Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Professionals across the globe share analysis and perhaps, aspiration, in offering up PR and marketing predictions for 2022. As I’ve done for the last several years , I solicited and compiled a list of predictions from professionals across the PR and marketing community. Tom Pick , Digital Marketing Consultant, Webbiquity , LLC.

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Mindful Marketing

OCTOBER 23, 2021

by David Hagenbuch - professor of Marketing at Messiah University - ​author of Honorable Influence - founder of Mindful Marketing ​ Halloween is a time when many companies give a glimpse into their dark sides, usually with carefully created, humor-filled ads.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Marketing and PR predictions aren’t merely forecasts, but often a reflection of our aspirations and perhaps advice – mistakes we’ve made we’d like to help others avoid. “Be Pay to pay, content grows; influencer marketing cools. “I d) Influencer marketing to cool off as far as the amounts of money companies are paying influencers.”.

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Agility PR Solutions

DECEMBER 7, 2020

New data from market researchers at Ibis World mentions three frightening figures: 191,511 fast food restaurant businesses in the U.S. percent annualized growth from 2015 to 2020. To add fuel to the fire, many consumers are making their fast-food decisions based on either geographical proximity (can I […].

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Sword and the Script

JULY 18, 2023

There’s been no shortage of surveys and stats in B2B marketing; here’s a look at some of the more interesting ones from the first six months of 2023 Apart from this blog, I produce a separate monthly email newsletter that curates articles and blog posts across marketing communications. ” Read more on Marketing Dive 2. .

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The Proactive Report

JANUARY 5, 2015

And he says that you probably already know why your brand might be the subject of the reputation crisis in the future. Reputation is made up of many things – how your stakeholders perceive you, your brand, your products, your executives and employees and your actions. Now the consumer has a voice and online reviews are the norm.

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Agility PR Solutions

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Back in 2015, Seth Godin, known by some as the godfather of modern marketing, made a bold statement: “Content marketing is the only marketing left.” The post The first steps toward building your content marketing strategy: Discover & Assess appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 31, 2019

Regardless of the industry, a challenger brand can have a natural PR advantage. Challenger brands can shake things up through unique points of view, innovation or a better story. But many brands don’t have Casper’s $240 million venture funding. But many brands don’t have Casper’s $240 million venture funding.

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David PR Group

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

A consequence and perk of being a blogger is that you often get solicited by public relations and marketing people. This week, though, I was invited to a marketing event that I just couldn’t turn down. He was very forthcoming, saying that Bacardi sells a product that they don’t have a lot of control over when it is consumed.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 5, 2015

As businesses and brands, this is one of the key challenges facing us. When marketers think about SEO, many think about random link building, spamming webmasters, stuffing words and phrases onto a page repeatedly. For brands with some advertising budget, the paid media world offers more choices and power than ever before.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Dozens of marketing and PR professionals express aspirations for 2020 along with educated guesses about the future . I’ve grouped all predictions this year into categories, which is an effort to make it easier to read: Marketing predictions. Marketing predictions. Efficient marketing execution and measurement.

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Cision

OCTOBER 26, 2015

For B2B marketers, the struggle is real. Last week, around 1,000 people attended MarketingProfs’ B2B Marketing Forum , a conference aimed to teach the latest B2B marketing best practices. Here are three key takeaways to help you excel in your business-to-business marketing strategy and implementation.

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Cision

APRIL 23, 2015

This post is based on our white paper “ Outside-The-Box Content Marketing for PR.” ” A week into 2014, Mark Schaefer published a blog post that questioned whether content marketing – which he termed “the hottest marketing trend around” – was a sustainable strategy for businesses.

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Mindful Marketing

AUGUST 5, 2023

by David Hagenbuch - professor of marketing at Messiah University - ​author of Honorable Influence - founder of Mindful Marketing “There’s nothing I like about it,” a family member said after seeing a large brown sun sail I bought to shade our backyard patio.

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Cision

OCTOBER 16, 2015

The distinction holds severely restrictive repercussions for thought leaders, marketers and journalists alike. While online marketing and content production may be the trend, other forms of media still lead the charge when informing the public about what’s new and important. Credibility. Ability to Decide What Is Presented. Commentary.

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The Resolution Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Today’s best marketing campaigns combine the efforts of many groups, including PR, advertising, social, content and user experience, to name a few. "consumers don’t care about labels" The lines between marketing disciplines are blurring and there really is no reason to label a great idea as PR, advertising or social.

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The Resolution Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Today’s best marketing campaigns combine the efforts of many groups, including PR, advertising, social, content and user experience, to name a few. consumers don’t care about labels” The lines between marketing disciplines are blurring and there really is no reason to label a great idea as PR, advertising or social.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

As I’ve done in recent years, I’ve asked a whole bunch of smart people for their marketing predictions or PR predictions for the next year. And now on with the marketing and PR predictions for 2020. 1) Marketing embraces sustainability. 2) Marketing analytics enable better efficiency. “In 5) Marketers will slow down.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

In a recent AdAge profile , Laundry Service CEO Jason Stein describes the huge opportunity that influencers offer to marketers, communications professionals and brands: There is a major convergence between influencers, brands and publishers, and the ones who are really successful are all three of these things.”

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MaccaPR

JUNE 27, 2018

From Airbnb’s " We Accept " diversity drive to Patagonia’s " The President Stole Your Land " campaign against the Trump Administration’s order reducing the size of two national monuments, there’s no de nying t hat our political climate has galvanized marketers to speak up on the socio-political issues that engage consumers today.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

According to a recent study by Fluent , consumers who are reached through a greater number of channels engage more with, and buy more from, brands. Another study by Statista found that as many as 43 percent of Canadians relied on traditional media to research Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals in November 2015.

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Cision

AUGUST 11, 2016

With the rapidly evolving landscape of the marketing mix, fueled by the MarTech revolution, the growth of influencer marketing and content marketing, and a push towards integrated communications, marketers and communicators need cutting-edge resources more than ever. Marketers need to] adapt. Marketing Land.

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Shift Communications

JULY 12, 2022

Account Manager, Consumer. Why” is also fundamental to the way we engage and interact with brands. Today, people prioritize brands with a strong “Why”— aka purpose driven businesses. Today, people prioritize brands with a strong “Why”— aka purpose driven businesses. By Brittany Joyal, Sr. As children, “Why?”

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The Proactive Report

MAY 12, 2016

For your brand to penetrate that noise and actually make any meaningful contact with your intended audience, you have to be ahead of the pack these days. It’s no wonder then that visual content is the top marketing trend for 2016. Especially when you’re talking about marketing and digital PR. VISUAL REAL ESTATE.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Your sales reps and marketers may have more “on the ground” knowledge than your boardroom directors. You need to gather this knowledge, build on top of it, and use it to make your sales and marketing processes more effective. This led Dove to fundamentally change their vision as a brand.

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Cision

OCTOBER 4, 2017

As you look through an interrogative lens — analyzing brands, consumers and the media’s relationship with multimedia, it’s easy to see that visual content is the engine that steers the narrative. When you pair the 24/7 news cycle with always-on connectivity, you get consumers overwhelmed by a perpetual stream of content.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Brands need to keep these truths in mind when considering engaging with someone who is opinionated and who has a lot of social media followers. Social Influencers: Observations for Healthcare Brands. Obviously you want your brand to be aligned with key influencers in your market. Assets can become liabilities over time.

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Cision

APRIL 22, 2015

Last week, Cision’s journalism facing brand Help a Reporter Out (HARO) attended New Media Expo in Las Vegas. This goes for any business or brand, really! Get our free “Outside-The-Box Content Marketing for PR” white paper now! Best Practices Featured Content Marketing' Click here to tweet this! ).

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Journalistics

MAY 26, 2015

One of my favorite annual reports is the Pew Research Center’s State of the News Media 2015. For those of you working in digital marketing or related fields, this should come as no surprise to you. More consumers are accessing all kinds of websites via mobile devices than from desktop computers.

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prTini

DECEMBER 5, 2014

The Complete List of Cultural Trends to Watch for in 2015. What Digital Marketing Will Look Like in 2015. 2015 Social Media Predictions. 5 Ways Brand Managers Can Use Tumblr. How the top 100 brands use Twitter. The Secret Lives of Consumers Revealed, In GIFs. S ign up today ! Public Relations'

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Cision

MAY 19, 2015

This post was inspired by our free “ Outside-The-Box Content Marketing for PR ” white paper. Not long ago, we had a blog post that described five outside-the-box content marketing ideas. Here are five more outside-the-box content marketing ideas that will take the results of your content creation to the next level.

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MaccaPR

JANUARY 11, 2016

Now that our MaccaPR blog is heading into its fourth year, come with us as we revisit the most successful posts of 2015. Shattering Stereotypes with Marketing: A Conversation with The Brand Lab Should we care that in the U.S. advertising, PR and marketing managers are African-American? percent of U.S. percent of U.S.

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Cision

JUNE 2, 2015

Content marketing boils down to one simple question: what story is your brand telling? According to CMI’s 2015 Benchmark Report , 55 percent of B2B marketers plan to increase their content marketing budget in the next 12 months—essentially, pouring more money into telling their brands’ stories.

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Prohibition

JUNE 28, 2023

Crisis management in food PR is the art of effectively handling these crises, to protect the reputation and livelihood of the brand. These crises can have severe health implications for consumers and can damage the reputation of the brand – meaning they need to be dealt with appropriately and quickly.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

If your marketing budget grew by 5% or more in the next year, how would you invest that money? I like to ask that kind question because it’s an interesting mental exercise that really makes marketing think about what they want to achieve. Marketers said their budgets grew 7.5% Top Marketer: The Art and Science of a CMO [UML].

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PR in High Definition

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

To put it simply, the US Justice Department has accused Google of abusing its power as the most popular search engine – this was done by making deals with wireless carriers to ensure its search engine is the exclusive or dominant option on the devices of millions of consumers. Are search engines controlling how we think?

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Polaris

MAY 5, 2015

If your brand targets moms, your social media strategy may need a major overhaul, according to a recent study conducted by Yummy Mummy Club (YMC) in Canada. Brands still think that pushing out stories about how great they are will resonate with moms,” Erica Ehm , the founder of YMC, told me. 10 Ways Brands Create Contagious Content.

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