Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

I’d venture stepped up internal communications following the pandemic had a lot to do with these numbers. Employers are more believable than government, media reporters with named sources, major corporations, media reports with anonymous sources, advertising and “my social media.”. Put your audience first. Did you know?

Government 138

Government Survey Ethics Media 138

Cision

OCTOBER 26, 2016

The PRSA 2016 International Conference in Indianapolis brought together some of today’s top thought leaders in the field of communication– and then some. “Cheap metrics lead to cheap content.” “Before you have a ‘content marketing strategy,’ have a ‘content’ strategy.”

Conference 120

Conference Internal International Data 120

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Regular readers know I bought into the concept of “ content marketing ” many years ago. It was in effect the coining of a term that characterized a strategy my team and I was already working on across traditional PR, digital marketing and social media. This isn’t a reflexive reaction either. Red Bull, Johnson & Johnson).

Content Marketing 66

Content Marketing Case Study Marketing Conference 66

Onclusive

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

In recent market estimates, digital online and ad spending is expected to grow at approximately 11% per year through 2021. 1 Paid search, display ads, social media, online video advertising and email marketing will grow to 46% of advertising budgets 2. So what does digital marketing growth have to do with PR?

Measurement 231

Measurement Data-Driven PR Survey Storytelling 231

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

be the year that some SaaS vendor figures out how to manage and market B2B influencer marketing at scale. There are several platforms out there to simplify and manage B2C influencer marketing, such as Paladin, Heepsy, HypeAuditor, and InBeat. But B2B influencer marketing works completely differently.

Marketing 189

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 189

Bianchi Biz Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

We at Bianchi Public Relations, a trusted name and hyper-focused specialist in the auto supplier sector for more than 30 years industry, recognize that sometimes clients need a broader range of synergistic content marketing services than we have offered. a full-service integrated marketing communications firm.

Mobile 74

Mobile Automotive Brand Branding 74

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

It’s a way to internalize and reflect more deeply on a topic. We run so fast and so hard in marketing, we have to make time for reflection. 2) The Struggle for Marketing Talent is Just Beginning. For example, two of the most prominent trade publications in the industry include the words “ad” or “advertising” in their titles.

Marketing 62

Marketing B2B Content Marketing Survey 62

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Webinars have long been a staple of B2B marketing. Yet if marketing gets the content and PR functions involved, these groups can help drive far better results – before, during and after – a webinar. Below are 12 ideas on precisely how to drive better results from your B2B marketing webinars.

B2B 60

B2B Infographics Interviews eBook 60

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

5) Marketers will slow down. The Internet moves at breakneck speed, but that doesn’t mean that we as marketers have to do the same. We can measure the initial impacts of marketing and advertising efforts almost immediately, but that doesn’t mean we should. 7) Larger investments in SDRs and product marketing.

Marketing 100

Marketing Content Marketing Advertising Advertising 100

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Marketers will likely gravitate toward tracks including: Advertising and brand experience. The premier gathering of digital marketers on planet Earth!”. If you’re a marketer, surely you thought ‘yes, please’ to at least two of those categories. Topically, this event covers a lot of ground. Experiential storytelling.

Conference 97

Conference Marketing Case Study Content Marketing 97

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 16, 2017

If there’s one theme that plagued digital advertising throughout 2017, it was controversy. 1) Advertisers looking to invest in PR. In May 2017, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) surveyed 100 of its members and found most plan to increase their investment in PR. 2) B2B prioritizing budgets for earned media.

B2B 85

B2B Media Survey Advertising 85

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Marketing be nimble. Rather than having year-long editorial calendars for opportunities and content, marketing and communications professionals are will have to work in a much more agile, phased approach: creating evergreen content per quarter and making room for ‘rapid-response’ type communications based on what 2021 might throw at us.

Marketing 168

Marketing Employee Content Marketing Training 168

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

What role has content marketing played for you at LiveIntent? It’s huge for us and plays a key role in our marketing strategy. It’s a lot of what we do on the marketing side. Internally, our number one customer is our sales team and the account management team. I agree with that so much.

Brand 118

Brand Branding Marketing Facebook 118

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

Internal communications: PR practitioners may also be responsible for communicating with employees and stakeholders within an organization. Both PR and marketing are concerned with promoting an organization or individual, but they go about it in different ways. Marketing is focused on promoting a product or service in order to sell it.

Interviews 99

Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 99

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

Polaris

DECEMBER 6, 2014

If you’re stuck on the subway or in your car for 30 to 60 minutes (or more) on a regular basis, why not make good use of your time by staying up to date with the latest news in social media, digital communications, public relations and content marketing? It’s easy to do with all the good marketing podcasts available these days.

Marketing 147

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Film 147

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Read more: 3 Studies with Benchmarks for Content Marketing, Blogging and Webinars [UML]. 2) The average content marketing budget is $185,000. The most successful content marketers invested more, with an average of $272,000, while the least successful content marketers spent less at $109,000.

Marketing 78

Marketing Publicity Survey Study 78

Prohibition

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Combining SEO and content marketing will increase your online presence, as the reach is much greater from higher rankings. A strong digital PR campaign will involve engaging content and messaging that will get readers interested. Integrating other areas of online marketing for greater brand messaging.

Digital PR 62

Digital PR Brand Branding SEO 62

PRSay

APRIL 19, 2016

To translate this for communications purposes, if the brand is using billboards or other outdoor signage, try finding local bloggers in that neighborhood and pitch them a story or some custom content. B2B Content Marketing + Pinterest – Surprisingly, Pinterest is a huge traffic builder for my B2B client sites.

Communications 79

Communications Pinterest Reddit Radio 79

MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The latest content marketing trend our PR agency is seeing is the move toward less content creation and more content promotion. In that rush of adrenaline to immediately promote your new e-book or video ASAP, content marketers risk the opportunity to be creative with promotion.

Marketing 48

Marketing Content Marketing Pinterest LinkedIn 48

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 9, 2018

Even the advertisers are aiming for a bigger investment in PR. 1) Share the news internally. In the fray that is the day in the life of marketing, we sometimes forget to share with the very people in the trenches with us. Don’t miss these related posts: 20 Insightful PR and Marketing Predictions for 2018.

Media 97

Media B2B Groups Conference 97

Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

In the B2B technology world, which is the lenses through which I example things, I’ve found PR usually reports to marketing – but supports the whole business – when a company is small or young. 1) “Make sure that employees, customers and the market understand our company, its services and goals.”. 115) “Advertising.”.

Employee 148

Employee Print Writing Survey 148

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

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Graphic used with permission from The Marketing Companion, a podcast with a co-host employed by Edison Research; see link nearby. 1) Marketing Audibles for Audio Search. Audio in marketing doesn’t just mean podcasts writes David Kirkpatrick for Marketing Dive – The call for audio content marketing gets louder.

Tools 60

Tools Pinterest Marketing Media 60

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 21, 2017

When ESPN aired a video of its coach physically and verbally abusing his players, the once-internal problem went from bad to worse as the university received significant backlash from the campus community and the public—ultimately losing brand trust and confidence. Don’t miss these posts: How to Get the B2B Marketing Persona Right [UML].

Social Media 60

Social Media Crisis Marketing Media 60

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Steve has long been a believer “content marketing” even before the phrase gained the popularity it has today. The content marketing hype-cycle helped alert those asleep at the wheel that this was a requirement for doing business in an information (Google) age. I have been in B2B all of my career.

Content Marketing 112

Content Marketing Mobile Google B2B 112

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Marketing investment was redirected towards demand generation (content marketing, paid media) as startups looked for deal flow. As the market lifts, brands will need to raise awareness and will be ready to invest for the longer term as their horizons extend. It’s like trying to lay down pipe before you even dug a ditch.

Writing 192

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 192

Sword and the Script

APRIL 27, 2019

77% said social media influencers; 67% said internal employees and spokespeople; 65% said journalists; 59% said bloggers; 53% said customers; 53% said external experts; and said 30% celebrities. In B2B technology businesses, I encourage clients to define a project – a study, white paper, or webinar to test the waters.

Survey 91

Survey Journalism Study Pitching 91

Prohibition

APRIL 13, 2023

By converting video into various types of different content, whether that be using it internally, for clients or to attract new business, repurposing it will allow your brand to reach an even greater audience than first anticipated, as well as providing further value for your existing audiences.

Video 62

Video Infographics Social Media Instagram 62

Cision

JANUARY 14, 2016

For instance, Facebook shows the best of your updates to no more than 20 percent of your fans or followers (in fact, 6 percent sounds like a more accurate figure), unless you “boost” your posts through paid advertising. Many B2B companies use Tumblr successfully to inform and engage their audience. SlideShare for Marketing.

Marketing 120

Marketing Pinterest Mobile Social Media 120

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

In the time I spent in-house for a global company and focusing on marketing to lawyers, one of the questions I’d consistently hear in the course of work from attorneys was this: There’s so much noise in marketing, how can I tell what is real and what is snake oil? – print advertising. – pay per click advertising.

Marketing 62

Marketing SEO Pharmaceuticals Google 62

Scott Public Relations

JULY 19, 2019

Content geared too greatly towards new customers can result in fewer established connections staying engaged. Customers possess sharper awareness than some marketers may realize. They can notice when they are getting targeted advertising.

Healthcare 40

Healthcare Insurance Insurance Pinterest 40

PR 20/20

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Robert Rose and I just launched our combined sixth book, Killing Marketing: How Innovative Businesses Are Turning Marketing Cost into Profit , at Content Marketing World this September. Combined, this book, Killing Marketing , is our sixth such effort. .” – mostly credited to Mark Twain.

Marketing 53

Marketing Enterprise Print Film 53

Scott Public Relations

JULY 19, 2019

Content geared too greatly towards new customers can result in fewer established connections staying engaged. Customers possess sharper awareness than some marketers may realize. They can notice when they are getting targeted advertising.

Insurance 40

Insurance Insurance Healthcare Pinterest 40

Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 11, 2016

It can be extremely unpredictable and it’s not guaranteed like advertising. I think this is one of the reasons it can be comfortable for public relations professionals to seek out, and focus on, more controllable forms of marketing like blogging, marketing automation and social media. It can also be hard to measure.

Media Relations 40

Media Relations Media Measurement Conference 40

ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

You work in public relations, SEO, content marketing or social media marketing. You’re thinking of completely overhauling how you market your company. So I jotted down a list of PR/digital/SEO/content marketing influencers. Michael blogs at B2B Marketing Insider. I think so.

Communications 81

Communications How To Blogging Content Marketing 81

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Content marketing isn’t just a constant stream of advertisements. When they search the web while considering their next purchase, your brand will become a familiar and trustworthy presence to them over time— if your content is useful. But using the wrong tools can cripple smaller content marketing teams.

Content Marketing 111

Content Marketing Print Analysis Data 111