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.

Marketing 215

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 215

Critical Mention

JANUARY 22, 2019

Measuring ROI has been a consistent challenge for content marketers and marketers in general over the past decade. Content Marketing overall is getting increasingly better at connecting actions and outcomes. Getting beyond “brand awareness” is the best way to demonstrate ROI – even if that is the #1 action, still.

Interviews 104

Interviews Content Marketing Writing Journalism 104

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 173

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. Topically, this event covers a lot of ground.

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Conference Marketing Case Study Content Marketing 97

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? Coverage of pharmaceutical companies has remained pretty consistent in the past few years, but engagement is lower in 2019. Katherine Ellis.

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Pharmaceuticals Facebook Company Analytics 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.

Study 61

Study Survey B2B Advertising 61

Critical Mention

DECEMBER 17, 2019

In recent years, YouTube has become indispensable for brands as a part of their PR, communications and marketing strategy. YouTube is the second most popular search engine in the world (Search Engine Journal). YouTube Users watch 180+ million hours of content on TV screens each day (Tubefilter). About Critical Mention.

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YouTube Radio Analytics Television 91

Critical Mention

JANUARY 22, 2019

Measuring ROI has been a consistent challenge for content marketers and marketers in general over the past decade. Content Marketing overall is getting increasingly better at connecting actions and outcomes. Getting beyond “brand awareness” is the best way to demonstrate ROI – even if that is the #1 action, still.

Interviews 60

Interviews Content Marketing Writing Journalism 60

Critical Mention

JANUARY 30, 2019

These moves are sure to shake up the media tracking landscape and may leave some marketers and PR professionals wondering what their media monitoring and earned media measurement services will look like in 2019 and beyond. All-in-one monitoring capability: As marketers know well, we live in a multichannel world.

Media 60

Media Marketing Analytics Television 60

Sword and the Script

MAY 16, 2020

The company said it polled more than 1,000 journalists for the 2020 edition ( cliff notes to the 2019 edition here ). About three-quarters (74%) said proof of claims; 50% are looking for what makes the product or brand unique; 41% seek a personal hook or story; 41% like statistics; 35% want financial aspects. Try our services.

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Survey Media Relations Pitching Media 170

Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 24, 2019

A popular email newsletter is the holy grail for content marketers. When you send content straight to your reader’s inbox, you bypass Google’s search algorithm and the changing whims of social media platforms. Curate your content into segments for specific audiences. Don’t just publish a digest.

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Financial Banking Content Marketing Writing 79

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.

Trends 60

Trends Media Report Technology 60

Barokas

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Content marketing has taken on new life and meaning. If your spokesperson has completed media training, but still struggles to keep reporters engaged or tell the brand story in a way that resonates, don’t be afraid to find someone else to step in. – Ashley Allman, Director of Content. Keep her in the limelight.

Strategy 78

Strategy Media Storytelling Pinterest 78

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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Writing Communications Marketing B2B 198

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.

Marketing 196

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 196

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

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.

Marketing 105

Marketing Content Marketing Advertising Advertising 105

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 123

Sword and the Script

APRIL 27, 2019

Yes, it is according to 68% of PR professionals polled for the 2019 JOTW Communications Survey. 1) The top challenges in journalism. I’ll leave the ethical implications of this trend in journalism to the media critics and ombudsmen – but will note it’s introducing new ethical considerations for PR pros.

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Survey Journalism Study Pitching 96

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.

Pitching 78

Pitching Instagram Survey Data 78

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2019

It’s something of a readout on the year in PR and marketing. Here’s a reverse-chronological look at how 2019 shaped up. Read more: 3 Studies with Benchmarks for Content Marketing, Blogging and Webinars [UML]. 2) The average content marketing budget is $185,000. 20) Should brands take a stand?

Marketing 78

Marketing Publicity Survey Study 78

Contently - Strategy

APRIL 24, 2019

This is an excerpt from The Content Marketer’s Playbook: Grow Your Content Program. Brands are creating more content than ever before. According to CMI’s 2019 benchmark report , a majority of both B2B and B2C marketers increased content creation budgets from 2018.

Content Marketing 111

Content Marketing Infographics Insurance Insurance 111

Buzzstream

JUNE 5, 2024

Ultimately, digital PR is designed to build high-authority links to help you build your brand and rank better. Instead of showing you digital PR examples by industry, I’ve broken it down into different ideation strategies and vehicles that drive the content. Let’s look at how Hubspot does this with their Marketing Statistics post.

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Digital PR Examples Strategy Survey 62