Shift Communications

JANUARY 5, 2018

2018 is here, and we’re digging into what look to be some of the biggest trends that will affect PR practitioners this year. In this installment, we’ll look at 2 major trends in owned media: PR Professionals Blindsided by Rich Media. Content Avalanche Keeps Growing Bigger. Vice President, Marketing Technology.

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PR 20/20

OCTOBER 23, 2018

According to Content Marketing Institute Research Director Lisa Beets ( @LisaBeets ), “Nearly all top-performing B2B content marketers—90%—put their audience’s informational needs ahead of their company’s sales/promotional message.”. Today, more B2B marketers than ever rely on a content marketing approach.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Fortunately, there are several new studies that have been published about content marketing, blogging and webinars that provide solid benchmarks. 1) Content marketing benchmarks. MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute published their 10 th Annual B2B Marketing report with benchmarks, budgets and trends.

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Stern + Associates

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

The post 3 PR Trends that Will Help You Win in 2018 appeared first on Stern Strategy Group. How long have you worked in public relations? Think about how different your job was two years ago, five years ago, or in my case, 14 years ago.

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wiredPRworks

JANUARY 3, 2018

What will be hot - or not - in 2018 marketing trends? In this 2018 marketing trends webinar , you'll discover how to increase happiness, productivity, and profitability. You'll learn the three key trends you need to track: influencer marketing, automation and PR. Where: Your computer or phone.

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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. Statistics about content marketing. Read more: PR and Content Marketing Insights from the Edelman Trust Barometer.

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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. Greater drill down on marketing ROI.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 12, 2018

From a B2C public relations perspective, here are two trends that stand out as attention-worthy: integration across the board and the ability to take a stand. We need to integrate consumer clients into trending conversations, valuable insights into our pitches and data into how we’re benchmarking best practices and measuring success.

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PR in High Definition

DECEMBER 13, 2017

So, what are the crazy trends predicted to become lifestyle norms by 2027? So, here are four more seemingly-ludicrous trends that will be quite normal activity by 2027, and how these trends can these be woven into your 2018 campaign. There is a term for brands using trends to create buzz – trendjacking.

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NewsWhip

APRIL 30, 2018

In our latest social media insights report, we take a look at the top trends for Mother’s Day content across the web, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram. The post Social Media Insights for Mother’s Day 2018 appeared first on NewsWhip. What’s the best way to celebrate Mother’s Day?

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NewsWhip

JUNE 1, 2018

In our latest social media insights report, we take a look at the top trends for Father’s Day content across the web, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and Instagram. The post Social media insights for Father’s Day 2018 appeared first on NewsWhip.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 3, 2017

B2B marketing has overwhelmingly adopted the concept of content marketing, according to the 2018 B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets & Trends survey. That may mean content marketing is maturing, but that also means competition for an audience will heat up.

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Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

For today’s content creators and content marketing teams, unique original content is always the best route to take. The difference between borrowing and stealing can be blurry on social media, where memes, sounds, and other types of content are widely redistributed by brands and users alike.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 24, 2020

However, here at Prohibition it is our job to stay on top of what’s new, and to make your life easier, so we’ve consulted our talented team of consultants, and come up with the absolute must-do trends of 2020. We’ve also expanded on these trends in more detail at the end of this blog post. The future is private.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 15, 2018

Conducted in February 2018, the online survey solicited the thoughts and opinions of 5,500 JOTW newsletter subscribers, mainly consisting of senior in-house and corporate communications professionals across a variety of industries. The full 2018 JOTW Communications Survey can be viewed in its entirety here. A Final Question.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 16, 2017

It’s a prediction that’s been made several times before and many years earlier, but for a very different reason: The Future of Marketing Looks More like Public Relations. Don’t miss these related posts: 20 Insightful PR and Marketing Predictions for 2018. PR Strategy: Paid Media Tactics for Earning Media.

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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.”. In reviewing the study, I think it has implications for business in public relations and content marketing. For Heaven’s sake, don’t buy Bitcoin.

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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. Continued growth in the trend in the gig economy promises incredibly difficult times ahead for traditional recruiting and retention – and perhaps even to procurement processes. 1) Median PR salaries remain flat.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Several trends that started in 2021 will grow to carry over into 2022. The first is the tight market for talent. Another trend that grew in ’21 is authentic, purpose-driven marketing. The trend is moving in this direction. cookies) is in its twilight which puts diminishes marketing reach and targeting.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 2, 2018

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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. In Cision’s 2017 Global Comms Report: Challenges and Trends , we talked to communications professionals around the world to understand the issues they face. So what’s the solution?

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Deirdre Breakenridge

MAY 13, 2019

Cisco predicts that by 2021, 80% of online content will be videos. We’re not yet at that stage, but the rise of visual content is undeniable, with Instagram reaching the milestone of one billion users (and counting) in June 2018.

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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. For example, there have been numerous surveys and a pile of anecdotal evidence that CMOs are bringing more marketing work in-house. (By So, how does that happen?

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Critical Mention

JUNE 10, 2020

Trending Topics Can Work Both Ways . The way technology like online news tracking or Google Trends works, PR and communications pros have trending topics at their fingertips at all times. In some cases, pitching a story that capitalizes on those trends is the smart move. Eric Lebowitz.

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Cision

JANUARY 11, 2018

2017 was quite a year for marketing and PR professionals. Think about a few of the most notable trends we saw: With massive potential audiences on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, live streaming saw huge growth. 2018 Content Calendar + Template (Why You Need One And How to Use it). Top 10 U.S. Radio Stations.

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Solo PR Pro

JANUARY 7, 2019

We hope that 2018 was a good year for you, both personally and professionally. Panera, Ticketfly, Facebook, we could go on listing the companies who faced data breaches in 2018. Content Marketing. Consumers are increasingly become savvy to – and wary of – being sold to, making content marketing all that more valuable.

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Communications Conversations

JULY 26, 2018

I’ve seen a number of articles recently that have focused on a growing–and increasingly troublesome–trend in our industry: Our complete over-reliance on tools and technology. What would I do if I was running a social team in 2018? Forget hiring “content marketers.”

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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.

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Communications Conversations

AUGUST 8, 2018

It’s designed to keep you up-to-speed on all things social media marketing and PR-related. In that weekly research, I’ve noticed a trend: There are far fewer traditional PR jobs than there was 10 years ago. They didn’t need to get down-and-dirty in the weeds of social and content marketing.

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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.

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Presspage

APRIL 6, 2018

As advertising and other marketing become less effective, content marketing is exploding. During this event, a panel of experts will discuss trends and effectiveness in corporate publishing strategies. Come Tuesday April 17, 2018 at 6.15pm in the heart of North Beach San Francisco for an informal Media Salon.

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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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Sword and the Script

JUNE 9, 2020

That’s an increase from 68% in 2019 and 51% in 2018. That’s what content marketing is all about. Too many confuse content marketing with marketing content. Content marketing means, running your blog, or whatever you choose as your platform like a publication.

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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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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Also see: Marketing Strategy: The Looming Knowledge Crisis. 3) Survey: B2B Marketing Looks to Build an Audience. B2B Content Marketing 2018 – Benchmarks, Budgets & Trends – North America from MarketingProfs. There’s a world of difference between content marketing and marketing content.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

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. TrendKite finished 2018 with $25 million in revenue and 144% CAGR growth over the last four years.

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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. 7) How B2B Marketing Can Get More out of Trade Shows. Proceed with Caution.

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