Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The equity owners wrote big checks for those transactions – and they aren’t inclined to write another. This is the first outside investment the company has taken, which has been boot-strapped its founding in 2009 by Galant and Lee Semel. What makes them appear strong, is actually a weakness. Onward with the PR Tech Sum ….

Technology 81

Technology Company Analytics Writing 81

Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 2, 2013

Having built my first web site ( DVD Verdict ) in April 1999 and managed one of the larger SEO teams in the country from 2006 to 2009, it’s safe to say I’ve seen many changes in web marketing over time. This can also give you inspiration to write something that is deliberately on the upswing in terms of popular usage. Google search.

Blogging 111

Blogging SEO Web Google 111

Journalistics

JANUARY 24, 2016

These posts represent the types of things you might not want to write about again. When I started Journalistics in 2009, I was still actively involved in media relations as a core component of my job heading up marketing for a startup technology company. Which posts received the most negative comments? The lowest traffic?

Blogging 69

Blogging Strategy How To Writing 69

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Today I spend most of my waking hours building similar platforms for clients, and many evenings reading, studying or writing about the subject. In that 2009 survey, we asked respondents to define influence in an open-ended question limited to 140-character – the same brevity required by Twitter. Consistent. Sustainable.

Marketing 60

Marketing Study Survey Content Marketing 60

MaccaPR

DECEMBER 10, 2014

based Internet marketing agency that caught our eye with its savvy pay-per-click advertising management, Web development and digital design services. How did the ThinkSEM agency come to focus on search engine marketing and landing pages? A marketing department or agency cannot just recycle other people’s content.

SEO 98

SEO Interviews Blogging Engineering 98

Communications Conversations

MARCH 14, 2019

You’ve spent time on the big corporate side (Honeywell, Medtronic, GM) and the big agency side (Weber, Miller Meester)—for those who might be reading this who are just starting out, how would you characterize the pros and cons of each side? And that’s why I think agencies are a great place to start out and to gain meaningful experience.

Sports 74

Sports Corporate Financial Industry 74

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Why did you write Open Community ? We decided to write Open Community as a way to address those frustrations and redirect the thinking about using social tools to build community online. I got up and asked them, “if that’s the case, why do we need PR agencies?” Here’s a Q&A. And that’s just the beginning.

Community 82

Community Publicity Web Social Media 82

Maxim Behar

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In 2009, I was one of the initiators and founders of the World Communication Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, which we then almost connected with the iconic Economic Forum of Dr. Nowadays, if a person works and wants to succeed, he has to work hard, if not - it is better to give up. What does it do? Well, for sure.

Crisis Management 83

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 23, 2019

A study released by Johns Hopkins University in 2009 revealed that volunteers increased their brain functioning. Make it interesting and fun, and use your best content writing strategies to keep them engaged. Write them REAL thank you notes. This is the start of building a real community. And it’s easy today.

Communications 59

Communications Nonprofit Training Community 59

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 10, 2017

This blog was originally penned on Blogger beginning in 2009 and migrated to WordPress in 2012. In fact, when the survey data was segmented by professional bloggers, it found the pros were nearly 70% “more likely to write posts of 1,000 words or more.”. Is your PR agency bring creative ideas to the table?

Survey 60

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Maxim Behar

APRIL 14, 2024

I started writing back in my high school years when I accidentally came across a typing machine. Mostly I write about business because that's what I do. In one of the next editions, I asked my friend and namesake from Seattle, Howard Behar, to write a few words for the introduction. This comes spontaneously and never fades.

Writing 59

Writing Social Media Meeting Facebook 59

Journalistics

JANUARY 24, 2016

These posts represent the types of things you might not want to write about again. When I started Journalistics in 2009, I was still actively involved in media relations as a core component of my job heading up marketing for a startup technology company. Which posts received the most negative comments? The lowest traffic?

Blogging 40

Blogging Strategy How To Writing 40

Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 16, 2014

I am the Planning Section Chief for our agency so I write all the incident action plans for planned and unplanned events which I really enjoy. I have done a ton of media work as I am the Public Information Officer as well for our agency. Retrieved 2009-11-07. In conclusion. Share your views in the comments section below.

Education 100

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Just imagine how many people were telling these stories, for them to have survived, in some shape or form, to the point where they were recorded in writing. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5

Publicity 86

Publicity Creativity Measurement Twitter 86

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

If you cannot get coverage any other way, you might need a new PR department/agency/consultant; and 2. I recently tried to get a big blogger to participate in a group blog project I am working on (in other words, an ask of far less magnitude than “write about me/my biz”). I will never again trust a review this individual writes.

Blogging 73

Blogging Twitter Facebook Measurement 73

Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 10, 2011

I finished my masters degree in PR and corporate communication at the end of 2009 – only 19 months ago. Organizational communication: Whether working client or agency side, you have to understand the principles and processes behind internal communication. To do that, I need to backtrack a little.

Ethics 75

Ethics Community Internal International 75

Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Students are not taught about new practices, since proprietary tools and techniques often remain with hidden with the agencies and companies that create them. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

Measurement 53

Measurement Blogging Tourism Twitter 53

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 4, 2011

Consequently, social media agencies have mushroomed , with their fair share of self-confessed SM consultants cashing in on the tide. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 Wanna Subscribe? Shall We Tweet?

Social Media 78

Social Media Web Media Measurement 78

Bad Pitch Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Late last year, a zealous HR pro (her title is a misnomer: Manager of Talent Development) sent an email to a former employee at my agency, RLM. So I decided to write back to her and let her know that her pursueee is no longer here, and we wished him well, yada yada , but that she had to leave us alone.

Pitching 41

Pitching Technology Resources System 41

PR Conversations

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Ambiguous, leading, loaded and double-barreled questions are among the more common shortcomings, particularly if the person writing the research questions has a limited understanding of survey design. The client recognized the inadequacies of the research and rightly tore a strip off of me…nearly firing the agency over the incident.

Publicity 108

Publicity Survey Analytics Pharmaceuticals 108

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 3, 2011

Second, you will burn out sooner rather than later (burnout almost always happens in agencies, that’s why people leave) and you may even start being resentful of the work/hours you’re putting in. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Wanna Subscribe?

Facebook 63

Facebook Twitter Measurement Blogging 63

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

To land a position in the PR course at RMIT, students need to sit a test to ensure that they have the necessary general knowledge , writing skills and linguistic motivation to be a PR grad. I have recently started writing my own blog about being a PR student as well as current affairs. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

Publicity 90

Publicity How To Course Facebook 90

Stuart Bruce

AUGUST 17, 2015

The Government Communications Service (GCS) has just released figures that claim to show it has spent £330 million less last year compared to 2009-10, by making its campaigns more cost effective. The Government Internal Audit Agency has positively endorsed the savings methods and calculations. Writing a communications strategy.

Government 60

Government Communications Advertising Advertising 60

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

And if I don’t watch the ads, I won’t be able to write a snarky blog post on “the best Super Bowl ad&# or “the worst Super Bowl ad&# or “why the Super Bowl ads sucked&# or… you get my drift. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL?

Facebook 49

Facebook Twitter Measurement Blogging 49

Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Back in about 2009, I remember hearing about Greg Swan. So, I remember asking him to coffee: 1) At the Caribou right downstairs from his office in the Normandale Lake Towers, 2) At 7 or 730 am, before his crazy agency workday got started, and 3) Only for a half hour as to not monopolize his time. Most people can write.

Meeting 68

Meeting Social Media LinkedIn Groups 68

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Muck Rack background and overview Muck Rack got started largely as an experiment in 2009. The screenshot nearby is of the Muck Rack site in 2009 (via Wayback Machine ) and shows Kara Swisher tweeting a WSJ story about the new MySpace CEO. From here, you can create an alert for reporters that write about your refined search results.

Pitching 86

Pitching Media System Tools 86

Bad Pitch Blog

APRIL 10, 2009

In doing so I am realizing that in 2009, the average businessperson really can create and maintain his or her own publicity. Even write thank-you notes to those who cover your story. A lot of what I’ve been teaching in classes at other agencies in seminars sometimes makes people feel woozy and slightly mind-boggled.

Pitching 40

Pitching Construction Local Report 40

Communications Conversations

JUNE 6, 2019

), Heather Whaling (now in her 10th year of owning her own small agency in Columbus ), Kellye Crane (founder of Solo PR Pro and one of the true saints of the social media world), Kevin Dugan (only met once, but wish I would have had more time with him), and Jason Falls. 2 – Write in the moment! And I’m so glad I did.

Blogging 133

Blogging Analytics Meeting Writing 133

Cision

APRIL 13, 2015

They do this by writing about and talking about that health crisis immediately, but they established their credibility by talking about those issues early on. If you recall the avian flu concerns in the mid-2000s, and the H1N1 scare in 2009, you saw the crisis communication model in action.

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Communications Crisis Communications Marketing 120

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 27, 2011

I write back, saying yes, I would like to do an interview with So-And-So. Sometimes, they could be writing/managing completely different properties. If the person writes for multiple, similar properties – that’s fine, mention them. Give with one hand and take with the other. And you know what?

Pitching 111

Pitching Facebook Interviews Twitter 111

Maxim Behar

JANUARY 31, 2021

The Tsunami Below The Peaks of Davos Paul Holmes is the man that captivates the attention of different managers around the world who listen with bated breath to each of his words and write them down on their tablets without even looking at him. This was back in 2009 and I was quite cautious about my predictions.

Meeting 52

Meeting Internal International Travel 52

Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

I was just pissed off and decided to write about it. We signed with our very own fake PR agency, @ HeishmanFlill. But as with any writing project, it’s better to write about what you know. From there the tweets pretty much write themselves. Noooo… I’m no guru. Are people still playing along?

Wireless 74

Wireless Twitter Writing Measurement 74

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

On his blog , Nick says: “Students are not taught about new practices, since proprietary tools and techniques often remain with hidden with the agencies and companies that create them.&# Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Wanna Subscribe?

Measurement 103

Measurement Education Facebook Course 103

Communications Conversations

JULY 20, 2015

Then, you have a slew of blogs created by agencies and vendors. One of the few who really writes a lot anymore across the social web. I’ve been a big fan of Jay’s work for quite a while (dating back to probably about 2009). But, does that drive everything he writes about? Which, on its own, would be fine.

Social Media 60

Social Media Blogging How To Media 60

Sword and the Script

JUNE 28, 2016

In a piece explaining how Coca-Cola identifies and engages influencers , Traackr’s Delphine Reynaud , writes the brand targets influencers in all segments: A-list, anonymous consumer and the magic middle. Influence,” wrote Brian Solis in a still relevant post from 2009, “is the ability to inspire action and also measure it.

Infographics 61

Infographics Survey Consumer Study 61

Maxim Behar

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

These days these same people, from all over the world, most of whom believed me, they ring literally around the clock, write emails or text me on social media. In 2009, 19 Bulgarian tourists died fatuously in Lake Ohrid and then we again had a national mourning. What are you doing there. in Bulgaria, how did you get so far.

Newspapers 52

Newspapers Government Tourism Course 52

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

One of the most high profile WOM agencies globally is an outfit called 1000heads. Especially outside of the social media sphere, where they are often lumped with other social media or digital agencies? Will WOM become an integral part of an increasingly integrated communications offering from all agencies? How many heads?

Travel 79

Travel Case Study Creativity Advertising 79