Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 6, 2015

That’s my sense after reading the new B2B Content Marketing 2016 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends – North America report. Now in its sixth year, the report is derived from a survey of 1,521 North American B2B marketers. My perspective on last year’s B2B survey can be found here: Study: Effective Content Marketing Has One Element.

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Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 9, 2019

Machine learning, leaky funnels, value exchange, hypertargeting, and customer advocacy are all opportunities for B2B marketing in a new report by Metia. We’ve published a report this week by my colleague Pete Morgan that explores new approaches to B2B marketing while also recognizing the importance of fundamentals.

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Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

As Cision’s social media manager, I use top 50 and top 100 lists for three purposes: To follow individuals who will help me stay in the loop when new trends and statistics emerge within my industry. Every year, Cision creates a list of the top 50 social media influencers on Twitter. For content generation and syndication.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Webinars have long been a staple of B2B marketing. Below are 12 ideas on precisely how to drive better results from your B2B marketing webinars. Share your post liberally on social media. Given advertising deadlines, buying ad inventory is usually much smoother if you plan both content and budget for it in advance.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 29, 2024

Incorporating visual elements like eye-catching imagery, infographics for stats, or videos to enhance the reading experience. Serve value Your audience’s time is precious, so ensure every word counts. Provide actionable insights, tips and thought-provoking analysis. Keep it engaging Remember, you don’t have to be over-professional.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 18, 2014

To understand how systems access informs your PR program, we’ll reference the SHIFT Earned Media Hub Strategy as the base framework. For example, if you’re a B2B technology company, you hopefully have a fairly good idea of where your desired buyers spend time in the media. Earned Media.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

Most PR professionals say media relations is getting harder or much harder, according to the 2019 JOTW Communications Survey. This is up 17% from last year where 51% said media relations was getting harder. Study the media. 1) How reporters view social media, embargoes and exclusives. What can PR do about it?

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Cision

APRIL 7, 2017

Kristin Daher, the President and founder of Powerhouse Communications , spearheads the creative communications agency providing a wide range of media relations, brand strategy, and social media services with a specialty in the foodservice and franchise space. What are your secrets for media relations success?

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 13, 2022

There’s a vast amount of campaign types for your brand to use to grow online authority, everything from infographics to hero campaigns, to newsjacking campaigns. The clue is in the name, reactive digital PR is being reactive to the media and making your campaigns relevant to the news agenda. Reactive digital PR. Dream Jobs.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 11, 2016

In either case, I’ve paused to delve into three social media studies or surveys that crossed my screen in recent months and distilled them to the most important findings. These three studies seem to, in part, answer these three questions: How is our brand doing in social media relative to comparable brands?

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Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Each is based on my years of experience with agencies like Siege Media and The Grit Group. — Pitching to Someone Who Doesn’t Advertise Guest Posts Not everyone asks for guest posts, but you may still be able to convince someone to share your post. You can see an example of my recent work on a similar post in [Publication].

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Marketers are more optimistic about the economy, expect marketing budgets to increase and will spend more on digital, social media and marketing analytics. Survey respondents said more and more of that budget will focus on digital, social media and mobile tactics in the future. Social Media Marketing Gets a Boost. a year ago.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Here’s a fun infographic from the folks over at Domo about how much is happening in an Internet minute. With our limited 24 hours a day, we have to rely on friends, on influencers, and on media to only show us the good stuff and leave the rest behind. Advertising Content Marketing Marketing Public Relations'

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Ishmael's Corner

MAY 10, 2015

As discussed in previous posts, most B2B content falls into the dreadful content bucket. One person who has labored over B2B content, what works and what doesn’t work, is my good friend and colleague Steve Farnsworth. . - Buffer : Great tool for quickly scheduling and sharing updates for social posts.

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Cision

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Radick emphasized that the key to having fruitful content is to focus on telling authentic stories and providing content that actually helps your customer, instead of obsessing over the numbers and keeping up with the latest algorithms on social media channels. Get in front of it, be transparent and get to it before the media does.

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PRSay

APRIL 19, 2016

B2B Content Marketing + Pinterest – Surprisingly, Pinterest is a huge traffic builder for my B2B client sites. I’m not sure why it works so well but for eBooks, white papers, infographics or anything related to cause marketing, get going with Pinterest. The combination of outdoor and a local online presence is quite powerful.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 20, 2017

A new survey of 2,400 B2B marketers suggests content marketing is the top priority this year – and by a wide margin. Not only is content marketing by far the top digital priority for B2B marketers this year,” wrote the publication, “but it’s also the discipline most likely to get a spending hike this year.”. “Not

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Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

My friend is a web engineer for a large media company, and whenever we talk shop, I’m always surprised at how big of an impact his tinkering can have on the content we read. Content marketing isn’t just a constant stream of advertisements. Visual assets like infographics are more expensive.) Using too many tools.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 17, 2016

I’ve been a longtime advocate of Facebook ads in B2B , it just requires thinking a bit differently about targeting. However, the analytics the company provides is questionable, according to reporting by Mark Bergen in a Bloomberg article titled, Facebook Measurement Mistakes Test Advertisers’ Ardor. Facebook Inc.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 21, 2018

At that time, that basically limited him to email and search advertising. 3 Tips for Effective Infographics: Data, Design and Distribution [UML]. If you’re metric is revenue, you will struggle, at least in B2B marketing , because it takes time to produce those measures. Is Creativity a Skill or Talent?

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MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

For content marketers seeking to generate leads from that new blog post, white paper, case study, event, infographic, research report, or webinar, here are 33 ways to ensure that your content is found, downloaded, clicked-on and consumed. Social media services like Edgar can help you reuse your best social posts to bring in more views.

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PR Conversations

JULY 5, 2017

From social media management to crisis communications, content is king. Developing social media marketing policies. He or she chooses the most appropriate channels (for instance, LinkedIn is ideal for B2B, while Pinterest or Instagram are best for B2C segment), sets up corporate accounts, proposes content directions (quotes?

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PR Breakfast Club

JULY 6, 2015

There is an old saying that knowledge is power, and this can also be applied to your social media campaigns. Here are some ways using data improves marketing and PR campaigns: 1) Use Data for Social Media . Using data has the benefits of finding out: Which social media sites have a larger audience in your targeted demographic.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Read more: Would you Run Your Internal Data Through this Media Monitoring AI? 19% of publishers requested articles, 13% requested infographics, 12% requested mixed-media pieces, and 11% requested data visualizations.”. For B2B product companies that number came in at 7.1% and for B2B services it was 10.1%.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 18, 2019

In the ideal world a PR budget has room for everything — a robust media relations component, branded content, strategic events, influencer outreach, and possibly borrowed-interest tactics designed to ramp up news during quiet periods. Sometimes earned media outreach can support or extent a key paid campaign. Prioritize.

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Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

You have two options: Promote through paid media (pay-per-click advertisements & sponsored posts). Promote via earned media (media coverage & social mentions). Cision® asked hundreds of senior marketers and 81 percent agreed earned media is more effective than paid media. Infographics.

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Prohibition

APRIL 13, 2023

Use Video Clips For Social Media It is no secret that social media is a powerful tool for maximising brand awareness and engagement. But not all social media platforms support long-form video content. Social media posts (and supportive video content) can be used in a variety of ways.

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Beyond PR

JANUARY 30, 2018

When PR managers compete for budget, resources and recognition for their earned media activity against colleagues representing paid and owned media — the field is slanted against PR. By providing the true attribution of revenue for earned media campaigns, PR and comms professionals are quickly closing the gap.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 12, 2018

As PRWeek reported : “Of course, the ‘draft’ was intentionally sent to relevant media outlets to earn coverage of the limited time menu item. The commentary in the tracked changes was corny, so question is, could this work in B2B marketing ? The B2B Advantages of Working with a Boutique PR Firm. The edits were eccentric.

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Beyond PR

DECEMBER 5, 2017

You have two options: Promote through paid media (pay-per-click advertisements & sponsored posts). Promote via earned media (media coverage & social mentions). Cision® asked hundreds of senior marketers and 81 percent agreed earned media is more effective than paid media. Infographics.

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MaccaPR

JULY 23, 2014

The woman who coined the term "infobesity," social media expert Ekaterina Walter , now speaks frequently on the topic of visual storytelling. Most recently, I saw her at the 2014 Social Media Marketing World , in addition to Australia-based spitfire Donna Moritz , who also spoke about visual content. Source: Benefit Cosmetics ).

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Beyond PR

AUGUST 4, 2016

The fact is, social media allows us to reach countless people on a constant basis. It also opens the door to countless possibilities, as PR Newswire’s Victoria Harres covers in Identifying Opportunities & Issues: Keys to Monitoring Traditional & Social Media. Social media has made everyone accessible, take advantage.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 22, 2016

For example, social media once lauded for democratizing publishing is largely a paid game today. Social media has become, in many senses, the very thing it once disintermediated. From native advertising to content marketing , the dynamic web is about the blurry and blurring lines in marketing. 2) How Persistence Pays off in PR.

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