Sword and the Script

JUNE 30, 2021

This is a pivotal moment for PR and communications professionals to get out of the media relations spin cycle and demonstrate the breadth and depth of our value,” wrote Karen Swim , who is a long-time PR, Marketing and Social Media Consultant at Words For Hire , LLC and the President of Solo PR Pro. The media relations struggle.

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Onclusive

JANUARY 25, 2019

PR and content marketing are rapidly evolving with new access to data and insights, new methods of measurement and more channels to reach your audience than ever. Date: March 21, 2018. This awards event celebrates the best of the best corporate, agency, nonprofit, and education teams, and the work they produced during the entry period.

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Critical Mention

OCTOBER 25, 2021

But, this is a blog about PR, communications and media relations, so enough about the plot summary. Instead, let’s talk about how Season 3 began with Kendall Roy focused on getting his media monitoring tools and strategy in place as he gets ready to take on his father and snatch his media empire away.

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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. The organization type and discipline also impacted this metric: PR agencies are seeing the biggest budget cuts, followed by marketing agencies, in-house teams and communications firms.

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Measurement Tools Journalism Content Marketing 75

Stephen Waddington

JULY 28, 2020

Each has grown through acquisition from an original proposition of a database and media monitoring solution. Along the way content, distribution, analytics, and measurement tools have been acquired and bolted on. Cision, Meltwater and Kantar are aimed at the enterprise agency and in-house market and are expensive.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

How do you measure PR results? The 2019 report was viewed nearly 20,000 times, or about a 2x increase from the 2018 edition. Is media relations getting harder – or is it just harder for you? Reports from the JOTW Communications Survey in 2019 and 2018. The 2018 JOTW Communications Survey from Frank Strong.

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Survey Public Affairs Corporate Trends 86

Sword and the Script

APRIL 12, 2022

In its funding announcement, the company says it can also “measure ROI from earned media including traffic, form submissions, purchases and other conversions.” In addition, it will soon “enable journalists and influencers to discover sources, manage their stories, and measure reach and sentiment of their published work.”.

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Software Pitching Measurement Enterprise 89

Stephen Waddington

APRIL 3, 2019

Craft rather than technical or management skills account for the most popular skills in public relations at all levels. In junior roles media relations (58%) and social media relations (45%) make up the top three most commonly undertaken tasks after writing. Practitioners don’t identify these as strengths.

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Writing Survey Government Media Relations 84

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. 5) “That the cost of a well-run communications program is not measured the same way as their sales or business development programs.”. Give our services a try.

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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 .

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Critical Mention

JULY 16, 2019

At the same time, while communications, PR and marketing professionals are generally thrilled to create brand awareness without spending budget dollars, earned media can also be difficult to measure. Estimated audience is another effective way to measure the reach of an earned media event. Estimated Audience.

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Media Advertising Advertising Measurement 76

Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 6, 2019

In the latest issue we discuss: Media Show response: PR is more than publicity The Art of Public Relations is the title of a recent Media Show programme on BBC Radio 4 in which publicity is conflated with public relations. Fairy tale of public relations Sarah published a new #FuturePRoof book at the end of 2018.

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Critical Mention

JUNE 10, 2020

Eric Lebowitz joined Critical Mention in 2018 as its Director of Marketing. Eric brought a background in content marketing, marketing measurement and marketing automation, having previously co-founded and managed his own agency. In his spare time, Eric loves to play as much golf as possible at courses across the country.

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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.

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Government Education Print Ethics 103

Critical Mention

APRIL 13, 2020

Eric Lebowitz joined Critical Mention in 2018 as its Director of Marketing. Eric brought a background in content marketing, marketing measurement and marketing automation, having previously co-founded and managed his own agency. In his spare time, Eric loves to play as much golf as possible at courses across the country.

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Onclusive

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

The TOP PR and Content Marketing Conferences 2018. If you’re in search of PR and content marketing conferences to attend in 2018, AirPR has pulled together a definitive list of the best and the brightest. Take a look, and hopefully we’ll see you at one of these PR or marketing conferences in 2018. Date: March 15, 2018.

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Critical Mention

JANUARY 30, 2019

If you work in public relations or marketing—or in the business world generally—you have likely heard about several major developments in the media monitoring marketplace. When you are monitoring important media coverage—whether it’s a crisis or an especially impactful brand story—getting results quickly is absolutely critical.

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Media Marketing Analytics Television 60

Critical Mention

JANUARY 30, 2019

Like any technology investment, making a decision about which media monitoring or earned media measurement tool is right for your business can be challenging. Eric Lebowitz joined Critical Mention in 2018 as its Director of Marketing.

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How To Media Analytics Television 60

Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Eric Lebowitz joined Critical Mention in 2018 as its Director of Marketing. Eric brought a background in content marketing, marketing measurement and marketing automation, having previously co-founded and managed his own agency. In his spare time, Eric loves to play as much golf as possible at courses across the country.

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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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Marketing Technology Internal International 52

Sword and the Script

JULY 6, 2021

Can your agency bring big ideas and execute? Vuelio is an all-in-one PR software tool based in the UK and acquired ResponseSource in 2018 for £5.5 clients as “part of its overall measurement stack which combines data and insights from multiple sources, both externally and internally from across Publicis Groupe.”. New PR tech.

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Pitching Report Software Survey 89

Sword and the Script

APRIL 30, 2019

Vocus owned or acquired brands like PRWeb, Help A Reporter Out (HARO), iContact, and several lesser-known social media technologies. Third, as a PR agency owner that specializes in B2B technology, I simply have an interest in keeping tabs on the ways technology is transforming my industry. all 210 U.S.

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Industry Media Technology Employee 91

Communications Conversations

APRIL 8, 2015

The stats: * When measured against Paid Posts created by third-party advertisers, T Brand Studio-produced content was found to generate 361 percent more unique visitors and 526 percent more time spent with the post. One PR strategy that gets at those goals revolves around media relations. So let me get this straight.

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Advertising Advertising Trends Storytelling 60

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. I often wonder who’s mentoring the junior ranks in the agency world. For those plying the lost art of media relations (i.e.,

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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. Reasons for Hiring or Firing an Outside Agency. Understanding why agencies get fired is just as important as why they get hired. 5) planning and strategy (37%).

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Survey Media Relations Corporate Communications 103

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. req.) – by BMV a digital agency in Boston. For B2B companies, earned media and branded content ranked the highest. PR Measurement: A Pulse Check on How Communicators Show Value. * * *.

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Study Survey B2B Advertising 61

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. This year, we saw in-house teams get downsized and agency budgets get reduced. There’s no point in building a reputation if the startup is facing an existential threat.

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Writing Communications Marketing B2B 198

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).

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Survey Trends Communications Storytelling 74

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

DECEMBER 20, 2022

There are so many thoughtful contributions – from people working on both the in-house and agency sides. 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.

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Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 196

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The media PR salary: $100,000. The median public relations salary in the U.S. is $100,000 in 2020; it’s higher for in-house PR and corporate communication roles at $145,500 and lower for PR agencies at $90,000. Source: 2020 Public Relations Salary Survey ). Media relations is ever more challenging.

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Survey Marketing B2B Study 178

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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Survey Journalism Study Pitching 96

Communications Conversations

JULY 23, 2019

HOWEVER… If you take a closer look at the 2019 list, you quickly realize almost the entire list is made up of agency folks. I only found THREE people who WEREN’T agency people on the list! What’s more, it wasn’t just agency people–it was one specific agency! ” – Heather Olson.

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Transportation Social Media Corporate Agency 122

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. Earned Media Poised for New Prominence ). Social Media Matters Less ). Marketing Measurement Statistics.

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Content Marketing SEO Social Media Marketing 126

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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Marketing Pitching Corporate Tools 64

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]. 9) Twitter is the social network of most value to reporters.

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Marketing Publicity Survey Study 78

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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