ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The boom comes thanks to data privacy concerns and the call from major advertisers for greater transparency and control over their digital advertising. As an industry, ad tech saw considerable change in 2019. Compliance, privacy and ITP/cookie-tracking weren’t just the domain of marketing and ad tech trade press.

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Privacy Advertising Advertising Data 156

Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In an era where consumers are increasingly sceptical of advertising and corporate speak, PR offers a more authentic and credible way to communicate with the public. Educate the market and modify perceptions. Coach and prepare corporate spokespeople. That’s marketing ! Manage insider threats.

Publicity 52

Publicity Public Affairs Journalism Corporate 52

Contently - Strategy

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The best email newsletters are like holy grails for content marketers. Many forms of financial content marketing from banks take on an advisory role , educating readers on touchy topics like debt and investments. Historically, reporters covered issues of great interest to America’s most wealthy: investing, the stock market, estates.

Financial 52

Financial Content Marketing Marketing Banking 52

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In fact, CareerCast listed “PR executive” as one of the top ten most stressful gigs in its 2019 Most Stressful Jobs report. Yet corporate PR officers also fall victim to inflated or impractical expectations when their internal clients don’t understand what’s possible. Some of the pressure we encounter in PR is preventable, however.

Publicity 334

Publicity How To Agency Product Launch 334

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 2, 2019

For years, advertising and PR firms have touted their “independent” status. In our industry independent agencies have grown at a brisk clip when compared to publicly-held PR firms for the past few years, although the larger agencies experienced a nice rally in 2019. It can mean a smaller minimum fee as well as greater speed to market.

Agency 259

Agency Creativity Internal International 259

Reputation Us

MAY 1, 2019

Published by the Nonprofit Association of Oregon on May 1, 2019. But recently, the importance of corporations working with nonprofits has been proven to successfully enhance a company’s reputation. Most often a nonprofit’s engagement with a corporation is responsive or reactive. Authored by Casey Boggs , ReputationUs.

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Nonprofit Corporate Reputation Community 60

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

To borrow from a quote , the professional’s feet should be planted in their role, but their eyes should survey the marketing landscape. As I’m wont to do on the occasional Saturday, I’ve picked out three, reviewed them carefully and present some of the findings in this roundup series that I call the Unscripted Marketing Links.

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Study Marketing Brand Branding 78

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

In the wake of the scandal, some of YouTube’s biggest advertisers , including Disney and AT&T, have pulled the plug on their ad spend – at least for now. The frequency of the scandals created notable hesitation among advertisers and marketers. At the end of the day, YouTube’s audience is too big for advertisers to ignore.

YouTube 130

YouTube Brand Branding Comparison 130

Deirdre Breakenridge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

This summer, I had the opportunity to intern for Cheray Keyes-Shima , APR, CPRC, at KSC, a marketing, advertising and public relations agency in Sarasota, Florida. She is a Communication Major, with an Advertising & Public Relations and Digital Media Double Specialization and a Computer Science Minor.

Publicity 150

Publicity Conference Film Advertising 150

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 22, 2019

October is typically a time of year with special urgency for many in marketing. To that end, I’ve poured over two surveys and re-visited a third to see what the wisdom the marketing crowds had to say about 2020 marketing budgets. 16% on marketing analytics. 16% on marketing analytics. “As of revenue to 10.5%

Marketing 66

Marketing Survey Study B2B 66

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.

Content Marketing 138

Content Marketing Study Blogging Marketing 138

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Other disciplines, notably marketing, have encroached on PR practice in areas that lead with paid media, such as influencer marketing and search engine optimisation (SEO). Influencer marketing is messy How we do it 9. In 2019 it has published papers on disinformation and influencer marketing. That’s thanks to you.

Government 103

Government Education Print Ethics 103

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

In other words, corporate communications is adding headcount and work that used to go to outside PR firms is being kept inside. It mirrors a trend that’s already underway in PR’s sibling departments in marketing and advertising. You have to keep in mind, big corporations can have hundreds of law firms on what they call a “panel.”

Agency 97

Agency Trends Marketing Survey 97

5W PR

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Some of the same duties common in the nonprofit sector often apply to the corporate sector as well. Corporate public relations specialists often spend a great deal of time cultivating and nurturing relationships with journalists and others who can have a tremendous influence on public perception of the company and its products.

Publicity 114

Publicity Nonprofit Public Affairs Government 114

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

SocialChorus claims “50% year-over-year growth in both 2018 and 2019” and that growth “has accelerated in 2020.” The Cision deal was announced in 2019 and closed this year. Here are a few data points that drew my attention: Market size and scope : “$4.5 Burton-Taylor estimates the business unit had 2019 revenue of $10.7

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Internal International Tools Software 147

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 17, 2019

And that’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing Links (UML). Digital marketing spend tallied up at around $629 billion in the US in 2018. 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.

Study 61

Study Survey B2B Advertising 61

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The company works with adtech networks to do for media coverage what adtech is doing for advertising. Adtech networks already have tracking on major media sites to deliver performance information for advertising hosted there, and Cision works with these companies to do the same thing for coverage.

Publicity 92

Publicity Media Advertising Advertising 92

Stephen Waddington

MARCH 10, 2019

Measurement, PR management lessons from the 50s, inaugural Comms School session, AI is marketing lipstick, wisdom of middle age, and Insta woe. Advertising Value Equivalent (AVE) is not an indicator of PR performance in any way whatsoever. Follow this link to download its State of AI report for 2019. ??

Marketing 81

Marketing Measurement Government Report 81

Prohibition

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Over the past few years, there has been a significant advancement in social media marketing. Paid social advertising has evolved into an integral part of advertising on social media platforms. However, one thing is certain: No marketing strategy is complete without some form of paid social media. What is Paid Social?

Advertising 62

Advertising Advertising Social Media Facebook 62

Critical Mention

AUGUST 29, 2019

FY 2019 Achievements. Already in 2019, Critical Mention has added new television and radio channels to its capture network across the globe. Public relations, communications and marketing professionals rely on Critical Mention to track when, where and how their brands are mentioned across the entire media landscape.

Television 60

Television Radio Analytics Government 60

Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 27, 2019

Community teaching and newsjacking tools, Edelman on trust, putting the paid in PESO, a how-to book for 2019, Amazon data driven brands, Instagram marketing offline, and more. It’s a useful tool for real time marketing, crisis and newsjacking work. There are powerful insights for internal and corporate communication.

Handbook 60

Handbook Instagram Government Community 60

MaccaPR

JANUARY 15, 2019

Who was the most photographed and talked about person at the 2019 Golden Globe Awards? From a branding and marketing perspective, the Fiji Water Girl Photobombing Stunt was a combination of product placement and social media brilliance,” concludes Stacey Hintermeister, Group Director at the Minneapolis agency CBX. 2 - Surprise!

Marketing 78

Marketing Viral Consumer Agency 78

Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

For example, the 2019 JOTW Communications Survey posed this question to 223 PR and communications pros…and we received a wide variety of answers from respondents. When communications is too tied to marketing, it is more difficult to keep a pulse on the broader business,” wrote Tammy L. 30) “Marketing and branding strategy.”.

Employee 150

Employee Print Writing Survey 150

PR 20/20

MAY 8, 2019

Artificial intelligence is accelerating change in the marketing industry, and your career: Consumers will demand greater personalization , while wanting to control their data and privacy. More Intelligent” Marketing Automation. I love traditional marketing automation. Marketing Artificial Intelligence Conference (MAICON).

Agency 84

Agency Enterprise Technology Analytics 84

Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

Q4 sells customizable investor relations (IR) websites, webcasting, for quarterly earnings with analysts, and marketing intelligence. Onclusive released a report called the 2019 Global Journalism Report , which it says “analyzed 2.1 a) The Best Time & Day to Send a Press Release [Updated for 2019] via Prowly.

Trends 60

Trends Media Report Technology 60

MaccaPR

JANUARY 15, 2019

Who was the most photographed and talked about person at the 2019 Golden Globe Awards? From a branding and marketing perspective, the Fiji Water Girl Photo Bombing Stunt was a combination of product placement and social media brilliance,” concludes Stacey Hintermeister, Group Director at the Minneapolis agency CBX. 2 - Surprise!

Marketing 48

Marketing Viral Consumer Agency 48

Communications Conversations

MAY 2, 2019

It’s the acronym that has come to define our generation of marketing and communications. Then again, this is focused on PR and comms–I have a feeling CEOs are thinking about it from a PR perspective, not an advertising/marketing perspective. In case you haven’t heard, that’s Paid-Earned-Shared-Owned.

Study 95

Study Agency Data Survey 95

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Marketing and PR predictions aren’t merely forecasts, but often a reflection of our aspirations and perhaps advice – mistakes we’ve made we’d like to help others avoid. “Be Pay to pay, content grows; influencer marketing cools. “I d) Influencer marketing to cool off as far as the amounts of money companies are paying influencers.”.

Marketing 196

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 196

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Some marketing and communications predictions suggest AI will change the world; others see a tailspin of noise and and see humanity as a path for differentiation Most marketing and PR professionals have formed strong viewpoints on AI. That much is apparent I compiled this year’s list of marketing and communications predictions.

Writing 198

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 198

Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 24, 2019

A popular email newsletter is the holy grail for content marketers. Many forms of content marketing from banks take on an advisory role , educating readers on touchy topics like debt and investments. For nearly five decades, Money was a glossy finance magazine published by Meredith Corporation.

Financial 79

Financial Banking Content Marketing Writing 79

Communications Conversations

MARCH 14, 2019

This role affords me the chance to both learn corporate finance and also to help translate the finance story for both the function as well as the broader company. First, it’s not atypical for corporate roles to require several years of experience, even at the most junior level. I’ve enjoyed roles on both sides during my 30-year career.

Sports 74

Sports Corporate Financial Industry 74

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 31, 2019

After working on Welcome to the Machine: A Primer on AI for Marketers (coming later this year), for almost a year now, I can offer you some quick insights that may help. In fact, I have seen brands like BMW parse their social advertising by zip code and optimize content and channel (Pinterest or Instagram or Twitter or Facebook).

Analytics 65

Analytics Data Pinterest System 65

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

As I’ve done in recent years, I’ve asked a whole bunch of smart people for their marketing predictions or PR predictions for the next year. And now on with the marketing and PR predictions for 2020. 1) Marketing embraces sustainability. 2) Marketing analytics enable better efficiency. “In 5) Marketers will slow down.

Marketing 105

Marketing Content Marketing Advertising Advertising 105

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 13, 2019

And so, for reasons that are equal parts public service and personal interest, I’ve combed through countless articles and announcements, and put together a chronological listing of the M&A transactions that have transformed Cision into the publicly traded entity it is in 2019. Cision would sell iContact to J2 Global in 2019.

Technology 12

Technology Software Company Marketing 12

Cision

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Cisco forecasts that by 2019, video will make up 80 percent of all consumer Internet traffic, up from 64 percent in 2014. If education is part of your organization’s mission or corporate social responsibility plans, what kinds of educational resources could you create or sponsor? Growth in traffic, volume and influence.

Video 120

Video Trends YouTube Television 120

Sword and the Script

MARCH 10, 2019

Corporate communications departments are taking more work in-house. 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. content marketing (64%). 3) More communicators report to the CEO than to marketing.

Survey 103

Survey Media Relations Corporate Communications 103

PRSay

MARCH 11, 2019

In their annual analysis of trends in business and communications, the10company sees 2019 as a year of influence for employees and consumers. This] is the year of power to the people,” says Valerie Di Maria, principal of the communications and marketing firm. Here are three main takeaways from their report: 1.

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Trends Communications Employee Enterprise 150