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7 takeaways from a study on B2B thought leadership; why it works or doesn’t

Sword and the Script

Thought leadership benefits B2B marketing in so many ways – awareness, consideration and even customer retention – but it can have adverse effects when it’s under-resourced and turns out to be light on substance The social media platform LinkedIn and the PR firm Edelman routinely team up to conduct surveys.

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3 Trends for Comms Pros to Watch 1 Month Into 2024

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Communications trends that emerged in 2023 promise to gain further momentum as 2024 continues. Proving PR’s value in a business’s bottom line has never been more critical, considering company budgets remain tight in 2024. Here are a few predictions that PR pros should take note of as we enter February. Short-form video reigns.

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Poll: Americans Wary of News Coverage on 2024 Elections

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A new poll finds that about half of Americans (53%) say they’re extremely concerned or very concerned that news organizations will report inaccurate information during the 2024 presidential election. However, only about 1-in-10 have a great deal of confidence in the 2024 election information they will receive from the news media.

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Will 2024 be a good year for internal comms? [PR Tech Sum 55]

Sword and the Script

Communication is a function of leadership. The product is positioned as an add-on to its existing platform and is free to existing customers as a beta through October 2024. Having an internal expert who’s curating the content a sales or marketing person needs at the right moment seems invaluable. click image for higher resolution) 2.

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No, DEI Isn’t Dead. But No One Wants To Talk About It.

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Diversity isn’t dead; but it may be hiding So it was refreshing to see the results of a new study conducted by Chief, the private executive network for women, showing that fully 80% of C-suite executives remain committed to DEI initiatives and will continue to invest in them. But I choose to look at the Chief study more optimistically.

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Why the ‘Stealing Thunder Theory’ of Crisis Comms Requires Focus and Intent

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For more articles on crisis management, please check out the May 2024 issue of Strategies & Tactics. Consider this: A study by Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported “more than 21,400 media jobs were lost in 2023, the highest (excluding 2020) since 2009.”

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Pair of surveys show why B2B tech needs to work on their customer marketing efforts

Sword and the Script

It’s among the most commonly used metrics appearing on marketing leadership dashboards. As of early 2024, 59% of CMO dashboards were tracking some type of sourcing metric (pipeline or revenue).” Well, this is a good time to drop a reference to Peter Drucker – that which gets measured gets managed.

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