Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Marketing be nimble. Rather than having year-long editorial calendars for opportunities and content, marketing and communications professionals are will have to work in a much more agile, phased approach: creating evergreen content per quarter and making room for ‘rapid-response’ type communications based on what 2021 might throw at us.

Marketing 169

Marketing Employee Content Marketing Training 169

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. 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. So what’s the solution?

Measurement 75

Measurement Tools Journalism Content Marketing 75

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

While the playbook for customer marketing is similar to demand-gen, teams will need to create new content and touchpoints focused on the post-sale customer journey.” ~ Cori Webb , Marketing Director, ChurnZero 3. By focusing on building trust, marketing and communications pros will also raise Google search algorithm ranking.

Writing 194

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 194

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

“Data and the use of data will become the great divide between marketers producing content and content marketing. Those companies that can take data, do a deep dive, and understand what the data tells them will see more success in achieving their goals from content than those who look at simple analytics.

Marketing 190

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 190

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

5) Marketers will slow down. The Internet moves at breakneck speed, but that doesn’t mean that we as marketers have to do the same. We can measure the initial impacts of marketing and advertising efforts almost immediately, but that doesn’t mean we should. 7) Larger investments in SDRs and product marketing.

Marketing 101

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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

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Read more: 3 Studies with Benchmarks for Content Marketing, Blogging and Webinars [UML]. 2) The average content marketing budget is $185,000. The most successful content marketers invested more, with an average of $272,000, while the least successful content marketers spent less at $109,000.

Marketing 78

Marketing Publicity Survey Study 78

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 17, 2019

Digital marketing spend tallied up at around $629 billion in the US in 2018. This year it’s on track to outpace the investment in analog marketing channels for the first time. So, given the results which one is better – PR or content marketing ? Dispelling 6 Myths PR Sometimes has about Content Marketing.

Study 61

Study Survey B2B Advertising 61

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Content marketing isn’t just a constant stream of advertisements. But if those fundamentals are strong, letting freelance talent create your marketing content frees up the core employees to focus on the big picture. But using the wrong tools can cripple smaller content marketing teams.

Content Marketing 111

Content Marketing Print Analysis Data 111

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

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. What role has content marketing played for you at LiveIntent?

Brand 118

Brand Branding Marketing Facebook 118

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. While the rate has been trending down since 2010, it’s still largely been an employer’s market since the housing market popped a couple years before then. That changed in 2018.

Resources 78

Resources Creativity Publicity Local 78

Sword and the Script

APRIL 27, 2019

Additional reading: 2018: 7 Statistics from an Annual Survey of Reporters that Gives PR a Glimpse…. 2) Key PR considerations about influencer marketing. Full report: 2018 Global Media Report by Onclusive. Dispelling 6 Myths PR Sometimes has about Content Marketing. 2% said “personal safety and security issues.”.

Survey 93

Survey Journalism Study Pitching 93

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

Subsequently, many employees, including me, were let go and granted severance pay. 5) Finding Leads: 6 Takes from the 2018 Chief Marketer B2B Lead Gen Report. 6) 4 Big Media Trends that have Upended PR and Marketing. Last year an advertising spot during the Super Bowl cost $5 million. Content marketing is similar.

Blogging 73

Blogging B2B Content Marketing Trade Shows 73

Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 4, 2018

When you map all of your content marketing to the funnel, things get trickier. Most content marketers, unlike sales reps, usually shy away from promotional ad copy that could scare their audience away. What is the content marketing sales funnel? They also know Contently gave that information to them.

Case Study 111

Case Study Marketing Study Content Marketing 111

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

This year, more than 20 professionals – real people that do real marketing and PR work every day – responded and with high-quality ideas that I found to be invigorating and thought-provoking. 5) Alignment of marketing and customer success. 19) Movie franchise approach to content marketing outpaces the newsroom model.

Social Media 93

Social Media Marketing Media Creativity 93

Critical Mention

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Jelly Digital Marketing & PR is a one-stop-shop online marketing agency in Fort Langley, British Columbia. The award-winning , Canadian-based agency, a Critical Mention client, provides agile and responsive public relations, content creation, digital advertising and SEO solutions to those in Vancouver and the Fraser Valley area.

Agency 79

Agency Marketing Media SEO 79

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

AUGUST 13, 2019

In what could be deemed an intersection in time and the beginning of a period of transition in PR – the rise of content marketing and the fall of press releases – UBM would acquire the Content Marketing Institute for $17.6 12) July 30, 2018: ShareIQ. million about six months later. Terms are not disclosed.

Technology 12

Technology Software Company Marketing 12