Sword and the Script

AUGUST 20, 2016

In other words, we spend lots of time mapping what content is needed, for what persona, at what stage – and then wind up sending more emails offering discounts. It’s been a trend in content marketing too. B2B marketers seem to think that buying content by the pound and then throwing it at Google is the path to scale.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Marketing B2B Small Business 60

Cision

AUGUST 23, 2017

In fact, consumers think of brands and products as something, or someone, that could address their emotional needs. So, Samsung, a leading mobile brand in the country, unveiled a new road safety campaign called #SafeIndia. Samsung has used fear in their advertisement to talk about the serious issue of increasing selfie deaths.

Digital PR 251

Digital PR How To Small Business Analysis 251

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

For the past few years, video marketing has become a dominant tool for captivating audiences and expanding brand awareness. Public relations (PR) can be one of the solutions available for marketers and business owners to support their video marketing campaigns. Let’s start with the basics!

Video 109

Video Marketing SEO Social Media 109

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 15, 2017

And with that, what was once a community service of sorts, with some editorial oversight, has become an advertisement. Publishers’ have struggled for a business model in the digital age where most marketing money flows to just a handful companies. Blending editorial and advertising. These are not isolated examples.

Journalism 64

Journalism Brand Branding Advertising 64

Prohibition

AUGUST 25, 2023

Digital marketing encompasses a wide range of strategies and tactics aimed at promoting products and services through digital channels. These channels include websites, search engines, social media platforms, email marketing, and online advertising. Earned media coverage adds credibility and helps build brand trust and loyalty.

Retail 62

Retail Marketing Analytics Social Media 62

Cision

OCTOBER 4, 2017

This post, however, is aimed to put visual content on the pedestal. As you look through an interrogative lens — analyzing brands, consumers and the media’s relationship with multimedia, it’s easy to see that visual content is the engine that steers the narrative. To make an impact, content needs to shine.

How To 282

How To Storytelling B2C Measurement 282

ReimaginePR

JULY 25, 2018

SEO leverages creative elements and technical elements which help your rankings, spread awareness about your product or brand and ultimately drive traffic to your site. It doesn’t matter what your product or brand is, every consumer is visiting a search engine to determine the options that are out there for them. On to the good stuff.

SEO 211

SEO Tools Engineering Google 211

5W PR

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Improving brand awareness and profitability boils down to integrating PR, marketing and other sales strategies to optimize a brand’s overall message. On top of that, an integrated campaign ensures messaging remains consistent across multiple platforms like social media, print media, advertising and internal communications.

Marketing 68

Marketing Analysis Content Marketing Social Media 68

PR 20/20

MARCH 12, 2019

The Marketing AI Institute was created and is powered by PR 20/20. No matter what content you write or what stories your brand tells, there’s a good chance a machine can help you do it better. Content marketing activities dominated the list of highest-rated use cases for AI in marketing.

Content Marketing 40

Content Marketing Company System Marketing 40

Beyond PR

MARCH 6, 2018

Considering the culmination of traditional advertisements (newspaper, TV, radio and billboards) and digital advertisements (banner ads, pop-ups and sponsored posts), how many advertisements a day do you think you’re exposed to? Annoyed and overwhelmed, consumers are fed up with intrusive advertising and sales tactics.

Strategy 67

Strategy How To B2C Content Marketing 67

Flack's Revenge

AUGUST 9, 2016

My recent posts have explored how publishers are working with social platforms to expand audience and adapt story telling formats (see Publishers & Platforms In a Relationship , and Platforms as Publishers: 6 Key Takeaways for Brands ). Those featured, however, didn’t go into detail on the role of advertising to boost reach.

Viral 120

Viral Data Web Trends 120

Cision

JUNE 6, 2017

This post is an excerpt from the e-book, Listen: 5 Social Audiences Brands Can’t Afford to Ignore. . Digital marketing success is fueled by creating great content and building a targeted audience, but there’s a third piece missing from that equation—ignition. It comes from the transmission of content.

Marketing 239

Marketing Television Handbook Web 239

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The statistics selected can be grouped are heavily weighted along the following topics: Statistics about – or for – the CMO ; Statistics about digital and B2B marketing ; Statistics about PR or media relations ; and. Statistics about content marketing. 4) The composition of marketing spending is changing. also see why ?).

Survey 104

Survey Marketing B2B Content Marketing 104

Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

I have seen firsthand in my own analysis – across many B2B tech press releases – that readership has fallen precipitously. Funding is a form of validation and acquisitions signal a strategy – those things impact the market. The online newsroom has always attracted a lot of visitors – and these have always been neglected by brands.

Study 139

Study Media Relations Media Measurement 139

Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Facebook and Twitter have great audience insight and analytics tools that can show you which fans are engaging with your brand in addition to a post-level analysis of impressions and engagements. Use this information to cater your posts and content to your audience. Marketing Coordinator.

Blogging 161

Blogging How To SEO Analytics 161

Cision

APRIL 6, 2016

They’re bombarded every day with content, advertisements and information. So how can you set your brand apart? Digital Marketing at LEWIS Pulse, you need to understand your audience’s unique needs and reach them in new and unexpected ways. What do you think is the biggest challenge facing brands today?

Employee 120

Employee Storytelling Content Marketing Leadership 120

Sword and the Script

JULY 31, 2018

In this era of marketing, we should add a fifth reason: 5) To buy an audience. Businesses rent audiences all the time with advertising. At its core, advertising is selling access to an audience another business built and owns. When done properly , it becomes its own channel and powerful addition to the marketing mix.

Publicity 60

Publicity Software Government Content Marketing 60

5W PR

JANUARY 17, 2020

Although its harder to measure the efficacy of PR efforts than it is to measure the same statistics for say, advertising, there are many ways to measure the reach and success of a PR message. Market Surveys –Typically this will involve before-and-after surveys regarding awareness of your brand. Start out incrementally.

Measurement 78

Measurement Publicity Television Analytics 78

Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Those guys preach “data-driven PR” so that PR professionals and brand marketers get smarter about how and what they measure when a campaign comes to a close. Is it all one in the same now that marketing and PR are more interwoven? Did it drive traffic, engagement, or sales? SFM: Yes, exactly.

Data-Driven PR 150

Data-Driven PR Strategy Data Measurement 150

PR 20/20

JULY 25, 2017

This isn’t a comprehensive list of what AI can do, but it is a guide to what we think marketers ought to be doing with AI. On one hand, some brands have analytics tools configured, but fail to extract the most valuable insights from their data. AI reporting has two major benefits for brands. Improve Content Marketing.

Marketing 41

Marketing System Analysis Analytics 41

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

There’s something similar at play in those B2B organizations facing challenges in content marketing. Certainly, the most successful content marketing is very deliberate. 1) Random Acts of Content. 1) Random Acts of Content. Why does content marketing fail? What is Native Advertising? –

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing B2B Web Small Business 60

Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 12, 2018

As an example, he used the goal of producing 2,000 downloads that equate to marketing soft leads for sales. He said, “This goal should be shared across the entire marketing/communications department. It’s not a content marketing goal or a PR goal. Content marketing, yes. It’s a multi-department goal.”.

Media Relations 85

Media Relations Advertising Advertising Content Marketing 85

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

Public relations professionals create and maintain a positive image for their organization, often through the use of marketing, branding, and communication strategies. Marketing is focused on promoting a product or service in order to sell it. Marketing can also involve market research, product development, and branding.

Interviews 99

Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 99

Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Therefore, you should rely on a social tracking tool that offers real-time global access to premium social media content and sentiment analysis. Another would be to simply thank current clients for their commitment to your brand. Much of today’s communication happens on social media. Send Holiday Greeting Cards. Until next time!

Publicity 74

Publicity Employee Analysis Radio 74

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

The October #measurePR Twitter chat focused on the issue of gender bias in advertising and how measurement of gender bias can affect PR. Our guest for the October chat was Angie Jeffrey , APR, ABX’s Vice President of Brand Management. The chat then moved on to discuss evidence of gender bias in advertising.

Measurement 77

Measurement Advertising Advertising Community 77

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

The report didn’t break out numbers for the remaining challenges of “fake news, blurred lines between editorial and advertising, and issues around freedom of the press.”. It’s also a key reason why blogging and content marketing has become an important tool in the media relations toolkit. 4) Emphasis on professional journalism.

Survey 102

Survey Report Media B2B 102

Sword and the Script

MAY 13, 2017

Program effectiveness depends on so many variables such as the context , content, cost, industry, reach, return, trust and the more subjective attributes of quality and value. FTC warning letters aside , can brands really buy influence? Isn’t that sort of like buying an advertisement with an ego? 1) How to choose influencers.

Strategy 76

Strategy Marketing Measurement B2B 76

Onclusive

AUGUST 30, 2023

But the task of building and maintaining a lasting brand value is a t ricky one, requiring careful strategy and dedicated execution. In this blog, we’ll outline clear tactics you can implement to build brand value by building stronger brand awareness, protecting your brand, and increasing your brand reputation.

Brand 195

Brand Branding How To Reputation 195

PR 20/20

JANUARY 14, 2021

Note that a few of these are agency partners or benefactors of Marketing AI Institute , our sister brand. 10 Marketing Technologies We Can’t Live Without. HubSpot : If you are looking for an all-in-one customer service, marketing and sales solution, look no further. The user experience is intuitive and simple.

Technology 65

Technology Marketing Tools Google 65

Critical Mention

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Create Quality Social Media Content. Social media is one of the main places where online users go to engage and interact with brands and voice their opinions about products and brand experiences. Plus, it’s a place where users can gather information and form opinions of your brand as well.

Strategy 83

Strategy Communications Marketing Social Media 83

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 25, 2015

The organization published a well-written press release that drew me in and pointed to one overarching conclusion: Most view their content marketing process as ad hoc, decentralized and driven by internal stakeholder interests. Content marketing is maturing slowly and steadily. Lacks relevance.

Survey 60

Survey Content Marketing Report Corporate 60

The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

If only we had the perfect formula for content success… Oh wait…Content sharing and analysis heavyweights LinkedIn and BuzzSumo have just delivered it! Step forward one of the most useful papers you’ll read this year ‘The DNA behind the world’s most successful content’. But could these habits be holding us back?

Tools 136

Tools Publicity SEO Measurement 136

Prohibition

JULY 19, 2018

And, over the past 20 years, with the rise of the digital age , we’ve seen the PR techniques employed by big and small brands alike becoming more abstract and off the cuff in a bid to capture the attention of what is now a hugely saturated market. What’s the difference between marketing, advertising and public relations?

Publicity 48

Publicity Advertising Advertising Tools 48

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

Last year an advertising spot during the Super Bowl cost $5 million. 2) 3 Studies that Challenge Marketing Assumptions [UML]. 3) Basic, Advanced and Bridge Building: Boldness in Content Marketing [UML]. If marketing could do *just* one thing to build brands and generate leads we would. But we can’t.

Blogging 72

Blogging B2B Content Marketing Trade Shows 72

ReimaginePR

JUNE 6, 2016

2: Situation Analysis. Don’t spend your time promoting your brand on a platform that your ideal customer wants nothing to do with. 8: Paid Advertising. Next, you need to determine how much you’ll set aside in your budget for paid advertising. Only post to get your brand’s message across to the digital world.

Social Media 120

Social Media Media Instagram Advertising 120

Sword and the Script

MARCH 6, 2018

The same applies to a corporation looking to add PR help in-house, or alternatively, doing a cost-benefit analysis of bringing on outside help from an agency. Don’t miss these related posts: 20 Golden PR and Content Marketing Ideas that will Outlive 2017. The PR Opportunity for Brands as Publishers Tinker with Journalism.

Survey 114

Survey Agency Report Corporate 114

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 31, 2019

Every indication I have seen shows more powerful algorithmic analysis and computations, not actual sentient thinking. If you are fortunate enough to work in a larger organization that deploys an enterprise-wide AI system like Lucy or Albert, then you can expect to see deep insights about your stakeholders and the content you are using.

Analytics 65

Analytics Data Pinterest System 65