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Translating Ogilvy’s 10 Writing Tips for 2020

Ishmael's Corner

7, 1982 in a memo to his employees. Still, they could use a refresh for 2020. The post Translating Ogilvy’s 10 Writing Tips for 2020 appeared first on Ishmael's Corner ~ Storytelling Techniques For Business Communications. David Ogilvy penned his infamous advice on writing on Sept.

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This Semrush Acquisition of Backlinko hits PR, SEO and Content Marketing Trifecta [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

SEO vendor that dabbles in PR technology buys an audience and adds an influencer to their team. In any case, both of these were “audience buys” and proved to be savvy PR, content marketing and SEO moves. There was even an SEO angle: in its heyday, HARO was a backlink magnet and from high-quality new sites. Case in point?

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Future of PR: 2020 edition

Stephen Waddington

He published a paper called PR 2020 on behalf of the CIPR in 2011 that examined the future of PR. The PR 2020 project was based on interviews with PR practitioners throughout the UK and the outlook for the forthcoming decade. They are all issues that will occupy us all in 2020. We’ve lost some battles but won others.

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Media Relations Shrinks as a Public Relations Service; Cliff Notes to 3 Industry Reports

Sword and the Script

Studies find media relations isn’t the top PR service anymore; PR weakness on technical skills; execs are key to shaping corporate social positions Several interesting reports on the PR industry were published earlier in 2020 but got lost in the blur that unfolded since. The report was published in February 2020 – pre-pandemic.

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What PR Teams Should Know About Substack

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Her newsletter has over a million subscribers, making her, as of December 2020, the most successful individual author of a paid publication on Substack. Substack doesn’t have the SEO tools that most blog platforms offer, including those on publishing sites like Medium. politics and history. How is Substack different from a blog?

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20 PR and Marketing Predictions for 2022

Sword and the Script

Year of the employee. 2022 is going to be known as the year of the employee. Qualified employees are scarce, and companies recognize that they need to be seen as great places to work and thrive as well as strong brands. But it’s employee retention and engagement that will take priority. This was up from 50% in 2020.”.

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Less publicized but more interesting takeaways from 3 reports on marketing and PR

Sword and the Script

The response rate is slightly higher than all of 2022, but it’s lower than all of 2020. The top metrics for marketing communications leaders: 46% lead generation; 45% web traffic; 45% social media engagement; 35% conversion rate; 33% sales; 30% brand share of voice; 24% followers/social media; 18% ad impressions/ reach; and 11% SEO rankings.

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