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. Each statistic links to the blog post that covered that particular study or survey and links to the underlying source. Photo credit: Pixabay.

Survey 104

Survey Marketing B2B Content Marketing 104

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. Most conferences focus on media relations, crisis communications, social media, and measurement, plus a well-known awards show. PRWeek Awards.

Conference 256

Conference Content Marketing Marketing Internal 256

Onclusive

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Norton LifeLock CMO Ty Shay will deliver a keynote presentation at the 2018 Growth PR Conference, hosted by AirPR on October 30th at San Francisco’s Bluxome Street Winery. Ty Shay, CMO of Norton LifeLock, will keynote the conference with the session “Performance Storytelling.”

Storytelling 30

Storytelling Analytics Creativity Conference 30

Barokas

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Pew Research reported a 25 percent drop in newsroom employment from 2008 to 2018. Earlier this year, Onclusive released a study based on analysis of more than 2 billion pieces of editorial content between 2018 and 2018, which revealed that the percentage of authors contributing to mass media is down 11 percent.

Marketing 78

Marketing Employee Trends Study 78

Onclusive

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Data science and digital media are transforming the way companies tell stories and how they measure success. Instead of publishing repetitive press releases and campaigns built on gut-instinct, the Growth PR era is fueled by data-driven, iterative storytelling. Click here to request an invitation to the Growth PR Conference.

Conference 30

Conference Data Storytelling Banking 30

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. 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 . Blogger outreach gets personal.

Marketing 214

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 214

Cision

APRIL 7, 2015

Social media, e-newsletters, articles on owned websites and blogs make up the four most used content marketing tactics. B2B and B2C marketers want to learn more about measurement, automation, video and visual storytelling. Native advertising spending will grow from $8 billion in 2015 to $21 billion in 2018.

B2C 120

B2C Content Marketing B2B Mobile 120

PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Graphic designer / visual storyteller. Look for all-encompassing platforms, such as HubSpot, that bundle sales, marketing automation, blogging, CMS, email, and more into one solution. Publishing regular content on a blog platform is great for SEO, thought leadership, and establishing internal subject matter experts. Performance.

Marketing 52

Marketing Technology Internal International 52

Solo PR Pro

JANUARY 7, 2019

We hope that 2018 was a good year for you, both personally and professionally. Submit your brand or clients’ sites and blogs for inclusion in the Google News Publisher Center. In our Solo PR circles, we often discuss starting with the measurable goal and working backward to develop the campaign to get us there.

Trends 45

Trends Google Crisis Management Data 45

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Experiential storytelling. Get a preview of what to expect and check out Roetzer’s Traffic & Conversion Summit talk from 2018, “Marketing in the Machine Age: The Path to a More (Artificially) Intelligent Future,” on Youtube. In case you missed #INBOUND19, check out the recap on our blog. Media and journalism. Tech industry.

Conference 97

Conference Marketing Case Study Content Marketing 97

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The organizations who take their ESG, DEI, and social impact strategies seriously will be the ones who are unafraid to show their progress, no matter how big or small it may be, with a combination of visual and written storytelling. Brad Marley , Yelram Media Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media. Relentless focus on the customer .

Marketing 189

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 189

Sword and the Script

MAY 26, 2020

Answered: unsure , brands should take a stand) Interestingly, the results mirror a 2018 survey that asked consumers if they wanted brands to take a stand on politics. >>> That’s up from 68% in 2019 and 51% in 2018. PR measurement. That is, yes. Media relations only gets harder. Top tactics in PR and comms.

Survey 119

Survey Measurement Public Affairs Storytelling 119

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 10, 2019

But according to the 2018 USC Annenberg Center for Public Relations Global Communications Report , writing is the skill most valued by PR recruiters. That makes sense; persuasion is fueled by artful storytelling, and despite the growth of video, many stories are still told through the written word. A blog-eat-blog world .

Case Study 231

Case Study Writing Pitching SEO 231

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Here’s a look at statistics across PR, marketing, and social media that were surfaced in the various reports and studies covered on this blog throughout 2020. Many of the blog posts published here are based on survey research, analytical studies or other sources of data. Data, storytelling and blogging of grow in importance.

Survey 176

Survey Marketing B2B Study 176

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. is notoriously difficult to measure.

Survey 98

Survey Media Relations Corporate Communications 98

PR 20/20

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Disclaimer: this is not your average end-of-year tips and tools blog post. After all, as the old proverb goes: “What gets measured gets managed.”. Is better data usage and insights part of your strategic objectives for 2018? Enable Data Visualization to Empower Data Storytelling. According to the MarTech Data Report , “.

Enterprise 57

Enterprise Tools Strategy Marketing 57

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Video communications can work well in time-urgent situations, but a controlled message is just that, and it will be questioned if it doesn’t measure up. It’s pure storytelling. Verizon’s Oath uses video to take the traditional case study beyond the usual infographic or blog post. Video can demonstrate and explain.

Video 149

Video Case Study Agriculture B2B 149

Sword and the Script

MARCH 3, 2020

the co-founder and chief data scientist at Signal AI, in a separate, but a clearly related, blog post. The company “never had any relationship with Jumpshot” and “there is no impact to Onclusive attribution metrics,” the company wrote in a blog post. 7) Picks from the PR trades and vendor blogs.

Pitching 78

Pitching Instagram Survey Data 78

Stephen Waddington

MARCH 15, 2021

Each of the speakers has kindly responded to the questions that we didn’t cover in the blog post below. You do need the storytelling, relationship building, creative and analytical skills. Start a blog and manage proactive social media around it. More than 150 people turned up and engaged in the conversation.

Google 119

Google Data Government Social Media 119

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. New LinkedIn research found that only 4% of digital marketers are measuring return on investment six months into a campaign or longer. Media struggle for income gives rise to desperate measures.”.

Marketing 100

Marketing Content Marketing Advertising Advertising 100

Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 4, 2018

You shouldn’t immediately start sending one-sheeters and demo request forms one day after someone signs up for your blog’s newsletter. This space is typically reserved for blog posts, infographics, social posts, and e-books. The metrics associated with awareness tend to be easy to measure as you build up momentum.

Case Study 111

Case Study Marketing Study Content Marketing 111

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Fittingly, I asked a whole bunch of folks for predictions to include in a blog post here (if you want to be invited next year, you can sign up here ). Here we go…20 insightful PR and marketing predictions for 2018 follows below. In 2018 it will become even more about the customer experience. 1) Pay to play gains prominence.

Marketing 102

Marketing Content Marketing Crisis Management Data 102

Onclusive

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Media’s Executive Editor of Content Strategies, recently sat down with AirPR to discuss sponsored content, PR, storytelling and the future of the industry. Jon: “It’s all about storytelling and I’ve been telling stories in one way or another my entire life. What are best practices in PR & content marketing measurement?

Interviews 294

Interviews Strategy Content Marketing Advertising 294

Contently - Strategy

JANUARY 2, 2019

Set goals and KPIs and measurement framework. The content that performs well in 2019 will look a lot like the content that performed well in 2018. Sometimes it’ll be an article with an interactive graphic on your blog. Joe Lazauskas is Contently’s head of content strategy and co-author of The Storytelling Edge.

Case Study 110

Case Study Content Marketing Strategy Facebook 110

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Much of the modern public relations business grew up out of media relations and publicity, rooted in storytelling and editorial engagement. Trust in the media The 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer (opens as a PDF) puts the trust between the public and media at 41% worldwide. Engagement with news brands online is messy and tricky to measure.

Media Relations 115

Media Relations Media Print Newspapers 115

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Brands have already come forth in 2018 wearing a political armband, and this creates complexity in marketing and public relations strategy. With more brands and industries getting comfortable with digital communications (social, blog, e-blast, etc.) Also see PR and Storytelling; Off Script No. 7: Lou Hoffman. 7: Lou Hoffman.

Social Media 91

Social Media Marketing Media Creativity 91

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. I’ve also published a blog of key international events in the public relations calendar as part of the project. There are currently 4.3

Publicity 164

Publicity Ethics Data Community 164

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Efficient marketing execution and measurement. Make your team members track everything that matters within your marketing department – blog views, cost per lead, conversion rates at every stage, webinar attendance rate, paid search efficiency… and report their own KPIs up to you. Do you blog regularly? Marketing predictions.

Marketing 168

Marketing Employee Content Marketing Training 168