Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 10, 2017

#measurePR pic.twitter.com/XqP6zgpQTi. — @Serena (@Serena) April 13, 2017. Keosha (@Keosha) April 13, 2017. The next question went right to the heart of the specialized worlds of investor relations (IR) and financial comms. . — @Serena (@Serena) April 13, 2017. Keosha (@Keosha) April 13, 2017. IR has a business focus.

Financial 88

Financial Measurement Communications Agriculture 88

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

Not long after that I started this blog and began writing. The 7 Best Performing Blog Posts in 2017. What is clearer was the sort of topics that attracted readers in 2017. 2) 2017 PR Salary Survey Suggests Demand for Talent Tightening. 3) The Future of Marketing Looks More like Public Relations.

Blogging 72

Blogging B2B Content Marketing Trade Shows 72

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2016

Businesses will increase investments in marketing for the third year in a row according to the Gartner CMO Spend Survey for 2016- 2017. Sixty-five percent of marketing leaders said they plan to increase their spending on digital advertising, with 23% expecting a significant increase and 42% anticipating a slight increase.”.

Marketing 60

Marketing Survey B2B Study 60

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 10, 2017

Marketing ranked sixth, which I’d have guessed would have ranked higher. The company published its findings in an impressive 60-page report called the 2017 State of the Blogging Industry. A Simple Measure of Marketing Many Businesses Miss. Content Marketing: Don’t Make Home Improvements to Rental Property.

Survey 60

Survey Blogging Corporate Analytics 60

Sword and the Script

APRIL 22, 2017

Electronic communications have made writing so easy that we don’t put as much thought or effort into the task anymore. At least not to the degree we did when we had to sit in front of a typewriter or hand write a note with a bottle of white-out nearby. Email has made our writing lazy. 1) Words matter in communication.

Writing 62

Writing B2B Analytics Reputation 62

Sword and the Script

MARCH 26, 2024

Thought leadership benefits B2B marketing in so many ways – awareness, consideration and even customer retention – but it can have adverse effects when it’s under-resourced and turns out to be light on substance The social media platform LinkedIn and the PR firm Edelman routinely team up to conduct surveys.

Leadership 127

Leadership B2B Study Survey 127

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 28, 2017

The March #measurePR chat was the day following the 2017 recognition of International Women’s Day , so Shonali had some of the PR measurement world’s female superstars as her guests on the chat this month. Heidi Sullivan (@hksully) March 9, 2017. Angela Sinickas (@sinickasa) March 9, 2017. Aly Saxe (@Aly_Saxe) March 9, 2017.

Measurement 40

Measurement Financial Internal International 40

Cision

JANUARY 5, 2017

Did you, like me, spend the holidays thinking about what you’d like to accomplish in 2017? Sometimes, despite our very best efforts to write down our goals, we tend to skip over creating a documented PR content strategy. Why are these two factors so important in your content’s success?

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Strategy Measurement Content Marketing Meeting 298

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Professionals across the globe share analysis and perhaps, aspiration, in offering up PR and marketing predictions for 2022. I believe when people write predictions, they aren’t just saying what they think will happen but revealing a reflection of sorts. 2020: 30 Pragmatic Marketing and PR Predictions for 2020. Happy New Year!

Marketing 214

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 214

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. Speculation runs rampant, but likely part of the cause of the budget crunch is the fact that it’s so difficult to measure results from content marketing.

Measurement 225

Measurement Tools eBook Analytics 225

Contently - Strategy

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

A content marketer’s job is to create quality content that gets in front of readers organically. After all, what is content worth if you don’t access the readers who would most benefit from your writing? Removing unhelpful content from your site can improve the rankings of other content.

SEO 93

SEO Strategy Google Engineering 93

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Marketing investment was redirected towards demand generation (content marketing, paid media) as startups looked for deal flow. As the market lifts, brands will need to raise awareness and will be ready to invest for the longer term as their horizons extend. There will be a glut of AI-generated content as well.

Writing 190

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 190

Cision

MAY 22, 2017

In fact, 81 percent of senior marketers believe that earned media is more effective than paid media. New trends arise every year, advising how to make the most of your content marketing tactics. It’s time to go back to the basics; keep these three press releases best practices in mind when writing your next release.

Case Study 210

Case Study Study Trends Web 210

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

How long should it take to write a blog post? In corporate blogging and more broadly, in B2B content marketing , it’s not so simple. Blog posts in 2017 are taking longer to write and are longer in length. In other words, bloggers are spending more time promoting fewer, but more in-depth, content pieces.

B2B 60

B2B Blogging Data Survey 60

The Proactive Report

MAY 12, 2017

.” Content has become an integral part of the success of your PR and marketing efforts and several studies show that the planning and implementation of a content strategy is high on the list of priorities for 2017. 64% of marketers identify developing a comprehensive content strategy as a top challenge.(

Knowledge Base 113

Knowledge Base SEO Strategy Digital PR 113

Cision

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Along with your run-of-the-mill best practices in SEO, user-generated content distribution is more likely to be successful if you do the following: Collaborate with already successful publishers and experts: COVERGIRL has an influencer program set up that practically allows industry experts to create and distribute content for them.

Strategy 251

Strategy Case Study Instagram Print 251

PRSay

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Learn more about a specific area such as content marketing or big data by attending a local Meetup If you don’t see a Meetup meeting on a topic that you’d like to know more about, then start one yourself. Every day after you wake up and have your coffee, grab a spiral notebook and write down three things you’re grateful for.

Nonprofit 159

Nonprofit Local LinkedIn Big Data 159

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

They write quality posts. These habits are applicable to corporate blogging where a blog is a central platform in a content marketing strategy. 1) How long does it take to write a blog post? The 4 Engines You Need to Pull Off Content Marketing Successfully. Can you write some short ones?

Study 78

Study B2B Marketing Survey 78

Cision

JANUARY 10, 2017

Not only does content marketing drive three times as many leads as traditional marketing, but it also costs more than 60 percent less. How does your brand’s 2017 strategy look? Before you start planning what to write and when, you must take a look at who you’re talking to. Know Your Audiences.

Strategy 120

Strategy How To Content Marketing Mobile 120

Landis PR

JUNE 27, 2022

I then moved in-house and spent several decades at major cultural institutions on both coasts in roles that spanned the full MarComm spectrum – advertising, content marketing, special events, audience development, sales collateral, B2B lead generation, etc. You name it, and I’ve probably done it!

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Exercises Pitching Sports 52

Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

According to a 2017 Choozle survey, only 7% of participants viewed online ads positively. And in a 2017 TINT article, only 4% of consumers declared trust in marketing in advertising in general. Using an influencer is a surefire way to speak to your audience through someone they deem trustworthy through their authentic content.

Marketing 80

Marketing SEO Advertising Advertising 80

Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

EKA and has been using Critical Mention since 2017. Ninety-two percent of consumers say they trust earned media over purely promotional content – via iScribblers. Priscilla is the marketing coordinator for Critical Mention. ” How does EKA Utilize the Critical Mention Platform? SCHEDULE A DEMO. Priscilla Osorio.

Communications 81

Communications Crisis Communications Media Crisis 81

Cision

JUNE 26, 2017

What this means to PR professionals and content marketers is that Instagram can be an important platform to engage with and to educate your customers. Writing for TechRadar, Digital Camera Magazine describes ten guidelines for creating a great photo : Simplify the scene. What are the attributes of a good Instagram image?

Instagram 109

Instagram How To Mobile Community 109

Cision

JULY 24, 2017

Here are five tips to avoid the template trap when writing event speaker announcements: 1. Pro-tip: Great content comes out of conference speeches, and great content is inherently sharable. They inform, challenge and inspire, unfortunately, event speaker announcements are often less than inspirational.

Trade Shows 209

Trade Shows How To Conference Examples 209

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

This results in copy or content that usually self-centered and doesn’t answer customer or potential customer questions. That’s the vibe I got reading Ahava Leibtag ’s piece in CMSWire titled, Enough Already About the Value of Content. She writes: “Want to know the real reason brands publish content with no value?

Storytelling 60

Storytelling Creativity B2B Film 60

Beyond PR

MARCH 6, 2018

The digital and content revolution has empowered customers to seize control of their path to purchase, forcing brands to retire their sledgehammer marketing tactics. Today, brands must attract customers with high-quality content, impacting their target audience through an array of online channels. But is it really that easy?

Strategy 67

Strategy How To B2C Content Marketing 67

Critical Mention

JANUARY 9, 2019

Now, marketers realize they need to target niche audiences that will lead to a conversion. 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. It’s time to focus on Gen Z.

Trends 108

Trends Marketing Mobile YouTube 108

Prohibition

JUNE 18, 2018

Believe it or not the time of year has come where the Christmas briefs are coming in thick and fast, which has us thinking about the beautiful campaign we created for leading high street jewellers, Goldsmiths, for Christmas 2017. ‘Your Christmas Story….it

Film 48

Film Video Writing Brand 48

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2016

AMA: Gartner’s CMO spend survey shows marketing budgets on the rise in 2017. MarketingProfs: 3 ways marketers can tell their stories across multichannel touchpoints. Contently: Why Cisco is hiring over 200 content marketers. HBR: Content marketers need to act like publishers.

Twitter 60

Twitter How To B2B Analytics 60

Communications Conversations

JANUARY 26, 2016

I’m talking about the broader scope of PR here–media relations, content marketing, social media marketing, community relations, etc. Consider the following: Investments in content marketing continue to rise. Content partnerships with major media outlets are taking off. I can’t help it.

Media Relations 60

Media Relations Media Newspapers Print 60

Shift Communications

JUNE 8, 2018

off a t-shirt featuring a map of Canada back in 2017 , I was left baffled. And as it goes with writing an article about proofing, I’m sure this article has a typo somewhere so please let us know (I’ll consider your feedback part of tip number two)! Senior Content Strategist. When Hudson’s Bay left P.E.I. Anne Stevenson.

Print 83

Print Fashion Writing Google 83

Sword and the Script

MAY 16, 2020

The full report is a quick and easy read: The State of Journalism 2020 by Muck Rack b) Survey of 3,253 journalists by Cision Cision also has an annual survey of journalists, which they use to produce a report called the State of the Media (here are my notes from editions in 2019 , 2018 and 2017 ). 542 from the U.K. and 348 from Canada.

Survey 169

Survey Media Relations Pitching Media 169

Flack's Revenge

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

On the face of it, the idea of using video for B2B marketing in 2017 might not seem that groundbreaking. By 2014 it was obvious that video was the rising star of content marketing. Eric Enge and I are the main performers/presenters, and I also write the scripts and handle social promotion.

Video 153

Video B2B Film Marketing 153

Sword and the Script

MARCH 28, 2017

Have a skilled PR professional with good interviewing and writing skills interview a customer about trends in the industry or problems they face. The conversation is focused on their market knowledge and expertise, rather than your product. 2017 PR Salary Survey Suggests Demand for Talent Tightening . Talk to Us!

B2B 60

B2B Blogging How To Media 60

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 23, 2017

For me, this was a remarkable moment of introspection, which may well be fitting for the year’s end: when I went back with some level of agnosticism and reviewed at my own writing , those ideas that I deemed best were more often a blend of what I was reading with my marketing and PR experience, rather than my own original rants and ramblings.

Content Marketing 93

Content Marketing Marketing Storytelling Course 93

Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 31, 2017

We interviewed a few PR leaders in Boston to get their takes on journalism and changes we might see in 2017. Bobbie Carlton, founder of Carlton PR & Marketing , Innovation Nights and Innovation Women says that “the 2016 presidential elections turned the media on its ear and soaked up a lot of time and attention.

Journalism 50

Journalism Report Enterprise Interviews 50

Critical Mention

AUGUST 5, 2018

With over 10 years of experience, she has an incredible track record of creating results-driven marketing campaigns for her many clients. Named one of the top 25 PR influencers in 2017 by Izea , Sarah Evans runs her PR firm, Sevans Strategy. When she’s not writing you can find her at music festivals, hiking or snowboarding.

Twitter 77

Twitter Radio Social Media Print 77