Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

The news cycle was faster, social media was hitting the early majority in the Geoffrey Moore sense, and blogs…blogs were everywhere. We started a blog for our employer, a startup in the IT operations space. Some of the newer and smaller startups that had been blogging for a while ran circles around us.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

And that’s just one PR trend for 2017. If your bosses or clients can combine their industry with trending topics like data, analytics, artificial intelligence and/or virtual reality, their thought leadership will boom in 2017. This means, if you don’t have a strong influencer marketing program set for 2017, you will be way behind.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 10, 2017

It’s easy to believe there are a million marketing blogs but that’s just not true. If you blog about marketing – especially with any semblance of frequency – you are in fact among a fair small group. There are more blogs focused on personal development than any other topic, according to the survey.

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wiredPRworks

APRIL 3, 2017

And, every month we give them a social media news round-up of what’s news right now. Here are 21 social media news stories to start April 2017 with. Facebook Social Media News April 2017. Google Plus Social Media News April 2017. LinkedIn Social Media News April 2017.

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Stephen Waddington

AUGUST 3, 2017

It should be part of your marketing, media or public relations planning toolkit. The Ofcom Communication Report 2017 tells the story of changing media consumption and behaviours in the UK. The proportion of households with fixed telephony (82%) and mobile telephony (96%) remained relatively stable in 2017. #2

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Fortunately, there are several new studies that have been published about content marketing, blogging and webinars that provide solid benchmarks. Most marketers used paid media to fuel owned media. Of that segment of respondents, 72% use paid social media channels; 66% use sponsorships; 61% use pay-per-click advertising.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 23, 2023

With that said, this blog will detail what video content works for some channels and what kind of video doesn’t work for other social media sites. This will support your brand ‘s content strategy for creating and optimising social posting moving forwards. Instead, focus on using ‘trending’ audio.

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Cision

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Not having a PR strategy is recipe for disaster — especially in 2017. Not having a shareworthy story can kill your PR efforts in 2017. Buffer co-founder Leo Widrich reports this to be one of the techniques they used to get lots of media coverage in their early days. That’s one principle you shouldn’t ignore in 2017.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Want to see how to analyze your own blog? The best of Q4 2017 focused on data conferences, PR trends and the state of social media. . Shared Media As Defined By Marketing Experts. As PR professionals, we all work with media, whether it is paid, earned, owned or share, better known as PESO. Here’s how.

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5W PR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

If 2017 was the year of the influencer , where does that leave us now? Worse still, a recent study has shown that the number of followers is typically inversely proportional to engagement as far as social media is concerned. The e-commerce marketing team has wasted its money.

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Barokas

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Social media continues to inform the lives of everyone, especially brands. The rapid rate at which information is flows via social is probably why 2017 had some of the most epic PR fails of all time. The post The Most Epic PR Fails of 2017 appeared first on Barokas Public Relations. PR Fail Level: No comment.

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Communications Conversations

MARCH 29, 2019

Last week, I shared my news that I’ll be teaching social media at the University of St. Now, she’s crushing it at Best Buy in social media marketing. So, I asked a few key local leaders for up-and-coming social media or communications superstars they admire. And, they have been for a while now.

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Ronn Torossian

JULY 25, 2018

Apparently, the owner of the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas has filed a lawsuit against more than 1,000 victims of the mass shooting that took the lives of 58 people and wounded many more at a concert back in 2017. Reaction to the headline, as it made the rounds on social media, was swift and vitriolic. Blowback is harsh.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Here are my predictions for PR , content marketing and social media ; one each. 1) Predictions for PR in 2017. In 2017, PR professionals will be increasingly viewed as strategic business advisors championing integrated communications across the silos of digital marketing, PR and social media.

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Beyond PR

JANUARY 11, 2018

2017 was quite a year for marketing and PR professionals. Earned media has become increasingly important with 89 percent of marketing/communications professionals saying they use it to support the demand generation goal of driving brand awareness. How Successful Journalists Use Social Media. Top 10 U.S. Radio Stations.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 31, 2016

In May 2016, the blog Sword and the Script became the digital foundation of an Atlanta-based PR and marketing agency: Sword and the Script Media, LLC. After seven years of blogging, and 570+ posts, this struck me as a natural progression. I kept blogging too. 4) Media Relations: Proven Ways to Get More Out of It.

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Critical Mention

MARCH 5, 2019

Because real-time social media monitoring helps increase brand credibility and awareness, it’s one of the most important aspects in brand reputation monitoring. This is where video marketing comes into play with boosting social media engagements. Create a video that starts a conversation. Until next time!

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PRSay

AUGUST 2, 2017

Here are some ways to help you promote awareness: • Develop a diversity & inclusion article for your Chapter, District or Section newsletter, website, or blog and share it with other partner organizations. Don’t forget to follow @PRSADiversity and use #PRSADiversity in your August social media posts. 3 at 3 p.m. (ET)

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Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

Originally Published August 23, 2017; Updated August 9, 2021. Today, landing earned media in publications that resonate with target audiences is only one small part of the earned-media mix. At the same time, PR pros are constantly thinking about how to maximize the reach and impact of their earned media.

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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research recently released its annual report showcasing how many Fortune 500 companies are using social media channels. The report shares some interesting data about corporate blogging. 53% now have corporate blogs.” 40 percent seems high!

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Onclusive

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Originally Published August 23, 2017; Updated August 9, 2021 ; Updated November 2023 PR is always evolving. Today, landing earned media in publications that resonate with target audiences is only one small part of the earned-media mix. PR people may also develop guidelines for interacting with the media or even social media.

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Communications Conversations

JANUARY 2, 2018

Part of that process is taking a long, hard look at my site and blog and discovering what kinds of content you’re reading–and what kinds of content you’re not reading. She introduced me to UST social media manager, Kate Metzger, earlier this fall, and this was the resulting post from that meeting.

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MaccaPR

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

“We don’t want brands talking at us as if we are dollar signs,” warns Kevan Lee, director of marketing for the social media publishing company Buffer. Our agency has seen that voice styles for branded social media accounts generally fall into two categories, which we refer to as “informational” and “conversational.”.

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Maxim Behar

APRIL 17, 2024

Nothing proves this point better than the giant scandal that shocked the UK, South Africa, and the entire global PR community, culminating in September 2017, just as I started and restarted this book: the Bell Pottinger case. By September 2017, the Bell Pottinger firm had all. To prove it, he resigned from Bell Pottinger.

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PRSay

MAY 9, 2023

Definitions of EMV vary but, broadly, it means the value of earned publicity in unpaid third-party channels such as traditional media, social media and blogs. In this context, EMV is a calculation to determine the ad spend that would have been required for paid social media to achieve the same results as influencer posts.

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Karen Freberg

JANUARY 1, 2018

2017 was a great year for me, and I am now beginning to write on this blog in my 12th year. I started this blog right after I finished my eligibility as a track and field athlete at USC in 2006. I was reading a great blog post by Jessica Smith about her journey in blogging (she’s a must follow for social media!),

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Beyond PR

DECEMBER 12, 2016

You’ve spent the year focusing more on social media than you ever have in the past. Use the following as your end-of-year checklist to ensure you covered your bases for social media. And if you missed anything, make sure to put it at the top of your to-do list for 2017. Did you forget anything important?

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Cision

APRIL 12, 2017

The list was pulled using Cision’s media database on March 20, 2017 and may change over time. — Kirsten (@kidsareatrip) March 20, 2017. — Heather DelaneyReese (@itisalovelylife) March 20, 2017. — Heather DelaneyReese (@itisalovelylife) March 20, 2017. 1. Kirsten Maxwell , Kids Are A Trip.

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MaccaPR

JANUARY 17, 2017

Now that 2016 – our Minneapolis PR agency's 20th Anniversary Year – has rocketed to a close, join us for a tour of the most popular MaccaPR blog posts of the past 12 months. In this early 2016 blog installment, you'll find essential blog redesign tips that still ring true in 2017 and a brutally honest critique of our former blog.

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Landis PR

AUGUST 9, 2021

Today, about 70 percent of adults use social media , so it would make sense to make social media your starting point. Influencer marketing is when individuals or experts with a dedicated social media following endorse products to get consumers to buy from a particular brand.

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Beyond PR

JANUARY 9, 2017

PR includes the creation and distribution of information, primarily in the form of stories, published or broadcast by mass media such as newspapers, magazines, television, blogs, podcast and radio. Thanks to cable, online news, blogs and social media, we live in a 24-hour news cycle.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

You see it in blog posts and on social media — journalists frustrated with generic, relevant pages and irrelevant material. The Cision 2017 Global Social Journalism Study provides some fascinating insights into how journalists view PR professionals and the PR profession.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

The PR pro sends thoughtful, data-backed pitches, engages with reporters on social media, sends swag (when appropriate), maintains relevant media lists, and manages all follow-through with reporters and journalists. Owned Media/Content Strategy. Media Monitoring & Analysis. Iterative PR Measurement.

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Beyond PR

JUNE 22, 2018

population had a social media profile as of 2017, and that number is only continuing to rise. Flourishing social media platforms and tried-and-true media outlets and blogs have set us on an upward trajectory in terms of content creation. If so, a social listening tool is essential.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Content like blogs and opinion pieces allow a CEO to show depth and personality, which helps build a distinct personal brand. Authoring a weekly blog allows a leader to write in her own voice – which becomes part of the voice of the brand. Two blog posts each week becomes a permanent SEO-friendly knowledge base.

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Beyond PR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Recently, Cision published the 2017 Global Social Journalism Study , conducted in partnership with Canterbury Christ Church University, which surveyed journalists on their social media habits, preferences and views. For this first video, Baer asks and answers the important question — Is social media and journalism linked?

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Flack's Revenge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

E.g. many use social media as part of the PR arsenal, and those who do a good job of it engage one-on-one. As Sue Duris wrote on the MyCustomer blog : ABM has become a priority for many B2B organisations, thanks in part to their need to become customer-centric. That was written in 2017, but the practice continues to grow.

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