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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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Five years later: Reflecting on 7 big social media trends from 2013

Communications Conversations

But, that post and Amanda’s note got me thinking: How far have we really come in social media marketing circles in just five years. Because, lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the NEGATIVE effects of social media marketing. Think about how MUCH social media marketing has evolved in five years. Thank, God.

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Less publicized but more interesting takeaways from 3 reports on marketing and PR

Sword and the Script

Studies show the average email marketing campaign has a 20% open rate and 2% CTR. Top metrics for marcom and PR vary The top metric for marketing communication (marcom) leaders is leads generated while the top metric for PR is stories placed. Sword and the Script is a boutique B2B marketing, PR and communications consultancy.

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#PRStudChat Discusses How to Get Started with Digital Marketing Analytics

Deirdre Breakenridge

They seek out marketing and PR professionals who have a good grasp of digital analytics and how to track and measure campaign results and prove business value. ET, the #PRStudChat community will gather for an in-depth Twitter discussion on digital marketing analytics from importance and priorities to impactful experiences.

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Coke fights back against allegations of dishonest marketing

Agility PR Solutions

That’s the allegation being made by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) after it completed an analysis of internal documents from two different Coke ad campaigns promoted in 2013 and 2016. The post Coke fights back against allegations of dishonest marketing appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

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The Moments That Made Social Slam 2013 Momentous

Waxing UnLyrical

at SMMWorld: “At the recent Social Media Marketing World event, I ran into Ian and asked him how many sessions he had attended and he said ‘none.’ Social Slam 2013. Social Slam 2013. Blog posts previewing or reviewing Social Slam 2013. Social Slam 2013 Recap: From the Eyes of an Organizer.

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Three Random Thoughts on April 19, 2013

Waxing UnLyrical

I was out at the Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit (which was great), but it was also the day the week’s horrors in Boston came to a culmination … though none of us could have foreseen that. Boston_Police) April 20, 2013. Three Random Thoughts on April 19, 2013 is a post from: Waxing UnLyrical. Stand by for further info.