Sword and the Script

JUNE 9, 2020

That’s an increase from 68% in 2019 and 51% in 2018. Send it around internally. Internal sharing pulls double duty: When the next catastrophe hits, and the leadership takes out the budget hatchet , again, they don’t want to cut yours because they understand the outsized-value you deliver to the business. Repurpose it.

Media Relations 113

Media Relations Media Survey Pitching 113

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

“The premier gathering of digital marketers on planet Earth!”. Traffic & Conversion Summit 2020 will feature seven tracks including: big ideas, agencies only, digital retailers, digital advertisers, content marketers, conversational marketers and growth hackers. Digital Sales & Marketing World.

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Conference Marketing Case Study Content Marketing 97

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Marketing be nimble. Rather than having year-long editorial calendars for opportunities and content, marketing and communications professionals are will have to work in a much more agile, phased approach: creating evergreen content per quarter and making room for ‘rapid-response’ type communications based on what 2021 might throw at us.

Marketing 174

Marketing Employee Content Marketing Training 174

Sword and the Script

MAY 26, 2020

The in-housing trend appears to have slowed; just 30% of respondents say they’ve observed more work going in-house compared with 47% in 2019. That’s up from 68% in 2019 and 51% in 2018. Media relations only gets harder. 75% of PR pros say media relations is getting harder. Top tactics in PR and comms.

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Survey Measurement Public Affairs Storytelling 123

Stephen Waddington

JULY 29, 2020

Valin has been at the forefront of best practice in PR internationally on topics including AI, ethics, and leadership throughout his career. Valin, working with a team of 17 international practitioners to benchmark tools against skills, found that 12% of PR skills can already be undertaken or significantly enhanced by artificial intelligence.

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Tools Analysis Technology Internal 100

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. 1) “Make sure that employees, customers and the market understand our company, its services and goals.”. 30) “Marketing and branding strategy.”. 115) “Advertising.”.

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Employee Print Writing Survey 150

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

” What’s been interesting is that we’ve already had more downloads and plays in 2020 than we had all of 2019. What role has content marketing played for you at LiveIntent? It’s huge for us and plays a key role in our marketing strategy. It’s a lot of what we do on the marketing side.

Brand 118

Brand Branding Marketing Facebook 118

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

PR 20/20 ultimately built the Institute’s readership by applying a proprietary content approach to the HubSpot platform—what we call the Cognitive Content Hub. The Cognitive Content Hub is an in-depth, strategic framework that marries human and artificial intelligence to grow businesses through content marketing.

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Case Study Study Brand Branding 92

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 18, 2018

With crisis communications front and center (social media can blow up even a seemingly insignificant issue very quickly) and thought leadership playing such vital roles in a brand’s bottom line, it seems like PR is enjoying a bit of a renaissance. >>>Also >>>Also see: Is Media Relations Getting Harder? Photo: Pixabay.

Publicity 63

Publicity Storytelling Pitching Nonprofit 63

PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Your team might choose to do your own internal hackathon. Ensure you invite people from multiple internal teams who wouldn’t typically work together. We’ve done workshops like these in a variety of settings with brands like JumpStart and at events like SXSW and Content Marketing World.

Strategy 62

Strategy Marketing Internal International 62

PR 20/20

JUNE 25, 2019

One of the reasons for the shift toward more conscious capitalism is generational: as Millennials and Gen Zs come into prominent business, leadership, and purchasing roles, they demand equality, social justice, transparency, and social action. Internal communications and events. Storytelling with the Cognitive Content Hub™.

Marketing 52

Marketing Storytelling Technology Community 52

Prohibition

DECEMBER 9, 2021

And don’t forget to pause any scheduled content to ensure you don’t look like you are ignoring the crisis. Create a long-term content marketing campaign – for effective reputation management. Unlike a lot of brands in 2019 that failed to do so. Has your management or leadership team had to get involved?

Crisis 62

Crisis Crisis Management Reputation Crisis Communications 62

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Marketing investment was redirected towards demand generation (content marketing, paid media) as startups looked for deal flow. As the market lifts, brands will need to raise awareness and will be ready to invest for the longer term as their horizons extend. .” When employees are informed, this leads to trust.

Writing 198

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 198

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

Contently - Strategy

MAY 20, 2019

It’s understandable to a degree: every brand marketer wants to convey empathy for their audience, but that goal gets complicated when the stakes are “burger commercial about depression” high. There is a way out of the empathy trap without abandoning content marketing entirely. I can’t do this anymore.

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Marketing Guidelines Video Brand 111