Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Though I do my best to keep tabs on news from PR technology providers for these roundups, I occasionally I miss one. In my assessment, SocialChorus is an interesting internal communications platform – in a time when employee communications is more important than ever. The Cision deal was announced in 2019 and closed this year.

Internal 147

Internal International Tools Software 147

Sword and the Script

APRIL 30, 2019

There isn’t a whole lot of coverage about PR technology. Vocus owned or acquired brands like PRWeb, Help A Reporter Out (HARO), iContact, and several lesser-known social media technologies. c) PR Tech Reviews based on my review of the technology (1-2 per year). And with that, here’s a go at the first PR Tech Sum….

Industry 88

Industry Media Technology Employee 88

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 26, 2019

Public relations teams and their agencies typically want to advise a CEO directly, and we routinely urge leaders to build a public profile through social media and high-level content. It’s good news that corporate leaders are starting to appreciate the power of social media, but progress has been slow.

Trade Shows 271

Trade Shows Leadership Airlines Corporate 271

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

So, almost exclusively using HubSpot, PR 20/20 and the Marketing AI Institute built a media company to meet demand for AI education and knowledge. Technology will get smarter, intelligently automating traditionally human-powered activities while adding layers of complexity. Building a media property starts with market fit.

Case Study 92

Case Study Study Brand Branding 92

Sword and the Script

JUNE 30, 2021

That’s according to the 2021 JOTW Strategic Communications Survey – by Ned’s Job of the Week , an email newsletter and Sword and the Script Media, a PR and marketing consultancy for B2B technology. The media relations struggle. Communications technology. Shonali Burke , President & CEO, Shonali Burke Consulting , Inc.,

Survey 120

Survey Communications Ethics Measurement 120

Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 23, 2018

It was from friend and Fallon employee, Greg Swan–a pic of his dog. For now, the question is: Will 3D imagery become a real thing for social media marketers? They were among (if not, THE FIRST) to use the technology. Last week, for the first time, I saw a 3D photo in my Facebook feed. I mean, look at the Ritas pic.

Social Media 68

Social Media Marketing Facebook Media 68

Critical Mention

JANUARY 22, 2020

NEW YORK — Don Yount, President and CEO of Critical Mention—the leading all-in-one media monitoring and intelligence platform—has been named to PRWeek’s list of the Top 25 most influential people in PR in recognition of the work he has done at the Company since joining in 2016. . Media Contact. These milestones included: .

Television 80

Television Radio Analytics YouTube 80

Sword and the Script

MARCH 2, 2021

The first reason is to acquire a new piece of technology. And it’s top of mind this month because the largest PR technology vendor is back to doing acquisitions. It leads this edition of the PR Tech Sum – a monthly roundup of all the news from the PR technology market. The second reason is to acquire customers. Did you know?

Company 152

Company Tools Technology Software 152

Sword and the Script

APRIL 6, 2021

SEMrush goes IPO; Meltwater acquires Linkfluence; G2 names best media monitoring solutions; Critical Mention adds GA integration; Vetted is generally availability. million of revenues, improving on 2019’s $10.2 One of the things SEO tools can do, that most media monitoring solutions cannot, is detect backlinks.

Media 106

Media SEO Analytics Analysis 106

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The greatest of these is the shift away from media relations as the dominant means of public engagement to working across all forms of media. PR leads with earned and owned media but also uses paid and shared media for amplification and targeting. News media in pain but new formats emerge 13. That’s thanks to you.

Government 103

Government Education Print Ethics 103

Prohibition

JANUARY 17, 2022

Social media is an increasingly important element in a successful crisis management approach. With the recent increase in the use of social media in crisis situations, organisations across all sectors need to understand the benefits of incorporating it into their crisis plan. What is the Impact of Social Media on Public Relations?

Crisis Management 118

Crisis Management Social Media Crisis Media 118

Stephen Waddington

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Role of corporate communication function The most frequently mentioned responsibilities of the communication function included media relations (86%), social media (80%), and crisis/risk communication (75%). The study was conducted from November 2019 to March 2021. The researcher also analysed organisational charts.

Corporate 135

Corporate Communications Public Affairs Resources 135

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Note: Marketing AI Institute, which I split off as a separate company in January 2019, is not part of this acquisition. ). We will be making new investments over the coming months in talent and technology to advance the agency. It is very real technology that is infused into many of the devices and applications you use every day (e.g.

Financial 98

Financial Conference Agency Resources 98

PRSay

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Shaw, corporate vice president of communications at Microsoft, during the lunchtime keynote session Monday at the 2019 PRSA International Conference in San Diego. Digital and social media have created an experience that’s like “pumping static into a room. What can the media do to preserve trust and authority? Who are they?

Conference 113

Conference Communications Storytelling Social Media 113

PRSay

AUGUST 6, 2019

In interviewing Gen Zers, ages 13-22, nationwide for my book, “Decoding Gen Z: 101 Lessons Generation Z Will Teach Corporate America, Marketers & Media,” I detail six degrees of Gen Z which reinforce the comment of the MTV chief marketer. Instead, they are gravitating to Netflix, YouTube, Twitch and Instagram to consume media.

Television 158

Television Instagram Consumer Newspapers 158

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Here’s the monthly PR Tech Sum rounding news and links from the world of PR technology. Onclusive adds media database and social listening. Onclusive, the PR tech startup formerly known as Air PR, says it added a media contact database, journalist relationship management features and social listening to its platform.

Software 156

Software Tools Print Technology 156

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 31, 2023

Talkwalker hired a new CEO and new CMO in late 2022 and appears to have done a round of layoffs in sales and marketing, according to multiple social media updates I’ve observed. In March, Meltwater acquired Linkfluence , a French company that uses artificial intelligence to mine social media for consumer insights, for $59 million.

Software 78

Software Case Study Technology Tools 78

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Of those, 84% say they outsource content creation; distribution, technology, strategy and measurement were distant followers. It’s higher in large companies (5), defined as 1000+ employees, and lower in small companies (3), defined as 1-99 employees. Most marketers used paid media to fuel owned media.

Content Marketing 138

Content Marketing Study Blogging Marketing 138

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.”. Some of this variety stems from the organizational chart.

Employee 149

Employee Print Writing Survey 149

Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

I call it the PR technology summary ( PR tech sum ) and here’s what I found over the last 30 days. The press release doesn’t spell out any specific technology initiatives, so it seems this is merely an agreement allowing each business to sell the others’ products. “Q4 Here we go…. The company has raised a total of $66.3

Trends 60

Trends Media Report Technology 60

Stephen Waddington

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The European Communication Monitor (ECM) 2019 explores trust in the public relations profession and organisational advocacy. The report finds the profession challenged by the speed, distribution and volume of modern media but also slow to embrace AI solutions. It was originally published in May 2019. The document opens as a PDF.

Report 84

Report Communications Study Survey 84

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Every month when I go to write this PR technology summary, I’m surprised at just how many new tools and features are being brought to market. And now, here’s this month’s PR technology summary…. It compares email data with social media data for Coca-Cola. “It’s 5) Cision unveils retargeting for earned media audiences.

Internal 64

Internal International Data Media 64

Sword and the Script

JUNE 7, 2022

Scale to compete with incumbents; Prowly adds media monitoring; Cision releases internal DE&I report; World’s First-Ever NFT Press Release. It said these deals were bad for customers, bad for employees, and often bad for investors (LPs, not the fund managers). I took a business ethics course when I was studying for my MBA.

Software 85

Software Pitching Internal International 85

Sword and the Script

MAY 4, 2021

Meltwater acquires social media influencer platform. It gave the product high marks for analytics, which can be used to parse social data to find social media influencers a brand may wish to engage. Talkwalker added podcast monitoring to its media monitoring platform. Give our services a try. The price tag was $17.8

Tools 100

Tools Survey Pitching Analytics 100

Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

PR professionals craft compelling narratives and critical messages that resonate with stakeholders , influencers , and publics , and they disseminate these through various channels, including traditional media, social media , and direct communications. Driving Employee Engagement. link] Most organisations have employees.

Publicity 52

Publicity Public Affairs Journalism Corporate 52

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. Community based learning and the application of technology in learning were strong themes. It’s a new thing for 2019. This is my third letter of the year.

Handbook 60

Handbook Instagram Government Community 60

PR in High Definition

JULY 31, 2020

Fast forward 850 years… It is alleged that two members of eBay’s executive team sent or forwarded text messages in 2019 suggesting it was time to “take down” a newsletter editor and its publisher, a husband and wife team, and all because they had criticised eBay. How has eBay responded so far?

Reputation 62

Reputation Employee Film Internal 62

PR in High Definition

JUNE 29, 2021

The big tech companies are also announcing their plans for the return to the office (or not) with the likes of Facebook extending remote working to all staff , while Apple employees are pushing back on the company’s plans to return to the office after its CEO, Tim Cook, said all staff must return for three days a week from September.

Healthcare 62

Healthcare Technology Employee Facebook 62

Mindful Marketing

OCTOBER 10, 2021

by David Hagenbuch - professor of Marketing at Messiah University - ​author of Honorable Influence - founder of Mindful Marketing Most of us have used social media to learn how to do something, from making bread to remodeling a bathroom. We often turn to such media for new skills, but what if these sites could educate each other?

Facebook 79

Facebook Social Media Government Employee 79

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Note: Marketing AI Institute, which I split off as a separate company in January 2019, is not part of this acquisition. ). We will be making new investments over the coming months in talent and technology to advance the agency. It is very real technology that is infused into many of the devices and applications you use every day (e.g.

Financial 52

Financial Conference Agency Resources 52

PR 20/20

MAY 8, 2019

Technology will get smarter , intelligently automating traditionally human-powered activities while adding layers of complexity to your martech stack. Now, what if I told you every one of those activities, and many more, could be done more efficiently using smarter technology that’s available today? Career paths will evolve.

Agency 84

Agency Enterprise Technology Analytics 84

5W PR

APRIL 23, 2020

What will matter to many of them in the future is how the brand treated its employees during the pandemic. million in 2018 and predicted that nearly 139,000 positions would be eliminated because of self-service checkouts, online sales and other advances in technology. The agency said there were more than 3.6

Consumer 97

Consumer Survey Retail Software 97

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 6, 2023

One thing is certain, this giant step in the technological revolution is here to stay and only growing more extensive and impactful daily. Content Creation and Curation: AI technologies can assist marketers in creating and curating content. I have been playing in this new field since 2019 and the working model remains the same for now.

Communications 40

Communications Marketing Technology Data 40

PRSay

DECEMBER 18, 2019

It became one of the year’s biggest news stories, one worth exploring in-depth as 2019 concludes. In the new era of corporate responsibility, large organizations increasingly turn on a dime when faced with criticism on social media. Tip 1: Live your values. In an Oct.

Corporate 100

Corporate Crisis Management Crisis Government 100

Communications Conversations

JULY 19, 2018

And, unlike many others who have these opinions on trends in the social media world, he’s actually done the work. But, for now, let’s meet this Social Media Rock Star and learn more about what he’s up to at Toro. First, tell us more about your role at Toro as Social and Digital Media Leader. Seems informed.

Social Media 60

Social Media Media B2B Content Marketing 60

PR 20/20

MARCH 6, 2020

So, he created a new one—one that rejected customary pillars like billable hours and requests for proposals and embraced transparency, technology, and talent. This innovative vision attracted clients and employees alike, and the business grew. All technology can be wielded for good or bad. A coincidence? Yes and no. “In

Ethics 52

Ethics Conference Technology Employee 52

PR in High Definition

APRIL 26, 2021

According to a report from PwC in 2019, elements that are likely to make IPOs more successful include the likes of: a large, growing addressable market, a unique and differentiated business model, and an attractive product or service, among others. But what truly makes an IPO successful? Gig economy – a blessing and a curse?

Reputation 62

Reputation Ethics Employee Travel 62