Wildfire

AUGUST 6, 2018

A couple of weeks ago, the Wildfire team went along to the latest meet-up from creative marketing magazine Contagious. Now I know what you’re thinking: “Not another PR trends piece banging on about big data, brand purpose and mixed reality marketing.”. Have someone to do the creative work, and someone to review the creative work.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Several trends that started in 2021 will grow to carry over into 2022. Another trend that grew in ’21 is authentic, purpose-driven marketing. It’s good news for contextual advertising companies, who have already started reaping the benefits of marketing’s ‘identity crisis.’ The trend is moving in this direction.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 29, 2019

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. To that end, here are a few creative PR ideas to help the recruiting shop out. 2) Think creatively: guerilla recruiting tactics.

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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.

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Content Marketing Survey B2B Google 60

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

The in-housing trend in PR isn’t entirely surprising. It mirrors a trend that’s already underway in PR’s sibling departments in marketing and advertising. So, what does this in-housing trend mean for PR agencies? Even as this in-housing trend took hold, law firms amazingly continued to raise their rates year after year.

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Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

AI is among the fastest-growing marketing trends, with 80 percent of marketers predicting in 2016 that AI would revolutionize marketing by 2020. Still, according to an article in Business Insider , 34 percent of marketing executives felt unprepared for this change in 2018. Creative skills (26%). Image recognition software (4).

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NewsWhip

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The collision of these two cultural behemoths is going to create six weeks of extreme congestion across TV schedules, news agendas, advertising buys and of course, consumer attention. We wanted to see if we could find a way for communications and PR specialists to steal a march through some data-informed insight.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Advertising is a distant third. Read more: What Do You Get When You Cross Media Trends with Customer Support and Investor Relations? Read more: Separating Creativity from Technology in Thinking about Marketing Innovation [UML]. Read more: Separating Creativity from Technology in Thinking about Marketing Innovation [UML].

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Marketing Publicity Survey Study 78

B2B PR Sense

JANUARY 5, 2018

When it comes down to it, PR can be far less expensive than advertising and offer more benefits. Our Ultimate List of the Best PR Tools for 2018. Myth #4: PR is just advertising. PR goes way beyond advertising. When you boil it down, advertising is paid visibility while PR is earned visibility. Awards and Events.

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Crisis Management B2B Reputation Advertising 238

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. But it’s not advertising, and it’s not ‘influencer marketing’ in the Kardashian style. Podcast advertising revenue will exceed $1 billion in 2020. 5) Marketers will slow down.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

The report compares the volume of articles, characters per article and the publication tier for which they were written – from Q4 2018 to Q1 2019 – to draw several conclusions. TrendKite finished 2018 with $25 million in revenue and 144% CAGR growth over the last four years. new research from staffing firm The Creative Group shows.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Marketing turns to creative to stand out from the clutter . The pendulum has swung too far and at the expense of creativity in marketing. That’s all going to change in next year because creative work is the essence of differentiation and a key driver of revenue and profit. Strengthening community-building and connections.

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Critical Mention

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

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. What are the latest PR Trends? One of the biggest trends we’re seeing is a shift towards Opinion articles.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

But the work was also about trying to reverse a disturbing trend. PRSA later awarded the campaign a Silver Anvil in 2018. This relationship is deeply rooted in trust and collaboration that allow us to execute creative campaigns that will generate positive results. What did winning a Silver Anvil mean for your team?

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

The 2018 State of the Media report by Cision is an annual survey of reporters that offers some insight. For example, citing the Edelman Trust Barometer, Digiday reported , “trust in traditional media has increased from 48 percent last year to 61 percent in 2018.”. PR should be taking a close look at the content that’s trending.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Trust in the media The 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer (opens as a PDF) puts the trust between the public and media at 41% worldwide. The London Evening Standard is the only publication that bucks a downward trend as a result of a switch from paid for newsstand sales to an ad funded sheet. The number hasn’t moved in 12 months.

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5W PR

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

But one of the problems for businesses – and their PR people, Instagram continues to limit access to paid advertising on their site. Finally, don’t forget this is still a social media platform, that means it’s not just about advertising your product or service, it’s also about building an interactive group.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

A new study by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) is warning the industry of an approaching “ talent crisis ,” according to reporting by Erik Oster for Adweek. For example, two of the most prominent trade publications in the industry include the words “ad” or “advertising” in their titles. Give our services a try.

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Marketing B2B Content Marketing Survey 62

Stephen Waddington

MARCH 15, 2021

You do need the storytelling, relationship building, creative and analytical skills. I’d suggest that having a basic understanding of Python is probably all that is needed - if nothing else to allow more customised data pulls from specific APIs that might be helpful eg Google Trends. This is a question I am often asked.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 10, 2019

It’s a trend that mirrors similar patterns seen broadly in the marketing for the last several years, where CMOs have slashed agencies in favor of in-house teams. If the in-house trend continues to develop in PR, the agencies that will be best positioned to grow are those that execute well or maintain some specialized capabilities.

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Cision

APRIL 5, 2017

Rallies against Kellogg’s after it pulled its advertising from Breitbart. Automobile companies (and the military) are the largest advertisers on television. We knew the four horsemen for our brand strategies, advertising, public relations, lobbying and pack funding. Digital advertising should be part of a site’s sponsorship.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

A trend we are going to see happening more in 2019 is the coming together of marketing and customer success. While it’s a tricky tightrope to walk, as cultural and political issues continue to saturate the news and social media, more companies will take a stand through marketing and advertising that resonates with customer loyalties.

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Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

According to a 2018 Association of National Advertisers (ANA) survey, 75% of marketers are using influencers as a marketing tool and 43% plan to increase spending on it in the next 12 months. And in a 2017 TINT article, only 4% of consumers declared trust in marketing in advertising in general. They create fresh content.

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Marketing SEO Advertising Advertising 80

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

This is down slightly, but macro trends across the economy suggest corporate revenues are up. Interestingly, the top three “skills” marketing leaders look for in new hires are: a) creativity – 25%; b) natural leadership ability – 21%; and. of company revenues. Marketers said their budgets grew 7.5% 3) The CMO Priorities.

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Survey Marketing Exercises Study 85

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Too often marketers become enamored with the latest trends and tools. This trend will impact all publishers. Creative employee communications. “2021 will be the year of communicating creatively with employees – Zoom fatigue is real and it’s not going away any time soon. Marketing predictions.

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Marketing Employee Content Marketing Training 167

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

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? Registration opens in October 2018, but you can sign up now for event updates and a special discount code. trillion in 2019, ramping up to $3.9

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The Resolution Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Don’t be afraid to add paid into the mix If your campaign is creative enough, you can set things in motion with just one ad. Playing off of it’s Made In, Made For New York event , Facebook aimed to work alongside the chosen marketers to help bring to life engaging advertising campaigns. there’s no limit to how creative you can be.

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B2B B2C Facebook Storytelling 120

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.

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Karen Freberg

MAY 11, 2020

Twitter Flight School has been around for a while now, but got an update with their latest features and areas in advertising, measurement, and content creation. A lot has happened in social media since the first version of this certification was released back in 2018. Twitter Flight School. Two years in social media is a lot!

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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.”. I was making $150,000 at the agency I was at when the offer came in.”.

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Agency Leadership Corporate Training 77

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

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? Registration opens in October 2018, but you can sign up now for event updates and a special discount code. trillion in 2019, ramping up to $3.9

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Conference Marketing Analytics Case Study 40

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

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. Similarly, digital trends have forced marketing and PR to change how they do things. Last year an advertising spot during the Super Bowl cost $5 million. Let me know!

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Blogging B2B Content Marketing Trade Shows 72

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

According to Hotwire PR’s seventh annual Communications Trends Report , online video will continue to be a major trend in 2016. As the New Year draws closer, we can anticipate some of this year’s social video trends to carry over into 2016, including: 1. To autoplay or NOT to autoplay. Next year” is only some 43-days away.

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Video YouTube Web Case Study 40

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

This sort of thing happens every day and on a massive scale and we can see it in the 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer , which says this year will be a “battle for truth.”. Trust and the Unlikely Reinvention of Advertising [UML]. They are naturally skeptical, and the trend in “fake news” has everyone on edge.

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Content Marketing Marketing Journalism Financial 68

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. I want to zoom out a little bit and talk about some of the broader conversations and trends in our industry.

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Brand Branding Marketing Facebook 71

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Traditional journalists and publishers still chafe at such practices, but as the economics of publishing become ever more challenging, particularly for niche industry trade publications, editors will increasingly turn to this practice in order to attract advertisers and pay the bills.” ~ Tom Pick , Digital Marketing Consultant, Webbiquity LLC 12.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 17, 2018

By his own assessment he “started out as a young, idealistic creative” with a degree in art history. It led him down the path of B2C advertising and it all seemed fine until he stumbled into the world of B2B and was hooked. 1) How would you characterize the state of marketing infrastructure in 2018? Well, in a word, chaotic.

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