PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Marketers will likely gravitate toward tracks including: Advertising and brand experience. Experiential storytelling. 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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Communications Conversations

JUNE 18, 2020

Let’s look at four big shifts that have been happening in 2020 so far, and how I would argue most social media marketers have reacted: Shift #1: Customers don’t want ‘storytelling’–they want exceptional customer service. Might not be the sexiest trend of 2020, but it has teeth. The stats back it up.

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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. 13) “I write and post content for our customers and our employees to teach them about our company, products and vision.”. 22) “I am a storyteller and I look out for people.”.

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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. ” ~ Morgan McLintic , CEO, Firebrand Communications 6.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The organizations who take their ESG, DEI, and social impact strategies seriously will be the ones who are unafraid to show their progress, no matter how big or small it may be, with a combination of visual and written storytelling. Brad Marley , Yelram Media Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media. Relentless focus on the customer .

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Sword and the Script

MAY 26, 2020

(click any image for higher resolution) Other Notes from the 2020 JOTW Comms Survey Ned’s Job of the Week (JOTW) newsletter and Sword and the Script Media conducted the third annual JOTW Communications Survey to understand trends in the field of communications. That’s up from 68% in 2019 and 51% in 2018. Top tactics in PR and comms.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Measuring genuine ROI and a marketing campaign’s long-term contribution to revenue takes time, and marketers need to slow down to do it.”. Sean Callahan , Senior Manager, Content Marketing | LinkedIn. 6) Relationships with people who have the ear of your target market. “It’s How can they do that?

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 10, 2019

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. Some 47% of respondents said they’ve observed more PR work being taken in-house, according to the 2019 JOTW Communications Survey (full report embedded below).

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Contently - Strategy

JUNE 11, 2020

So it’s never been easier to search and find health content online. Yet that same content can be incorrect, promotional, contradictory, or overly complex. In the midst of a global pandemic, that trend is only going to increase as people look to learn about the latest symptoms, diagnoses, and treatments.

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Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

So it’s never been easier to search and find health content online. Yet that same content can be incorrect, promotional, contradictory, or overly complex. In the midst of a global pandemic, that trend is only going to increase as people look to learn about the latest symptoms, diagnoses, and treatments.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Time and again, we see and hear countless online video marketing statistics like these: Consumers spend 5.5 Video is the most popular content marketing format for 2015, ahead of case studies, blogs and infographics ( 2015 State of Digital Marketing , a report featuring insights from over 600 marketers from Web Marketing 123).

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

There’s something in here for every discipline of marketing – be it strategy, PR, content marketing, SEO, digital, social media, customer marketing, and so much more. A good number of predictions struck me as highly probable in 2019. 5) Alignment of marketing and customer success. “A 7: Lou Hoffman.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Marketing predictions. Efficient marketing execution and measurement. Too often marketers become enamored with the latest trends and tools. It may not sound sexy, but a marketing leader must focus on the actions that get the job done. Marketing be nimble. This trend will impact all publishers.

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