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Board members with marketing experience improve shareholder returns by 3% [benchmark]

Sword and the Script

of boards have directors with marketing experience, but 100% have directors with finance experience Companies that have board members with marketing experience outperform companies that do not. That’s the high-level finding of an academic study titled, When and How Does Board-Level Marketing Experience Impact Firm Performance ?

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Marketing Science for PR & Communications

Onclusive

I was intrigued by the story of its co-founders who had invented PR Attribution – a credible way to tie corporate communications to real business outcomes, i.e. the holy grail of marketing measurement. But new forms of measurement are not necessarily sufficient to command re-investment in an industry or function.

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PART 1: The Value of Reputation Management – The Financial$

Reputation Us

Your company’s reputation is not merely a reflection of your public image, but a tangible asset with measurable impact on the most essential aspects of your operations. Later series will explore 2) risk evaluation; 3) influencers and marketing; 4) customer loyalty; and 5) staff retention.

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Guest Post: How to Sell #Content #Marketing to Your Bosses

Deirdre Breakenridge

Content marketing as a discipline is still relatively new, and it’s evolving into whatever we professional communicators and marketers say it is. How do you most effectively package your company’s unique value propositions and expertise, and deliver it to the market? What’s the right channel to use? Focus on the content.

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2020 Marketing Budget Planning: Here’s How Marketers Say Spending is Shaping Up

Sword and the Script

October is typically a time of year with special urgency for many in marketing. To that end, I’ve poured over two surveys and re-visited a third to see what the wisdom the marketing crowds had to say about 2020 marketing budgets. 16% on marketing analytics. 16% on marketing analytics. “As of revenue to 10.5%

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Conference Recap: Reaching Rural Americans, Preventing Social Media Crises and Using the PESO Model

PRSay

To be more successful at reaching rural America, Haworth offered a few pieces of advice for PR professionals when building their campaigns: Do market research. Market research is vital to understanding how target audiences consume info,” said Haworth. 3 Ways to Maintain Control of Your Corporate Social Media. During the Oct.

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Is That Client Worth Pursuing? How to Pre-Qualify Prospects

Solo PR Pro

In my corporate career I spent a few years in sales before moving into marketing, and learned valuable lessons that have helped me in every facet of my career. You can also ask questions about their goals and how they are measured, which will tell you a lot about their internal culture and what will be expected of you.

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