Cision

JUNE 12, 2017

Kennedy’s and Mcquivey’s argument is that the shift will be toward storytelling, and brands should focus on video to entrap audiences to brand messaging. According to Ad Age , by 1940, there were 55 daytime serials, largely sponsored by nascent consumer packaged goods brands. Storytelling is the key.

Advertising 190

Advertising Advertising Radio Television 190

PRSay

AUGUST 12, 2016

The fusion of these groups truly mirrors the current state of the news making and storytelling industry as a whole. Story timelines have shifted from traditional long-lead or daily print opportunities to instantaneous news with the introduction of social as the go-to storytelling platform.

Storytelling 60

Storytelling Social Media Sports Strategy 60

Beyond PR

APRIL 28, 2017

People who work in the marketing communications field have grappled with a very existential question in recent years: If marketing comms is becoming a more data-driven profession, then what happens to the art of storytelling I’ve cultivated my whole career? The science of data and the art of storytelling shouldn’t be mutually exclusive.

Storytelling 45

Storytelling Data B2C B2B 45

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This year, consumer packaged goods took center stage in the ad lineup, with brands like Oreos, Pringles, Mountain Dew, Doritos, and M&Ms dominating the commercial breaks. Connecting a brand with compelling and inventive storytelling serves as another powerful method to enhance overall brand visibility.

Sports 85

Sports Television Advertising Advertising 85

Prohibition

AUGUST 29, 2023

With so many options available to consumers, it is crucial for businesses to stand out and attract attention. When a reputable publication or influencer endorses a product or menu item, it adds a level of legitimacy and reliability, which can greatly influence consumer perception and purchasing decisions.

Product Launch 62

Product Launch Crisis Management Agency Social Media 62

Prohibition

JANUARY 6, 2023

When launching a campaign, video has great storytelling potential – showcasing your brand’s campaign findings far and wide. Storytelling is a huge part of PR and video marketing offers exactly that. Advertisers spend billions across social media platforms, targetting businesses and consumers alike with their messaging.

Video 62

Video Strategy SEO Engineering 62

5W PR

JANUARY 8, 2019

The space got crowded and loud, but heading into 2019, consumer interest in new product discovery is at an all-time high, paving new roads for strong, smart campaigns to succeed. Smart 2019 beauty PR campaigns will meet consumers where they are and follow them home via digital touch points. Telling a specific, transparent brand story.

Brand 74

Brand Branding Instagram Fashion 74

The Resolution Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Marketing in the Business to Business (B2B) world is a completely different beast to that in the consumer industry. Then the expansive coverage in consumer news sites put their brand in front of thousands of people?—?including B2Bs are faced with marketing products to their audience’s “work” personas and gain company buy in.

B2B 120

B2B B2C Facebook Storytelling 120

Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

I culled through the answers pulling out as many as possible that were fit for print and listed them below. 19) “I write stories for our magazine and newsletters, manage the print production and put them on our website.”. 22) “I am a storyteller and I look out for people.”. 22) “I am a storyteller and I look out for people.”.

Employee 147

Employee Print Writing Survey 147

MaccaPR

AUGUST 26, 2015

Your brand can share storytelling moments from its company history with your key stakeholders, too. From legacy videos and anniversary books to corporate birthday events and digital archives, what follows are five ways smart brands have leveraged their company histories in brand storytelling. Legos' Corporate History Video.

Corporate 48

Corporate Examples Storytelling Brand 48

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 26, 2016

Store openings, fundraising rounds, new product launches — consumers and businesses have come to expect these, but our Instagram feed shows us they don’t have to be a yawn. Here are some PR lessons we gleaned from some of our favorite Instagrammers. Find creative ways to make the standard announcement. Appeal to the imagination.

Instagram 159

Instagram Reddit Transportation Creativity 159

Stephen Waddington

JUNE 9, 2020

Great stories matter Storytelling is at the heart of all successful communications and PR campaigns. Understand your audience Lockdown has meant that different media channels are being consumed and at different times of day. For example, print has fallen off the cliff on which it was already teetering precariously.

Radio 89

Radio Skype Print Local 89

Polaris

DECEMBER 1, 2014

It’s just a new-fangled term for storytelling, which, let’s face it, is as old as the hills. In 1891, August Oetker sold baking powder with recipes printed on the back. Since creating content on a regular basis is difficult, not to mention time consuming, make it easy on yourself. Well, maybe not the hills. but definitely old.

Content Marketing 216

Content Marketing Strategy Marketing Resources 216

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 21, 2016

Whether you work in B2B tech or consumer public relations , most would agree that the advent of Profnet and HARO as online “connectors” of reporters and good stories has been a boon to the industry. Dislikes: Pokemon Go. Our audience eats it up, and it’s a good mental break from the stuff I normally cover. People are visual.

Agency 120

Agency Pitching Print Storytelling 120

Cision

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Although editorial rooms were being gutted and print revenue was dropping, it was an opportune time to be young and cheap labor. According to research from Nielsen , consumer trust in earned media remains higher than both paid and owned sources. Yet I look back on that time fondly. In the process, I became a software product nerd.

Software 0

Software Media Leadership Journalism 0

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 5, 2017

Today’s PR programs are less about selling and more about telling… stories that engage prospects or customers, and visual storytelling is hotter than ever. Thought leadership is relevant not just to B2B organizations, but to consumer product companies.

Trends 124

Trends SEO Leadership Print 124

Contently - Strategy

JULY 22, 2021

“We pivoted our storytelling to focus on armchair travel,” explained Robin Bennefield, Marriott International’s editorial director of Marriott creative and content marketing. After people book, the site’s stories—as well as its companion print magazine—help them make the most of their trip.

Travel 58

Travel Hotels Storytelling Content Marketing 58

Communications Conversations

JANUARY 26, 2016

But, a number of stats and reports lately (not to mention consumer behavior trends in general) have got me thinking: We may be well past the tipping point. Meanwhile, print circulation numbers among the nation’s largest newspapers are plummeting. For many years, media relations has been one of the core aspects of PR.

Media Relations 60

Media Relations Media Newspapers Print 60

Cision

MAY 4, 2016

The journalist tells a story for the consumer, voter or investor. The PR person assists a client in telling his story, but always with the consumer ultimately in mind. It’s all storytelling. We define media very broadly, from traditional print media to the gossipmonger with a following on social media.

Newspapers 120

Newspapers Journalism Pitching Report 120

ReimaginePR

MAY 9, 2016

See, when we sense a discrepancy in the stories we hear or read, we’re really raising a mental red flag about the storyteller, not just about the story being told. In today’s crowded marketplace, consumers just don’t have time for inauthenticity. And this goes for in-print and online. Check it out! Click Here.

Writing 120

Writing Storytelling Brand Branding 120

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

She and her research team conducted a focus group with 46 participants and also using a panel to survey 1,500 consumers. That’s according to an academic study by Julie O’Neil , a professor in strategic communication, and other researchers. >>> Can your agency bring big ideas and execute? Give our services a try.

Survey 94

Survey Industry Leadership Study 94

ReimaginePR

MAY 30, 2015

Press kit used to mean kits meant exclusively for print outlets and technically it still does. At last year’s CES, the largest consumer electronics tradeshow in the world, I was asked for this piece a number of times. Again, the highest resolution and biggest photos you can manage are critical to anything print.

Media 120

Media Television Video Print 120

Stephen Waddington

JUNE 23, 2019

Radio is under indexed (12% vs 8%) and print is over indexed (3% vs 7%). #4 Meeker calls out the use of edited and curated images as a means of storytelling. Business models and markets #11 Freemium in the enterprise The freemium business model enabled by the cloud has evolved from gaming to enterprise and consumer markets.

Report 81

Report YouTube Privacy Web 81

PRSay

JUNE 6, 2017

Here, the TV personality — known for his “In the Papers” feature humorously summarizing the New York daily newspapers — talks about engaging an audience, storytelling, the newsgathering process and work-life balance. Inputting what you should include and leaving out the things that you shouldn’t include is really the art of storytelling.

Wireless 84

Wireless Storytelling Radio Analysis 84

Marketwired

APRIL 12, 2016

Waxman believes that if you are going to promote your podcast through the media, it’s better to target digital media channels as those readers are more likely to investigate a podcast than legacy media consumers. Of course, no matter the publication, Waxman says the same basic PR questions apply, What is the story ?

Advertising 100

Advertising Advertising Television Radio 100

Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 15, 2018

The most popular trends recognized by the survey for the next 12 months included storytelling at 79%, content marketing (71%) and thought leadership (67%). Regardless of the organization or industry you serve, corporate communications and PR can be a time-consuming, workday-busting affair with little or no set schedule. A former U.S.

Survey 74

Survey Industry Communications Corporate 74

Beyond PR

MARCH 6, 2018

Annoyed and overwhelmed, consumers are fed up with intrusive advertising and sales tactics. percent close rate , while outbound leads (such as direct mail or print advertising) have a 1.7 According to Neilsen , the majority of consumers trust earned media more than paid and owned. 100, 500, maybe 1,000? percent close rate.

Strategy 67

Strategy How To B2C Content Marketing 67

Beyond PR

JUNE 8, 2016

Remember, though, that the multimedia and content you provide are there to aid the journalist’s storytelling, not be the story itself. Kavitha noted to up-and-coming journalists that interning at a print job is critical. Kavitha noted to up-and-coming journalists that interning at a print job is critical.

Media Relations 40

Media Relations Media Journalism Print 40

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 13, 2016

Studies often tell us the more engagement consumers have with a company, the more they will buy. Scott Kaminski is a client-side corporate storyteller who currently manages marketing communications and public relations for Häfele America Co., Those are vanity metrics. Find a way to measure engagement instead. A former U.S.

Measurement 40

Measurement Advertising Advertising Enterprise 40

Mark My Words

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Decades of reclusiveness by the author did not harm the sales of her Mockingbird follow-up, as copies of Go Set a Watchman flew off the shelves, as if they were printed in Hogwarts. The question is does the real world of the mass consumers care about RB re-appointment?

Newspapers 60

Newspapers Print Instagram Twitter 60

PR Fuel

JULY 24, 2018

3. Use Tried and True Storytelling Techniques – Establish a clear beginning middle and end, use details to “show” your story and not “tell” it, and build suspense to keep the reader scrolling down or flipping pages. If you were just Chris Consumer would you think what you have to say is interesting?

Pitching 40

Pitching Media Small Business Writing 40

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Data, storytelling and blogging of grow in importance. Data & analytics (76%), storytelling (74%) and content marketing, like blogging (74%) were increasingly important to PR pros in 2020. Source: What Does “Storytelling” Mean to You? ). B2B prospects consume 11 or more pieces of vendor content.

Survey 174

Survey Marketing B2B Study 174

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 7, 2019

PR people and reporters work very closely every day, and are very much in the same business of storytelling. Actually the term originates with metal printing plates of prepared text that were distributed to local newspapers. When a journalist decides to transition to public relations, they say they’re “going over to the dark side.”

Agency 192

Agency Internal International Pitching 192

Critical Mention

MAY 8, 2018

Millennials are the last generation experiencing the shift from print to digital media firsthand. They know storytelling can happen with just about any visual: a 6.5-second So, let’s think, what’s the most sophisticated technology out there available to the average consumer? A great rule of thumb is to show, not tell.

Mobile 90

Mobile Education Technology Examples 90

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 8, 2015

In a 5-minute webinar titled Why Podcasting Might be Bigger than you Think (video embedded nearby), the research firm says podcast listeners consume upwards of 5.5 That may sound like and impossible amount of time, until you realize listeners take “audio where it may not have been previously consumed.”. hours of podcasts a day.

Radio 60

Radio Content Marketing Marketing Education 60

MaccaPR

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Marketers know that social media is as revolutionary to our culture as the printing press was in Gutenberg’s day, turning mobile phones and PCs into access points for endless connectivity. But how do marketers connect the dots between social media and engaged consumers by providing real value?

Marketing 48

Marketing Social Media Video Mobile 48

ZudePR

DECEMBER 30, 2016

You must turn down time-consuming commitments. Their lasting power lies in the fresh, imaginative, daring, surprising storytelling of their creators. Hot off the printed press. But I did consume a lot of news, particularly the Saturday Guardian. To be the best, you must be able to master hard things, quickly.

Writing 84

Writing Google Meeting Airlines 84