Beyond PR

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Recently, Cision’s 2017 Global Comms Report: Challenges and Trends looked at the different types of influencers that marketing professionals work with in order to reach consumers. Everyday Consumers Have a Lot of Impact. Overall, consumers had the highest impact globally on other consumers.

Consumer 65

Consumer Corporate Employee Social Media 65

Critical Mention

JANUARY 9, 2019

Reaching out to people that are more likely to be receptive to your brand is more cost efficient, less time consuming and more sustainable in the long run. Rise of native advertising. In a 2017 report , 54 percent of companies were using native advertising , and 38 percent were likely to do so in the future.

Trends 108

Trends Marketing Mobile YouTube 108

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

I believe when people write predictions, they aren’t just saying what they think will happen but revealing a reflection of sorts. So, my prediction for 2022 is that those PR practitioners with stand-out skills like stellar writing ability and a proven track record of success will have unlimited career opportunities. Fast-vertising.

Marketing 214

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 214

Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

According to a 2018 Association of National Advertisers (ANA) survey, 75% of marketers are using influencers as a marketing tool and 43% plan to increase spending on it in the next 12 months. According to a 2017 Choozle survey, only 7% of participants viewed online ads positively. influencers) over brand advertisements.

Marketing 80

Marketing SEO Advertising Advertising 80

5W PR

MARCH 12, 2018

This holistic approach to combining Public Relations, Marketing and Advertising can produce the perfect combination of communications tactics that creates consistency in messaging and strongly helps to achieve brand campaign objectives and overall business goals. to write over 6,000 love letter postcards.

Video 68

Video Mobile Consumer Advertising 68

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. In general, PR is having a more profound impact on overall marketing initiatives and has come of age, much like Hispanic consumers.

Automotive 245

Automotive Resources Strategy Consumer 245

Cision

JANUARY 3, 2018

In Cision’s 2017 Global Comms Report: Challenges and Trends , we talked to communications professionals around the world to understand the issues they face. If a journalist writes about your brand, you can check your website’s analytics to see if that source sent you much traffic, but that’s a clunky solution at best.

Measurement 225

Measurement Tools eBook Analytics 225

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Authentic storytelling continued to excel “For PR, authentic storytelling will continue to excel as consumers seek honest, genuine experiences and solutions. The prevalence of AI will increase but best, consumers and journalists will come to expect it, along the lines of having eco-friendly packaging.

Writing 192

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 192

Stephen Waddington

JUNE 23, 2019

Instagram and YouTube are growing fastest, up from 13% and 22% in 2017 respectively. The internet ad market #3 Mobile and telly ad and viewing parity The time spent on media versus advertising revenue is in sync for desktop (18% vs 18%), TV (33%) and mobile (34%). I’m taking another week off from writing my letter next week.

Report 81

Report YouTube Privacy Web 81

Cision

MAY 12, 2017

For instance, 48% of consumers start mobile research with a search engine and on an average, smartphone conversions are up by 64% as compared to the average desktop conversion rates. The core algorithm linked to quality appeared around March 8, 2017. In short, people want to get the news, views, and opinions on their fingertips.

Google 259

Google Digital PR Mobile SEO 259

Beyond PR

MARCH 6, 2018

Considering the culmination of traditional advertisements (newspaper, TV, radio and billboards) and digital advertisements (banner ads, pop-ups and sponsored posts), how many advertisements a day do you think you’re exposed to? Annoyed and overwhelmed, consumers are fed up with intrusive advertising and sales tactics.

Strategy 67

Strategy How To B2C Content Marketing 67

Beyond PR

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Communications professionals are aware of the importance of targeting, for example, the considerable number of Hispanics who prefer to consume media in Spanish. The fact is companies that ignore African Americans risk missing out on an increasingly affluent, well-educated and well-connected group of consumers. trillion by 2020.

Television 72

Television Education Groups Community 72

Communications Conversations

JANUARY 26, 2016

But, a number of stats and reports lately (not to mention consumer behavior trends in general) have got me thinking: We may be well past the tipping point. According to eMarketers, social media ad spend will quadruple by 2017. I keep wincing after every sentence I write. Social media marketing is not slowing down.

Media Relations 60

Media Relations Media Newspapers Print 60

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. The mental health and wellbeing conversation is getting louder In 2017 Sarah Waddington and I investigated the issue of mental health in PR for a #FuturePRoof report published by the PRCA.

Government 103

Government Education Print Ethics 103

Sword and the Script

MARCH 4, 2017

I made three marketing predictions for 2017 but if I could go back in time, I might add a fourth: The decline in traffic from organic social media will renew interest in SEO and organic search. Social networks are deluged with content – more than any user can possibly consume. However, more links “do have a more immediate effect.”

SEO 60

SEO Google Engineering Social Media 60

Beyond PR

MARCH 1, 2018

If we ALL use reach, and advertising value equivalency in our reports, nobody will get asked the hard question about whether that actually matters!”. But today, consumers don’t think and move in packs any longer. There is no consumer mob these days. Something is very, very wrong with this picture. A Fundamental Flaw.

Media 73

Media Measurement Enterprise Television 73

Beyond PR

JUNE 29, 2016

Strip away labels like business-to-consumer, business-to-business, government, nonprofit, etc., We’re entering an age where audiences are not just ignoring, but actively blocking advertisements. And in 2017, that figure will grow 24.0% There is one commonality in business, regardless of your industry or market. million people.

Media 75

Media B2C B2B Nonprofit 75

Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 31, 2017

News outlets have been struggling for years to balance advertising, sponsored and editorial content. The result is that the lines between opinion and news are becoming more and more blurred, and consumers of news are confused about which news outlets and stories to believe. Will 2017 be the year that journalism makes a big comeback?

Journalism 50

Journalism Report Enterprise Interviews 50

Mark My Words

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The record for an advertising Instagram post was $500,000, paid to Kim Kardashian in 2015, but Mr Borkowski said Oprah’s social media video was ‘a million buck post in free publicity’ at least. He said: ‘Having Oprah Winfrey endorse your product is the golden ticket in global advertising for any company.

Instagram 60

Instagram Brand Branding Publicity 60

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. For as long as the discipline has existed, communications and writing skills have been instrumental to success. Specialist firms will grow.

Real Estate 120

Real Estate Technology Data Agency 120

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

This is because all clients – corporations and consumers – will check your site to see if you can show a depth of experience. See Review Marketing Becomes Top Priority for 2017 ). – print advertising. – pay per click advertising. By this, I mean a frequently updated blog. I would cut: – Social media.

Marketing 62

Marketing SEO Pharmaceuticals Google 62

Beyond PR

JANUARY 4, 2018

In Cision’s 2017 Global Comms Report: Challenges and Trends , we talked to communications professionals around the world to understand the issues they face. If a journalist writes about your brand, you can check your website’s analytics to see if that source sent you much traffic, but that’s a clunky solution at best.

Measurement 75

Measurement Tools Journalism Content Marketing 75

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Every month when I go to write this PR technology summary, I’m surprised at just how many new tools and features are being brought to market. The new look and feel, called Fjord , is modeled after the simplicity found in many consumer apps – the continued consumerization of enterprise technology. GTCR and Cision made $2.25

Internal 63

Internal International Data Media 63

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. They enable consumer brand marketers to connect with influencers who have large followings on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, in a straightforward transactional manner.

Marketing 189

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 189

Beyond PR

MAY 12, 2017

For instance, 48% of consumers start mobile research with a search engine and on an average, smartphone conversions are up by 64% as compared to the average desktop conversion rates. The core algorithm linked to quality appeared around March 8, 2017. In short, people want to get the news, views, and opinions on their fingertips.

Google 64

Google Digital PR Mobile SEO 64

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Writing is thinking, but more than that its the application of thinking; it transforms a passive activity into an active one. Paid media and advertising statistics. And here we go…here are the benchmarks from 2017. 9) Even advertisers want to invest in PR. We are after all forever students of marketing.

Content Marketing 123

Content Marketing SEO Social Media Marketing 123

Mindful Marketing

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

With marketing and PR firms increasingly turning to AI to create images and write content, I shouldn’t have been surprised when a friend who reads my writing made a request of ChatGPT that hit close to home: He asked the bot to write a Mindful Marketing article. But how mindful are they in their advertising?

Ethics 94

Ethics Advertising Advertising Analysis 94

Mindful Marketing

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

The DOJ recently levied an antitrust lawsuit against Google, “alleging that the online giant engaged in anticompetitive conduct to preserve monopolies in search and search advertising.” Then, as companies and consumers increasingly spent time online, the firm kept improving its product and riding the wave of web success.

Google 98

Google Engineering Advertising Advertising 98

Sword and the Script

JUNE 26, 2018

That’s a valuable amount of attention to hold and the money has followed, as Alex Weprin reported for the Media Post : “Podcast advertising revenue in the U.S. grew at a substantial rate in 2017, hitting $314 million, according to the latest Podcast Advertising Revenue Study, released by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PwC.

Marketing 85

Marketing B2B Interviews Content Marketing 85

PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Writing for Forbes , Monaghan predicted in late 2017 that trust was at stake for every American organization and it would play a major role in 2018 PR strategies. This campaign technically ran through the tail end of 2017, but it’s too good not to share and emulate. Image credit: Adweek. Hear us out on this one. Probably not.

Brand 69

Brand Branding Sports Consumer 69

Presspage

AUGUST 15, 2017

The PR world will also see this change - machines will be able to understand public sentiment in real time by leveraging millions of gigabytes of data, write natural and insightful copy, and tailor it to audiences in a highly targeted way, all without human intervention. This graph shows the rise of data in the past decade.

Technology 115

Technology Big Data Video Data 115

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. The point is advertising is not content marketing. There’s a perception that if you write a check, suddenly the analysts are your new best friends. 2) The Aesthetics of Text: Writing Readable Blog Posts.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Survey B2B Google 60

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

More specifically, can we use machines to write blog posts at scale?”. The Washington Post , which is owned by Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, uses its Heliograf artificial intelligence storytelling system to write data-driven articles, its Knowledge Map to identify and surface contextual content, and its “ Bandito ” tool to drive engagement.

Marketing 53

Marketing Software eBook Technology 53

MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

In 2017, let's all agree to maximize the ROI of our writing efforts by focusing equal efforts on distribution. We recommend that our clients advertise on at least one of their social channels to their target market. For business-to-consumer (B2C) brands, Facebook and Instagram tend to be the most powerful channels.

Marketing 48

Marketing Content Marketing Pinterest LinkedIn 48

Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Ah, the “boring press release” — we’ve all read them, and most of us are guilty of writing one. According to HubSpot’s 2017 State of Inbound, the top challenge marketing faces is generating more traffic and leads. You have two options: Promote through paid media (pay-per-click advertisements & sponsored posts).

Infographics 235

Infographics Case Study Content Marketing Video 235

Beyond PR

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Ah, the “boring press release” — we’ve all read them, and most of us are guilty of writing one. According to HubSpot’s 2017 State of Inbound, the top challenge marketing faces is generating more traffic and leads. You have two options: Promote through paid media (pay-per-click advertisements & sponsored posts).

Infographics 72

Infographics Case Study Video Survey 72

Beyond PR

JANUARY 20, 2017

If I’m right, branded content is going to have its heyday in 2017. I think we’ll see brands who formerly invested in traditional advertising start to pour dollars into relevant, useful content in an effort to connect with their customers. Because consumers are now controlling the conversation, advertorials are dead.

Brand 40

Brand Branding Small Business Advertising 40