Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Professionals across the globe share analysis and perhaps, aspiration, in offering up PR and marketing predictions for 2022. To put it another way, predictions are equal parts analysis and aspiration. An abbreviated version of this prediction was published by the Content Marketing Institute (see below). * * *.

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Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 214

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 24, 2018

Yet PR doesn’t always command the same respect as other disciplines, like advertising or direct-mail. As Greg Galant of MuckRack once observed , the advertising business is linked with iconic characters like Don Draper of “Mad Men,” while public relations is more likely to evoke Samantha Jones.

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Cision

AUGUST 23, 2017

Samsung has used fear in their advertisement to talk about the serious issue of increasing selfie deaths. One of the easiest ways of measuring the emotional response from your consumers is sentiment analysis. Most sentiment analysis tools (both paid and free) work in a similar manner. Humanize Your Brand. About Avinash Nair.

Digital PR 251

Digital PR How To Small Business Analysis 251

Cision

OCTOBER 4, 2017

To understand the impact of multimedia, we must acknowledge the fact that content is everywhere and there is no way to escape it. When you pair the 24/7 news cycle with always-on connectivity, you get consumers overwhelmed by a perpetual stream of content. To make an impact, content needs to shine. Create more visual content.

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How To Storytelling B2C Measurement 282

5W PR

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

On top of that, an integrated campaign ensures messaging remains consistent across multiple platforms like social media, print media, advertising and internal communications. For PR professionals, integrating marketing and PR requires some additional skills that marketing professionals use every day. Research & Analysis.

Marketing 68

Marketing Analysis Content Marketing Social Media 68

PR 20/20

MARCH 12, 2019

In fact, we surveyed 200+ marketers using our AI Score for Marketers assessment tool, about how valuable it would be to use AI technology to intelligently automate more than 60 common AI use cases in marketing. Content marketing activities dominated the list of highest-rated use cases for AI in marketing.

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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. Ready to make your retail brand a success?

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Retail Marketing Analytics Social Media 62

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

For instance, before launching a new product campaign, PR professionals may identify market demand, gather customer feedback, and assess competitor strategies. Based on this analysis, they can assist in refining the product positioning, identifying key selling points, and developing appropriate messaging.

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ReimaginePR

JULY 25, 2018

A couple of key terms that we’ll be using moving forwards: AdWords – The pay-per-click advertisement program that Google uses. This is the most popular and common way of advertising your Website. PPC – PPC stands for Pay Per Click and is an advertising principle where advertisers pay sites like Google whenever users click on their ads.

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Flack's Revenge

AUGUST 9, 2016

Those featured, however, didn’t go into detail on the role of advertising to boost reach. Geetu and her team mined historical data, using time series analysis to build a model (for more details, see this SlideShare presentation ). They notified the content promotion staff when there was a likely winner.

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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.

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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.

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Strategy How To B2C Content Marketing 67

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.

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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.

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Journalism Brand Branding Advertising 64

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. Additional reading: PR, Social Media and the Imperative of Content Marketing [UML]. Why Content Marketing and Public Relations Need Each Other. No one will read it. emphasis added].

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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.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Over the course of 2016, I published some 84 posts, on PR , marketing and social media. While the analysis below is based on views, it’s worth noting visitors spent upwards of five minutes with these posts this year. 3) The Facebook Frozen Frog and Fodder for Content Marketing. A lot of B2B content goes unused.

Blogging 103

Blogging Content Marketing B2B Social Media 103

Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Is it all one in the same now that marketing and PR are more interwoven? The fact that marketers and advertisers have long been able to prove their work’s value with heavy-hitting quantitative data, metrics such as direct sales, means that it’s been somewhat easier for them to get a seat at the decision-making table.

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Cision

APRIL 4, 2016

For me, Berger’s research is far more actionable and thoughtful than 99 percent of the stuff that’s been written about viral content, so I wanted to find out who else is researching virality and what we can learn from their insight. So a good first impression of your content may cause self-perpetuation of sharing behavior.

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Viral Journalism Advertising Advertising 120

Sword and the Script

MARCH 27, 2018

As it’s noted in the analysis around the full report , “While publishers have made gains with paid digital subscriptions, content studios and native advertising, the last decade has been widely one marked with cuts to editorial staff.”. If it sounds amazingly similar to the concept of good content marketing , you’re right.

Media Relations 74

Media Relations Media Trade Shows Journalism 74

PR 20/20

JULY 25, 2017

Other brands, however, learn plenty from their analytics data, but spend hours of effort and analysis to create reports. For instance, at PR 20/20 , we used natural language generation (NLG), an AI technology, to cut the analysis and production time of Google Analytics reports by 80%. Improve Content Marketing.

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Cision

JUNE 6, 2017

According to research by Boston Consulting Group, one ultraloyal customer who shares content can generate eight times his or her own consumption through their advocacy. The key idea here is that the economic value of content marketing does not come from content. It comes from the transmission of content.

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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? –

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Content Marketing B2B Web Small Business 60

Cision

APRIL 6, 2016

They’re bombarded every day with content, advertisements and information. Digital Marketing at LEWIS Pulse, you need to understand your audience’s unique needs and reach them in new and unexpected ways. Data will give you the insights you need to find whitespace in the market. So how can you set your brand apart?

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Doctor Spin

APRIL 6, 2023

Analysis David can’t beat Goliath using his size or raw strength, but he has an advantage in speed and accuracy from a distance. David should leverage the surprise element and not advertise his advantage beforehand. The 1-page strategy focuses on how to win.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

As marketers, PR professionals, and advertisers begin to wind down the year (save for those in retail who are firing on all cylinders right now), one of the top things you’ll focus on in 2014 is reviewing the numbers. How do you make all of that analysis effort and time worthwhile? How do you avoid this problem?

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Analytics Data-Driven PR Marketing How To 155

Sword and the Script

JUNE 10, 2017

As the saying goes it takes three data points to make a trend, but the problem for marketers with this identification is that it’s often too late. It’s easy to identify a trend in hindsight – the web is littered with post-trend analysis breaking down why or how something happened – but the question remains: how do you get ahead?

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Trends Marketing Mobile Web 84

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. She is on the team behind the Gender Equality Measure (GEM™), created jointly by ABX and the National Advertisers (ANA) Alliance for Family Entertainment (AFE)’s #SeeHer team.

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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.

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Measurement Publicity Television Analytics 78

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

It mirrors a trend that’s already underway in PR’s sibling departments in marketing and advertising. For example, there have been numerous surveys and a pile of anecdotal evidence that CMOs are bringing more marketing work in-house. Enter the Big Four into Legal and Marketing. Who do you see advertising on those pages?

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Agency Trends Marketing Survey 92

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.”.

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Media Relations Advertising Advertising Content Marketing 85

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. Use this time of year to make a full-scale analysis of how you and your team could improve your company’s PR strategy for the upcoming year. Send Holiday Greeting Cards.

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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.

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Survey Report Media B2B 101

PR 20/20

JANUARY 14, 2021

BuzzSumo : I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: BuzzSumo is a must-have for every content marketer, and it just keeps getting better with age. In addition to content discovery and research, BuzzSumo is my go-to tool to track what’s happening on social media and which influencers have the most pull. See for yourself.

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Technology Marketing Tools Google 65

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

Propel says that while TVEyes is “the basis” of broadcast monitoring, the company has “built layers of data and analysis on top of it” that “enables certain functionality that no other broadcast monitoring tools have.”. Muck Rack makes a similar claim. Cision and Onclusive are two companies that have monitoring tools that do this.

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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.

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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]. 6) Can you Profit Directly from Content Marketing? That’s why analysis remains important.

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Blogging B2B Content Marketing Trade Shows 72