Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Fortunately, there are several new studies that have been published about content marketing, blogging and webinars that provide solid benchmarks. Of that segment of respondents, 72% use paid social media channels; 66% use sponsorships; 61% use pay-per-click advertising. 2) Blogging benchmarks. 1) Content marketing benchmarks.

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Onclusive

MAY 4, 2020

Marketing strategies are being altered and advertising budgets are being slashed. Managing your company’s reputation through a global crisis is different and harder than it was during the financial crisis of 2008. In this current state of crisis-induced uncertainty, we are likely to see a lot of opportunities if we just look for them.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Although some call it “free advertising,” public relations isn’t free. For a regional credit union, we built upon an existing educational campaign to promote financial literacy for member companies and their employees through seminars and collateral materials. It’s not even cheap.

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Onclusive

JUNE 15, 2022

In our June blog series, we’ll be discussing how PR can measure up to marketing and, ultimately, how PR teams can work closely with marketing to demonstrate to the CMO and CEO that PR is a business growth driver. Forrester also suggests that owned, social and earned media become as important, if not more important, than paid media.

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Onclusive

JUNE 15, 2022

In our June blog series, we’ll be discussing how PR can measure up to marketing and, ultimately, how PR teams can work closely with marketing to demonstrate to the CMO and CEO that PR is a business growth driver. Maintaining a positive company image. Influencing across earned, owned, social and paid media. Improving the overall marketing ROI.

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Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In this blog post, let’s look at the differences between public relations and marketing. This includes identifying customer needs, developing products that satisfy those needs, setting prices, determining distribution channels, and promoting the products through various forms of advertising and promotion.

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5W PR

APRIL 11, 2023

Paid social media advertising is another route to reach a wider audience. Investment banks or other financial institutions can organize roadshows. Provide updates on business and financial performance, plus any notable developments impacting the stock price.

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Solo PR Pro

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Here are three robust strategies to expand your financial streams while maintaining current rate structures. This can be through starting a niche blog, course, podcast, or YouTube channel where you discuss industry trends, offer communication tips, or interview other professionals.

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Newsfile

MARCH 14, 2024

Subscriptions were cited as the most important digital revenue stream for publishers worldwide in every year from 2021 to 2023, ahead of advertising. Bloomberg Terminal: The Market Leader Bloomberg Terminal is subscription-based software that offers financial market data, analysis, content and trading capabilities to business professionals.

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5W PR

JANUARY 24, 2024

They can include interactive apps teaching financial literacy or age-specific activity kits encouraging safe exploration alongside parental guidance. Feature diverse families in advertising, offer clothing lines with gender-neutral options, and promote products that celebrate individuality and acceptance.

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Stern + Associates

JANUARY 29, 2024

Ad spending – the historic lifeblood of mainstream media – has plummeted as people spend more time on social media platforms where advertisers can reach them directly. Relationship-Building Is More Important Than Ever This blog began with the seemingly never-ending rounds of job cuts at major media outlets.

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PR in High Definition

MAY 31, 2017

I’ve never blogged about AVE before because it’s such a noisy space and the debate is generally pretty cut and dried. But recently I’ve seen organisations offering ‘search’ advertising equivalent as a measure superior to AVE. That’s the value, and it’s simply not commensurable to compare it to advertising. This is snake oil.

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PR for Anyone

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Financial Planning Month. There are a lot more videos on my YouTube channel HERE or read the posts on my blog HERE to see how easy it is to land in the media IF you follow a process that I have already created for you. Dyslexia Awareness Month. Eat Better, Eat Together Month. Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month. PR FOR ANYONE.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 6, 2023

In it’s Q1 2023 Financial Report, the company said total annual recurring revenue (ARR) “was $459.2m, up 7% year-over-year (YoY). A survey of 3,100 journalists by Cision found the top three challenges facing journalism are maintaining credibility (27%), lack of staffing (20%) and declining advertising (20%). million, down from $14.2

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Shift Communications

APRIL 26, 2022

Advertising landscape changes. If toxic content increases alongside changes to empower free speech, advertisers could boycott Twitter. And we wonder (even hope) that Musk’s investments — financial and time spent — will inspire other CXOs to see the weight of all-important executive communications efforts.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 22, 2017

Earned coverage offers a credibility that can’t be matched by paid media like ads or “owned” content like company blog posts or creative social videos. Advertising offers the benefit of repetition – we hear a tagline or brand promise often enough, and we start to believe it – or at least, remember it.

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5W PR

OCTOBER 5, 2020

These days, with advertising giants like Google and Facebook controlling over 50% of the digital advertising market, publishers have to find other ways to get any sort of ad support for their journalistic endeavors. Many media outlets have started experimenting with different financial models to fund their reporting.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2024

It grew eventually into a tech-based email list that was free for users with an advertising model. This latest move may make financial sense, but it’s the second serious crisis communications distraction for the company in Europe. Small text ads – written by Shankman – were included at the top of every email.

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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. In recent years, the trend has been for website templates that blend news, press releases, blogs and resources together. Online newsrooms are highly visited.

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Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 23, 2021

Unfortunately, this price has risen precipitously over the years, increasingly exceeding families’ abilities to pay, save for significant financial assistance, often in the form of student loans. on advertising. million on average over a lifetime. Here is a partial list of Anheuser-Busch’s U.S. wait for it.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The announcement said, “financial backers Kohlberg Ventures and Arrowroot Capital will continue as significant investors in the company, alongside the founders and management.” The data for their report comes from scouring published financial reports. SocialChorus last raised $12.5 What do you think of the layout and navigation?

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Please join the discussion on Twitter via #EthicsMonth, and follow along with our ethics-related blog posts, as well as two webinars (on Sept. To summarize, it would appear that the influencer is using their active-duty status for private financial gain. This year’s theme is “Leading With Ethics.” 9 and Sept. She lives in Norfolk, Va.,

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Contently - Strategy

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The Nudge newsletter—published by founder and CEO Ben Young—is my go-to digest for all the branded content and native advertising news. I can’t tell you how many brand newsletters I come across that have a call-to-action like: “Sign up for the Bank A newsletter to get the latest financial news, advice, and company updates.”

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 28, 2020

Most recently Vuelio has sought to challenge the status quo of the platforms, but it too is a financial vehicle, created by parent company Access Intelligence, wrapped up as a tool platform. Thank you This blog post started life as a discussion in the Marketing, media and PR community of practice. Thank you to all the contributors.

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Reputation Us

AUGUST 28, 2023

” Aftab Pureval “People of color trust crypto currency more than banks and credit unions because lack of trust in financial institutions.” –Advertising will be more engaging. to make the make the biggest impact to these consumer brands in the coming years.” ” –Hope for technology to be ethical.

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5W PR

APRIL 14, 2021

Brands have had to learn what the younger generation is interested in and adjust the advertisement and marketing campaigns to better target these politically active groups who are looking for companies that align with their own values and morals. Connecting to Younger Audiences.

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Mindful Marketing

JULY 5, 2021

The sponsoring organization and its advertising agent should be aware of the target market they’re trying to reach in terms of its demographics, psychographics, and any other identifying criteria. ” Subscribe to Mindful Matters blog. Beyond an appreciation of the discipline as a whole (e.g.,

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Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In an era where consumers are increasingly sceptical of advertising and corporate speak, PR offers a more authentic and credible way to communicate with the public. Continue reading In some organisations, especially large ones, there are various financial stakeholders. Shareholders, investors, financial institutions, etc.

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Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

According to a 2018 Association of National Advertisers (ANA) survey, 75% of marketers are using influencers as a marketing tool and 43% plan to increase spending on it in the next 12 months. And in a 2017 TINT article, only 4% of consumers declared trust in marketing in advertising in general. influencers) over brand advertisements.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. It’s good news for contextual advertising companies, who have already started reaping the benefits of marketing’s ‘identity crisis.’ There are financial costs that often cannot be sustained. Blogger outreach gets personal.

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Ishmael's Corner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

With the story “ The Invasion of Corporate News , The Financial Times became the latest publication to skewer brand journalism. This month, as it unveiled the iPhone 6 and the Apple Watch in Cupertino, California, thousands of journalists live-blogged every detail of the carefully scripted event. But here’s a key point left out.

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Critical Mention

JANUARY 9, 2019

Rise of native advertising. In a 2017 report , 54 percent of companies were using native advertising , and 38 percent were likely to do so in the future. Some examples of native advertising are paid search ads, promoted listings and in-feed ads. Native advertising is undetectable, allowing businesses to reach a wider audience.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

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. Enhanced Services and Resources : Blue Cypress brings financial, educational and operational resources that dramatically enhance the impact we can have on our clients’ businesses.

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Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

In this blog, we outline how AI is changing the face of marketing in 2019 and beyond. In today’s digital landscape, rife with an oversaturation of advertisements, customers have high standards when it comes to personalized experiences. ” The rise of customer segmentation.

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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.

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Mindful Marketing

JUNE 15, 2015

Drew McLellan has worked in advertising for 25+ years and started his own agency, McLellan Marketing Group, in 1995 after a five-year stint at Y&R. The agency specializes in B2B financial services industries. Drew launched his agency’s blog in 2006 and it has been on the AdAge Top 150 since the list’s inception.

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Shift Communications

MAY 22, 2017

Legacy publications find themselves more under the gun every day, with declining subscribers and decreasing advertising revenues. At the same time, generation after generation of new media pop up, from blogs to social media to video influencers and more. We see this happening in the communications and PR industry. Machine Reading.

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