Sword and the Script

MARCH 10, 2019

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). This year’s survey polled 223 communications and public relations (PR) professionals. The second annual survey was conducted by yours truly in collaboration with Ned Lundquist.

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Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 12, 2022

It covers business models, audience strategies, journalism practice, regulation, and future technologies. Three-quarters (75%) of respondents say they are confident about their company’s prospects for 2022, though fewer (60%) say the same about the future of journalism.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 6, 2023

Just 28% of 1,034 PR professionals surveyed by Muck Rack in March and April 2023 say they are using generative AI (gAI). Another 33% say they “plan to explore it” although the timeline was not clear in the survey results. Top challenges facing journalism. Finally, about 40% either have no plans to use it, or simply aren’t sure.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

The 2018 State of the Media report by Cision is an annual survey of reporters that offers some insight. The company maintains and sells access to an online media contact database, which serves as the population from which the survey sample is drawn. The survey suggests reporter views of the top challenges they face is splintered.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Likewise, it’s important to educate organizations on the difference between earned media and advertising. A recent survey by Propel found that journalists respond to only about 3.27 One of the most common mistakes is expecting results right from the beginning. It takes time to tell a story and build credibility.

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Media Relations Media Pitching Case Study 202

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 15, 2017

Recently, I received notice from the publisher of a local business journal that the “People on the Move” section is up for sale. And with that, what was once a community service of sorts, with some editorial oversight, has become an advertisement. Blending editorial and advertising. Can your agency bring big ideas and execute?

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 6, 2018

As such, the annual PRWeek salary survey provides good benchmarks. I’ve reviewed this salary survey and others , for many years including detailed looks at the 2016 and 2017 results. The 2018 survey was based on responses of 1,053 communications professionals and here’s how the numbers stack up. while the mean gap was 25.5%.”

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Flack's Revenge

JUNE 20, 2018

I love to check out reports from Tow Center for Digital Journalism and Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. I wanted to learn what the research revealed about our news consumption habits and tech’s impact on journalism. Some of the highlights she presented include: 86% say platforms reduce trust in journalism.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

1) Statistics on the Super Bowl audience and advertising. Marketing Charts published a piece – Super Bowl 2020 Data – summarizing advertising research about the Super Bowl from Kantar and the National Retail Foundation , among others. What does an advertisement in this year’s Super Bowl (54) cost?

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 17, 2019

The survey found 30% of B2B respondents cited news coverage as the way they “people learn about new products online that they can use for their day jobs.” Most people find independent journalism and earned media to be the most credible source of information. Advertising is a distant third.

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Study Survey B2B Advertising 61

Sword and the Script

JUNE 9, 2020

Three-quarters (75%) of PR said so this year, according to the 2020 JOTW Communications Survey. Next year, when we conduct that same survey, I bet the results will look similar. If media relations is hard, so too is journalism and reporting. Advertising spends big money to rent out someone’s else’s audience.

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Landis PR

JULY 6, 2021

That’s right, 1-minute advertisements interrupting my TV programming, I’m talking to you. In today’s business market, younger consumers remain unconvinced by advertisements trying to sell them various products. A study published in “ Journal of Targeting, Measurement and Analysis for Marketing Vol. What is influencer marketing?

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon has launched a new online master’s program that will train students to use new technologies like virtual reality and augmented reality for marketing, advertising and other kinds of communication in a year. Virtual learning for virtual reality. PR measurement.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2019

I review a lot of marketing studies and surveys – and write about the one I think will be helpful for readers. but most CMOs (61%) expect “their budgets to rebound in 2020” according to The CMO Spend Survey by Gartner. Read more: 6 Benchmarks from a Survey of CMOs through the Lenses of B2B Marketing. of revenue to 10.5%

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NewsWhip

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Instagram carousels lack the quick, “get to the point” advertising that so many want to see. HubSpot’s recent survey on 2022 marketing trends found that short-form video has the highest return on investment. This has to do with the older demographic that occupies Facebook, who aren’t usually looking for video advertisements.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 27, 2018

That’s according to a recent survey of communication professionals , which yours truly conducted in collaboration with Ned’s Job of the Week. The survey found more than half (51%) said media relations is getting harder. Editors and PR people traded notes more frequently when advertising sales and marketing also traded notes.

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Buzzstream

JUNE 5, 2024

I actually wrote a whole post about tying search volume to a digital PR survey-type campaign. Casper’s Couples Sleeping Positions Strategy: Using survey data to make a (non-passive link intent) keyword-driven post pitchable. It’s an advertisement for Signs.com. However, the ones I see don’t always cite the original source.)

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Stephen Waddington

JUNE 25, 2020

The report is based on data collected from a series of surveys of more than 80,000 people in 40 markets. WhatsApp saw the biggest growth in general with increases of around ten percentage points in some countries, while more than half of those surveyed (51%) used messaging to connect and share information. Here are the main findings.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

That’s according to Oliver McAteer , writing for Campaign Live about a survey by buy-side vendor Sizmek. The company surveyed 500 marketers in Europe and the US and found many admit to struggling to marry “digital advertising and powerful creative work.”. Meanwhile, 84 percent say A.I.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

Atlanta-based ARPR compiled a combination of web analytics and survey data – from 115 tech sales professionals – to produce the report. Full report: The Effects of Traditional and Social Earned Media on Sales: A Study of a Microlending Marketplace (2012) published in the Journal of Marketing Research by Andrew T. emphasis added].

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

of studies and surveys – some of which I had a hand in producing – dissecting the results and connecting dots where it looks appropriate. Each statistic links to the blog post that covered that particular study or survey and links to the underlying source. Read more: 5 Datapoints from the CMO Survey for B2B Marketers.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 18, 2020

According to Neiman Journalism Lab at Harvard: “Last month’s striking surge in audience attention has ebbed week by week and has now largely washed away.” The survey found: “The top three areas live event budgets will be reallocated to are content creation (43%): hosted webinars (40%); and search marketing (33%).”

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Cision

APRIL 4, 2016

The feelings that surveyed viewers said that they experienced most often were warmth, happiness, hilarity and surprise: each in greater frequency than any negative feeling. However, for utilitarian purchases socially-transmitted content is as effective as unsolicited or incentivized advertising to elicit a positive response.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 1, 2022

One thing that separates PR, and specifically media relations, from marketing and advertising is third-party validation: there’s nothing you can say about yourself that’s as powerful as someone else saying it about you. Or the Longview Journal in the case of this particular announcement. Million and Eyes the U.S. Are you kidding?

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The survey doesn’t get into how that budget would be broken out, which means it could include entail headcount, creative or design, social media management tools, and paid social. Surveys consistently show Twitter is the top social site for most reporters. When you do advertise, don’t just rely on one link and single tweet.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

Nearly half of respondents (47%) in a recent survey of public relations pros found many are observing more PR work being taken in-house. It mirrors a trend that’s already underway in PR’s sibling departments in marketing and advertising. Who do you see advertising on those pages?

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

That’s according to a new survey of 288 senior marketing executives – the CMO Survey – conducted by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. The survey was conducted in conjunction with the American Marketing Association and McKinsey & Co; Duke has run this survey twice a year since 2008. The survey found 69.9%

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PRSay

JUNE 1, 2016

Half of the public relations practitioners who responded to a national survey on career advancement of professionals in communication fields (49%) said they had encountered barriers to moving up in their careers, citing lack of confidence, lack of encouragement, lack of mentorship, ageism and/or office politics as the reason.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

I study organizational persuasion for a living and I knew this was not bona fide journalism. Some clever guy with a political bent bought a domain and polished up a site to look like journalism. There is something wrong with perpetuating erroneous information and dressing it up to look like journalism.

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Content Marketing Marketing Journalism Financial 70

Cision

MAY 8, 2015

A recent PR Council member survey found that over 50 percent of firms responding had a planner on staff, 50 percent planned to increase investment in this area over the coming year, and 60 percent felt that having planners on staff helped them compete better with ad agencies, digital firms, branding shops and other public relations firms.

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Creativity Survey Advertising Advertising 120

Deirdre Breakenridge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Their study, “ Roles in Social Media: How the Practice of Public Relations is Evolving ” was published by PR Journal in Summer / Fall 2016. A colleague introduced me to Nicole Lee at an academic conference and she helped develop the survey instrument and with data analysis. – Marlene Neill. – Nicole Lee. Dr. Marlene Neill.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This fragmentation will affect PR, marketing and advertising pros as we try to keep up with changing attitudes and trends to get our messaging through to the right people.”. Local news and indy journalism more trusted. “I I predict the continued rise in readership of local news channels and independent journalism.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 1, 2017

If you’re thinking the medium is best suited to advertising, think again. smartphone users ages 13 to 24 use Snapchat, The Wall Street Journal reported last month that 14 percent of U.S. Conduct quick surveys. Snapchat can build two-way conversations and quick interviews with experts and influencers.

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Stephen Waddington

MARCH 15, 2021

Pre and post campaign audience surveys have been (and continue to be) a perfectly valid way of understanding whether a given group of people is “more aware” of what you want them to be aware of. The historical challenge has been the cost and speed with which these kinds of surveys can be conducted.

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Mindful Marketing

MAY 3, 2024

On the other end of the higher ed spectrum, I recently served on the dissertation committee of a doctoral student who asked me to help her answer a question related to my earlier exchange with ChatGPT, “Does recognition matter in evaluating the ethics of native advertising?” ” Turns out, it does.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 15, 2021

These companies have a stranglehold on advertising and have effectively become a tax on small and medium-sized business. A voluntary UK agency pay gap survey by PRWeek found that BME staff receive 77% of the average pay, while female staff receive 94% of the average pay. Three decades on I’m less positive. Here's the commercial.

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Institute for Public Relations

APRIL 14, 2023

A survey of … Continue reading Influencers As Endorsers and Followers As Consumers → Xiaofan Wei and colleagues examined influencers’ role in motivating online consumers to engage with brand-focused content which entails consuming, creating, or adding to branded content.

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