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15 Up-and-Coming PR and Social Media Marketers to Watch

Communications Conversations

Now, she’s crushing it at Best Buy in social media marketing. Then, Sarah moved into a new role last year working in a media relations and influencer capacity, and we had the chance to work even more (we worked a trade show in Orlando together in the fall). And, she was doing it all at her very first trade show experience.

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Qualify Hard; Close Easy: Leads in Unscripted Marketing Links

Sword and the Script

A cloud technology vendor told me that trade shows were the number one source of leads for his company. By contrast, a sales executive for a managed services provider pointed to local networking events, as his number one source of leads – and he does a lot of networking. Qualify hard, close easy,” he said.

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Influencer Relations For B2B Brands

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Before jumping in, the PR and marketing teams should develop a detailed strategy, complete with goals and KPIs. A software targeted to small businesses may look at other service providers for SMBs – those that offer accounting, networking or loans, for example. But where do PR teams find third-party influencers? Industry events.

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Looking to 2019: Planning for PR Pros

Solo PR Pro

You might even unearth some new opportunities in the process, such as a new trade show, or new opportunities in the digital landscape. How will this affect client content strategy, events, customer service, SEO , and more? Lourdes Diaz adds, “Another thing to keep in mind is how the marketing industry is changing.

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Championing Inbound Marketing: 4 Lessons from Organizational Change Agents

PR 20/20

Which forces marketers to answer a vital question. Should you continue traditional marketing efforts to face inevitable irrelevancy? Chris Schmitt ( @ChrisSchmittEsq ), the Global Marketing Director at Pentair (formerly ERICO). Inbound Marketing Can Work In Any Industry.

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The Often-Overlooked PR Gold Mine: Online Public Speaking

Rock the Status Quo

Look for industry conferences, trade shows and associations. The trick is to first identify the target audience you want to reach, then match up trade shows, associations, conferences, webinars and podcasts that reach that audience. You want to identify other vertical markets that are likely to need that software.

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What Taylor Swift Can Teach You About Social Media Marketing

MaccaPR

Welcome to your Taylor Swift Master Class in Social Media Marketing! Who better to instruct us in social media marketing than this 25-year-old, 7-time Grammy Award-winning “public relations genius” (in the words of the Washington Post)? So what can you learn from Taylor Swift, the Grand Mistress of Social Media Marketing?