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. I was 27, and my wife and I didn’t have any personal savings to fall back on, so the loan gave me a six-month financial runway to make it work.

Financial 98

Financial Conference Agency Resources 98

Deirdre Breakenridge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

A Guest Post By Wendy Glavin, Founder and CEO of Wendy Glavin Agency. ” Twitter enables you to search colleagues, companies of all sizes, agencies, consultancies, well-known people, research topic keywords or hashtags to find conversations about breaking news, interests, and business topics on just about any subject.

Twitter 208

Twitter Software Retail Agency 208

Onclusive

MARCH 6, 2019

Becky Saeger, Board of Directors, E*Trade Financial. “I I got an MBA and went into advertising back when we basically had general advertising agencies that did your research, media planning and buying, and creative, and we had direct marketing agencies. Clarissa Horowitz, VP, Marketing, BitGo.

Banking 199

Banking Marketing Measurement Leadership 199

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Though I do my best to keep tabs on news from PR technology providers for these roundups, I occasionally I miss one. >>> Can your agency bring big ideas and execute? The data for their report comes from scouring published financial reports. I’m blaming it on the blur that’s been time the last several months.

Internal 147

Internal International Tools Software 147

Shift Communications

JUNE 19, 2017

Marketers, advertisers, and public relations professionals are ill-informed and ill-equipped to manage the largest change in data and privacy in the last 20 years: GDPR. If you’ve done business of any kind with an EU citizen, including non-financial transactions (free trial, download, free sample, etc.), What is GDPR? Christopher S.

Publicity 163

Publicity Marketing Privacy Advertising 163

Stephen Waddington

JULY 28, 2020

Cision has spent more than $1bn on the acquisitions of Visible Technologies (2014), Vocus (2014), Gorkana (2016), PRNewswire (2015), Prime Research (2017), Falcon.io (2019) and Trendkite (2019). Cision, Meltwater and Kantar are aimed at the enterprise agency and in-house market and are expensive. They are also focused on earned media.

Tools 135

Tools Software Enterprise Measurement 135

Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 20, 2022

Amidst the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain issues and continued marketplace uncertainty, the attitudes of marketing agency clients are diverging into three distinct categories, according to the recent 2021 Agency Edge Research conducted by the Agency Management Institute and Audience Audit.

Automotive 84

Automotive Agency Tourism Mobile 84

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 20, 2020

Google reached into its deep pockets and rolled out an $800 million program of direct financial assistance , ad credits, and grants to businesses with active Google Adwords accounts. Sure, what helps its advertisers helps Google, but it’s real money where it’s needed. Self-serving?

Brand 284

Brand Branding Small Business Retail 284

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. I was 27, and my wife and I didn’t have any personal savings to fall back on, so the loan gave me a six-month financial runway to make it work.

Financial 52

Financial Conference Agency Resources 52

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

And now, here’s this month’s PR technology summary…. Edelman will be the first agency to cross-reference earned audiences with Cision’s 925+ million influencer profiles for targeted ongoing engagement. Financial data published on the press release include: Revenue increased 1.6% 1) Israeli vendor builds CRM tool for PR.

Analytics 68

Analytics Report Technology Pitching 68

Reputation Us

APRIL 17, 2019

Before forming ReputationUs, Casey was president of LT Public Relations, directing the strategic communications efforts for corporations, financial institutions and public sector clients. Boggs was also a broadcast buyer for the national advertising agency Hal Riney & Partners. Casey is ReputationUs’s founder and president.

Nonprofit 68

Nonprofit Banking Financial Crisis Communications 68

Shift Communications

MAY 22, 2017

Legacy publications find themselves more under the gun every day, with declining subscribers and decreasing advertising revenues. One of the most impressive demonstrations of managing unstructured data was IBM Watson’s ability to read and interpret legal and financial regulations, then compare a company’s compliance with those regulations.

Publicity 166

Publicity Analytics Data Advertising 166

PR 20/20

MAY 12, 2016

Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from The Marketing Performance Blueprint , and was also published on the HubSpot Agency Post. As CMOs navigate the marketing talent gap , they are increasingly seeking performance-driven agency partners that are immersed in marketing technology and staffed with digital-savvy professionals.

Agency 40

Agency Marketing Financial System 40

Cision

JANUARY 2, 2018

Recently, a CMO from a leading financial services firm was telling me how she’d doubled her brand’s digital ad budget — I asked her whether the company was utilizing the wealth of content it already produces. Journalism teaches writers to pivot and learn quickly when new technologies or angles change a story.

Facebook 0

Facebook Marketing Journalism Creativity 0

Shift Communications

JUNE 19, 2015

In 2009, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) came out with guidelines regarding disclosure of endorsements that were significantly updated to take into account the ever-expanding domain of online advertising and social media. With limited space, what constitutes adequate disclosure?

Guidelines 60

Guidelines Agency Pinterest Privacy 60

Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Naturally, as one of the first-ever social media agencies, we wanted to understand the impact of the doubled character limits. Of all the industries using the new format, B2C financial services – banking and retail investment brands – are using the most characters in the new format. Vice President, Marketing Technology.

B2C 103

B2C Airlines Pharmaceuticals B2B 103

Shift Communications

MAY 11, 2017

Snapchat’s revenues mirror what we typically see of all social networks; advertising dollars ramp up in Q3 and Q4, then fall in Q1: It’s too early to tell any significant trends in Snapchat’s revenues; however, one point of note is that Snapchat is heavily dependent on good high-speed mobile access. Christopher S.

Advertising 97

Advertising Advertising Facebook Social Media 97

Business Wire

JANUARY 19, 2017

With over 50 years of industry leadership, Business Wire has established irrefutable trust from within the news market and has proven its thorough understanding of the needs of the digital age by creating a technologically sophisticated, patented distribution network.

Financial 164

Financial Video Consumer Data 164

Shift Communications

MAY 4, 2017

Facebook, like all social networks, saw a decline in revenue in Q1, a normal pattern after advertisers’ binging on ad spend in Q4: On a quarter-over-quarter basis, we see their Q1 2017 ad revenues weaker than in previous Q1 results: Is this a sign that they’ve reached saturation in marketing dollars they can attract from advertisers?

Facebook 107

Facebook Video Mobile Advertising 107

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 30, 2022

This summary of PR technology news – the PR Tech Sum – is back after a two-month hiatus. I couldn’t find any financial data on the deal but in a separate piece for Media Post Laurie Sullivan writes that Kelp has 10 employees and “Signal AI has about 220 employees.” I do have a sense of humor. Onclusive buying spree continues.

Publicity 85

Publicity Survey Enterprise Pitching 85

Stephen Waddington

JUNE 5, 2020

Nonetheless, even at this stage, AI has already started making its impact on a lot of industries - such as financial services, law, healthcare - and PR is no exception. PR practitioners have gained an invaluable set of skills that allowed them to be key assets in organisations and agencies. You can connect with her on LinkedIn.

Healthcare 90

Healthcare Ethics Software SEO 90

Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

The study suggests announcements about financial transactions like funding or acquisitions didn’t convert. c) Financial transaction releases do not underperform. While the ARPR study finds these announcements don’t realize the same analytical effects, I would argue they are among the most important to B2B technology businesses.

Study 139

Study Media Relations Media Measurement 139

Stephen Waddington

MAY 19, 2020

Construction, engineering and manufacturing closed down, but technology and infrastructure are booming. 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. Since that point, the health of the business-to-business market has been mixed.

Crisis 151

Crisis Government Energy Community 151

Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Snapchat’s revenue saw the traditional fourth quarter bounce that all established social networks see: Fourth quarter earnings almost always are strongly positive as advertisers pour money into social networks for the holidays. quarter-over-quarter growth, a good sign and its strongest financial quarter yet. Snapchat notched 37.5%

B2C 74

B2C Web Advertising Advertising 74

Critical Mention

AUGUST 29, 2019

The company has built a strong reputation in the media intelligence space over the last few years by developing leading-edge technology internally, an undertaking the company expects to continue. Critical Mention continues to bring on new talent and evolve its platform.

Television 60

Television Radio Analytics Government 60

5W PR

JANUARY 31, 2024

Technology Public Relations (Tech PR) involves managing and enhancing the public image of technology-related companies and products. Tech PR professionals work to generate favorable publicity, manage crises, and position technology brands as industry leaders. This is especially effective for consumer technology products.

Technology 78

Technology Product Launch Crisis Management Case Study 78

Shift Communications

MAY 1, 2017

Average revenue per user fell significantly below $2 per user, the generally accepted standard of social network financial health: Looking Ahead: What It Means for Marketing and PR. Focus on the creation and distribution of video, especially for paid advertising. Vice President, Marketing Technology. Christopher S.

Twitter 84

Twitter Mobile Conference Analytics 84

Stephen Waddington

JUNE 21, 2018

In time it also turned its attention to shared and paid, as search and social media advertising and promotion matured. The Daily Mail , The Financial Times , and The Economist , are bucking the trend in the UK. Advertising on social media platforms currently supports content that is widely shared. It almost seems unfair.

Social Media 73

Social Media Print Study Advertising 73

The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

Yes, they can help you add a financial value to your reporting. 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. New breed competitors including content marketing, influencer outreach and SEO link-building agencies are now pitching and winning PR budgets.

Tools 136

Tools Publicity SEO Measurement 136

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Advertising value equivalent (AVE) is at the sharp end of this issue. She believes the same issues apply in advertising and PR. The managers of agencies and in-house teams have recognised mental health and wellbeing as critical to retention, utilisation and good work. The issue lies in the inability of PR to achieve its value.

Government 103

Government Education Print Ethics 103

Ishmael's Corner

DECEMBER 7, 2014

No doubt we’ll see more stories like “ The Invasion of Corporate News ” from the Financial Times, which lambastes organizations taking matters into their own hands. They’re probably right, although I don’t think owned media has reduced the White House’s advertising budget.

Journalism 108

Journalism Local Storytelling Policies 108

Sword and the Script

JULY 31, 2018

2) To buy a technology that’s hard to replicate or take too long. 2) To buy a technology that’s hard to replicate or take too long. Businesses rent audiences all the time with advertising. At its core, advertising is selling access to an audience another business built and owns. Roll Call earned 1.4 execute them?

Publicity 60

Publicity Software Government Content Marketing 60

Stephen Waddington

AUGUST 12, 2020

Nine entrepreneurs talk about the agencies they’ve launched during the pandemic. I caught up with nine agency founders who have started their businesses during the COVID-19 crisis to talk about their proposition, motivation and the lessons that they’d share with others thinking of doing the same. I wish them all good luck.

Agency 161

Agency Meeting Crisis Energy 161

Shift Communications

JULY 31, 2015

In the Q2 earnings call, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner made mention that they are investing more heavily in the overall user experience now, with solid financials behind them. For marketers, one of the interesting remarks was that standard display advertising was declining in effectiveness on LinkedIn properties. Christopher S.

LinkedIn 60

LinkedIn Social Media Media Advertising 60

Beyond PR

MARCH 13, 2018

Specifically, the MediaMath and Cision partnership allow marketers to: Optimize digital advertising with earned media: This new integration gives marketers access to earned media audience data to inform and influence buying decisions and augment digital marketing data. How the Partnership Helps Clients & Brands.

Media 75

Media Consumer Analytics Data 75

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 30, 2015

This is aligned with CEO Jeff Weiner’s previous comments about significant revenue challenges from PPC advertising and the real-time buying ad market. Vice President, Marketing Technology. While Q3 has not historically been the strongest quarter for their marketing revenue, it’s been especially weak. Christopher S.

LinkedIn 60

LinkedIn Social Media Marketing Mobile 60

Sword and the Script

MAY 8, 2018

This latest survey polled 362 senior marketers and I’ve culled through the 95-page report to review the data from B2B product segment and the technology vertical, which are the markets I serve. In the technology vertical, budget growth is expected to grow even more – to 12.4% As a vertical, technology companies invest 9.7%

Survey 62

Survey B2B Marketing Mobile 62