Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2024

Sword and the Script Media can help with B2B marketing, PR and social media. It grew eventually into a tech-based email list that was free for users with an advertising model. Acquisitions PR software company Vocus acquired HARO in 2010 for an undisclosed sum. And now onward with this month’s PR Tech Sum. >>>

Reddit 178

Reddit Software B2B Technology 178

Sword and the Script

JUNE 6, 2023

How does PR’s use of gAI compare to marketing? The results present a stark contrast to the number of marketers that are using AI. Nearly three-quarters (73%) say they are using gAI, according, to a survey of 1,000 B2B and B2C marketing professionals in March by Botco.AI. How is it being used? Top challenges facing PR.

Survey 152

Survey Software B2B Pitching 152

Cision

JUNE 6, 2017

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. The key idea here is that the economic value of content marketing does not come from content. Aligning a brand with a celebrity is the oldest type of influence marketing.

Marketing 239

Marketing Television Handbook Web 239

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 22, 2017

Some say the goal of a great PR program should be to build brand reputation, while sales and marketing actually drive sales. The reality is that the lines between PR and marketing are getting blurrier all the time. Looking to buy enterprise software? The two can and should work together – much like brick and mortar.

Brand 185

Brand Branding Marketing Wireless 185

Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

While some marketers may be concerned that AI could threaten their job security, the truth is that AI will more likely be a tool that makes it easier to deliver effective marketing campaigns. In this blog, we outline how AI is changing the face of marketing in 2019 and beyond. Marketers can now focus on the big picture.

Marketing 118

Marketing Data B2C Big Data 118

Prohibition

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

For the uninitiated, Facebook advertising can be a daunting place, made only worse when your campaigns are not generating good results. How best can we optimise our advertising campaign to ensure strong, positive results across all our ads? Run marketing experiments to see what variables can best improve your ads performance.

Facebook 110

Facebook Advertising Advertising Creativity 110

The Resolution Blog

APRIL 9, 2019

I’m working with a food company at the moment and we’re finding that, through the process, the typical publications and blogs are coming up, but we’re also finding that local newspapers are a good target for them. We’re also not typically in charge of a PO, so we always fall underneath a marketing manager or whoever. It’s still siloed.

Marketing 120

Marketing Analytics Measurement Data 120

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

The news cycle was faster, social media was hitting the early majority in the Geoffrey Moore sense, and blogs…blogs were everywhere. We started a blog for our employer, a startup in the IT operations space. Some of the newer and smaller startups that had been blogging for a while ran circles around us.

Blogging 73

Blogging B2B Content Marketing Trade Shows 73

PR 20/20

OCTOBER 11, 2018

This post originally appeared on the Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute's blog. The Marketing AI Institute was created and is powered by PR 20/20. Marketers always have the same question when it comes to artificial intelligence: “How do I get started with AI?”. But there are a lot of vendors out there.

Tools 71

Tools Marketing Enterprise Software 71

Mindful Marketing

JULY 4, 2020

by Dr. Sonja Martin Poole , associate professor of marketing, University of San Francisco Our nation is clearly in crisis. While conquering COVID-19 lies mainly in the hands of certain medical researchers and pharmaceutical companies, overcoming racism depends on everyone and everything, including marketing.

Marketing 74

Marketing Pharmaceuticals System Policies 74

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Here are a few data points that drew my attention: Market size and scope : “$4.5 billion global market for Media Intelligence/PR software and information solutions.” Minor Mentions Muck Rack is offering free access to their software for college and university professors to give students “hands-on experience” PR tech.

Internal 147

Internal International Tools Software 147

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Businesses that engage corporate blogging with professionalism and process can boost visibility, grow a community, and ultimately, have a meaningful influence on sales. For example, I once worked for a company that found visitors that engaged the blog were 50% more likely to make a purchase. Directional Indications of Success.

B2B 68

B2B Measurement Blogging Community 68

Stephen Waddington

JULY 28, 2020

A market gets the tools that it deserves. The PR industry tool market emerged from Cision , Kantar Media formerly Precise, and Meltwater. Meltwater is a relative upstart founded as a media monitoring and business intelligence software business. There is a long-standing joke in the PR industry that the most popular tool is Excel.

Tools 135

Tools Software Enterprise Measurement 135

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

Years ago, I had the opportunity to be a PR director for a publicly-traded company that developed and sold software to the PR market. While I’ve primarily done B2B tech work over my 20-year career – and strive to be diligent in becoming knowledgeable about a market and products – it’s not quite the same as being an end-user or SME.

Technology 170

Technology Publicity Software Pitching 170

Stephen Waddington

JUNE 5, 2017

The report contains plenty of insight for anyone working in marketing or public relations. It’s fuelled by developing markets, notably India. In developing markets everyone that wants a phone has one. 4 Internet advertising set to pass television. Engagement is the primary means of measurement for social media marketing.

Publicity 122

Publicity Marketing Healthcare Television 122

PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

A s marketers, a failed campaign is our worst nightmare. But sadly, failed marketing attempts happen every day and everywhere. So, how can teams pinpoint what went wrong and redirect marketing energy? The time is now to transform your marketing program. Some roles to consider on your marketing dream team : Content writer.

Marketing 52

Marketing Technology Internal International 52

5W PR

JUNE 27, 2022

In the last couple of years, the tools and software in the advertising industry have been rapidly evolving to the point where companies can now utilize a large number of platforms to create highly targeted ad campaigns that are completely automated. Consumer Focused.

Company 88

Company Strategy Publicity Advertising 88

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Marketing conferences have shaped my top team memories. To share the knowledge wealth, below is my list of the 20 coolest marketing events in 2020 (coming to a venue somewhere in the U.S.). Social Media Marketing World. Discover the best social media marketing techniques from the world’s top experts.”. Tech industry.

Conference 97

Conference Marketing Case Study Content Marketing 97

5W PR

MAY 18, 2018

The simplest solution could be to turn to influencer marketing. Ever since digital marketing first began, companies and brands have been turning to influencers to help them get their brand in front of a larger audience. As a way of boosting any brand’s number of followers, Instagram marketing has plenty of value to offer.

Instagram 60

Instagram Marketing Advertising Advertising 60

Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

This article explores the stunning rise of the Metaverse buzz and offers tips to PR professionals working in this area and in other early, frothy markets. s blog reported an aggregate $120B funding for related technology and infrastructure in the first five months of 2022, more than double the $57B invested in all of 2021.

Real Estate 156

Real Estate Case Study Technology Education 156

5W PR

MAY 30, 2023

Marketing and Promotion Marketing and promotion are critical in attracting visitors to a business during the summer travel 2023 rush. Tourism businesses can use social media, email marketing, and other advertising channels to promote themselves and highlight any special summer events or deals.

Tourism 97

Tourism Hotels Travel Meeting 97

Flack's Revenge

MARCH 8, 2018

But after seeing demos, and even playing around the software, it was unclear exactly how to put Newswhip to work to support media relations. Sure, if you are a content marketing or social media jock, or work for a publication, it makes perfect sense. So, say that you are a software vendor that focuses on machine learning.

Data 159

Data Media Software Viral 159

Sword and the Script

JUNE 14, 2016

“The business enterprise has two – and only two – basic functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs.” – Peter Drucker. Should marketing be a profit center? Think: selling content, eBooks, sponsored content or banner ads on a corporate blog, or even tickets to an event.

Marketing 60

Marketing Conference Software B2B 60

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Avid podcast listeners consume an average of five a week – listening for four hours and 10 minutes (chart nearby used with permission by The Marketing Companion ). Not only is this a significant amount of time – but it’s quality time and so marketing has joined the crowd. 1) Marketing Audibles for Audio Search.

Tools 60

Tools Pinterest Marketing Media 60

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

This is typically a software feature that can have significant cost – and while I love the concept – it’s often too expensive to be useful to most comms pros in my assessment. Here’s an example: Last year, I had a client land a six-figure software deal. 2% said none of the above.

Measurement 85

Measurement Survey Web Software 85

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 61

Publicity Software Government Content Marketing 61

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. The legal community, and more specifically the in-house effect on law firms bear insight.

Agency 97

Agency Trends Marketing Survey 97

5W PR

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

While no one can say with certainty what lies ahead for marketers in 2021, a glimpse at historical data may help answer some questions. What it found is that Instagram appeared to be the rising star among advertisers in 2020. What does all this mean for marketers? 06% in 2020 compared to.07% 07% in 2019.

Social Media 88

Social Media Healthcare Brand Branding 88

Onclusive

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Tae Hea Nahm of Storm Ventures, an early investor in Marketo, shared, “I see significant parallels between how companies like Marketo and others took marketing to a new level based on data and analytics and what AirPR is doing for PR and the communication function.”.

Analytics 150

Analytics Data Big Data Technology 150

Shift Communications

AUGUST 25, 2017

From blog posts to white papers, most companies create some form of owned content but not all are utilizing it to its fullest potential – or even know how it performs on its own. Daily blog posts demand large amounts of time and effort. Owned content. The Problem. Owned content doesn’t always perform as well as it should. The Solution.

Data 92

Data SEO Guidelines Advertising 92

Rock the Status Quo

AUGUST 1, 2014

There is a certain irony that, as PR professionals who earn a living based on our pitching skills, our own industry blogs are smothered with a constant deluge of bad pitches. We make software that helps eCommerce stores advertise and retarget to people on Facebook. We also run a popular eCommerce marketing blog.

Pitching 173

Pitching Guidelines Facebook Advertising 173

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. However, these all stem from the usual suspects for marketing case studies (i.e.

Content Marketing 67

Content Marketing Case Study Marketing Conference 67

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 21, 2019

Because earned media confers credibility, it can be decidedly more powerful than marketing and advertising. Crenshaw client Bizzabo, a leading event software company, wanted to take action after research confirmed that tech events overwhelming feature male speakers and attendees to the tune of 70% and 80% respectively.

Company 174

Company Conference Corporate Leadership 174

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. How is public relations different from marketing? Public relations (PR) and marketing are related, but they are not the same thing. It’s not a bad take.

Interviews 104

Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 104

Sword and the Script

MARCH 24, 2015

As a metric for content marketing, pageviews are flawed according to a white paper – Why Content Marketers Are Using All the Wrong Metrics – published by Contently. The company provides the combination of a talent marketplace and content marketing software to manage projects and campaigns. by Frank Strong.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Measurement Marketing Analytics 60

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 30, 2022

These are both terrible terms, but I’ve adopted the latter as the moniker for these monthly roundups about the PR software vendor community – and I’m inclined to keep it. Its founders – Dan Gaynor and Shann Biglione – have impressive backgrounds in PR and marketing. CommsTech does seem like the broader category. Cision US Inc.

Publicity 85

Publicity Survey Enterprise Pitching 85

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.

Financial 52

Financial Education Analysis Analytics 52