Critical Mention

JANUARY 9, 2019

In a world ruled by technology, simply being aware of marketing trends is not enough. John Hall writes in Forbes: “Too many companies see customers as gatekeepers to wallets; meanwhile, customers feel ignored at best–and insulted at worst–when the journey ends.”. Rise of native advertising. SEO goes mobile.

Trends 108

Trends Marketing Mobile YouTube 108

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

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

As I wrapped up the writing on this post, I figured I had done three of these so far but surprised myself when I realized this is the fifth one. If you write a nice note, I might just give it to you. And now, here’s this month’s PR technology summary…. However, Sean Czarnecki published an informative write up on the report.

Analytics 68

Analytics Report Technology Pitching 68

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Of those, 84% say they outsource content creation; distribution, technology, strategy and measurement were distant followers. Of that segment of respondents, 72% use paid social media channels; 66% use sponsorships; 61% use pay-per-click advertising. How long does it take to write the average blog post? 2-4 posts per month.

Content Marketing 137

Content Marketing Study Blogging Marketing 137

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

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%). Technology is also enabling a remote workforce.

Report 81

Report YouTube Privacy Web 81

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

But it’s easy to imagine this technology being used in more subtle but dangerous ways, such as politicians ‘saying’ things that are not totally out of character but more extreme or subversive than anything they would really say. ” ~ Khaner Walker , Senior Director, Corporate Communications, Syneos Health 16. .”

Writing 192

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 192

Reputation Us

APRIL 17, 2019

Boggs was also a broadcast buyer for the national advertising agency Hal Riney & Partners. Before joining ReputationUs, Hanson was a writer and independent consultant with LT Public Relations before it was acquired in 2017. Michele Houck is a 25-year marketing and advertising veteran. Jennifer Holzapfel-Hanson.

Nonprofit 68

Nonprofit Banking Financial Crisis Communications 68

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

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.

Google 259

Google Digital PR Mobile SEO 259

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

It mirrors a trend that’s already underway in PR’s sibling departments in marketing and advertising. It found as the Wall Street Journal reported , “Advertisers with in-house agencies increased to 64% of the survey’s respondents from 42% a decade ago, according to the study.” The Role of Technology on the Legal Market.

Agency 93

Agency Trends Marketing Survey 93

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. HubSpot’s 2017 State of Inbound Marketing annual report asked marketing teams about their top challenges. Traditional, outbound marketing (print advertising, direct mail, coupon books, etc.)

Marketing 87

Marketing Resources Technology Internal 87

Beyond PR

JUNE 29, 2016

The findings from Outsell, a research and advisory firm focused on media, information, technology and the business of data, reveal a fundamental shift away from intrusive tactics, such as telemarketing, autoplay video and TV/radio ads, towards user-initiated behavior. And in 2017, that figure will grow 24.0% million people.

Media 75

Media B2C B2B Nonprofit 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. 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.

Internal 63

Internal International Data Media 63

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

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 13, 2019

In the course of putting together the monthly PR technology summary ( PR Tech Sum ), I’ve realized that no news site has compiled a complete list of all the acquisitions around Cision. Oh, sure, there are bits and pieces, but even the Wikipedia entry , at the time of this writing, is woefully incomplete. 4) October 22, 2014: Gorkana.

Technology 12

Technology Software Company Marketing 12

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. About Nick Bell.

Measurement 75

Measurement Tools Journalism Content Marketing 75

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 16, 2016

But perhaps the most notable thing to happen to the industry this year was the way it evolved, thanks in large part to constantly-changing technology. 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.

Real Estate 120

Real Estate Technology Data Agency 120

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. Platform availability high.

Case Study 117

Case Study Software Data Web 117

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.

Technology 115

Technology Big Data Video Data 115

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. Your technology should be an enabler to spending less time on screens and more time building key relationships.

Marketing 189

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 189

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.

Google 64

Google Digital PR Mobile SEO 64

Karen Freberg

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

I am forever grateful for the coverage, write ups, and praise the class has received at the local and national level. This was a conversation I had back in late 2016, and it continued on for 2017. Each year, the class gets more and more exposure, which has been very exciting. No pressure, right? That’s what I thought.

Social Media 40

Social Media Media Exercises Education 40

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

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

Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Snow’s article is appropriately titled “The Problem With Best Practices,” and he cuts to the core of this ridiculousness when he writes, “The ‘best practice’ is one of the business world’s most common conventions, but it’s often arbitrary and based mainly on habit—the result of conditions that no longer apply.”

Marketing 91

Marketing Google Newspapers Print 91

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. This appears to require a set-up from Page settings although as of this writing Facebook hasn’t released documentation on the feature. Improved Comments Plugin.

Facebook 0

Facebook Mobile Analytics Advertising 0

Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 17, 2021

I work out of my home and call my freelance writing business Baxter TechWrite. Today, the majority of articles I write are for Transport Topics , but I have also worked on four different Confidence Reports for NACFE , the North American Council for Freight Efficiency. Hence my desire to write such a piece.

Meeting 65

Meeting Automotive Engineering Media 65

Norton's Notes

JULY 19, 2017

As I write this I can’t believe it’s already the 19th July, so as we are easily half way through the year. The 360 technology allows participants to try and escape a house fire, overcoming various barriers liked locked doors and jammed windows as the blazing fire gets worse. Those are my top 10 PR campaigns to date in 2017.

Hotels 28

Hotels Video Fashion Creativity 28

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 31, 2017

In fact, some 80% of respondents say they are doing content marketing according to 2017 survey data. Most often, what I’ve found to be effective, is to essentially be an “advertiser” in your own publication with use of the white space, distinct calls to action and event carefully managed content. Reporting on data. Custom audiences.

Engineering 62

Engineering Content Marketing Marketing Analytics 62

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

More specifically, can we use machines to write blog posts at scale?”. I didn’t understand the underlying technology at the time, but when I read Automate This by Christopher Steiner in late 2012 I became convinced that artificial intelligence would transform marketing as we know it. And, then, of course, there’s Amazon.

Marketing 53

Marketing Software eBook Technology 53

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.

Marketing 63

Marketing Pitching Corporate Tools 63

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. How long does it take to write the average blog post? 3 hours and 57 minutes; 38% of bloggers report it takes more than 4 hours to write a post; and 19% say it takes six or more hours. Advertising is a distant third.

Marketing 78

Marketing Publicity Survey Study 78

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. Read his " The Biggest Content Marketing Trends in 2017 " post for more.

Marketing 48

Marketing Content Marketing Pinterest LinkedIn 48

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 13, 2016

For example, ON24 , which provides technology for hosting webinars, says these online presentations are a top lead generation tactic. Given advertising deadlines, buying ad inventory is usually much smoother if you plan both content and budget for it in advance. Webinars have long been a staple of B2B marketing.

B2B 60

B2B Infographics Interviews eBook 60

PRSay

APRIL 22, 2021

During the lead-up to the 2016 United States presidential election, the individuals behind fake news sites earned thousands through programmatic and pay-per-click advertising. Paid promotions can appear on a fake news site or run alongside a conspiracy theory-fueled Facebook page without an advertiser even realizing it happened.

Financial 190

Financial Reddit Advertising Advertising 190

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