Cision

APRIL 24, 2015

The term “content marketing” casts a wide net when it comes to ways to promote and publicize a brand or organization. However, blogging is one of the leading tools in any brand’s content marketing strategy. And for nonprofit organizations on a budget, blogging can often be the most effective way to engage and mobilize communities.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 2, 2024

The content readers viewed the most were largely about the topics of generative AI in PR and marketing – with a touch of Twitter and a sprinkle of marketing budgets In 2008 I came home from a long deployment to find the PR and marketing world had changed. An “Interview” with ChatGPT: What is Public Relations?

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Critical Mention

JANUARY 3, 2019

While I started engaging on social media channels, I realized that blogging and writing about my experiences would be central to sharing my story. I was just enjoying the opportunity to write and speak about my experiences. That honor and experience dramatically increased my exposure to the anti-bribery and compliance community.

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wiredPRworks

APRIL 20, 2022

In 2007, David mentioned my fledgling blog wiredPRworks in his book, “ The New Rules of Marketing and PR.”. In a stroke of marketing brilliance, David included over 160 bloggers/contributors in the first edition. When I found David’s work and read his first book, I knew I’d found the roadmap to the future of marketing and PR.

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Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

While some marketers may be concerned that AI could threaten their job security, the truth is that AI will more likely be a tool that makes it easier to deliver effective marketing campaigns. In this blog, we outline how AI is changing the face of marketing in 2019 and beyond. Marketers can now focus on the big picture.

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NewsWhip

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The story began way back in September, when Kanye (now known by the name “Ye”) criticized the German footwear company in interviews and on social media. But quite frankly, the writing team should never have been in such a horrible position. The Story in a Nutshell . Now what?” . Rule 1: Be Truthful.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 11, 2023

In this guest post, Kathy Casciani writes public relations podcasts provide a sound way to work on your professional development while habit stacking – listening while doing routine tasks, such as chores In case you hadn’t noticed, podcasts are having a moment.

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Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Even conglomerates with million-dollar marketing budgets will fail if they disregard audience research. Content marketers often have difficulty getting executive buy-in for customer research. Best for: Companies with a tight marketing budget. Writing killer landing page copy. The takeaway? Lack of buy-in.

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5W PR

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Influencer marketing continues to grow, with brands investing more and more in influencer partnerships each day. Through these partnerships, brands and their agency partners can select brand-aligned influencers to market products and services to loyal followings with targeted demographics. By: Kelsea Bruce, Social Media Director.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 11, 2024

Traditionally, that role is a mix of HR and communication yet I’m seeing some changes. The roles being unveiled now have sales enablement or marketing operations bent. Having an internal expert who’s curating the content a sales or marketing person needs at the right moment seems invaluable.

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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. These are fundamental building blocks of effective marketing. And so buyer personas are the theme of this week’s Unscripted Marketing links (UML). Market Research Mistake: Falling in Love with an Idea.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Here are three big names to take a look at for content marketing inspiration: BuzzFeed. What helps BuzzFeed’s content go viral — whether it’s a listicle, news story or quiz — is the way it writes in different forms depending on which social media platform will share the story. Change is a constant in today’s digital world.

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Content Marketing Marketing Viral Social Media 120

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Some marketing and communications predictions suggest AI will change the world; others see a tailspin of noise and and see humanity as a path for differentiation Most marketing and PR professionals have formed strong viewpoints on AI. That much is apparent I compiled this year’s list of marketing and communications predictions.

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wiredPRworks

MARCH 10, 2022

This was an interview I was so looking forward to – after all, Beth and I go way, way, way back to the early days when corporate communications was just making the transition to the first evolution of social media: the intranet. Growing Social Now Episode Summary. “Do you offer solutions? Connect with Beth Nyland. .

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Creativity Communications Instagram Interviews 98

ReimaginePR

OCTOBER 3, 2016

If you’re looking for an easy, but sure way, to define yourself as an expert in your field, here’s my advice: write an ebook. Let’s talk about why an ebook is an essential element for your content marketing strategy, and how to create and promote one for maximum effect. Don’t allow the prospect of writing an book to overwhelm you.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 4, 2018

I’ve offered advice in previous posts for those determined to build a career in PR or communications, and it holds up pretty well after 6 years. This year’s graduates are entering the job market at a time of low unemployment and high demand for smart, industry-focused PR talent. Consider a PR agency. Talk to everyone.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Because if there’s one thing I believe takes public relations from good to great, it’s when your audiences start becoming your community through the relationships you develop with them. But I was curious to see how Maddie and Lindy perceived not just Open Community , but its juxtaposition with public relations.

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5W PR

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Influencer marketing continues to grow, with brands investing more and more in influencer partnerships each day. Through these partnerships, brands and their agency partners can select brand-aligned influencers to market products and services to loyal followings with targeted demographics. By: Kelsea Bruce, Social Media Director.

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Interviews Instagram Video Creativity 60

Beyond PR

MAY 11, 2016

It’s these moments in video marketing that can transform a data- or information-heavy message into compelling, easy-to-understand, and profitable content, as seen in our Intermedia-MultiVu Creative Services case study. Start with these five steps to write a script that impresses viewers and converts leads. What about sound?

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Business Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

By Serena Ehrlich, Director of Social and Evolving Media, Business Wire In early 2018, Facebook announced a news feed update that dramatically changes how brands can engage with their communities and audiences within the Facebook platform. Look at the Instant Pot Community. This is an advice community. Implementation Tip!

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Shift Communications

MARCH 3, 2016

SXSW Interactive: the land of entrepreneurialism, celebrity keynotes, guerilla marketing – where Twitter was unveiled and Uber launched – all deep in the heart of the “Silicon Hills,” aka Austin, Texas. SHIFT: So many people write annual “how to survive SXSW” posts which are really just long lists of where to eat in Austin.

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Interviews Conference Creativity Community 60

Landis PR

APRIL 29, 2024

According to the people of Finland, communications is the world’s most powerful tool for change. In this week’s blog, our Public Relations Global Network partner, Taru Tujunen from Ellun Kanat , writes about the business environment in Finland. Sparring and training must be done carefully and in advance.

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Karen Freberg

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Not just as a researcher and member of the PR academic community, but a mentor and advocate for the next generation of professors and scholars entering the field. This was the article I got inspired to write about my thoughts. I have to give them props for writing this article because I think it will generate a lot of discussion.

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Solo PR Pro

JULY 5, 2022

There’s a whole community of like minded people you can lean on. Michael Ares, MDA Corporate Marketing, LLC. Financial markets open trading at 6:30 a.m. I typically go to the gym around noon and then spend a couple of hours during the early afternoon writing, editing and catching up with clients and colleagues.

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Critical Mention

APRIL 19, 2019

Today, there is a multitude of channels for marketing professionals to promote their product or service; the promotion can quickly become white noise. Prospects are bombarded with so many marketing emails, social media messages, and video marketing campaigns that it can be tough to cut through the noise. Build a community.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 30, 2018

PR teams know Cision from its “day job” – offering PR and marketers media databases and analytic tools – and those functions position it well to cover best practices in easy-reading posts. Check out ones like this for fixing your influencer marketing or this post on advances in PR measurement. The Wrike Blog.

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Blogging Writing Creativity Storytelling 170

Wadds Inc.

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

The market needs to settle down before serious investments can be made in workflow. Watch out for a new version of #PRstack set to be published before the end of November by the #FuturePRoof community developed by my partner Sarah Waddington. The results are equally surprising and terrifying.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

In the time I spent in-house for a global company and focusing on marketing to lawyers, one of the questions I’d consistently hear in the course of work from attorneys was this: There’s so much noise in marketing, how can I tell what is real and what is snake oil? Larry is my guest in this latest interview in the Off Script series.

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PR 20/20

JUNE 18, 2019

This post originally appeared on the Marketing Artificia l Intelligence Institute's blog. The Marketing AI Institute was created and is powered by PR 20/20. In advance of the Marketing Artificial Intelligence Conference (MAICON) , I interviewed a number of experts (i.e. No problem. We hope to see you at MAICON in July!

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Marketing Conference Technology Interviews 53

Flack's Revenge

JANUARY 10, 2019

Last month I interviewed top PR and social media experts about the challenges facing online marketing. Are the social media waters still safe for marketing? Frank: This question implies that we are writing the epitaph on social media platforms and I don’t think that’s true. Drew: Who said the ship is listing or sinking?

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 5, 2021

For the last couple years, I’ve been curating news from the PR technology community into a monthly summary I call the PR Tech Sum. The If my exchange conversion math is right, the company raised about $400 million and had a market capitalization of roughly $1.4 As I write this piece, it’s currently trading at about $6.50

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Critical Mention

APRIL 19, 2019

Today, there is a multitude of channels for marketing professionals to promote their product or service; the promotion can quickly become white noise. Prospects are bombarded with so many marketing emails, social media messages, and video marketing campaigns that it can be tough to cut through the noise. Build a community.

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Case Study Survey Video Community 69

Contently - Strategy

MARCH 11, 2020

At Ogilvy, I was a member of the four-person case study writing committee. By addressing each point this way, we described how this success could only be attributed to the campaign at hand (and not any other marketing efforts from the brand). Good writing should speed readers along , not confuse them with industry jargon.

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Communications Conversations

MARCH 29, 2019

I think about people like LeeAnn Rasachak and Sarah Reckard whom I met more than 10 years ago now (they were one of my first PR Rock Star interviews!). I’ve watched them both grow into fabulous communicators and leaders! Now, she’s crushing it at Best Buy in social media marketing. Thomas classroom many years ago.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Studying for a public relations or mass communications degree is the most traditional route into the industry today, but it’s not the only route. I know PR professionals with degrees in journalism, mass media, English, business communication, marketing, sports and more.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

With just one statistic, Joe Pulizzi delivered a stark wake-up call to this year’s Content Marketing World attendees. When we asked global enterprise marketers how committed they are to their content marketing approach, 20 percent said they’re fully committed,” said Joe during Day 1’s welcome address. Only 20 percent.

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Content Marketing Marketing Skype Enterprise 84

Rock the Status Quo

DECEMBER 10, 2015

” Sure enough, two solid weeks of pitching landed two byline articles, and a handful of interviews. Two words: vertical markets. The PR community has growing dialog around the importance of a custom pitch. I’d explore what opportunities I can find with my client related to the new vertical or niche market.

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