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How People Made 2010 What It Was

Waxing UnLyrical

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How People Made 2010 What It Was December 31st, 2010 Tweet Just a few more hours before we put our 2010 calendars away and start our New Year, eh? My, time flies. I turned 40. And I liked it.

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This Semrush Acquisition of Backlinko hits PR, SEO and Content Marketing Trifecta [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

In 2010, Vocus acquired the Help a Reporter. In any case, both of these were “audience buys” and proved to be savvy PR, content marketing and SEO moves. Semrush is focusing on building up their marketing education,” wrote Backlinko founder Brian Dean in a LinkedIn post. Case in point? PR tech mentions.

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How to Get the B2B Marketing Persona Right [UML]

Sword and the Script

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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McKinsey’s Cautionary Tale for Communicators

PRSay

Consider what your followed advice would do to the market or to society at large. By 2010, the opioid epidemic was already in full swing, and public concern about it had grown. Write every document, email, text and Teams message as if it could eventually show up on the front page of The New York Times.

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This AI is ‘Taylor’ Made for Media Relations; PRophet Adds Generative AI to PR Software

Sword and the Script

As such, it’s a good example of how PR and marketing professionals should be thinking about AI: it’s a tool that augments your abilities and enhances your work. That seems to be the driving philosophy behind this new startup in the PR software market – and the backdrop for this new PR Tech Briefing.

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In Content Marketing, Marketers Might be Losing Their Way

Sword and the Script

Content marketing is blending the functions of marketing and sales to the extent, marketing has lost its focus on creating demand. That’s my take after listening to Tom Webster evolve a concept over couple of podcasts on The Marketing Companion and finally rendered in a more polished format on Mark W. by Frank Strong.

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Behind the Headlines with Meredith Lejeune

Cision

She is also the owner of Thought Bubble Communications and works with clients to develop and execute successful public relations and marketing campaigns. I always loved to write. I believe this is due to a lack of diversity on marketing and PR teams. Have a love for writing — or at least like it.

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