Stephen Waddington

JULY 28, 2020

A market gets the tools that it deserves. The PR industry tool market emerged from Cision , Kantar Media formerly Precise, and Meltwater. Cision has spent more than $1bn on the acquisitions of Visible Technologies (2014), Vocus (2014), Gorkana (2016), PRNewswire (2015), Prime Research (2017), Falcon.io (2019) and Trendkite (2019).

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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. Christopher S.

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PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

A s marketers, a failed campaign is our worst nightmare. But sadly, failed marketing attempts happen every day and everywhere. So, how can teams pinpoint what went wrong and redirect marketing energy? The time is now to transform your marketing program. Some roles to consider on your marketing dream team : Content writer.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

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. Statistics about content marketing. The C-Suite views the top marketer as a publicly facing agent of trust. of revenue in marketing.

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PR 20/20

AUGUST 22, 2017

Editor's note: This post was originally published in May 2013, and was updated in August 2017 per latest best practices and data. Why do we need a blog? At times, working in a marketing department can feel like being on trial. For instance: Legal fears the company blog will violate copyright laws. What if we get sued?

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Marketing Resources Technology Internal 87

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

It mirrors a trend that’s already underway in PR’s sibling departments in marketing and advertising. For example, there have been numerous surveys and a pile of anecdotal evidence that CMOs are bringing more marketing work in-house. The legal community, and more specifically the in-house effect on law firms bear insight.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

And now, here’s this month’s PR technology summary…. Most PR vendors try to serve as an email marketing tool, and they do a clunky job. PR Week reports the company was founded in 2017, has raised a little over a million in funding and has 22 customers. There are many sessions and I’m going to watch as many of these as I can too!

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Analytics Report Technology Pitching 68

Shift Communications

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Want to see how to do this for your blog? Our top posts from the second quarter of 2016 focused on PR and marketing technology skills, Facebook branded content, and measuring influencer performance. Let’s take a look: PR and the Marketing Technology Skills Gap. So how does this impact marketers? Here’s how.

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 9, 2017

Consumers need to keep their wits about them when they consume media; journalists and public relations practitioners need to work to ethical standards; and technology platforms also have a part to play in tackling the issue. Crowdsourced project aims to scrutinise political advertising. UK General Election. Student support.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Other disciplines, notably marketing, have encroached on PR practice in areas that lead with paid media, such as influencer marketing and search engine optimisation (SEO). Influencer marketing is messy How we do it 9. In 2019 it has published papers on disinformation and influencer marketing. She always improves my work.

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Government Education Print Ethics 103

Beyond PR

APRIL 26, 2017

According to the Cision 2017 State of the Media Report , when communicators pair compelling messages with rich formats like photos, videos, social media posts, infographics and data, they can drive better and more accurate coverage and increase earned media opportunities. RISING 2017 MEDIA TRENDS. Keep it short and sweet.

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Infographics Branding Brand Video 72

Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Valuable and free content for the industry and consumer paid for by low-cost sponsoring, advertising, and partnering—all beautifully designed. It focuses on new technologies and concepts aimed at making mobility more sustainable. My startup’s first product, Futurride.com, launched in September. High-quality and compelling visuals.

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Meeting Mobile Automotive Transportation 56

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. And now, here’s this month’s PR technology summary…. That’s a form of advertising called retargeting and Cision is bringing this to PR.

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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.

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Strategy How To B2C Content Marketing 67

Sword and the Script

MAY 14, 2019

Recently, I’ve begun looking more closely at PR technology , companies. This is an effort to illustrate some of the interesting innovations occurring within the PR vendor community – and provide an agnostic source of information on tools and technologies I believe PR professionals should have on their radar.

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Cision

MAY 12, 2017

Writing compelling content will always come to your rescue and so will the re=“nofollow” attribute for the links, especially in articles, blogs, guest posts, and press releases. The core algorithm linked to quality appeared around March 8, 2017. This includes tracking minor changes in keyword rankings and web traffic. Screen: [link].

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Stephen Waddington

JUNE 21, 2018

The original promise of the internet was that mainstream media would be disintermediated and the public would have access to a huge variety of blogs and websites. In time it also turned its attention to shared and paid, as search and social media advertising and promotion matured. But these are exceptions and not the norm.

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Social Media Print Study Advertising 73

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Marketing and PR predictions aren’t merely forecasts, but often a reflection of our aspirations and perhaps advice – mistakes we’ve made we’d like to help others avoid. “Be Pay to pay, content grows; influencer marketing cools. “I d) Influencer marketing to cool off as far as the amounts of money companies are paying influencers.”.

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Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 188

Presspage

AUGUST 15, 2017

The other part is understanding the technological shifts that will change the world in the coming decades, and along with it, how you do PR. Recognizing and preparing for the emergence of these technologies now will be the difference between surfing the tech wave and being swept away as they break. quintillion bytes of data a day.

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Technology Big Data Video Data 115

Sword and the Script

JULY 28, 2020

Content marketing is about the audience. The same dynamic applies to content marketing too. The Content Marketing Shortcut: M&A There is a short cut: buy the audience through an M&A transaction. billion in 2017 and today it boasts “nearly 900 million users.” Speed, quality, or cost – pick two.

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Content Marketing Marketing B2B Advertising 107

Beyond PR

MAY 12, 2017

Writing compelling content will always come to your rescue and so will the re=“nofollow” attribute for the links, especially in articles, blogs, guest posts, and press releases. The core algorithm linked to quality appeared around March 8, 2017. This includes tracking minor changes in keyword rankings and web traffic. Screen: [link].

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Google Digital PR Mobile SEO 64

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Everyone is doing content marketing these days. In fact, some 80% of respondents say they are doing content marketing according to 2017 survey data. You can also think about these in stages of content marketing maturity, though I’d caution, you never done with any given stage. Tips for audience development: Execute.

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Engineering Content Marketing Marketing Analytics 62

Mindful Marketing

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

by David Hagenbuch - professor of marketing at Messiah University - ​author of Honorable Influence - founder of Mindful Marketing Competition is an inevitable part of life: Each day people contend for everything from parking spaces to produce, but perhaps the most intense competition occurs when one’s livelihood is on the line.

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Ethics Advertising Advertising Analysis 94

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. OnePitch is a new startup in PR tech that has been running a free beta program since September 2017.

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Marketing Pitching Corporate Technology 63

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

This post originally appeared on the Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute's blog. The Marketing AI Institute was created and is powered by PR 20/20. More specifically, can we use machines to write blog posts at scale?”. In other words, your life is already machine-assisted, and your marketing will be too.

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Marketing Software eBook Technology 53

Sword and the Script

APRIL 27, 2019

In the last few weeks I’ve stumbled upon a hat trick of studies that can help you do that – and it’s the common denominator for this week’s Unscripted Marketing Links (UML). 2017: 3 PR Takeaways from the (2017) State of the Media Report by Cision. 2) Key PR considerations about influencer marketing. Some 400 “U.S.-based

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Survey Journalism Study Pitching 90

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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Marketing Content Marketing Pinterest LinkedIn 48

Cision

APRIL 18, 2016

E-Commerce/Advertising Improvements – Changes that give businesses opportunities to spend more money on Facebook as an advertising and eCommerce platform. Analytics Improvements – Changes that give communication pros and marketers better information on Facebook interactions and customer segments. Shared Media.

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Facebook Mobile Analytics Advertising 0

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2019

I review a lot of marketing studies and surveys – and write about the one I think will be helpful for readers. It’s something of a readout on the year in PR and marketing. 1) The average blog post is 1,236 words. 1) The average blog post is 1,236 words. How long is the average blog post? Click To Tweet.

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Marketing Publicity Survey Study 78

The Resolution Blog

JULY 30, 2019

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. Takeaways Use Instagram in tandem with other forms of marketing and PR. In 2017, Apple launched its official Instagram account after the initial campaign.

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Instagram Examples Branding Brand 120

Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 17, 2021

I attended a symposium at the Engine Research Center, at the University of Wisconsin in Madison two summers ago entitled Technologies to Meet Ultra-Low NOx Standards, which should supply an excellent background for that article. A chart from one article I did on picking the right transmission ended up in Eaton’s marketing that year.

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Meeting Automotive Engineering Media 64

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Webinars have long been a staple of B2B marketing. For example, ON24 , which provides technology for hosting webinars, says these online presentations are a top lead generation tactic. Yet if marketing gets the content and PR functions involved, these groups can help drive far better results – before, during and after – a webinar.

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B2B Infographics Interviews eBook 60

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Fittingly, I asked a whole bunch of folks for predictions to include in a blog post here (if you want to be invited next year, you can sign up here ). Here we go…20 insightful PR and marketing predictions for 2018 follows below. 6) Finding a content marketing niche. 6) Finding a content marketing niche.

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Marketing Content Marketing Crisis Management Data 101

PRSay

APRIL 22, 2021

The bulk of this loss comes from stock market volatility stemming from financial disinformation campaigns, but the widespread proliferation of misinformation has also forced companies and organizations to increase spending on reputation management, brand safety, employee health and wellness, and crisis communication efforts.

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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. You have two options: Promote through paid media (pay-per-click advertisements & sponsored posts). Blog Posts.

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Infographics Case Study Content Marketing Video 235

Beyond PR

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. You have two options: Promote through paid media (pay-per-click advertisements & sponsored posts). Blog Posts.

Infographics 72

Infographics Case Study Video Survey 72

Buzzstream

JUNE 5, 2024

Hubspot Marketing Statistics Strategy: Gathering proprietary data to make a pitchable search-driven post (with high link intent). Let’s look at how Hubspot does this with their Marketing Statistics post. This report becomes a shareable asset, and they can pitch to get links from high-authority marketing industry sites.

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Digital PR Examples Strategy Survey 62