Stephen Waddington

JUNE 21, 2018

In time it also turned its attention to shared and paid, as search and social media advertising and promotion matured. Advertising, at least in Europe and the US, has shifted from local and national media to Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and to a lesser extent Twitter. Technology is a possible solution.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

It mirrors a trend that’s already underway in PR’s sibling departments in marketing and advertising. It found as the Wall Street Journal reported , “Advertisers with in-house agencies increased to 64% of the survey’s respondents from 42% a decade ago, according to the study.” The Role of Technology on the Legal Market.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

I call it the PR technology summary ( PR tech sum ) and here’s what I found over the last 30 days. The press release doesn’t spell out any specific technology initiatives, so it seems this is merely an agreement allowing each business to sell the others’ products. “Q4 Here we go…. The company has raised a total of $66.3

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Prohibition

MAY 4, 2017

Back in December 2016, football was hit with the tragic news that the plane carrying Brazilian club Chapecoense crashed on its way to the Copa Sudamericana final, killing 71 and injuring 6 others. 7) Ronaldinho (@10Ronaldinho) Twitter: 14.6m. 6) Gareth Bale (@GarethBale11) Twitter: 11.8m Instagram: 28.8m. Instagram: 30.7m.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 13, 2019

In the course of putting together the monthly PR technology summary ( PR Tech Sum ), I’ve realized that no news site has compiled a complete list of all the acquisitions around Cision. 3) September 15, 2014: Visible Technologies. Newly combined Vocus-Cision acquires Visible Technologies , a provider of social media analytics.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

But it’s easy to imagine this technology being used in more subtle but dangerous ways, such as politicians ‘saying’ things that are not totally out of character but more extreme or subversive than anything they would really say. Finally, 2024 also brings another U.S.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. Your technology should be an enabler to spending less time on screens and more time building key relationships. Greg Galant , CEO and cofounder, Muck Rack.

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Karen Freberg

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

This was a conversation I had back in late 2016, and it continued on for 2017. I am pleased, and extremely excited, to announce a new class I am going to be offering in the Spring 2018 semester: Advanced Social Media Strategy , otherwise known as #FrebergSM. I feel like I’m Remy facing Anton Ego in the movie Ratatouille.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

We can measure the initial impacts of marketing and advertising efforts almost immediately, but that doesn’t mean we should. But it’s not advertising, and it’s not ‘influencer marketing’ in the Kardashian style. Podcast advertising revenue will exceed $1 billion in 2020. 5) Marketers will slow down.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 9, 2019

across 170 clients in Q4 2018 according to Epsilon; and. The closest thing to an open rate they have is a “read rate” which was 24% across all verticals in 2018. In 2016, an email marketing agency in the UK called AlchemyWorx tested 21 billion emails and found no real difference in the subject line length.

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PR 20/20

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Blair is CEO of Win Without Pitching, a sales training and coaching program for creative professionals, and has spent 25 years in advertising and design. Launched by PR 20/20 in 2016, the Institute’s mission is to “ make AI more approachable and actionable for modern marketers.” Where to start: Seth Godin - This Is Marketing, Nov.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 6, 2019

There’s a lot that’s happened over the last month among vendors that make technology for public relations (PR) professionals – and I can’t wait to show you this month’s summary of news from the PR technology community. TrendKite has become the primary technology for the Cision media monitoring capability.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Here we go…20 insightful PR and marketing predictions for 2018 follows below. My prediction for 2018 is continued investment in both AI tools and competencies and, in parallel, the data needed to leverage them.”. – In 2018 it will become even more about the customer experience. 1) Pay to play gains prominence.

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Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

There's no formal methodology and they’re not so much predictions as a series of stories that I’ve recorded on my blog during 2018. Larry Fink, CEO, BlackRock, fired a warning shot in January 2018 about the contribution of corporations to society beyond profit. . #3 billion to the UK economy according to the PRCA Census 2018.

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 30, 2019

Profiling Facebook users: unethical data collection Cambridge Analytica worked on behalf of Vote Leave during the Referendum in the UK on 23 June 2016. It curates content from their network and targeted advertising. In July 2018 it found that Vote Leave exceeded its spending limit of £7 million by almost £500,000.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

While it’s a tricky tightrope to walk, as cultural and political issues continue to saturate the news and social media, more companies will take a stand through marketing and advertising that resonates with customer loyalties. 21) Consolidation of marketing automation technologies. “We 8) Creativity over productivity. “I

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

2020 accelerated the invasion, and in 2021, every technology in your marketing stack will be powered by AI on some level. This will also take new technology tools, but more importantly, unprecedented involvement on a strategic level by corporate communications pros. Susan Kostal | Stet. The robots are already here.

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PRSay

MAY 5, 2016

We are just about five months away until the world unites and comes together in Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Generally speaking, brands have taken a much more diverse approach as to how and when they announce their Rio 2016 programs as compared to recent Games.

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