Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2024

Top stories in today’s summary of PR news: Cision shutters the HARO brand; Agility adds “Intelligent Insights”; PR tech company replaces employees with AI On the first Tuesday of every month, I sort through all the news I can find on PR technology or comms tech and present it in a summary post like this one.

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Reddit Software B2B Technology 174

Stuart Bruce

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

The Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) has revealed the findings of its Digital PR Report 2015, with insights across the following key areas: In-house budgeting for blogger outreach continues to grow and PR agencies increasingly entrusted with this work. Secondly it’s becoming commoditised.

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Digital PR Training Report Social Media 60

Cision

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

With nearly 91 percent of people saying advertisements are more intrusive today than they were two years ago, earned media or word-of-mouth approach provides an excellent opportunity to improve conversion rates and generate sales. However, your goals must be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound (SMART).

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Wildfire

AUGUST 1, 2018

So, forgive me in this blog post if I talk about the logical aspect of PR, rather than the creative, and use this as a chance to talk about measurement. PR has a reputation of being beastly to measure. Back in the pre-digital era before we could track the most intricate of details of PR, that reputation was probably fair.

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Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Spin Academy | Online PR Courses Public Relations vs Marketing Public relations (PR) and marketing are essential components of an organisation’s strategy to promote and sell its products or services, but they focus on different areas and have distinct goals. Public Relations is typically taught under Communications.

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Publicity Marketing eBook Public Affairs 52

5W PR

JANUARY 14, 2019

In the weeks leading up to the recent edition of the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show , the program and the brand came under fire from critics and social activists that feel the brand is out of touch with the younger consumer market. Kudos to Rihanna for being ready to strike while the iron was hot.

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5W PR

MARCH 19, 2020

Additionally, in the past few years, thanks to social media, it has become easier than ever for PR pros to keep track of what the public is thinking or talking about when it comes to particular brands. It’s also important to keep track of what that audience is saying when a brand isn’t directly promoting a product or a service.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 13, 2023

Sound PR practices are essential if you want to build connections with your target audience. This involves establishing credibility for your brand by enhancing customer engagement and improving awareness of what you offer in the marketplace.

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The Proactive Report

JUNE 18, 2021

PR should be the first thing you do and it should be done every day. In Ries and Trout’s book Positioning, the battle for your mind they said, “PR starts the fire, marketing and advertising fan the flames.” The top of the funnel is filled by PR. PR fills up the top of your sales funnel.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 21, 2016

One of the most common metrics talked about in traditional public relations as well as advertising is the media impression. Let’s dig into this metric and understand what it truly measures. Impressions bridge the gap between the world and the total addressable audience that you have and the rest of your PR and marketing funnel.

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Cision

MAY 29, 2017

Marketers are now keen on making brand content discoverable to ensure better awareness and traffic. Almost every brand is creating content to offer value for their audiences, which means it’s even more difficult for people to find the information they are looking for. Enter content discovery! Let us take a look. billion in 2016.

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5W PR

JULY 15, 2020

Media kits are an excellent way to introduce the brand to people who may be unfamiliar with it, such as influencers, event attendees, journalists, or prospective clients. While a media kit is a collection of information about the brand, not all media kits will look the same. In March 2020, digital newsroom designer pr.co

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 1, 2022

Cision adds sponsored content feature to PR Newswire – pitches it as “guaranteed editorial”; Meltwater Beats Earnings; TrueScope Raises $6.2 Cision said customers that use its PR Newswire distribution service “can now secure guaranteed editorial placement across thousands of premium publishers.” Are you kidding?

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Software Case Study Advertising Advertising 118

Public Relations Sydney

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

Here is our comparison between PR and marketing: Activities / tactics: Marketing generally covers promotional, direct marketing and advertising which seeks to return direct sales; whereas PR is focused on reputation management through generating positive media coverage and stakeholder communication.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

AUGUST 2, 2023

The captivating nature of television programming attracts viewers, allowing PR pros to deliver impactful narratives and brand stories that resonate. Television’s widespread appeal ensures that even in today’s on-the-go digital era, it remains a crucial channel to capture the attention of a broad demographic.

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5W PR

DECEMBER 5, 2018

According to a recent study by IAB, named the rise of the brand economy in the 21 st century, the future of retail will be painted by direct to consumer relationships. The biggest problem is that many companies don’t know how to get started with direct to consumer PR. Work with the Professionals.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 21, 2017

The way I see it there are two key challenges with measurement in marketing – and both are human. Asks any digital savvy marketer to drive more clicks or more webinar registrants and they certainly can. The second problem is that the things marketing wants to definitively measure tend to be asymmetric and intangible.

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Social Media Crisis Marketing Media 60

Landis PR

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Like a match to a flame, human writers breathe life into brand voices. The inherent value in thought leadership and real, human-anchored perspectives is that they give your brand a distinct, competitive edge by ultimately building brand authority and credibility. This is why human knowledge will forever be a necessity.

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Marketing Content Marketing Storytelling B2B 59

Beyond PR

MAY 30, 2017

Marketers are now keen on making brand content discoverable to ensure better awareness and traffic. Almost every brand is creating content to offer value for their audiences, which means it’s even more difficult for people to find the information they are looking for. Enter content discovery! Let us take a look. billion in 2016.

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Norton's Notes

APRIL 21, 2016

An article written in the Guardian this week has reported that Google is claiming YouTube advertisements are much more effective than those on traditional television. This report does seem to be very self-serving for Google, to simply sell more advertising. The Christmas advertisement delivered 0.3% I mean seriously?

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Lauri Pehar Borsh

APRIL 30, 2014

You can easily measure the effectiveness of social media broadcast efforts to gauge the level of impact it’s having on your business. Here are some typical social media measures I look at: -Number of new followers and connections, such as “new likes” on Facebook, followers on Twitter, connections on LinkedIn, etc.

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Social Media Pitching Media LinkedIn 83

Doctor Spin

MAY 21, 2023

The work is usually outlined in an agreement where the retainer PR agency provides ongoing support and services for the duration of the agreement. This arrangement lets the agency become deeply familiar with your brand and objectives. Single PR project. They can help you stand out and significantly impact your PR efforts.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

Interestingly, PRWeek pointed to some of the competitive pressures in the industry as a result of acquisitive environment: “Business Wire once partnered with TrendKite, the digital PR platform that was acquired by Cision this year. d) 10 Sure Shot Tips to Turn Brand Advocates into Marketers via Mention.

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Trends Media Report Technology 60

Lauri Pehar Borsh

APRIL 30, 2014

You can easily measure the effectiveness of social media broadcast efforts to gauge the level of impact it’s having on your business. Here are some typical social media measures I look at: -Number of new followers and connections, such as “new likes” on Facebook, followers on Twitter, connections on LinkedIn, etc.

Social Media 60

Social Media Pitching Media LinkedIn 60

Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 13, 2016

Loosely defined as a marketing strategy involving influencers to impact buyer decisions and boost a brand’s visibility by using their online personality and popularity, influencer marketing has many takers. It is one of the most effective ways to spread brand awareness to scores of followers, to reach out and engage with them.

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Landis PR

JANUARY 16, 2024

Independent PR agencies usually seek membership in a regional or global PR network primarily because they want to expand their reach and do more business. Photo Courtesy of Pixabay Note: This is a reposted blog by our Public Relations Global Network Partner, Gábor Jelinek, Executive Director. For the original blog, please visit here.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 13, 2019

Today, the company is perhaps the largest of its kind, and I think understanding how it got to the place it is now, offers an interesting window into the world of PR and the evolution of technology for the digital PR community. Vocus , a provider of cloud-based PR software announces it will be acquired by GTCR for $447 million.

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Technology Software Company Marketing 12

Frederik Vincx

DECEMBER 11, 2015

And you are not just competing against other PR teams for budgets, but also against advertising, digital, and marketing. We see many PR teams trying to get a bigger piece by expanding their skills. The issues we face in practice are well documented: measurement, media, paid, planning, and workflow. Discover Prezly.

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ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

His personal blog is PR Studies and he edits a magazine called Behind the Spin. “Value is subjective: it’s impossible to measure the value of a public relations programme until it’s been running for a while (and even then it’s still hard). So perception is everything. “How? .

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Communications How To Blogging Content Marketing 81

The Proactive Report

JANUARY 30, 2015

Duane Bates, Senior Director of Digital Communications Strategy and New Media, Habitat for Humanity International. Daniel Lemin, President, One Good Brand. Last year the amount of video from people and brands in Facebook’s News feed increased 3.6X .” I was part of the panel along with -. Good visuals work.

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The Proactive Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Marketing and PR jobs are one area where digital skills are in high demand. A recent scan of 75000 job postings on LinkedIn found that digital marketing jobs being advertised required candidates with a wide range of skills, from SEO and social media to Google Analytics and content marketing. Follow me on Twitter.

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