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. On one hand, competition is fierce (56%), people are increasingly intolerant of advertising (46%) and “information overload” is a genuine problem (44%).

Survey 104

Survey Marketing B2B Content Marketing 104

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Year of the employee. 2022 is going to be known as the year of the employee. Now more than ever, brands are understanding the importance of building trust and being transparent with their audiences, not to mention the value of clear communication. But it’s employee retention and engagement that will take priority.

Marketing 215

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 215

Onclusive

JANUARY 20, 2020

However, earned media can be amplified in numerous ways, including company newsletters, email campaigns, corporate social media channels, employee advocacy programs, etc. They will also have experience trafficking advertising — especially targeting media, which is an element of amplifying earned media.

Marketing 195

Marketing How To Measurement Advertising 195

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. PR practitioners have long helped clients amplify video content through social media promotion and earned media coverage, but they may be underusing video as branded content. 7 best PR uses for video.

Video 149

Video Case Study Agriculture B2B 149

The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

The content you should be creating 2018 plans are underway and creatives are about to be brought to life. Brand social activity into site content in real-time. Great free tool:Who else is bored with making brand logo wall images? Online advertising has changed. Could there be a future standard for article strength?

Tools 136

Tools Publicity Measurement SEO 136

Barokas

JULY 10, 2019

When these brands come to mind, an image may immediately pop into your mind. Maybe it’s a logo, a product or even an advertisement. Whatever it is, these brands all have one true and consistent thing: identity. Your employees. Need more convincing on the importance of brand identity? Who is “they” exactly?

Brand 97

Brand Branding Creativity Examples 97

Beyond PR

JANUARY 4, 2018

With a new year around the corner, communications professionals are gearing up to get their plans ready to conquer the world in 2018. Brands who require specialized experience or skills on top of well-rounded PR knowledge may struggle to find the ideal candidate. But along with those plans are some obstacles to overcome. The solution?

Measurement 75

Measurement Tools Journalism Content Marketing 75

Shift Communications

JANUARY 16, 2018

Facebook changed its algorithm to suppress unpaid brand posts. 00:00:01] Facebook is taking your brand to the woodshed. In the News Feed for brand pages, things like that they want to focus much more on the community or friends, the things that essentially would help people focus more on the network. Do a poll of your employees.

Facebook 116

Facebook Video Brand Branding 116

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Brand-to-brand collaboration. Likely see more brand-to-brand and brand-to-influencer collaborations. 2021 will see an increase in podcasts, with more brands and institutions harnessing the power of this very intimate form of communication as some consumers attempt to ration their screen time.

Marketing 169

Marketing Employee Content Marketing Training 169

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

PR still builds trust “Authentic customer testimonials, peer and employee reviews will increase in importance in 2024. To enhance empathy and connection with their teams and clients, organizations will foster employee brand ambassadors, highlight origin stories, show behind-the-scenes videos, and encourage user-generated content.

Writing 194

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 194

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

In 2018, he and his good friend Erik Requidan started The Minority Report Podcast to create a platform where people of color, women, and LGBTQ individuals in marketing could tell their stories and have candid conversations. Can brands actually keep themselves out of Facebook’s ecosystem over the long-term?

Brand 118

Brand Branding Marketing Facebook 118

Landis PR

APRIL 29, 2024

It has held this title since 2018 in the World Happiness Report. It is not advisable to have an employee of a communications firm present in the interview situation. Finland’s most listened-to radio channel is Yle Radio Finland , which is not an advertising-funded channel. For the original blog, please visit here.

Radio 64

Radio Pinterest Television Government 64

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

They enable consumer brand marketers to connect with influencers who have large followings on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, in a straightforward transactional manner. I predict brands will look to the PESO model (which stands for paid, earned, shared and owned media) to make more of their owned media.

Marketing 190

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 190

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Paid media and advertising statistics. While that percentage is a plurality, the next highest priority, brand building, trailed with 24% of the votes.”. 9) Even advertisers want to invest in PR. 10) Two sides of the political issue for brands. 10) Two sides of the political issue for brands. Brands in Politics ).

Content Marketing 124

Content Marketing SEO Social Media Marketing 124

Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

There's no formal methodology and they’re not so much predictions as a series of stories that I’ve recorded on my blog during 2018. Larry Fink, CEO, BlackRock, fired a warning shot in January 2018 about the contribution of corporations to society beyond profit. billion to the UK economy according to the PRCA Census 2018.

Publicity 120

Publicity Analysis Measurement Tools 120

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. It is firmly on the agenda of industry bodies and progressive organisations are talking steps to address it for employees. The issue lies in the inability of PR to achieve its value. What we do 5.

Government 103

Government Education Print Ethics 103

Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Scale of the influencer marketing challenge There were more than 16,000 complaints made about 14,000 online ads and social media posts last year according to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) Annual Report 2018. Who owns influencer marketing within brands?

Government 60

Government Publicity Marketing Advertising 60

Prohibition

MARCH 5, 2020

With social media now a well established tool for businesses, and a huge part of day-to-day life for most people, it is more important than ever to ensure your business or brand maintains a presence, keeps up to date with all current trends and utilises them to your advantage. Employee Brand Engagement. Targeted Ads.

Social Media 62

Social Media Trends Media How To 62

PRSay

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Every Friday, Jonathan Mildenhall has a conversation with himself about whether he’s treated his coworkers and employees with kindness and decency over the past week. Turning Airbnb into a global brand. He said that his co-workers at Coca-Cola thought he was crazy for joining the fairly unknown brand. billion budget.

Conference 125

Conference Creativity Internal International 125

Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 23, 2021

Now the world’s biggest brewer , Anheuser-Busch InBev, has found an especially innovative way to broadcast a brand message—a work of art, in the heart of New York City, valued at $470 million! on advertising. Is it serious social responsibility or is it a straightforward advertising-spend? wait for it.

Education 126

Education Financial Transportation Engineering 126

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 17, 2019

1) Earned and branded media drive awareness and trust in B2B. Digital marketing spend tallied up at around $629 billion in the US in 2018. Yet all the money means digital-first businesses have to contend with more noise as legacy brands bring their deep pockets to digital. Advertising is a distant third.

Study 61

Study Survey B2B Advertising 61

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2019

A survey of 300 leaders in businesses with more than 1,000 employees found about one third did not understand the duties of their communications shop – and even fewer saw the value. Advertising is a distant third. For B2B companies, earned media and branded content ranked as the most effective digital tactics. Click To Tweet.

Marketing 78

Marketing Publicity Survey Study 78

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

3) Brands blur the lines between company and friend. We’re used to seeing communications and interactions with brands that are personalized. Similar to the algorithms which drive many of our online purchases, brands will begin to communicate with their customers as if they have personal connections with them.

Marketing 101

Marketing Content Marketing Advertising Advertising 101

PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Studies show that only 23 percent of employees feel they receive the right amount of recognition for their work, while only 19 percent of managers say recognition is a priority at their workplace. Or your team risks high employee turnover. Invest in technologies that offer training to help employees onboard seamlessly.

Marketing 52

Marketing Technology Internal International 52

Stephen Waddington

MARCH 15, 2021

Certainly ask yourself the five questions in my presentation and look within your ranks of employees to see if there is a suitably qualified Black or Asian person ready to be promoted that has been overlooked because “they don’t fit” the usual profile of leadership (essentially being White and sharing your thoughts and behaviours).

Google 119

Google Data Government Social Media 119

Beyond PR

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

If reaching your audience through industry influencers is on your to-do list for 2018, realize that there are different types of influencers, and you likely will benefit from including variety in your influencer marketing strategy. Let’s take a look at each, as well as brainstorm on ways your brand can benefit.

Consumer 65

Consumer Corporate Employee Social Media 65

Mindful Marketing

APRIL 23, 2023

A well-known fast-food chain seems to think so, or at least it believes roasting others is the recipe for building its brand. Like the insurance companies, the fast-food chain has characters – actors pretending to be Wendy’s employees – doing and saying silly things in what are pretty appealing ads.

Insurance 99

Insurance Insurance Social Media Comparison 99

Presspage

MARCH 13, 2018

In January, the social media platform announced it was making branded posts less prominent in users’ news feeds, dramatically decreasing organizations’ already struggling reach. He says: The brand managers who are best at their jobs are data driven from the start.

Facebook 113

Facebook Social Media Analytics Blogging 113

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 29, 2019

As progressed in my career, I began to have a better appreciation for recruiting, HR and the challenge of talent acquisition and employee retention. That changed in 2018. It’s worth putting a little paid spend to boost links to announcements, invitations and blog posts with targeted social media advertisements.

Resources 78

Resources Creativity Publicity Local 78

Sword and the Script

APRIL 27, 2019

While the study found, “fewer than 15 percent emphasized subject knowledge expertise” it also found “45 percent of announcements mentioned marketing expertise in areas such as audience engagement, market development and branding.”. Additional reading: 2018: 7 Statistics from an Annual Survey of Reporters that Gives PR a Glimpse….

Survey 93

Survey Journalism Study Pitching 93

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

No brand wants their content strategy to stall at Phase 0, a hectic and emotionally stressful state we call content chaos. Brands like to pay lip service to the customer experience, but if marketers want their content to make a real impact, they have to commit. Content marketing isn’t just a constant stream of advertisements.

Content Marketing 111

Content Marketing Print Analysis Data 111

Mark My Words

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Susannah Butter peeks inside a personal branding powerhouse that’s changing the off-the-pitch role of sporting heroes as we know it. We want to do the best for our clients, looking at what they can achieve on and off the pitch, to build their brand but also give back.’. Roc is smart,’ says a sports world insider.

Sports 60

Sports Government Agency Pitching 60

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 15, 2021

It promised to dislodge traditional media and enable any individual, organisation or brand to become a publisher. Steve Earl and I captured many of these shifts in organisational communication in Brand Anarchy and Brand Vandals. of employees worked from home during the pandemic. Three decades on I’m less positive.

Publicity 128

Publicity Government Guidelines Facebook 128

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

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

I believe there will be an acceleration towards humanizing brands, putting individuals in front of a corporate identity, in an effort to emotionally connect with customers.”. – BJ Schaknowski | Vertafore. 9) Brands across the aisle. “I What this does to the customer experience and brand loyalty is significant.

Social Media 93

Social Media Marketing Media Creativity 93

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 15, 2019

Typically, it involves a representative from an advertising agency ranting about the wrongdoings of the industry. 1) “Brands are not only in-housing their creative and media buying, but also PR, and sometimes they’re not afraid to recruit from their own firms.”. Taking care of your employees helps too.

Agency 79

Agency Leadership Corporate Training 79

Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Once we were all in the inflatable rubber donut we were going to ride down in, a teenage park employee shoved us toward the mouth of the slide, which had a spout pouring water down into a dark tunnel. Top of funnel is the land of brand awareness and affinity. Top of funnel: Content to build awareness.

Case Study 111

Case Study Marketing Study Content Marketing 111