastic about AI; Predictions from PR software executives; and One prediction from ChatGPT.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 21, 2016

PR and CX go hand in hand, since it’s PR’s role to burnish a brand reputation and the job can only be done when the customer experience lives up to expectations. We’ve seen how powerful real-time marketing is for consumer brands that are active on social channels. B2B content will become more customized.

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B2B Customer Service Software Technology 120

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 15, 2017

In other words, the stories he writes must appeal to as many people as possible. Don’t miss these related posts: The Shocking Beef about Feeding the Content Monster. The Future of Marketing Looks More like Public Relations. Why Content Marketing and Public Relations Need Each Other. These are not isolated examples.

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Journalism Brand Branding Advertising 65

Cision

JULY 6, 2017

Many good content marketing strategies — whether for a blog or company brand — include a lead generation form. Search the web for the first marketing automation software you find, build your form, upload it to your blog, and done. Literally write it out as clear as day: “FREE STUFF!

Blogging 168

Blogging How To Privacy Mobile 168

Cision

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Once you create the copy for these, use your automation software to set up the emailing schedule, such as “Email one is sent four days after Download Email.”. Share her content. Writing Press Releases. Content Creation. Write a few articles a week and schedule them in advance. Follow her on social media.

Marketing 120

Marketing Comparison eBook Social Media 120

PR 20/20

OCTOBER 11, 2018

HubSpot develops cloud-based, inbound marketing software that allows businesses to transform the way that they market online. BrightEdge is a global leader in SEO and content performance marketing that blends search intent discovery, optimized content creation, and performance measurement into one integrated solution.

Tools 71

Tools Marketing Enterprise Software 71

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

Not long after that I started this blog and began writing. 6) 4 Big Media Trends that have Upended PR and Marketing. The consumerization of IT was notable because if forced business software vendors to up their game. Similarly, digital trends have forced marketing and PR to change how they do things. But we can’t.

Blogging 73

Blogging B2B Content Marketing Trade Shows 73

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

1) Creating Quality Content Starts with Why. Many brands attempt to begin stories with what when they ought to begin with why. This results in copy or content that usually self-centered and doesn’t answer customer or potential customer questions. She writes: “Want to know the real reason brands publish content with no value?

Storytelling 60

Storytelling Creativity B2B Film 60

Critical Mention

APRIL 2, 2019

As a PR or marketing professional tasked with keeping your brand strong, you understand how important competitive analysis is. Managing your brand in a vacuum isn’t enough; you have to understand what tactics and channels your competitors are using and how they are messaging their own brand. Wappalyzer.

Analysis 74

Analysis Tools SEO Software 74

Polaris

DECEMBER 18, 2014

‘Tis the season when brands release heart-warming Christmas videos and marketing bloggers write about the best holiday gift ideas , new year’s resolutions and marketing trends for 2015. In addition, many are predicting the marketing developments we witnessed in 2014 will continue: 1.

Trends 135

Trends Marketing Pinterest Social Media 135

Cision

JUNE 6, 2017

This post is an excerpt from the e-book, Listen: 5 Social Audiences Brands Can’t Afford to Ignore. . Digital marketing success is fueled by creating great content and building a targeted audience, but there’s a third piece missing from that equation—ignition. It comes from the transmission of content. Not anymore.

Marketing 239

Marketing Television Handbook Web 239

Sword and the Script

MARCH 1, 2022

It’s doing this through a partnership with an adtech company called Nativo, which as the brand name suggests, is a native advertising platform. This is why Google requires links sent through these services to be marked “no-follow.” A sponsored content twist. iSentia is an all-in-one PR software tool based in Australia.

Software 121

Software Case Study Advertising Advertising 121

Sword and the Script

MAY 13, 2017

Program effectiveness depends on so many variables such as the context , content, cost, industry, reach, return, trust and the more subjective attributes of quality and value. FTC warning letters aside , can brands really buy influence? In other words, what is it a brand wants an influencer to achieve? Give our services a try.

Strategy 77

Strategy Marketing Measurement B2B 77

PR 20/20

MARCH 26, 2020

What is the appropriate role of marketing in the midst of a crisis? One of our core tenets is the belief that marketing can make brands “more human.”. On your brand (the relationship your audience has come to know and trust with your company). Want your brand to be “more human”? Is there one? So we started talking.

Crisis 92

Crisis Marketing Healthcare Resources 92

Cision

JUNE 26, 2017

What this means to PR professionals and content marketers is that Instagram can be an important platform to engage with and to educate your customers. Depending on your resources and experience, Adobe Lightroom is one of the strongest image processing software tools on the market. Fill the frame.

Instagram 109

Instagram How To Mobile Community 109

Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Great content marketing has the power to do that. Today’s audiences come across so much mediocre content that looks and sounds the same. Lately, innovative marketing teams have been thinking beyond the standard blog post. In our brand new report, we set out to highlight tactics that could help your brand thrive.

B2B 85

B2B Content Marketing Trends Marketing 85

Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 12, 2018

As an example, he used the goal of producing 2,000 downloads that equate to marketing soft leads for sales. He said, “This goal should be shared across the entire marketing/communications department. It’s not a content marketing goal or a PR goal. Content marketing, yes. It’s a multi-department goal.”.

Media Relations 85

Media Relations Advertising Advertising Content Marketing 85

Cision

MARCH 30, 2015

It is also an inexpensive way to augment the original content that you’re producing. If done right, it enhances your branding and message. What I want to do in this piece is to share eight best practices to enhance your branding and messaging by curating content. Best Practices Featured Content Marketing'

Google 120

Google Measurement Content Marketing Engineering 120

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

So too has the improved capacity to update podcast subscriptions over wi-fi — and without the hassle of syncing a mobile device with desktop software. And that’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing links [UML]. 1) Marketing Audibles for Audio Search. 3) Big Business is Where Good Software Goes to Die.

Tools 60

Tools Pinterest Marketing Media 60

Beyond PR

JUNE 27, 2017

What this means to PR professionals and content marketers is that Instagram can be an important platform to engage with and to educate your customers. Depending on your resources and experience, Adobe Lightroom is one of the strongest image processing software tools on the market. Fill the frame. About Jim Dougherty.

Instagram 69

Instagram How To Mobile Community 69

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 3, 2016

Definitions of marketing usually include some aspect of understanding needs, creating a customer or defining a market. Yet descriptions of agile, which I have seen instituted as a very precise software development process (see graphic below), are all over the map in marketing. 1) What is Agile Marketing Again?

Marketing 60

Marketing B2B Content Marketing Training 60

Contently - Strategy

APRIL 28, 2022

People like product managers, operations staff, product creators like software developers, and company leaders make great “faces” of your company and can offer the in-depth insights your audience craves. Decide on the right blend of content for your brand.

Product Launch 142

Product Launch Measurement Marketing Meeting 142

PR 20/20

MAY 8, 2019

Brands will need to become more human with greater resources dedicated to listening, relationship building, ethics, empathy, creativity, culture and community. AI should make us better people, professionals and brands. More Intelligent” Marketing Automation. Ideas are organized by marketing category (e.g. Are you ready?

Agency 84

Agency Enterprise Technology Analytics 84

Cision

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Content marketing has never been more important. A report from Content Marketing Institute (CMI) conducted in 2016 found that 47 percent of enterprise marketers planned to increase their budgets for content marketing over the following 12 months. Keeping Content Powerful And Unique.

Content Marketing 240

Content Marketing How To Marketing Infographics 240

Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

At the beginning of every new month, I take a look back and the news and notes stemming from the software developers that make tools for PR pros. 3) Fewer Reporters Write a Higher Volume of Shorter Articles, says Onclusive. billion pieces of editorial content.” Here we go…. 4) Details on the Cision-TrendKite Acquisition.

Trends 60

Trends Media Report Technology 60

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2016

In budget planning for the next year, last year’s budget serves as just one data point, according to Jocelyn Brown of Allocadia , which develops software for planning and measuring the results of marketing budgets. My cautionary tale for brands it that influencer marketing, despite the money, is still a relationship business.

Marketing 60

Marketing Survey B2B Study 60

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Don’t miss these related posts: Marketing vs. Machine: Are the Bots Coming for Your Job? Marketing: Investment, Cost or Profit Center? In Content Marketing, Marketers Might be Losing Their Way. He writes that humanity has changed little in the grand context of history. It seems to be a big business.

Advertising 60

Advertising Advertising Print Interviews 60

Rock the Status Quo

MAY 4, 2015

Why do I write about backlink pitches in a PR blog? baddognobiscuit ) This particular pitch tells me what the sender is interested in writing about in a generic sense, but it doesn’t have anything to do with my blog topic. “ I work as the content editor for xxx, an addiction treatment facility based in xxx. .”

SEO 100

SEO Pitching Small Business Agency 100

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. be the year that some SaaS vendor figures out how to manage and market B2B influencer marketing at scale. PR has a bigger role in content. “I

Marketing 190

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 190

Cision

OCTOBER 19, 2017

But unless you have a full-time SEO expert on staff, it can be frustrating to find the right keywords when you’re in the middle of writing a blog post, creating a web page or writing a press release. At Cision, our marketing team is all about working smarter. But your sales team can also benefit from the database.

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Brand Branding How To SEO 208