Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

The 7 Best Performing Blog Posts in 2017. What is clearer was the sort of topics that attracted readers in 2017. Note: This top post was published in February 2017 and some of the metrics were updated in November and those can be found here: 3 Habits of Highly Successful Bloggers B2B Marketing can Borrow [Study].

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Blogging B2B Content Marketing Trade Shows 73

Shift Communications

MAY 22, 2017

I had the pleasure and privilege of attending IBM Vision 2017 as a guest of IBM Analytics. Christopher Penn (@cspenn) May 17, 2017. Legacy publications find themselves more under the gun every day, with declining subscribers and decreasing advertising revenues. Christopher Penn (@cspenn) May 17, 2017. Uber has no cars.

Publicity 166

Publicity Data Analytics Advertising 166

Cision

MARCH 22, 2017

A common theme from the marketing and branding sessions at this year’s SXSW 2017 conference was very clear: Say what you mean, and mean what you say. Disrupt the native advertising/sponsored content arena by shifting the focus away from your brand and more towards what benefits your audience. Cision (@Cision) March 13, 2017.

Communications 209

Communications Policies Storytelling Groups 209

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

It mirrors a trend that’s already underway in PR’s sibling departments in marketing and advertising. So, what does this in-housing trend mean for PR agencies? This post offers the cliff note version of a 10-year trend and underscores the similarities for PR agencies and marketing firms, that I think points to a similar future.

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Agency Trends Marketing Survey 95

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This year, we’ve seen brands and agencies alike trying – and struggling – to find and hire strong PR pros. These pros will continue to be in demand – and those in need of public relations assistance should be aware of all the options available to them, including consultants, agencies, and of course hiring in-house.”. Fast-vertising.

Marketing 215

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 215

Cision

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Because blocking many kinds of advertisements through browser-based tools is a common practice nowadays, it’s essential to feed content to your users in a way that comes across more naturally — through influencer marketing. However, you should never be afraid to get creative and try something completely new! . About Kayla Matthews.

Strategy 251

Strategy Case Study Instagram Print 251

PRSay

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

To shift this direction, MSHDA teamed up with local companies Airfoil Group (a creative marketing and PR firm) and Perich Advertising + Design to build an integrated marketing communications campaign centered on demystifying the home-buying process for potential first-time homebuyers — specifically Michigan millennials.

Case Study 94

Case Study Guidelines Study Creativity 94

Stuart Bruce

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

New York advertising agency McCann boasts on its website about the awesome creativity of its guerilla campaign that saw it sneak in the middle of the night to drop off without permission the statue of a girl to face up the famous Wall Street charging bull. It was lauded by the media and politicians alike.

Case Study 99

Case Study Crisis Communications Corporate Leadership 99

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

On one hand, competition is fierce (56%), people are increasingly intolerant of advertising (46%) and “information overload” is a genuine problem (44%). Read more: How Creative, Agile and Metrics can Sing in Marketing Harmony. This is more or less flat with the $91,000 median reported in 2017 and the $92,125 reported in 2016.

Survey 104

Survey Marketing B2B Content Marketing 104

Mark My Words

JUNE 27, 2016

asked a bemused Dave Grohl to an audience of star struck advertising folk. All those who sold their agencies for mega bucks pour out ‘the true story’ at 3am. The only people who watch talks are the friends of the agencies who booked the slot. Creativity. “What is this festival anyway?” Excess knows few limitations.

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Creativity Advertising Advertising Corporate 68

Landis PR

JUNE 27, 2022

My career started 35 years ago at a PR agency that specialized in the luxury lifestyle sector. And now I’m happily back at an agency, working with environmental and healthcare clients. A picture of Polly with the original cast of “Ain’t Too Proud” at the 2017 SF AIDS Walk opening ceremony – a promotional appearance.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Exercises Pitching Sports 52

Cision

JUNE 15, 2017

Yvonne Lorie, the founder of ReFresh PR and a recipient of the 2013 HPRA Premio PR Achievement Award, has been elected president of the Hispanic Public Relations Association (HPRA) national board for 2017. HPRA provides year-round programs, professional development seminars and networking among other services. . .

Automotive 245

Automotive Resources Strategy Consumer 245

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Advertising value equivalent (AVE) is at the sharp end of this issue. She believes the same issues apply in advertising and PR. It’s impossible to keep coming up with creative ideas to reach and resonate with audiences who are not represented by a PR team. The issue lies in the inability of PR to achieve its value.

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Government Education Print Ethics 103

Karen Freberg

JUNE 24, 2019

This past week attending and working at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity was one of the most rewarding, inspiring, and educational professional and personal experiences I have ever had. It was this trip back in 2017 that sparked the idea of creating and launching an Educators Summit at Cannes Lions. How cool is that?!

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Education Creativity Pinterest Facebook 64

Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 19, 2017

But, here we are in 2017 and both are healthy and strong (one of her sons had a heart transplant last year and is doing great!). All too often in the agency world, operations leaders are seen as an impediment to creativity and innovation. Let’s stop giving them “the mom” job in the agency.

Agency 68

Agency Creativity Leadership Industry 68

MaccaPR

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Rather than mere translation, I like to talk about transcreation – which means, you perform a creative transfer which takes a brand’s original marketing message that was tailored for a mostly white, middle class audience and inform it with the culture and values of another group of consumers. trillion in 2017. New York and Miami.

Insurance 74

Insurance Insurance Interviews Marketing 74

PR Conversations

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

I see agencies offering communication research and audit services when they appear to have no-one in their team with any qualifications in research. Source: VMA Group Report: Beyond Communications (2017) (italics added). Source: VMA Group Report: Inside Insight (2017). Source: VMA Group Report: Inside Insight (2017).

Training 65

Training Ethics Data Analysis 65

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 16, 2016

With the year dwindling down, it’s time to start looking ahead to 2017. Public Relations Skills and Competencies Will Need to Expand Both Vertically and Horizontally in 2017. Traditionally, PR firms have juggled a wide range of clients across many industries, and the largest agencies still do that, of course.

Real Estate 120

Real Estate Technology Data Agency 120

Karen Freberg

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

This was a conversation I had back in late 2016, and it continued on for 2017. It’s going to be a learning community where we will operate like a dynamic, energetic, and strategic agency that has skills, creative abilities, and innovative approaches for education and thought leadership for each task, client, and activity we have.

Social Media 40

Social Media Media Exercises Education 40

Prohibition

JANUARY 23, 2023

As the channel continues to grow, the number of videos created each day by Instagram users has quadrupled since 2017. If your business has the creative budget, consider creating the captions while finalising the content to ensure the text completely matches what people are saying in the video. The solution is captions.

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Video Social Media Instagram Media 62

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

This year, we saw in-house teams get downsized and agency budgets get reduced. And so, I believe that those PR agencies or freelancers who over-use AI like to ‘read the room,’ with a view to becoming more productive will reveal how much less credible they are compared to those who do not do this, so create a credibility gap.”

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Writing Communications Marketing B2B 194

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

There are so many thoughtful contributions – from people working on both the in-house and agency sides. In-house and agency teams will be hard at work supporting Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) with messaging that convinces their leadership colleagues and board of directors that preparing for cyber-attacks is critical. .

Marketing 192

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 192

5W PR

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

But one of the problems for businesses – and their PR people, Instagram continues to limit access to paid advertising on their site. Finally, don’t forget this is still a social media platform, that means it’s not just about advertising your product or service, it’s also about building an interactive group.

Instagram 158

Instagram Publicity How To Social Media 158

Cision

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

With nearly 91 percent of people saying advertisements are more intrusive today than they were two years ago, earned media or word-of-mouth approach provides an excellent opportunity to improve conversion rates and generate sales. More often than not, in-house content creation narrows down your creative ability significantly.

Strategy 244

Strategy How To Media Measurement 244

The Resolution Blog

JULY 30, 2019

To shine against all the noise, you need to be extra creative. Instead, once it had started to pick up momentum, its creators (advertising creatives Chris Godfrey and Alissa Khan-Whelan) decided to use its visibility to power something good. Airbnb even took the campaign to the 2017 Superbowl with an accompanying television ad.

Instagram 120

Instagram Examples Brand Branding 120

MaccaPR

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

To start, the launch of 'Fearless Girl' by agency McCann New York for its financial client, State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), generated 4.6 Compared to how you measure traditional advertising, with experiential marketing we measure buzz, impact, engagement and conversations generated by a campaign.

Marketing 76

Marketing Consumer Measurement Viral 76

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 1, 2019

This was flat with the $91,000 median originally reported in 2017 and the $92,125 originally reported in 2016. Across segments, the median for 2018 came in like this: corporate: $132,000; agency $88,000; non-profit: $78,300. 6) Is Creativity a Skill or Talent? The point is advertising is not content marketing.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Survey B2B Google 60

Norton's Notes

JULY 19, 2017

With campaigns becoming increasingly more integrated and digital, I like to stay abreast of what has been happening in the creative sector. The New Zealand fire service got creative by making a virtual 360 degree house fire. Those are my top 10 PR campaigns to date in 2017. So there you have it.

Hotels 28

Hotels Video Fashion Creativity 28

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. It's ready for primetime!

Marketing 48

Marketing Content Marketing Pinterest LinkedIn 48

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Advertising is a distant third. Read more: Separating Creativity from Technology in Thinking about Marketing Innovation [UML]. Read more: Separating Creativity from Technology in Thinking about Marketing Innovation [UML]. 17% more likely to be expanding beyond traditional agency partners.”. “18% 4% said to drive loyalty.

Marketing 78

Marketing Publicity Survey Study 78

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

These are the questions we sought to answer in spring 2015 when I launched an internal initiative named Project Copyscale at my content marketing agency, PR 20/20. Based on funding velocity through August 2017, these companies alone would be forecasted to take in more than $450 million in funding this year. Draft social media updates.

Marketing 53

Marketing Software eBook Technology 53

Konnect Agency

MAY 15, 2020

in November 2017. In keeping with this trend, digital marketers should ensure that brand campaigns allow for creative content as viral videos are typically not overly branded and based on unique concepts. Oftentimes, top-performing content pieces are creative, quirky videos that don’t take themselves or the brand too seriously.

Viral 52

Viral Video Social Media Creativity 52

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 22, 2016

From native advertising to content marketing , the dynamic web is about the blurry and blurring lines in marketing. Even Google weighed in recently – threatening penalties for pop-ups that ruin the user experience – especially on mobile (after January 10, 2017). Does your B2B agency stopped bringing creative content ideas?

Web 60

Web Google Mobile B2B 60

Cision

APRIL 5, 2017

Reported by Wendy Glavin, CEO & Founder, Wendy Glavin Agency and powered by CommPRO. Breaking Down the State of the Media in 2017,” was a fascinating and discouraging examination of the lack of trust in the media. Rallies against Kellogg’s after it pulled its advertising from Breitbart. Katrina Craigwell: Emotion vs. fact.

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Report Media Advertising Advertising 225

MaccaPR

AUGUST 8, 2018

billion Papa John’s – a company whose logo featured Schnatter’s face , rather than a mouth-watering pizza, as its core brand image – used an ugly racial slur during a training call with its agency Laundry Service last May. The agency resigned the account – kudos to them – but it looks to me like someone then outed Schnatter.

Crisis 63

Crisis Marketing Training Employee 63

Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

In the shift to data driven programmes there’s a danger that we lose sight of creativity. Creative and content, the keys to good storytelling, are frequently overlooked elements of public relations. In 2017 it report a £5,784 disadvantage for women. Artificial intelligence was the shiny new thing in public relations in 2017.

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Publicity Ethics Data Community 164