The Proactive Report

JANUARY 15, 2016

The ability to identify the right influencers – in both traditional and social media – and provide them with content they value so that you get earned media coverage will become highly prized in 2016. The Shrinking Social Media Landscape: Facebook is now in its 12th year and shows no signs of slowing down.

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The Proactive Report

JANUARY 15, 2016

The ability to identify the right influencers – in both traditional and social media – and provide them with content they value so that you get earned media coverage will become highly prized in 2016. The Shrinking Social Media Landscape: Facebook is now in its 12th year and shows no signs of slowing down.

Trends 100

Trends Skype Digital PR Guidelines 100

The Proactive Report

JANUARY 15, 2016

The ability to identify the right influencers – in both traditional and social media – and provide them with content they value so that you get earned media coverage will become highly prized in 2016. The Shrinking Social Media Landscape: Facebook is now in its 12th year and shows no signs of slowing down.

Trends 100

Trends Skype Digital PR Guidelines 100

Cision

APRIL 7, 2017

Kristin Daher, the President and founder of Powerhouse Communications , spearheads the creative communications agency providing a wide range of media relations, brand strategy, and social media services with a specialty in the foodservice and franchise space. In January 2016, Powerhouse Communications was born.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Our top posts from the first quarter of 2016 focused on the different ways data and analytics have transformed the efforts of public relations professionals and how they affect client expectations. TOP DATA-DRIVEN PR TRENDS OF 2016: INTERACTIVE INFOGRAPHICS. This includes the evolution of the traditional infographic.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Online video marketing stats abound! Time and again, we see and hear countless online video marketing statistics like these: Consumers spend 5.5 Statistics like these are pervasive and underscore an undeniable truth: Videos continue to be part of the regular mix in marketing strategies. To autoplay or NOT to autoplay.

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Cision

JUNE 2, 2017

This post is an excerpt from the e-book, Listen: 5 Social Audiences Brands Can’t Afford to Ignore. The global digital economy has produced an avalanche of content and the battle for mind and market share is no longer local. See how they market online. Are calls to action part of their marketing tactics?

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How To Real Estate Web Case Study 198

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. However, things are changing and that is no longer the case.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

As much as video content has grown in advertising, marketing, and PR , data shows that it continues to expand. PR practitioners have long helped clients amplify video content through social media promotion and earned media coverage, but they may be underusing video as branded content. It’s pure storytelling.

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PR 20/20

OCTOBER 31, 2017

We get that annual planning is a beast, and marketers everywhere are wrought with expectation and reporting woes. You need an actionable, original marketing plan —driven by purposeful planning and backed by data—to truly gain executive buy-in. 7 Tips & Tools for Marketing Strategy & Performance. Marketing team.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 11, 2019

Marketing is sometimes like politics. Marketers tend to be for it or against it – and passion may sometimes cloud new perspective. Gates provide marketing justification. You want to build your email marketing list. This is useful for email marketing and also retargeting and custom audience campaigns for paid social media.

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MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The latest content marketing trend our PR agency is seeing is the move toward less content creation and more content promotion. In that rush of adrenaline to immediately promote your new e-book or video ASAP, content marketers risk the opportunity to be creative with promotion. Here's how: 33 Content Marketing Promotion Ideas.

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Presspage

AUGUST 15, 2017

brought forth vast social media and multimedia tools, including video sharing capabilities. Social media platforms like Facebook have essentially made this decision for organizations by prioritizing video – Mark Zuckerberg has even described video as the biggest trend, and challenge, for the next 5 years.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 4, 2017

Email remains a top channel for producing leads in B2B marketing , according to a survey data from a report by Chief Marketer titled Top B2B Lead Gen Trends. That’s no surprise perhaps for veteran marketers, but it’s the mix and integration that often matters most and goes missing. Content marketing: 51%.

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Cision

MARCH 8, 2016

Here are three trends you need to follow and why doing so will help you better reach your audience: Want more insights on the latest media trends? Get Cision’s free State of the Media 2016 Report! Ninety-two percent of media professionals say their organization already has a mobile-compatible website or is working on one.

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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. The annual report is a joint effort between MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute.

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Cision

JUNE 20, 2016

Cision’s State of the Media 2016 Report found that 92 percent of journalists said that their companies were already mobile-ready. Widen your social presence. You probably already know your organization needs to be using social media. But do you know which platforms you should be on?

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 13, 2019

Whether you are a CMO or not, if your work is related to marketing, then the challenges and opportunities facing the CMO are also yours. We all have a responsibility to support the CMO with the inputs from our piece of the puzzle to develop a sound marketing strategy. Your Marketing Predecessor was Probably a Hot Mess.

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Beyond PR

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Do you know that at least 70 percent of B2B marketers will create more content in 2017 compared to 2016? Creating more content is usually always a good thing, but successful content marketers know that it takes more than just creating more content to get results from content marketing. They are: Infographics.

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Cision

JANUARY 11, 2017

According to research from the Content Marketing Institute , 70 percent of B2B marketers plan to create more content in 2017 compared to 2016. However, the same study revealed that only a measly 17 percent of content marketers report their content marketing efforts as much more successful. List posts. What posts.

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PRSay

APRIL 19, 2016

Editor’s note: This post is a preview of the PRSA 2016 Strategic Collaboration Conference , May 24-25 in Chicago. A successful integrated marketing communications (IMC) practice incorporates concepts like core strategy statements, cross-platform strategies, and iterative measurement practices. Register by April 22 and save $100. .

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PR 20/20

MARCH 7, 2017

We’re in the thick of a new year, and like many professionals, marketers are searching for the next top trends to drive results in 2017. According to a 2016 study by Content Marketing Institute , B2C marketers ranked the following as top content priorities: 73% indicate that they want to create more engaging content.

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The Proactive Report

MARCH 16, 2016

Here is the transcript of the #DigitalPR chat on Friday March 11, 2016. My guest was Victoria Lim, visual content expert and the Social Media and Content Editor for Walt Disney World. Q2: Only 7% of marketers feel confident about their current visual content (Source: Curulate.) No news media outlet is just one platform.

Infographics 100

Infographics Video Case Study Print 100

The Proactive Report

MARCH 16, 2016

Here is the transcript of the #DigitalPR chat on Friday March 11, 2016. My guest was Victoria Lim, visual content expert and the Social Media and Content Editor for Walt Disney World. Q2: Only 7% of marketers feel confident about their current visual content (Source: Curulate.) No news media outlet is just one platform.

Infographics 100

Infographics Video Case Study Print 100

Presspage

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Hereford Award is given to honor creativity, effectiveness in reaching audiences with a message, and the overall scope of an airport’s effort in marketing and public relations. This award is regarded throughout the airport industry as the highest honor an airport can earn for marketing and communications excellence.

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Beyond PR

AUGUST 14, 2017

And social media. The purpose of your press release is to remind the media, your clients, and other businesses why your company is relevant. HubSpot reported in 2016 that 43 percent of readers skim online content. Infographics demonstrate your brand’s expertise in your industry. Multimedia attachments.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Webinars have long been a staple of B2B marketing. Arguably, the time, effort and budget that goes into producing high-quality webinars makes leveraging this existing investment an imperative in modern digital marketing. Below are 12 ideas on precisely how to drive better results from your B2B marketing webinars.

B2B 60

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Beyond PR

DECEMBER 12, 2017

And social media. The purpose of your press release is to remind the media, your clients and other businesses why your company is relevant. HubSpot reported in 2016 that 43 percent of readers skim online content. Infographics demonstrate your brand’s expertise in your industry. Multimedia attachments.

Writing 75

Writing How To Infographics Pinterest 75

Beyond PR

JUNE 2, 2017

This post is an excerpt from the e-book, Listen: 5 Social Audiences Brands Can’t Afford to Ignore. The global digital economy has produced an avalanche of content and the battle for mind and market share is no longer local. See how they market online. Are calls to action part of their marketing tactics?

Real Estate 57

Real Estate How To Web Case Study 57

MaccaPR

JANUARY 21, 2016

In today’s hyper-digitalized marketing world, consumer brands must take a hard look at how they distribute content - infographics, e-books, videos, recipes and more - online. Sponsored blogger marketing campaigns go far beyond the number of online opportunities for your product to be seen (aka consumer impressions).

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Consumer Infographics SEO Blogging 48

MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

According to a recent Maxwell PR study (see infographic below), 35 percent of top food bloggers reported spending more than 35 hours per week on blogging and 43 percent estimated that they’ll prepare more than 20 sponsored blog posts in 2016. Trend #5: Bloggers promote their own content on social more than ever!

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Cision

APRIL 13, 2016

You’ve set up a social media monitoring system. You’re updating your social sites daily, if not more frequently. Here, I asked marketing and social media professionals for their best next-level tips. says, “Narrow down and eliminate the people most likely to ignore you on social media.

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The Proactive Report

JUNE 15, 2016

This list of the top 25 skills that can make you more marketable in 2016 and beyond was published on the Official LinkedIn blog. Most are technical skills, but number 2, 3 & 4 are vital for marketing and & PR jobs. Listening: Social media has provided us with the ultimate research tool.

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Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

” Too many content marketing teams try to half-ass a bunch of things—blog posts, whitepapers, video, social media, SEO—in the pursuit of a cohesive content program. For those us who don’t have endless resources, we can still aspire to be like prolific brands—as long as we have a realistic content marketing strategy.

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Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

That’s where your content marketing efforts come into to play. According to HubSpot’s 2017 State of Inbound, the top challenge marketing faces is generating more traffic and leads. To exceed your content benchmarks, you must promote your content beyond your owned channels (email, social, website, etc.). Infographics.

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Cision

MAY 3, 2017

Free markets demand a free press. The media attention that companies get can positive or negative. At a time when 81 percent of senior marketers believe earned media is more effective than paid media , brand success relies heavily on the merit-based earned media that journalists provide.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 11, 2016

Earlier this month, the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) was acquired by events company UBM for a reported $17.6 Aside from the well-deserved round of congratulations, it occurred to me the acquisition is an indication of a maturing industry for content marketing, which of course includes blogging. Marketing Integration Still Reigns

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