Onclusive

DECEMBER 6, 2017

A 2016 survey from Narrative Science found that 58 percent of enterprise business executives are already using predictive analytics within their organization. AirPR has been on the cutting edge of the New PR and its ties to content marketing and marketing technology. In fact, that future may already be here.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 8, 2016

However, that the median PR salary is up roughly $8,000 over the same survey last year suggests competition for PR talent has tightened sharply. The PR professional “every reason to be increasingly confident,” according to the 2016 PRWeek Salary Survey , from which that median salary figure stems. PR an Employee Market.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

of studies and surveys – some of which I had a hand in producing – dissecting the results and connecting dots where it looks appropriate. As we close in on the year’s end, I looked back over these marketing and PR statistics in an effort to surface those points that in some way, shape or form, help to summarize 2018 as a year.

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The Proactive Report

JULY 23, 2017

.” Jim Yu, CEO of BrightEdge, There is a positive side to the findings of this report – in house marketers and agencies are moving towards strategies that integrate SEO, SEM, social media and content marketing. IMPROVE YOUR CONTENT STRATEGY. DemandGen Report – 2016 Content Preferences Survey ).

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

This week includes survey data and salient points from two subject matter experts on the topic. Most B2B marketers (64%) create buyer personas and many use these for content segmentation (33%). Another 54% said they relied on current customer interviews, while approximately 52% used marketing team recommendations.”

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2016

Businesses will increase investments in marketing for the third year in a row according to the Gartner CMO Spend Survey for 2016- 2017. Where will marketing invest that budget? The survey showed the top three categories in 2016 marketing spend were web, digital commerce and digital advertising.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

In corporate blogging and more broadly, in B2B content marketing , it’s not so simple. That is the top line conclusion drawn from the 3 rd Annual Survey of Bloggers by Orbit Media Studios , a web design company based in Chicago. The firm says it surveyed 1,055 bloggers and published the report late in 2016.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 16, 2019

Communications professions placed press releases near the bottom of a long list of priorities for the next 12 months, according to the 2019 JOTW Communications Survey , a collaborative effort between Ned’s Job-of-the-Week and Sword and the Script Media. Those results echoed views expressed about press releases on the same survey last year.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

To borrow from a quote , the professional’s feet should be planted in their role, but their eyes should survey the marketing landscape. There have been a lot of new surveys and reports launched since the beginning of the year. Content production to grow 25%. “58% 12% said increasing market share. Hey, Google!

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 12, 2022

million in 2016. The average journalist covers 3 beats; 74% say they produce content in addition to online and print, such as newsletters (17%) and podcasts (15%) and half publish 5+ stories per week; 33% publish 8+ a week – according to the latest State of Journalism survey by Muck Rack.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2016

What follows below are the top 10 articles I shared on Twitter – out of 3,306 posts in 2016 – which provides something of a snapshot of the marketing trends over the year. AMA: Gartner’s CMO spend survey shows marketing budgets on the rise in 2017. Contently: Why Cisco is hiring over 200 content marketers.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Effective B2B content marketing programs have a documented strategy, build a subscription audience and use metrics to inform decisions What separates successful B2B content marketing programs from those that underperform? For example, here’s a post on the page four findings from 2016. Give our services a try.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 1, 2018

billion in funding in 2016; Legaltech. Good business leaders, let alone good marketers, know that differentiation in word and deed is important, but so too is trust and transparency. A new study by TrustRadius underscores the importance of trust in B2B marketing. b) The survey report pushes user reviews pretty hard.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

Nearly half of respondents (47%) in a recent survey of public relations pros found many are observing more PR work being taken in-house. It mirrors a trend that’s already underway in PR’s sibling departments in marketing and advertising. I believe all signs suggest the future of marketing looks more like public relations.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

If you’re not using Facebook ads because you don’t think they work in B2B marketing , then you are among thin ranks. Several surveys reviewed by eMarketer suggest social media advertising continues to advance – and Facebook is often voted the most effective paid platform – even for B2B. Many B2B agencies are good at content.

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The Resolution Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

72Point’s Jess Macdonald shares tips on how to gain more news coverage using surveys in a new way. PR planning for 2016? This trends tool will help build out your campaign content & influencer insight in seconds. You can even convert it back to PDF. Very cool. Big coverage using the power of free text.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 10, 2018

Still, a recent survey of communications professionals with Ned’s Job of the Week really piqued my interest. Why Content Marketing and Public Relations Need Each Other. That same year, the publishing and events company UBM acquired the Content Marketing Institute for just $17.6 What is the value in that?

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MaccaPR

APRIL 20, 2016

Social Media Examiner’s Michael Stelzner, during which he identified top trends impacting social media in 2016. Note: Statistics mentioned below come from the Social Media Examiner 2016 survey of 5,100 social media marketers. Sixty-seven percent of marketers will increase their Facebook marketing efforts in 2016.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Content marketing has never been more important. A report from Content Marketing Institute (CMI) conducted in 2016 found that 47 percent of enterprise marketers planned to increase their budgets for content marketing over the following 12 months. Keeping Content Powerful And Unique.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Many of the blog posts published here are based on survey research, analytical studies or other sources of data. Every entry links to both the article I originally wrote – and to the underlying source, report or survey. The list below is broken into four sections: Marketing statistics from 2020. Marketing Statistics from 2020.

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Journalistics

JANUARY 24, 2016

This posts was the first step in my journey to blog more in 2016. In this age of content marketing we’re living in, it seems like every organization is blogging in hopes of capturing some inbound marketing magic (you can thank HubSpot for that).

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Many of the posts published here are heavily weighted with surveys and reports. It’s good to know where and how other marketers are finding success. Those categories are: Content marketing statistics. Social media marketing statistics. Marketing measurement statistics. Content Marketing Statistics.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

“Data and the use of data will become the great divide between marketers producing content and content marketing. Those companies that can take data, do a deep dive, and understand what the data tells them will see more success in achieving their goals from content than those who look at simple analytics.

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 23, 2018

An immediate challenge in exploring this issue is that capabilities and skills cannot be mapped directly against how practitioners spend their time, however the annual CIPR State of the Profession survey contains a strong indication of how the issue is likely to unfold. My personal view is that the PR business will continue to evolve.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 6, 2015

If content marketing was a self-evaluated college class, marketers would give themselves a “C.” That’s my sense after reading the new B2B Content Marketing 2016 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends – North America report. Content Marketing Effectiveness. by Frank Strong. at a 95% confidence level.

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Marketwired

JANUARY 5, 2016

Take a look at our suggestions for staying on top of your PR game in 2016. Focus your content-sharing and creation efforts. According to our content marketing survey, 64% of PR pros are planning to increase their time, resources, and efforts spent on content marketing in 2016.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 23, 2016

It’s almost cliché, except the advice is sage: when it comes to content marketing , don’t make home improvements to a rental property. Survey Finds Improving Optimism in Content Marketing. The Psychology of More in Content Marketing and Social Media [UML].

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Journalistics

JANUARY 24, 2016

This posts was the first step in my journey to blog more in 2016. In this age of content marketing we’re living in, it seems like every organization is blogging in hopes of capturing some inbound marketing magic (you can thank HubSpot for that).

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Sword and the Script

JULY 16, 2016

If you peruse enough surveys covering the challenges of marketing , you begin to see that three common themes among the findings: budget, ROI and production. Marketing Budget Predictability. Here are three data intensive and thought-provoking pieces on B2B content marketing. Chad Pollit of Relevance.

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PR 20/20

JUNE 25, 2019

The future of marketing is more intelligent and more human. According to a survey of business buyers (Source: Salesforce , 2018): 72% of buyers expect vendors to personalize engagements to their needs. Sample services include: Content strategy, with the Cognitive Content Hub™ methodology. Content production.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 7, 2016

For the purpose of satisfying curiosity, marketing surveys are a useful vehicle for research. To that end, this post summarizes five recent market research surveys worth of a purposeful poke and pry. Marketing skills the CMO needs on the team. Also see: The CMO Survey with Social & Mobile Marketing Takeaways.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

“Marketers will begin to more fully embrace concerns about sustainability and will show more courage in implementing changes across their marketing strategies and their organizations.”. Note: Professor Moorman also champions The CMO Survey. 2) Marketing analytics enable better efficiency. “In How can they do that?

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 1, 2019

1) Breaking Down the Results from the 2018 PR Salary Survey; Are You Earning What you are Worth? The median salary for a PR professional in early 2018 was $95,000, according to an annual salary survey by PR Week. This was flat with the $91,000 median originally reported in 2017 and the $92,125 originally reported in 2016.

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The Stalwart Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2015

A few months ago, our agency learned that more of our clients and prospects were in need of greater content marketing assistance. While we’ve always been a PR and Marketing agency, the majority of our work has primarily been focused on media relations. It means putting out quality content on a continuous basis.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Your content must be relevant, meaningful and useful to capture your audience’s attention. According to a Marketwired survey in November 2015, PR and marketing professionals plan to increase their content marketing programs by 64% in 2016. Discovering new design techniques for content creation.

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Cision

MARCH 13, 2017

In the world of digital marketing, traditional marketing tactics have been reinvented so many times that it is not rare for traditionalists to get disillusioned. According to the 2016 Social Media Examiner survey , at least 63% of marketers plan on increasing their use of these social networks this year.

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PR Conversations

MAY 24, 2016

PRCA Benchmarking surveys offer some indication of current employment trends in the UK industry, with staff recruitment and retention identified as critical business issues. Nevertheless, my research shows a likely correlation between volatility in the consultancy sector and the state of the economy and other societal changes.

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