Sword and the Script

AUGUST 29, 2023

Here’s how the answers stacked up when asked which B2B marketing channels drove the most revenue: 60% said social media; 49% said content marketing ; and 45% said email. eMarketer summarized this finding this way: The B2B buying community is getting younger B2B companies aren’t known for their mastery of social media.

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B2B Social Media Marketing Media 120

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As I’ve done for the last several years , I solicited and compiled a list of predictions from professionals across the PR and marketing community. It’s good news for contextual advertising companies, who have already started reaping the benefits of marketing’s ‘identity crisis.’ Fast-vertising. Happy New Year!

Marketing 214

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 214

Cision

AUGUST 23, 2017

Fractl, a digital marketing firm, carried out a surveyed of 400 people asking them to record their emotional responses to 100 of the top images from Reddit’s r/pics community. Samsung has used fear in their advertisement to talk about the serious issue of increasing selfie deaths. The company is active in their community.

Digital PR 251

Digital PR How To Small Business Analysis 251

MaccaPR

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Rebranding to “LinkedIn Pulse” in late 2013 , the app has quickly become a key part of making LinkedIn a content marketing machine. SAP Chief Digital Officer Jonathan Becher particularly excels at both educating and entertaining content marketing pieces on LinkedIn.

LinkedIn 48

LinkedIn Content Marketing Marketing Engineering 48

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 15, 2017

And with that, what was once a community service of sorts, with some editorial oversight, has become an advertisement. Publishers’ have struggled for a business model in the digital age where most marketing money flows to just a handful companies. Blending editorial and advertising.

Journalism 64

Journalism Brand Branding Advertising 64

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Some of the studies are surveys I’ve helped field, like the annual JOTW survey , however, most are by contributors or organizations from around the community. Over the past 12 months or so, I’ve easily reviewed and written about more than 20 such PR surveys from the PR sector (there many more about marketing). The results?

Survey 95

Survey Industry Leadership Study 95

Marketwired

APRIL 21, 2016

When you think of content marketing today, the traditional way you see it in the marketplace is as a blog post, white paper, video, or some other piece of easily sharable digital content that can help you make your purchasing decisions. The answer is in how the world shares content. [By Karen Geier]. Grassroots methods.

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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. To keep things simple, I tend to categorize metrics into broad buckets: visibility, community strength, quality and marketing or business impact.

B2B 67

B2B Measurement Blogging Community 67

Prohibition

JANUARY 18, 2020

Influencer marketing is at the forefront of an advertising revolution. Seen as one of the most persuasive forms of modern marketing, an increasing number of brands are turning to social media stars to market their products and services. What is influencer marketing?

Marketing 62

Marketing Advertising Advertising Social Media 62

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

So, I started tracking the community and publishing three different writing series on PR technology ( PR Tech Sums , PR Tech Briefing s, and Product Reviews ). If you work for a big agency or even a large corporate communications shop, you can designate one person as a relationship owner so that pitches are filtered through that person.

Technology 169

Technology Publicity Software Pitching 169

Konnect Agency

OCTOBER 30, 2019

And, in our always-on, always-connected world of smartphones and social media, available content, information and alerts will likely increase and it will become even harder to maintain focus and stand out in a crowded landscape. Leveraging public relations as a strategic activity can be just as important as advertising and sales promotions.

Marketing 64

Marketing Consumer Local Social Media 64

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 28, 2018

The IDG Influencer Network consists of carefully vetted technology experts, leading industry practitioners, analysts and other IT pros who produce content on behalf of our clients , under the direction of IDG content strategists. Vendors aren’t advertisers, they are “clients.”. This Startup Intends to Buy a Media Publication.

Technology 66

Technology Advertising Advertising Community 66

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

In other words, corporate communications is adding headcount and work that used to go to outside PR firms is being kept inside. It mirrors a trend that’s already underway in PR’s sibling departments in marketing and advertising. The legal community, and more specifically the in-house effect on law firms bear insight.

Agency 93

Agency Trends Marketing Survey 93

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 14, 2014

In this guest post for Jay Baer ‘s Convince and Convert, Greg Hickman explores why major brands and SMB’s can benefit from this affordable marketing strategy. 12 B2B Content Marketing Examples and Case Studies for 2014. Why: How are B2B brands achieving results with content marketing? Shock, horror!

SMB 77

SMB Case Study Social Media Nonprofit 77

Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

What is for sure is that a solid PR team is versatile and can expertly cover down on a broad number of functions: internal comms, external comms, executive comms, media relations, analyst relations, corporate social responsibility, thought leadership and marcom, and as I’ve long proposed, content marketing, among many others.

Employee 148

Employee Print Writing Survey 148

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Today, most of the PR community know her as the vice president of implementation for a venerable vendor in the PR vertical: BurrellesLuce. Tressa credits a brief stint in corporate communications for a health care company with stoking her interest in PR.

Measurement 60

Measurement Course Advertising Advertising 60

Prohibition

OCTOBER 25, 2019

The aim of the campaign was to make an inspirational corporate video , promoting this coalition between 50 organisations that are making great strides to tackle the climate emergency through corporate collaboration and to work towards a more sustainable future. Sustainability Conference 9.

Conference 48

Conference Video Corporate Government 48

Sword and the Script

APRIL 5, 2016

What’s the engagement rate of a brand page on Facebook that doesn’t advertise? For those that haven’t followed the developments over the last few years, virtually every social network is tweaking algorithms to ferret out brand content. The future of social media marketing is a path paved in payment. Today it’s next to nothing.

Mobile 60

Mobile Survey Marketing B2C 60

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Lines between what constitutes PR and content marketing continue to blur. More and more, I see comms positions advertised as comms + (fundraising, design, content development, etc.”. Being asked to do more internal communications and business communications usually left to other departments like HR, finance.”.

Communications 122

Communications Crisis Internal International 122

Prohibition

JULY 19, 2018

And, over the past 20 years, with the rise of the digital age , we’ve seen the PR techniques employed by big and small brands alike becoming more abstract and off the cuff in a bid to capture the attention of what is now a hugely saturated market. What’s the difference between marketing, advertising and public relations?

Publicity 48

Publicity Advertising Advertising Tools 48

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. Pay to pay, content grows; influencer marketing cools. “I David Berkowitz , Founder, Serial Marketers. I see a few things.

Marketing 189

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 189

Prohibition

OCTOBER 28, 2019

The aim of the campaign was to make an inspirational brand video, promoting this coalition between 50 organisations that are making great strides to tackle the climate emergency through corporate collaboration and to work towards a more sustainable future. Sustainability Conference 9.

Conference 48

Conference Video Government Corporate 48

PR 20/20

MAY 8, 2019

Brands will need to become more human with greater resources dedicated to listening, relationship building, ethics, empathy, creativity, culture and community. More Intelligent” Marketing Automation. I love traditional marketing automation. Ideas are organized by marketing category (e.g. Are you ready?

Agency 84

Agency Enterprise Technology Analytics 84

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 12, 2018

When it comes to building brands most experts will likely start with the tactics: Develop a mission statement or messages, create a logo, use PR, advertise and leverage social media. If I have learned one thing in the process of building brands for multinational corporations and my own company, it is that the key to success is simplicity.

Brand 74

Brand Branding Banking Financial 74

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Five Observations Gained from Starting an Online Community. Why: “Video marketing, video advertising, live streaming via video, ephemeral video, video status updates and video-anything will be the way of content life in the new year,” writes Mayra Ruiz. ” 5. Based in the Washington, D.C.,

Storytelling 0

Storytelling Video Leadership Writing 0

ReimaginePR

AUGUST 22, 2016

Instead of being a stuffy, corporate entity, your brand becomes people-driven and people-focused. Every message it shares contains a little bit of heroism, from its marketing material to the way Nike portrays its chief executives as trail blazers and community leaders. What platform would it use? Image Courtesy of Nike.

Brand 156

Brand Branding How To Storytelling 156

Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Building internal connections to cultivate a collaborative community strengthens your organization as a whole. According to a Nielsen report, 83% of consumers trust digital word-of-mouth more than content produced directly by advertisers. Good PR shouldn’t strictly be for people outside the office. Until next time!

Publicity 74

Publicity Employee Analysis Radio 74

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 1, 2015

The Art of Repurposing Content – 5 Creative Tips for Content Marketers. Why: “Repurposing content in a way that creates value works great. ” 3. ” asks Kimberly Grimms in this post for Jeff Bullas , as she discusses how to evaluate your content and gear it towards Gen Y. ” 6.

Content Marketing 40

Content Marketing Blogging Trends Engineering 40

MaccaPR

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Why should it matter to a chief marketing officer that her advertising and public relations agency teams are all white, blonde and marinated in the same suburban, upper middle class culture? percent of ad, PR and marketing managers are African-American? Should we care that barely 4.5 I would never let my kids do that.”

Marketing 48

Marketing Advertising Advertising Agency 48

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? 3) Is law firm marketing different from other vertical industries? .”

Marketing 62

Marketing SEO Pharmaceuticals Google 62

ReimaginePR

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Why Video Marketing is Important. Video is an essential part of your content marketing strategy. It’s the old adage: people buy from people, not brands, and certainly not soulless corporations. That’s a heck of a lot of people using YouTube to find content that’s educational or entertaining. Click Here.

Video 120

Video Strategy YouTube Marketing 120

Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 31, 2017

News outlets have been struggling for years to balance advertising, sponsored and editorial content. Caldwell, director, Corporate Ink hopes that this renewed interest in fact-checking sparks more in-depth reporting, saying “I think there are a couple of things happening on the journalism front that are almost competing narratives.

Journalism 50

Journalism Report Enterprise Interviews 50

Journalistics

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Brands have never cared more about content marketing. It is the hot topic for 2013, as brands look to leverage great content to expand their reach, drive more engagement or improve their search engine rankings – to name a few. Before we called it content marketing, we called it marketing communications.

Content Marketing 52

Content Marketing Marketing Analytics Resources 52

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. Continued consolidation of media outlets.

Writing 192

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 192

Sword and the Script

MARCH 10, 2019

Corporate communications departments are taking more work in-house. It’s a trend that mirrors similar patterns seen broadly in the marketing for the last several years, where CMOs have slashed agencies in favor of in-house teams. content marketing (64%). 3 PR Trends in Tactics, Measurement and Organization.

Survey 98

Survey Media Relations Corporate Communications 98

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

.” Jo Detavernier , SCMP, APR | Detavernier Strategic Communication. 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. Sean Callahan , Senior Manager, Content Marketing | LinkedIn. Tom Pick | Webbiquity LLC.

Marketing 100

Marketing Content Marketing Advertising Advertising 100

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The onset of content marketing and emergence “owned media” has turned the storytelling torch into a shared thing that is jointly owned by traditional media and brands. in Organizational Management and Applied Community Psychology from Antioch University at Los Angeles (AULA). She is currently a columnist for Inc.,

Employee 40

Employee LinkedIn Engineering Leadership 40