Cision

MAY 12, 2017

The updates mainly affect web traffic, conversions and content, leading to SEO and PR professionals scurrying for changing their existing strategies. This includes tracking minor changes in keyword rankings and web traffic. It was no official confirmation, but the impact of the update was felt across the SEO community.

Google 259

Google Digital PR Mobile SEO 259

Prohibition

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Meta have started testing an update on their accounts centre worldwide on both Android, iOS and the web, making it easier to switch between Facebook and Instagram accounts, or create new profiles. Should these be implemented permanently, they will open up an array of opportunities for advertising on their platforms.

Instagram 62

Instagram Social Media Video Twitter 62

Flack's Revenge

JANUARY 10, 2019

I also share my views (not necessarily the agency’s ) and pose additional questions. You could (and they did) spread rumors in ancient Rome the same way you could on a web bulletin board in 1999. What Will It Take for Advertisers to Back Away From Facebook? Drew: Who said the ship is listing or sinking? Neal: Absolutely!

How To 159

How To Facebook Social Media Advertising 159

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

I started PR 20/20 in November 2005 out of a spare bedroom in my Cleveland home with a $25,000 loan and a belief that there was a better way to build an agency. Fueled by a mix of youthful exuberance, adrenaline and caffeine, I set out to redefine the marketing agency model with a focus on standardized services and value-based pricing.

Financial 98

Financial Conference Agency Resources 98

Stephen Waddington

MAY 19, 2020

The freelance PR market shut down in the first week of April as agencies and in-house teams reacted to the markets they serve and cut costs. In the public sector, communicators have never been busier, as energy is directed to public education and information. Invest in building communities, customer databases and influencer networks.

Crisis 151

Crisis Government Energy Community 151

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Marketers will likely gravitate toward tracks including: Advertising and brand experience. Traffic & Conversion Summit 2020 will feature seven tracks including: big ideas, agencies only, digital retailers, digital advertisers, content marketers, conversational marketers and growth hackers. Build a Better Agency Summit.

Conference 97

Conference Marketing Case Study Content Marketing 97

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Public service media is failing the public Thank you My thanks to the following communities and individuals. The project has brought me into contact with a new community of more than 50 thinkers and doers. The #FuturePRoof community goes from strength-to-strength. She believes the same issues apply in advertising and PR.

Government 103

Government Education Print Ethics 103

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

There’s an old saying in marketing that half of the advertising budget is wasted, we just don’t know which half. Despite the maturation of digital marketing and web analytics, this remains a challenge. Advertising spots for the big football game this year grew to $5,000,000 for a mere 30 seconds of airtime. Talk to Us!

B2B 66

B2B Marketing Advertising Advertising 66

Sword and the Script

MARCH 14, 2023

Former PR agency leader is a building software product focused on improving PR pitches with two different types of artificial intelligence I’ve started to use ChatGPT to rewrite and suggest alternate headlines. Background on PRophet Kwittken is a former PR agency leader. Kwittken says PRophet has 500 users on the platform today.

Software 85

Software Media Relations Pitching Media 85

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

I started PR 20/20 in November 2005 out of a spare bedroom in my Cleveland home with a $25,000 loan and a belief that there was a better way to build an agency. Fueled by a mix of youthful exuberance, adrenaline and caffeine, I set out to redefine the marketing agency model with a focus on standardized services and value-based pricing.

Financial 52

Financial Conference Agency Resources 52

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Several surveys reviewed by eMarketer suggest social media advertising continues to advance – and Facebook is often voted the most effective paid platform – even for B2B. Unlike traditional advertising, the audience gets a vote in paid social media. req.) – by Regalix found. It’s not an isolated result either.

B2B 60

B2B Facebook Marketing Social Media 60

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. This is effectively native advertising, which Cision says is “proven to be more trustworthy.” CommsTech does seem like the broader category. Revenue grew to $62.6

Publicity 85

Publicity Survey Enterprise Pitching 85

Business Wire

JANUARY 19, 2017

Pushed to media and investors, and SEO friendly on the web, virtually anyone can easily find Business Wire content and move on it, from reporter to consumer, from investor to blogger. Business Wire has partnerships with 60 national and international news agencies facilitating reach to more than 89,000 media outlets in 162 countries.

Financial 164

Financial Video Consumer Data 164

Sword and the Script

MAY 14, 2019

This is an effort to illustrate some of the interesting innovations occurring within the PR vendor community – and provide an agnostic source of information on tools and technologies I believe PR professionals should have on their radar. 7) User reviews and community comments. As a startup, it has raised $21.4

Case Study 117

Case Study Software Data Web 117

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 25, 2013

And the company has used a lot of the techniques I discussed recently, right here on WUL, on growing your Facebook community. Here is a short Q&A with Ashley Butler , Chobani’s Community Coordinator, who is based in NYC (the center of their marketing operations): WUL : I am curious: how many cups of yogurt do you guys sell in a day?

Customer Service 101

Customer Service Travel Web Facebook 101

PR 20/20

JULY 6, 2020

From certifications, to professional association memberships, to events, and to using our strengths to give back to the community — pouring time and resources into our team comes back to the agency tenfold. A practicum exercise to put what we’ve learned into actionable recommendations for the agency. Agency Practicum.

Training 72

Training How To Course Software 72

The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

When I left comms agency work for PR technology I felt I had to unlearn many of the techniques I’d built up over 13 years. Google Analytics gets responsive Google analytics users will now be able to obtain information about web traffic more easily and quickly with natural language. It’s free, why not give it a go now?

Tools 136

Tools Publicity SEO Measurement 136

PR 20/20

OCTOBER 9, 2018

This includes all PR, video, audience development, and social and community management that my team handles. I oversee this, and also focus on strategy, paid advertising and event marketing. While we weren’t doing it perfectly, it was my first foray in this world – quite different than my paid advertising and agency days.

Content Marketing 61

Content Marketing Marketing eBook Nonprofit 61

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The question was always the same and has a lot in common with the greater B2B community. In my travels around the web in those days, one of the legal marketers I’d consistently run into was Larry Bodine. The Benefits of Being a Good PR Agency Client; Off Script #18: Rich Young. – print advertising. – SEO.

Marketing 62

Marketing SEO Pharmaceuticals Google 62

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Disruptive opportunities like the chance to rank first for voice search in search engines: “Beyond playing into trends, voice interactions with chatbots, virtual assistants and other IoT technologies have the potential to upend traditional search and display advertising models in the near future, even for giants in the space like Google.

Tools 60

Tools Pinterest Marketing Media 60

Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 19, 2017

I thought I’d start by taking ideas directly from the #HeForShe web site, as they have a list of potential topics and conversation starters. All too often in the agency world, operations leaders are seen as an impediment to creativity and innovation. Let’s stop giving them “the mom” job in the agency.

Agency 68

Agency Creativity Leadership Industry 68

Mora Communications

OCTOBER 2, 2017

For Addiction Specialists, having your voice heard and taking the time to establishing yourself as an expert in the field of Addiction Medicine can be an opportunity to reach the patients who need your services the most, this is not done through marketing and advertising alone. Copyright © Mora Communications Inc.

Television 40

Television Print Radio Newspapers 40

Beyond PR

MAY 12, 2017

The updates mainly affect web traffic, conversions and content, leading to SEO and PR professionals scurrying for changing their existing strategies. This includes tracking minor changes in keyword rankings and web traffic. It was no official confirmation, but the impact of the update was felt across the SEO community.

Google 64

Google Digital PR Mobile SEO 64

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 4, 2011

In the Indian context, the web has begun to move beyond a media genre that was no different in terms of interruption when compared to conventional media like television and radio. As privacy and choice gained momentum, permission-based Internet activity has led to what we now describe as the social web.

Social Media 78

Social Media Web Media Measurement 78

PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Or use these events to drive media relations and community conversation. To start, pull associated costs in areas like software (marketing automation, CRM system, web hosting), advertising, partners (agencies, designers), and events (tradeshows, webinars). Tradeshow or conference. Product updates / new releases.

Marketing 52

Marketing Technology Internal International 52

Maxim Behar

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The Shumen Theatre was the first theatre in Bulgaria, the Shumen Symphony Orchestra was the first, and the Shumen Community Center was the first in Bulgaria. My dad had sent me to learn the language at the local Community center and I knew only how to greet and say goodbye to people, but I still told him that I knew how to speak.

Newspapers 59

Newspapers Meeting Ethics Social Media 59

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

There are so many thoughtful contributions – from people working on both the in-house and agency sides. And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. Strengthening community-building and connections.

Marketing 189

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 189

Norton's Notes

JULY 29, 2015

So many organisations have experienced negative consequences of trusting SEO agencies to manage content marketing for them, only for them to be penalised by Google. It’s also common to come across companies who have trusted agencies with Wikipedia related work, but have consequently had their accounts banned and articles flagged.

Interviews 28

Interviews SEO Banking Radio 28

PR Job Coach

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

In close to four decades in the communications business, Patti has held senior leadership positions in four different areas of the industry: PR, Advertising Corporate and Start-up. Prior to Redphlag, he was vice president of Branding and Corporate Communications and general manager of the Web Strategy Center of Hitachi, Ltd.

Corporate 274

Corporate Leadership Advertising Advertising 274

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

This year, we saw in-house teams get downsized and agency budgets get reduced. Performance marketing has led the community to this wild notion that B2B marketing should only engage in measurable tactics. There’s no point in building a reputation if the startup is facing an existential threat.

Writing 192

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 192

MaccaPR

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Last year, he used LinkedIn to admit Target’s faults and shocked the LinkedIn community with his candor. First and foremost, follow the ‘ write-for-web ’ guidelines as you would for a traditional blog post. Social users, especially Millennials , are looking for authenticity , not advertising from brands.

LinkedIn 48

LinkedIn Content Marketing Marketing Engineering 48

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

While clearly data has an important role in marketing decisions, the community is also beginning to recognize data has several limits ( click fraud aside ). The company surveyed 500 marketers in Europe and the US and found many admit to struggling to marry “digital advertising and powerful creative work.”.

Creativity 77

Creativity Study Survey Advertising 77

Deirdre Breakenridge

MARCH 12, 2015

Years ago, I was a PR person working at a creative marketing communications agency. The company had three distinct divisions: PR / Communications (that was my area), Creative Marketing & Advertising and Web, Multimedia & Video. It’s most apparent with PR agencies that are changing their structures.

Creativity 150

Creativity Web Social Media Data 150

Sword and the Script

MARCH 10, 2019

Corporate communications departments are taking more work in-house. It’s a trend that mirrors similar patterns seen broadly in the marketing for the last several years, where CMOs have slashed agencies in favor of in-house teams. Reasons for Hiring or Firing an Outside Agency. click on images for higher resolution graphic).

Survey 98

Survey Media Relations Corporate Communications 98

Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

People trust online reviews and peer recommendations more than advertising and brand content. In fact, Nielsen found that a whopping 92 percent of consumers world-wide say they trust word-of-mouth and recommendations from friends and family over all other forms of advertising. Clean up your web presence. What does this tell us?

Reputation 137

Reputation Brand Branding Customer Service 137

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 13, 2023

Whether seeking heightened brand visibility or driving more web traffic, success requires focusing on measurable targets upfront throughout execution. Equally important is recognizing what resonates best with your intended market — including their preferences and preferred communication channels- then delivering tailored content accordingly.

Analytics 40

Analytics Content Marketing Measurement Advertising 40

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 31, 2017

If you look at your web analytics, chances are most businesses, many of those visitors are new rather than returning. Most often, what I’ve found to be effective, is to essentially be an “advertiser” in your own publication with use of the white space, distinct calls to action and event carefully managed content. Reporting on data.

Engineering 62

Engineering Content Marketing Marketing Analytics 62