Sword and the Script

MARCH 6, 2018

The 2018 survey was based on responses of 1,053 communications professionals and here’s how the numbers stack up. Don’t miss these related posts: 20 Golden PR and Content Marketing Ideas that will Outlive 2017. The PR Opportunity for Brands as Publishers Tinker with Journalism. 1) Median PR salaries remain flat.

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Survey Agency Report Corporate 113

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?

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Measurement Tools Journalism Content Marketing 75

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Scott Kaminski , Senior Marketing Manager, Häfele America Co. . Growth of independent journalism. “We We are going to see more journalists build their own paid content channels – with or without backing from media outlets. This year, we’ve seen brands and agencies alike trying – and struggling – to find and hire strong PR pros.

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Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 214

Cision

JANUARY 2, 2018

It’s 2018: Do you know where your marketing campaigns are focused? Facebook has gained a reputation for being a marketing shortcut of sorts; its ads have an average click-through rate of.9 It’s also known for helping increase consumers’ engagement with brands, given Facebook’s 183 million daily users.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 27, 2021

The multi-year trendline on this question suggests it’s not getting any easier (here are the survey results to this question in 2020 , 2019 and 2018 ). Third-party validation is still more credible than all the content marketing and brand journalism in the world. Use content marketing with media relations in mind.

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Media Relations Media Pitching Survey 172

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.

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Conference Content Marketing Marketing Education 210

Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

They took some time to catch up to other lines of business, but marketing departments are now making data and analytics a huge part of what they do. A 2018 survey by Dun & Bradstreet, for instance, found that data quality was extremely important to 63 percent of B2B companies. And 2019 figures to be more of the same. Eric Lebowitz.

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Analytics Data Trends Marketing 105

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. As the name suggests, it’s a fairly simple KPI: the number of people who saw the piece in which your brand was mentioned. Estimated Audience.

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Media Advertising Advertising Measurement 76

Critical Mention

JUNE 10, 2020

Eric Lebowitz joined Critical Mention in 2018 as its Director of Marketing. A native New Yorker, he originally began his career in journalism and later moved to marketing, discovering a passion for branding and analytics. Eric Lebowitz.

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Media Pitching Trends Resources 104

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.”. 4) Emphasis on professional journalism. A majority (78%) of U.S.-based

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Survey Report Media B2B 101

NewsWhip

OCTOBER 30, 2019

We’ve covered the pharmaceutical industry in depth before , but which brands are getting high engagement on Facebook and how has media covered them in 2019? If you’d like to monitor your brand coverage over time, check out NewsWhip Analytics. Katherine is a Content Strategist working at the confluence of journalism + marketing.

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Pharmaceuticals Facebook Company Analytics 111

Critical Mention

MAY 28, 2019

While various social media platforms, paid search and social, chatbots, SMS messaging and various other marketing channels continue to grow in popularity, email marketing can sometimes seem like a relic of the digital past. In reality, however, email marketing still holds an important place in the marketing mix for most brands.

Marketing 71

Marketing Social Media Tools Content Marketing 71

Critical Mention

APRIL 13, 2020

Eric Lebowitz joined Critical Mention in 2018 as its Director of Marketing. A native New Yorker, he originally began his career in journalism and later moved to marketing, discovering a passion for branding and analytics. Please tweet them to us at @criticalmention ! Eric Lebowitz.

Media 111

Media Analytics Healthcare Crisis 111

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. This year it’s on track to outpace the investment in analog marketing channels for the first time. For B2B companies, earned media and branded content ranked the highest.

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Study Survey B2B Advertising 61

Critical Mention

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Over the years, sports fans have seen many athletes who have garnered intense media coverage and created their own personal brands. The fact that a YouTube video called “Top 10 LeBron James Funny Commercials” exists should tell you something about his history of using humor as a way to build his personal brand. Until next time!

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Sports Film Television Transportation 117

Critical Mention

JANUARY 30, 2019

But, whether you are looking at adopting a brand tracking solution for the first time or are re-evaluating your options, there are a couple of “staples” to insist on. When you are monitoring important media coverage—whether it’s a PR crisis or an especially impactful brand story—getting results quickly is absolutely critical.

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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. A native New Yorker, he originally began his career in journalism and later moved to marketing, discovering a passion for branding and analytics. Eric Lebowitz.

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How To Media Radio Print 106

Critical Mention

JANUARY 30, 2019

When you are monitoring important media coverage—whether it’s a crisis or an especially impactful brand story—getting results quickly is absolutely critical. All-in-one monitoring capability: As marketers know well, we live in a multichannel world. Eric Lebowitz joined Critical Mention in 2018 as its Director of Marketing.

Media 60

Media Marketing Analytics Television 60

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. 2) 3 Studies that Challenge Marketing Assumptions [UML]. 3) Basic, Advanced and Bridge Building: Boldness in Content Marketing [UML]. Content marketing is similar.

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Blogging B2B Content Marketing Trade Shows 72

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. Using Schema.org/speakable code to identify and mark audio snippets on your site or in contributed content (check out this WordPress plug-in to help).

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Trends Google Crisis Management Data 45

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Marketers will likely gravitate toward tracks including: Advertising and brand experience. Media and journalism. The premier gathering of digital marketers on planet Earth!”. If you’re a marketer, surely you thought ‘yes, please’ to at least two of those categories. Digital Sales & Marketing World.

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Conference Marketing Case Study Content Marketing 97

Sword and the Script

MAY 16, 2020

The full report is a quick and easy read: The State of Journalism 2020 by Muck Rack b) Survey of 3,253 journalists by Cision Cision also has an annual survey of journalists, which they use to produce a report called the State of the Media (here are my notes from editions in 2019 , 2018 and 2017 ). 542 from the U.K.

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Survey Media Relations Pitching Media 169

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 28, 2018

One big change is that, effective September 13, 2018, we will no longer be accepting contributions from vendors for the ICN.” [ emphasis added ]. Finally, the pivot from “contributor” to “influencer” is subtle, but it’s a nod to a growing trend of influencer marketing. And who can blame them? Build or Buy an Audience?

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Technology Advertising Advertising Community 66

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

To enhance empathy and connection with their teams and clients, organizations will foster employee brand ambassadors, highlight origin stories, show behind-the-scenes videos, and encourage user-generated content. Expanded brand collaboration “Partnership Paradise: 2024 will be the year of brand partnerships.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

Onclusive released a report called the 2019 Global Journalism Report , which it says “analyzed 2.1 billion pieces of editorial content.” 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.

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Trends Media Report Technology 60

Flatiron Communications

JANUARY 11, 2018

2016 : The growth in the use of social influencers as trusted “third-parties” to create awareness and action (“ Content Marketing is So Last Year” ). Best of luck in 2018, because it often comes down to just that. When PR Turned to the Dark Side ”).

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Pitching Journalism Tools Agency 43

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

be the year that some SaaS vendor figures out how to manage and market B2B influencer marketing at scale. There are several platforms out there to simplify and manage B2C influencer marketing, such as Paladin, Heepsy, HypeAuditor, and InBeat. But B2B influencer marketing works completely differently.

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Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 187

PR in High Definition

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Attending a recent digital journalism conference, news rewired, showcasing the latest IoT inventions for the media world, we came across PrinterThing. If they have specifically saved down content to look at later, taken out precious time to digest it properly, they will be fuming. Worse, you have may have done damage to your brand.

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Print Consumer Conference Video 48

PR 20/20

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. Subscribers are loyal contacts that raised their hands saying they want to read your content. They help gauge what the industry wants to read and determine if your content is getting readership ROI. The more they like your content, the more likely they are to subscribe.

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Blogging SEO Pinterest LinkedIn 42

Sword and the Script

MAY 26, 2020

72% of communications professionals say partisan politics makes their job harder, according to third annual JOTW Communications Survey for 2020 The majority of professional communicators say partisan politics has complicated communications for brands and businesses. That’s up from 68% in 2019 and 51% in 2018. That is, yes.

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Survey Measurement Public Affairs Storytelling 117

Sword and the Script

APRIL 27, 2019

1) The top challenges in journalism. While the study found, “fewer than 15 percent emphasized subject knowledge expertise” it also found “45 percent of announcements mentioned marketing expertise in areas such as audience engagement, market development and branding.”. 2) Key PR considerations about influencer marketing.

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Survey Journalism Study Pitching 90

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 13, 2019

Vocus had, in years prior, acquired brands including PRWeb for $28 million in 2006, Help a Reporter Out, aka HARO, for an undisclosed sum in 2010 , and iContact, for $169 million in 2012. Cision drops the Vocus brand name, but the underlying technology that all future Cision development will be based on, is Vocus technology.

Technology 12

Technology Software Company Marketing 12

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

3) Brands blur the lines between company and friend. We’re used to seeing communications and interactions with brands that are personalized. Similar to the algorithms which drive many of our online purchases, brands will begin to communicate with their customers as if they have personal connections with them.

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Marketing Content Marketing Advertising Advertising 99

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 23, 2018

1) What effect do you think the rise of content marketing has had on marketing overall? Well, on one hand, it’s provided marketers with yet another catchphrase to hang their collective hats on. I joke that marketers can’t get out of bed without a new catch phrase or acronym to ‘play with.’

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Marketing Content Marketing Sports B2C 68

PR 20/20

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

And if you want to absorb marketing news and insight from industry leaders during your commute with a new podcast, we’ve got you covered with 12 of our team’s favorites. This Old Marketing. and Epic Content Marketing. Overview: First started in 2013, This Old Marketing is THE podcast for content marketers.

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Marketing Conference Content Marketing Agency 74

Sword and the Script

MARCH 3, 2020

The company says AIQ will “cluster and rank the content in high volume news scenarios and create a briefing email consisting of a manageable number of stories that help colleagues stay on top of current events within and across industries.”. TVEyes has traditionally focused on television broadcast monitoring, as its brand name suggests.

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Pitching Instagram Survey Data 78

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