Prohibition

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

TikTok is an extremely beneficial social media platform for many businesses and small creators alike and the use of TikTok influencers can be easily implemented into a brand’s social media strategy. Here we look at the use of influencers on TikTok and how brands can benefit from the ever-growing social networking app. khaby.lame.

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Brand Branding Video Social Media 118

Prohibition

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Not only are new brands emerging, but the landscape of marketing and branding is also undergoing a transformation. In this podcast episode, we dive into these topics with Rachel Auty, both a marketing and beer expert. One of the key challenges in the craft beer industry is standing out in a saturated market.

Brand 71

Brand Branding Marketing Retail 71

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The largest PR and comms tech companies, along with many startups, are now controlled by PE firms; is this good for the PR community? This adds to a growing collection of private equity firms (PE) that have taken an ownership stake in software companies that provide tools to PR and communications professionals.

Software 162

Software Marketing Leadership B2B 162

5W PR

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Although plenty of people still think that TikTok is the go-to video platform for singing and dancing, the platform has grown over the last couple of years to encompass every type of content and community on the internet. So, what should a company know as they are looking to begin marketing on TikTok ? billion users by the end of 2022.

Marketing 88

Marketing YouTube Advertising Advertising 88

Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

2021 was the year that several brands got multicultural marketing right. From more equitable DE&I practices (including increased budgets) to elevating more people of color, multicultural marketing took a front seat to it all. Here are a few of the winning multicultural marketing strategies we saw in 2021.

Trends 78

Trends Marketing Consumer Community 78

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 29, 2023

Studies show B2B buyers are getting younger and want to engage with companies on social media; B2B marketers are finding social media supports both leads and revenue About one-third of respondents find new products and hear about brands for the first time on social media. It includes both organic posts, sponsored posts and paid ads.

B2B 119

B2B Social Media Marketing Media 119

PRSay

MARCH 7, 2024

The Barbie brand is a paradoxical symbol of imagination, comfort, sexism, objectification, feminism and conflicted cultural influence that has entranced and challenged children and adults alike for generations. Fashion and retail media included stories about brand partnerships such as Ruggable, Zara and Crocs.

Film 118

Film Marketing Sports Hotels 118

Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 2, 2021

, many of us will start the planning process for 2022. And, given the changes in: consumer behaviors, platforms and content, social media marketers would be wise to take this chance to truly evaluate their strategies and approaches. Yep, sales and leads are a primary focus on many, many brands. WAY too far. We all know that.

Strategy 106

Strategy B2C B2B Resources 106

Communications Conversations

JANUARY 20, 2022

Consider the evidence: One in three content marketers use podcasts or other audio content. However, 53% of content marketers who leverage podcasts and other audio content say it is the most effective format they use. Just 14% of social media marketers leverage audio chat rooms like Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces. What gives?

Brand 113

Brand Branding LinkedIn Twitter 113

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The vendor community that serves PR has published a handful of reports over the last few months. The response rate is slightly higher than all of 2022, but it’s lower than all of 2020. Studies show the average email marketing campaign has a 20% open rate and 2% CTR. Is that good?

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Report Publicity Marketing Pitching 105

wiredPRworks

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

On February 22, 2022, American Marketing Association [AMA] Chicago will present a program on 2022 social media trends at Morningstar. Social Media Trends for 2022 Expert Panel. Danielle is a creative at heart, but focuses on participating in community-focused entrepreneurship, convinced that it will on day save the world!

Social Media 52

Social Media Trends B2C Media 52

Communications Conversations

APRIL 19, 2022

Southwest Airlines (@SouthwestAir) April 13, 2022. Of course, the marketing community was all over this. Which leads to the larger point here: No one really cares about our marketing bubble. Plus, don’t we want brands to push the envelope and try new things on social? They gave me the Twitter password.

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Internal International Social Media Twitter 122

NewsWhip

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Somewhere in Adidas headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany, there’s a team of PR and Communications professionals who have just been through the toughest week of their careers. It was their job to try and crash-land the Adidas brand after Kanye West’s partnership sent their reputation into a tailspin. . The Story in a Nutshell .

Crisis Communications 148

Crisis Communications Crisis Writing Social Media 148

wiredPRworks

MAY 23, 2022

To celebrate 17 years, here’s a 2022 version of this post updating subject matter expert to thought leader. Talk about your LinkedIn networking experiences on your blog and in your marketing communications and make your LinkedIn site [www.linkedin.com/in/yourname] as prominent as your home page URL in all communications.

LinkedIn 52

LinkedIn How To B2B Social Media 52

Stephen Waddington

MAY 10, 2022

I spoke to the Influencer Marketing Trade Body’s Scott Guthrie about the report. It’s good that Parliament is focusing attention on the burgeoning sector, however its analysis focuses on areas of risk and fails to recognise the opportunities for the influencer market to create value. That is fair and right. What is an influencer?

Marketing 78

Marketing Government Sports Advertising 78

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 4, 2022

After four months of ostracism for slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Academy Awards, Will Smith has posted a video apologizing for his behavior. The same is true for brands and businesses. ” When it comes to brand cancel culture, there’s often a constructive goal – to correct mistakes or encourage change.

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Construction Crisis Reputation Social Media 385

wiredPRworks

JANUARY 13, 2022

What does it take to really crush sales quotas in 2022? In a recent interview on “ The Rainmaking Podcast with Scott Love ” Barbara Rozgonyi talked about 2022 sales success strategies for business development reps [BDRs], account executives, professional service firms, startups, and small businesses. Sales is changing. Over to you.

Strategy 52

Strategy Training Insurance Insurance 52

MaccaPR

JANUARY 28, 2022

Let’s admit it: we had a blast watching two of Minnesota’s most celebrated social media experts – Christina Milanowski , associate director of social media for Life Time and Aaron Komo, senior brand manager for social and community at Noom – reveal their predictions for digital marketing trends in this New Year.

Social Media 62

Social Media Marketing Media Instagram 62

Communications Conversations

AUGUST 16, 2022

At the same time, we also know the DEMANDS of social media marketing are increasing. Many brands are attempting to manage upwards of 5+ social media channels in 2022. They need community management. But that’s where we’re at in 2022. Most brands are out there managing it all.

Social Media 128

Social Media Media Resources YouTube 128

Offleash

JULY 1, 2022

It seems like just last week that our teams were holding 2022 kickoff strategy sessions with clients and working with reporters on year-ahead predictions. 2022 has been a blur, but that’s a good thing. One we’re especially excited about is our new integrated marketing practice. Now – what? – Robin Bulanti and Julie Tangen.

Marketing 52

Marketing Media Community Analytics 52

wiredPRworks

APRIL 20, 2022

In 2007, David mentioned my fledgling blog wiredPRworks in his book, “ The New Rules of Marketing and PR.”. In a stroke of marketing brilliance, David included over 160 bloggers/contributors in the first edition. When I found David’s work and read his first book, I knew I’d found the roadmap to the future of marketing and PR.

Marketing 118

Marketing Social Media Trends Instagram 118

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As always, this year brought some truly spectacular “PR failures” by high-profile organizations and brands. Don’t be wishy-washy: Bud Light and Target Like many brand-watchers, I thought the backlash against Bud Light over its partnership with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney would fade away. It was a lose-lose.

Banking 212

Banking Nonprofit Twitter Advertising 212

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

In any case, both of these were “audience buys” and proved to be savvy PR, content marketing and SEO moves. Second, these weren’t just emails lists from downloaded content – but communities of engaged readers. Semrush is focusing on building up their marketing education,” wrote Backlinko founder Brian Dean in a LinkedIn post.

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SEO Content Marketing Marketing Software 130

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 23, 2022

The 5th Annual JOTW Strategic Communications Survey for 2022 asked respondents – 483 mostly senior comms pros – whether their organization trusts the integrity of reporting in traditional media outlets, the answer stacked up this way: 49% agreed (39%) or strongly agreed (10%); 28% neither agreed or disagree; and.

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Survey Media Report Journalism 136

Sword and the Script

MARCH 5, 2024

Propel rolls our new UX, AI plugins for email; Meltwater signs Microsoft for monitoring; Onclusive wrestles with a cyberattack and outage The last 60 days have been pretty slow in terms of news from the PR software vendor community. Sword and the Script is a boutique B2B marketing, PR and communications consultancy.

Software 125

Software B2B Pitching Data 125

Victorious PR

JUNE 8, 2023

In this comprehensive blog post, we will explore why crypto projects need PR, the role of blockchain PR agencies, and how strategic PR efforts can elevate a project’s visibility, credibility, and community engagement. To establish trust and credibility, working with a reputable crypto PR agency becomes imperative.

Education 52

Education Community Agency Crisis 52

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

CEOs and business leaders are increasingly recognizing the value of corporate communications; investors say comms can increase company valuations. This week I paused to catch up on reading several other PR and corporate communications surveys that I haven’t had a chance to read yet and summarize them here for you.

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Survey Corporate Communications Financial 81

Communications Conversations

MARCH 24, 2022

Thomas, we spend at least one class period on personal branding. Look, I don’t consider myself a personal branding expert. However, I have had lots of practice the last 13+ years as I’ve essentially developed a business from my “personal brand.” Marketing planning 101. In others, it’s TikTok.

Brand 88

Brand Branding Social Media LinkedIn 88

Sword and the Script

MARCH 7, 2023

And that brings us to the first story in this month’s PR tech sum – covering news from the vendor community this month. The company characterized it this way: “Press releases and brand stories issued through PR Newswire’s premium North American networks will now be directly delivered to Captivate editors through a dedicated feed.

Software 124

Software Analytics Technology Video 124

Shift Communications

JANUARY 3, 2022

In the last year, we have seen one of the largest labor market shifts in history. As we enter 2022, SHIFT’s Workplace Technology Practice has the privilege of hearing from many leaders (our clients) about what’s next in the workplace. And the appetite for e-learning and skills-based learning will only continue in 2022.

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Technology Trends Employee Mobile 78

Prohibition

AUGUST 25, 2022

2022 has been a busy year so far for social media changes and updates, with significant shifts being made frequently on every platform. This is great for social media marketers who adopt the same strategy across platforms, but if your strategy is differentiated then not so much we’re afraid! Take a look at our round-up below!

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Instagram LinkedIn Social Media Facebook 117

Landis PR

MARCH 14, 2022

Five Key Steps to Introducing Your Consumer Brand to a New Social Media Platform. Having a social media strategy can boost your brand and expand your market, but that doesn’t all happen overnight. Being intentional with your social media strategy will give your brand its best chance at success.

Social Media 52

Social Media Consumer Brand Branding 52

Shift Communications

APRIL 26, 2022

By Sarah Babbitt, VP of Agency Marketing, with excerpts from my Padilla colleagues Rosalie Morton and Kim Foster. link] — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 9, 2022. link] — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 9, 2022. We’ve admittedly seen some of Twitter’s impact for brands diminish. All eyes are on Twitter and Elon Musk.

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Twitter Communications Advertising Advertising 88

Prohibition

OCTOBER 7, 2022

This comes as Instagram continues to double down on video as part of their 2022 plans, after extending reels to 90 seconds after the previous 60 second limit. September 2022 PR and Social Media Campaigns Round Up. Video is king when it comes to content… Meta merges platforms. TikTok update policies. The Power of the Podcast.

Instagram 62

Instagram Social Media Video Twitter 62

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 31, 2023

Here’s this month’s summary of the news from the vendor community this month. as per 14 September 2022, the day immediately preceding announcement of the strategic review.” “The In April, it acquired Klear , an Israeli influencer marketing platform for $17.8 Q3 2022 total revenue grew year-over-year 6.6% to $109 million.

Software 78

Software Case Study Technology Tools 78

Stern + Associates

APRIL 27, 2023

Bridging strategy, organizational design, purpose orientation and leadership, his frameworks for unlocking the hidden capabilities within individuals and organizations help employees feel more motivated, bring customers closer to brands and reshape interactions from transactional to relational. Poets inspire people around a shared purpose.

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Company Employee Case Study Strategy 103

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 30, 2022

These are both terrible terms, but I’ve adopted the latter as the moniker for these monthly roundups about the PR software vendor community – and I’m inclined to keep it. Its founders – Dan Gaynor and Shann Biglione – have impressive backgrounds in PR and marketing. CommsTech does seem like the broader category.

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Publicity Survey Enterprise Pitching 85