The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

Check out this interview to begin to improve your measurement today. The content you should be creating 2018 plans are underway and creatives are about to be brought to life. But inspired by preeminent statistician, George Box, Orin also outlines why asking the correct questions in measurement and evaluation is key.

Tools 136

Tools Publicity Measurement SEO 136

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. Each statistic links to the blog post that covered that particular study or survey and links to the underlying source. Photo credit: Pixabay.

Survey 104

Survey Marketing B2B Content Marketing 104

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.

Blogging 72

Blogging B2B Content Marketing Trade Shows 72

Wildfire

AUGUST 1, 2018

So, forgive me in this blog post if I talk about the logical aspect of PR, rather than the creative, and use this as a chance to talk about measurement. PR has a reputation of being beastly to measure. We were lumped into the same boat as advertising, where measuring the effectiveness of a campaign was wholly unscientific.

Measurement 49

Measurement Analytics Google Agency 49

Stephen Waddington

JULY 28, 2020

Along the way content, distribution, analytics, and measurement tools have been acquired and bolted on. Vuelio acquired Cision UK (2015), ResponseSource (2018) and Pulsar (2019). Paying for tools Investment in software tools has historically flowed into more lucrative areas of marketing tech such as advertising, demand and performance.

Tools 135

Tools Software Enterprise Measurement 135

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. This means PR pros will need to figure out how to have their clients mentioned in these outlets and learn how to measure their success.”. You’ll find my own prognostication at the very bottom. Blogger outreach gets personal. Fast-vertising.

Marketing 214

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 214

Onclusive

DECEMBER 17, 2018

San Francisco, December 18, 2018 – AirPR ( www.airpr.com ), the data science company for communication and public relations, today announced the closing of its Series C financing of 8 million dollars. Judy Luk-Smit , VP of Product at AirPR, previously product management at Dell.

Analytics 150

Analytics Data Big Data Technology 150

Sword and the Script

JUNE 9, 2020

That’s an increase from 68% in 2019 and 51% in 2018. Measured on clicks, quick hits.” It doesn’t take a lot of money, but it does take making the case for budget and learning how to use these advertising tools effectively. Advertising spends big money to rent out someone’s else’s audience. Build your own audience.

Media Relations 111

Media Relations Media Survey Pitching 111

Cision

APRIL 7, 2015

And as the content competition heats up, brands need to find ways to distribute their content, often through paid means like syndication and native advertising. Social media, e-newsletters, articles on owned websites and blogs make up the four most used content marketing tactics. Native Advertising.

B2C 120

B2C Content Marketing B2B Mobile 120

5W PR

JULY 11, 2018

Top Publicity Stunts of 2017-2018. It’s safe to say that PR has seen some incredible creations over the course of 2017 and 2018. The advertising strategy placed interactive outdoor posters in bus shelters that encouraged people to breathe in and see how smoking affects their breathing.

Measurement 149

Measurement Education Social Media Film 149

Cision

MAY 19, 2015

Not long ago, we had a blog post that described five outside-the-box content marketing ideas. Native Advertising. Spending on native ads will reach nearly $8 billion in 2015 and will reach $21 billion in 2018. Native advertising is proving to be more effective and less disruptive than traditional ads. Facilitation.

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Marketing Apparel Mobile 120

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 17, 2019

Digital marketing spend tallied up at around $629 billion in the US in 2018. Branded media, defined in this report as blogs, social media and video weren’t far behind with 27%. How often should you publish on your company blog? How Long Should a Blog Post be in 2019? And Other Key Blogging Statistics You Should Know].

Study 61

Study Survey B2B Advertising 61

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

There are long standing issues such as alignment with management, measurement, talent and diversity where incremental progress is made each year. Vuelio named this blog the best PR and communications blog in 2019. Advertising value equivalent (AVE) is at the sharp end of this issue. PR is a social science. Happy New Year.

Government 103

Government Education Print Ethics 103

PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Look for all-encompassing platforms, such as HubSpot, that bundle sales, marketing automation, blogging, CMS, email, and more into one solution. Publishing regular content on a blog platform is great for SEO, thought leadership, and establishing internal subject matter experts. Define goals for blogging and overall content production.

Marketing 52

Marketing Technology Internal International 52

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.” But that’s a talent supply issue for a different blog post.

Agency 93

Agency Trends Marketing Survey 93

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

This post originally appeared on the Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute's blog. Artificial intelligence has reached peak hype stage, but is it possible that its potential to transform marketing, and your career , is even greater than advertised? Improve AI: Monitor, measure and adapt based on performance.

Conference 59

Conference Marketing Analytics Case Study 59

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

By this, I mean a frequently updated blog. It’s true that the more you blog, the more clients you get. Further, an encyclopedic blog will mean that your attorneys rank high in online searches. Online content is king (referring to a blog). The Stevens Firm Family Law Center in South Carolina has a nice blog.

Marketing 62

Marketing SEO Pharmaceuticals Google 62

Sword and the Script

MAY 14, 2019

This is the basis of the company’s 2018 Global Media Report which I summarized here. 3) Measuring the influence of coverage. How do you compare a brief mention in a top tier business publication to a product review in a blog? Could Google build an index like this? click any image for higher resolution). Sentiment analysis.

Case Study 117

Case Study Software Data Web 117

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Marketers will likely gravitate toward tracks including: Advertising and brand experience. Traffic & Conversion Summit 2020 will feature seven tracks including: big ideas, agencies only, digital retailers, digital advertisers, content marketers, conversational marketers and growth hackers. Experiential storytelling. Tech industry.

Conference 97

Conference Marketing Case Study Content Marketing 97

Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

Writing on the company’s blog , Lindsey Woodward , who leads the client support team said, “Whether jumping on a call to assist in creating an internal newsletter or report for your boss or setting up new employees on the Meltwater platform, we want our clients to have personal and open communication with Meltwater.”.

Trends 60

Trends Media Report Technology 60

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

This post originally appeared on the Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute's blog. Artificial intelligence has reached peak hype stage, but is it possible that its potential to transform marketing, and your career , is even greater than advertised? Improve AI: Monitor, measure and adapt based on performance.

Conference 40

Conference Marketing Analytics Case Study 40

PR in High Definition

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

The story was hard to miss at the end of 2018. The search engine will accept a lower bid from an advertiser if what’s being advertised is more likely to be clicked by the user. Did you hear the one about LA-based musician Jered Eames organising an entire European tour for his band Threatin by faking a huge online following?

Engineering 67

Engineering Reputation Social Media SEO 67

Critical Mention

JANUARY 3, 2018

Have you given much thought to how you’ll improve your work life in 2018? Learn all you can about measurement: While it may be painful for some, measurement is now a crucial element in a PR campaign. Gone are the days of using AVEs (advertising value equivalents) or the number of clips or impressions as ways to gauge success.

Measurement 119

Measurement Content Marketing Writing Infographics 119

Flatiron Communications

JANUARY 11, 2018

For 2018 , I thought we’d get back to basics even as the PR profession is overwrought with more communications tools and disciplines than I could have imagined climbing into the PR trenches decades ago. 2017 : Can the ethical breakdown of political PR with its purposefully spread false narratives poison other industry sectors?

Pitching 43

Pitching Journalism Tools Agency 43

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The internet created an obsession among marketers for measurement, but it overcorrected over the last 10 years or so. They have also proven crucial in measuring the efficacy of PR campaigns and customizing them. Let’s not post new blog content 4x a month if that frequency isn’t working anymore.

Marketing 189

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 189

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 1, 2019

This blog published about 60 new posts in 2018. And so here’s the annual look at the most read, least read, and posts I recommend reading, that were published on Sword and the Script in 2018. The 7 Most Read Posts in 2018. Here are the posts readers read the most in 2018 – as measured by readers clicks.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Survey B2B Google 60

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 16, 2021

Advertising offers a strong return. With the right audience data, Facebook advertising can get your brand in front of your targets. Its relatively low CPM offers a better return on advertising spend than LinkedIn in most cases. Video summaries of current blog posts are another way to ramp up video content.

B2B 344

B2B Facebook LinkedIn Small Business 344

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

We can measure the initial impacts of marketing and advertising efforts almost immediately, but that doesn’t mean we should. New LinkedIn research found that only 4% of digital marketers are measuring return on investment six months into a campaign or longer. Podcast advertising revenue will exceed $1 billion in 2020.

Marketing 100

Marketing Content Marketing Advertising Advertising 100

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

As much as video content has grown in advertising, marketing, and PR , data shows that it continues to expand. Video communications can work well in time-urgent situations, but a controlled message is just that, and it will be questioned if it doesn’t measure up. Video can demonstrate and explain. Make case studies more visual.

Video 149

Video Case Study Agriculture B2B 149

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Paid media and advertising statistics. Marketing measurement statistics. 1) How long should a blog post be? The average post today is 1,142 words long but it’s clear that blog posts are getting longer – 41% longer than the typical post three years ago. State of Blogging ). 9) Even advertisers want to invest in PR.

Content Marketing 123

Content Marketing SEO Social Media Marketing 123

Sword and the Script

MARCH 10, 2019

While the PR community has heard inklings of in-housing anecdotally – Richard Edelman recently cited it as a cause following disappointing earnings for the year ending 2018 – to the best of my knowledge, this is the first time we’ve seen this trend surface in a survey of the communications industry. is notoriously difficult to measure.

Survey 98

Survey Media Relations Corporate Communications 98

Mindful Marketing

MARCH 26, 2023

Supreme Court legalized sports gambling in May of 2018, the doors swung wide open for all kinds of institutions to enter partnerships with oddsmakers. In all but four states , these firms can’t target consumers below age 21, but as with alcohol advertising, spillover into younger demographics is inevitable.

Sports 98

Sports Banking Education Course 98

Sword and the Script

APRIL 27, 2019

65% of journalists said audience metrics have changed the way they evaluate stories”; additionally, “43% of journalists globally reported their organization’s primary measure of success for their content is readership or viewers.”. Additional reading: 2018: 7 Statistics from an Annual Survey of Reporters that Gives PR a Glimpse….

Survey 91

Survey Journalism Study Pitching 91

Stephen Waddington

MARCH 15, 2021

Each of the speakers has kindly responded to the questions that we didn’t cover in the blog post below. Start a blog and manage proactive social media around it. But more often than not, the data you need can be exported to a spreadsheet which is more than sufficient for most PR measurement requirements.

Google 119

Google Data Government Social Media 119

Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 4, 2018

You shouldn’t immediately start sending one-sheeters and demo request forms one day after someone signs up for your blog’s newsletter. This space is typically reserved for blog posts, infographics, social posts, and e-books. The metrics associated with awareness tend to be easy to measure as you build up momentum.

Case Study 111

Case Study Marketing Study Content Marketing 111

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 6, 2019

Third-party data brokers harvest that information for advertising purposes because advertisers want to know if the budget being poured into ads is driving sales. The newly acquired Notified business, provider of cloud-enabled media, monitoring and measurement tools.”. 6) Picks from the PR tech vendor blogs . Singal A.I.

Marketing 63

Marketing Pitching Corporate Tools 63

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2019

1) The average blog post is 1,236 words. How long is the average blog post? How long does it take to write the average blog post? Read more: 3 Studies with Benchmarks for Content Marketing, Blogging and Webinars [UML]. Read more: 3 Studies with Benchmarks for Content Marketing, Blogging and Webinars [UML].

Marketing 78

Marketing Publicity Survey Study 78