Sword and the Script

MARCH 26, 2024

Thought leadership benefits B2B marketing in so many ways – awareness, consideration and even customer retention – but it can have adverse effects when it’s under-resourced and turns out to be light on substance The social media platform LinkedIn and the PR firm Edelman routinely team up to conduct surveys.

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Contently - Strategy

APRIL 1, 2024

But the problem (probably) isn’t the writing. We write this content to cast a broad net over hundreds or even thousands of people, knowing that only a small fraction of those we lure in are even in the market to buy what we sell. In other words, we are writing content to capture attention from the wrong eyeballs.

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The Proactive Report

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The trick to getting good content from an AI service is to learn how to write excellent prompts. Give it an identity to write from, a tone of voice to use, and enough context about the topic so that you get a great response back. What are people saying about your brand when discussing CRM systems on social media?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 17, 2024

TL/DR version: AI is to PR now what social media was to PR in the early aughts. It surveyed 1,001 PR professionals from November 2 through December 14. ” Muck Rack says the survey was fielded primarily through email. You can learn more about Mod Op’s AI Council on the Mod Op Leader Generation podcast.)

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

If you work in PR and engage in media relations , it’s a good idea to keep an ear out as to what is on the minds of those that work in the media. The 2018 State of the Media report by Cision is an annual survey of reporters that offers some insight. 3) Top challenges facing reporters.

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Cision

AUGUST 13, 2015

Social media has shifted the state of the media , especially in regards to how journalists source, write and promote their stories. While many were hesitant to accept these new communication channels when they debuted, journalists are now starting to embrace social media.

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Cision

JANUARY 25, 2016

Social networks are where a lot of people spend a lot of time to share a lot of stuff, but harnessing them for communication and marketing is much more difficult than it may appear. One of Dunbar’s most compelling datapoints comes from a survey of social media users in the U.K.

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Stephen Waddington

APRIL 3, 2019

The CIPR State of Profession survey suggests that basic skills are more important than ever and that we need to grasp the opportunity for management potential. Writing and editing are the most common task for 73% of junior roles and 50% of senior roles. Writing is an important and often underappreciated skill in business.

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PRSay

MAY 9, 2019

In a Muck Rack survey of 800 communicators, ranging from boutique agency coordinators to chief communications officers at global brands, 72 percent said that the top challenge they face is “measuring business impact,” with the second most prominent challenge (at 65 percent) overcoming the “lack of quantifiable measurement.”

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The Proactive Report

APRIL 7, 2022

According to a CMO survey, digital marketing spending has reached 58 percent of marketing budgets, reflecting 15.8 It’s time to supplement your skills by adapting your writing for the web, learning how to create high quality content, understanding search engine optimization and why it’s important for PR as well as marketing.

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Communications Conversations

JUNE 25, 2021

Consider the current situation for today’s social media specialist or manager who’s in charge of developing content for a company’s channels. They’re typically fairly to very overworked–too many responsibilities to focus all that much on the writing/creation process. You can see the problem here.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Nearly 80% of the 1,279 bloggers in the 7 th annual Orbit Media blogger survey say blogging drives some marketing results – and 25% say it draws “strong marketing results.” According to the survey, the average blog post is 1,269 words. Multiple surveys and data studies support this conclusion.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

That’s according to a report by Muck Rack based on 193 survey responses from marketing and PR professionals late last year. PR agencies Additional findings from the survey I found interesting are: Generative AI. Just 7% say they are unlikely to use it; Top social channels for PR. While I’m based in the U.S.,

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PRSay

MAY 17, 2021

To look for insights that might improve the outlook for this year, I turned to Muck Rack’s “ The State of Journalism 2021 ” survey from March. According to the report, more than 60 percent of journalists surveyed agree that the way companies — and by extension, PR pros — share information is outdated.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 6, 2023

Just 28% of 1,034 PR professionals surveyed by Muck Rack in March and April 2023 say they are using generative AI (gAI). Another 33% say they “plan to explore it” although the timeline was not clear in the survey results. That cohort certainly shouldn’t be counted as among those who are using AI, although it has been.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 18, 2021

That’s according to a survey of 750 communicators tallied up in the 2021 Communications Benchmark Report by Ragan Communications. According to a survey, comms professionals gave themselves good grades. This mirrors the sentiment in a separate survey that quantified a self-assessment by CMOs. click image for higher resolution).

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 15, 2018

A recent survey conducted by Ned Lundquist’s Job of the Week (JOTW) in partnership with Sword and the Script Media, LLC sought to find out the true status of our industry. The most popular trends recognized by the survey for the next 12 months included storytelling at 79%, content marketing (71%) and thought leadership (67%).

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 10, 2017

That’s one surprising conclusion I drew from a survey of 850 bloggers by ConvertKit. There are more blogs focused on personal development than any other topic, according to the survey. Medium, which announced layoffs recently, polled at less than 1% in the CovertKit survey. The ConvertKit survey has similar findings.

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Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Writing killer landing page copy. For example, let’s say you’re writing social media posts or landing pages for the email marketing platform, ConvertKit : You can use review mining to write high-converting, hard-hitting relatable messaging or when you don’t have the budget or resources to conduct one-on-one interviews.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 2, 2024

Social media was blossoming. And the media landscape was evolving. If you enjoyed this post, you might also like: Will humans have to re-write AI’s draft of history? Blogs were raging. That next spring I started this blog, largely as a means of professional development. Here are some useful links: about | services.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Most marketers used paid media to fuel owned media. Of that segment of respondents, 72% use paid social media channels; 66% use sponsorships; 61% use pay-per-click advertising. For the last six years, Orbit Media has surveyed 1,000 bloggers for its annual blogging survey. 2) Blogging benchmarks.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

PR can also involve managing events, speaking at conferences, and developing social media campaigns. PR practitioners use a variety of methods to get their message out, including press releases, media relations, social media, and more.

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Communications Conversations

JUNE 25, 2021

Consider the current situation for today’s social media specialist or manager who’s in charge of developing content for a company’s channels. They’re typically fairly to very overworked–too many responsibilities to focus all that much on the writing/creation process. You can see the problem here.

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Shift Communications

JULY 24, 2015

They are typically used in research, whether it is for journalism, police investigations, or that research paper you had to write sophomore year of college. So how does this apply to social media? Simple: nowadays, social media is a necessary part of building a brand and an online audience. Angie Goldman.

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Landis PR

APRIL 29, 2024

In this week’s blog, our Public Relations Global Network partner, Taru Tujunen from Ellun Kanat , writes about the business environment in Finland. There is a relatively high proportion (21%) of adults paying for online news and Finnish news remains the most highly trusted among the countries surveyed.

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Contently - Strategy

APRIL 6, 2023

percent year-over-year decrease in negative tweets 800 million social media impressions of the campaign 17 percent increase in brand sentiment Achieving a deep understanding of your ideal customers requires significant time and effort. The message resonated with women, resulting in the following: 36.8

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Writers that report success with blogging share the following characteristics: They are more likely to write longer or more in-depth content; They tend to spend six or more hours writing a post; They are 2.5 Again, this year I dived into the survey data again, provided the findings first, followed by my own analysis.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 22, 2017

Electronic communications have made writing so easy that we don’t put as much thought or effort into the task anymore. At least not to the degree we did when we had to sit in front of a typewriter or hand write a note with a bottle of white-out nearby. Email has made our writing lazy. 1) Words matter in communication.

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OnePitch

JUNE 28, 2022

As the technology reporter, Chris uses proprietary polling data, external data sets and interviews with experts from across the sector to write feature-length and short articles about technology trends and news. We use proprietary survey data that help shape that. Also, we’ll write a lot of articles using survey data.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

90% of comms pros surveyed say their work has changed some, and of those, 50% say communications work has changed significantly. That’s according to The 5th Annual JOTW Strategic Communications Survey for 2022 , which polled 483 communications professionals – mostly in the US. Real effort into digital and social.

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

With Claire Shipman, Kay wrote “Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success,” “The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance — What Women Should Know,” and “The Confidence Code for Girls: Taking Risks, Messing Up, & Becoming Your Amazingly Imperfect, Totally Powerful Self.”. Ahead of her Nov. The two are connected.

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PRSay

AUGUST 17, 2020

As you plan year-end communication strategies in this unprecedented year, how do you know what to change about your media relations approach when virtually everything has changed in the media landscape? We will reveal the following information from the survey: How 2020 has changed newsrooms across America.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 18, 2021

But earned media doesn’t always achieve the frequency we need to promote client brands, and some stories have a lengthy gestation period. And given the ubiquity of social media, there’s an almost endless need for content, content, and more content. Earned results aren’t usually enough for a robust PR program.

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Contently - Strategy

MAY 20, 2024

Even if you have the best content in the world, if no web traffic stops by, you might as well be writing on paper and then tucking it away in a desk drawer. When creating a new piece of content, think about other content on your site that is valuable, relevant, and related to the piece you’re writing to include as a hyperlink.

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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. ” But people have been saying press releases have been dead for years, since the advent of social media. Yeah, I know, it makes for captivating clickbait.

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PRSay

AUGUST 23, 2021

West Virginia was an early national leader in delivering COVID-19 vaccines, with 79 percent of the state’s residents over the age of 65 now fully vaccinated and 60 percent of its eligible population having received at least one dose, as of this writing. Establishing trust through relationships.

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Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Each year, something called “Orbit” (don’t worry, I had to look it up, too) publishes a survey of 1,000+ bloggers on best practices in the industry. Anyway, the survey polls bloggers, but I believe some of the lessons learned also pertain to people like us who manage corporate blogs. More than an hour longer!

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