Sword and the Script

MAY 29, 2018

As such, the 2018 JOTW Communications Survey , which was conducted in partnership with Ned’s Job of the Week , also included an open-ended question at the end of the survey. It’s not just about content, or search, or conferences, or advertising, or a webinar. Also see these related posts: Is Media Relations Getting Harder?

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

“We are going to see more journalists build their own paid content channels – with or without backing from media outlets. 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.”. Brad Marley , Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media . Fast-vertising.

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Critical Mention

JULY 16, 2019

As the cost of paid advertising across various digital and broadcast channels increases, brands are increasingly focused on earned media as a way to build awareness and generate revenue. Estimated audience is another effective way to measure the reach of an earned media event. Estimated Audience. Eric Lebowitz.

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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. The greatest of these is the shift away from media relations as the dominant means of public engagement to working across all forms of media. It’s a theme that Topi?

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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. Most people find independent journalism and earned media to be the most credible source of information. Advertising is a distant third.

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PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Or use these events to drive media relations and community conversation. Measuring the effectiveness of any marketing campaign begins with defined and clear KPIs. are all important questions to pose and define to help you figure out how you’ll market to each segment of contacts in 2018. Measurable. Performance.

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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. For those plying the lost art of media relations (i.e., When PR Turned to the Dark Side ”). they produce. most of you?),

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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.

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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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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

b) More pay-to-play opportunities to participate in national media relations opportunities. c) More companies create their own content and channels to reach audiences instead of traditional media channels. The internet created an obsession among marketers for measurement, but it overcorrected over the last 10 years or so.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 19, 2018

The 2018 JOTW Communications Survey from Frank Strong. The survey was conducted in February 2018 and 155 respondents completed the questionnaire. The full report – the 2018 JOTW Communications Survey – was announced in today’s issue of the JOTW and is freely available on SlideShare (also embedded nearby). The rest are unsure.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Firms that stick to being mere providers of media relations will continue to lose market share.” We can measure the initial impacts of marketing and advertising efforts almost immediately, but that doesn’t mean we should. Christoph Luke | Christoph Luke Media Relations. Tom Pick | Webbiquity LLC.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

In addition, this same disruption – led by the 2024 election, the speed of misinformation and continued economic uncertainty – will require a strong measure of GRIT. Performance marketing has led the community to this wild notion that B2B marketing should only engage in measurable tactics. Finally, 2024 also brings another U.S.

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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. Here are B2B social strategies that perform best on Facebook. Looking to build brand awareness?

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2017

PR and media relations statistics. Social media marketing statistics. Paid media and advertising statistics. Marketing measurement statistics. PR and Media Relations Statistics. 9) Even advertisers want to invest in PR. Earned Media Poised for New Prominence ). Marketing Spend ).

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 27, 2019

Is the process of media relations getting harder? Part of the answer is rethinking traditional PR efforts – and another part is studying the media to understand how it’s changing. Full report: 2019 Global State of the Media Report by Cision (reg. 2017: 3 PR Takeaways from the (2017) State of the Media Report by Cision.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 13, 2019

It included email (iContact), press releases (PRWeb), media relations (HARO), and social media (North Social and Engine 140), bundled in what was pitched as an easy-to-use and all-in-one product. Cision announces the acquisition of Prime Research , a PR measurement platform that uses a combination of consulting and technology.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 6, 2019

But before we dive in, please allow me a quick plug: Richard Carufel , the longtime editor of Bulldog Reporter , moderated and recorded the session on media relations in challenging times. It’s all part of the Earned Media Mastery online summit that Agility PR Solutions is hosting on August 22, 2019 – which just a few weeks away!

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2019

19% of publishers requested articles, 13% requested infographics, 12% requested mixed-media pieces, and 11% requested data visualizations.”. Read more: Cliff Notes to Effective Media Relations: A Summary of 3 Surveys of Editors, Reporters and Journalists [UML]. Advertising is a distant third. over the next 12 months.

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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. . #3 billion to the UK economy according to the PRCA Census 2018.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Media relations remains an important part of the execution of a public relations campaign alongside paid, shared and owned media. Much of the modern public relations business grew up out of media relations and publicity, rooted in storytelling and editorial engagement.

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Stephen Waddington

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

People joined the internet at the rate of one million per day during 2018 according to We Are Social but universal access will take another decade in developing markets as internet access reaches countries such as Africa and India, and hard to reach areas of mature markets. It’s stood the test of time. #1

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

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. PR teams will be measured by inputted organic brand conversion lift and Google Trends. 7: Lou Hoffman.

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Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

This is an article and deck about the outlook for public relations and social media in 2018. I’ve also included a call to action that may be helpful in your planning for 2018. The Public Relations Communication Association’s (PRCA) expulsion of Bell Pottinger drew a firm line in the sand around ethical practice.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Efficient marketing execution and measurement. Discussions surrounding PR measurement and return on investment continue to dominate PR value conversations. See this PR Tech Briefing we published this year: Muck Rack Aims to be an All-in-One PR Tech Platform for Media Contacts, Outreach and Monitoring. Marketing predictions.

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