Contently - Strategy

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Video is now the main way people consume content online. Much of that video content is pure entertainment , but consumers are itching for branded videos. In response, brands are investing more in video marketing content than ever to meet such strong engagement and potential ROI. Livestreams can take on many forms.

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Video Strategy Marketing Instagram 89

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Marketing and PR predictions aren’t merely forecasts, but often a reflection of our aspirations and perhaps advice – mistakes we’ve made we’d like to help others avoid. “Be Pay to pay, content grows; influencer marketing cools. “I d) Influencer marketing to cool off as far as the amounts of money companies are paying influencers.”.

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Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 187

Cision

JANUARY 2, 2018

It’s 2018: Do you know where your marketing campaigns are focused? Facebook has gained a reputation for being a marketing shortcut of sorts; its ads have an average click-through rate of.9 It’s also known for helping increase consumers’ engagement with brands, given Facebook’s 183 million daily users.

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Konnect Agency

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Amongst the predicted marketing trends for 2021 , few could have anticipated Apple’s announcement that it will implement privacy changes with its iOS 14 update which will impact every brand advertising via Facebook. What Does The Update Mean For Advertisers? What Does The Update Mean For Advertisers?

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Advertising Advertising Web Privacy 52

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.

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Marketing Television Handbook Web 239

Flack's Revenge

JULY 11, 2018

Most who are familiar with the concept of a Big Idea know it from the world of advertising. PR is not as well-known as advertising or associated with glitzy pitches or Mad Men style theatrics. The phrase has specific meaning in advertising – and PR too, as we’ll learn. Examples are all around us.

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Stephen Waddington

JUNE 29, 2021

A discussion in The House of Marketing, Media and PR community of practice suggested that R&D tax relief credits provided a direct intervention for established companies. These include employees, subcontractors (up to 65%), software and consumable items. It is becoming a lot harder to claim R&D on software.

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Agency Enterprise Software Financial 171

Landis PR

JULY 31, 2023

Now, more than a half century since the birth of artificial intelligence, mass interest and adoption of the technology has accelerated in recent months, thanks to publicly available software like ChatGPT and Character.ai. The post Is AI a threat or benefit to marketers and communicators?

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Communications Marketing Pitching Technology 97

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Dozens of marketing and PR professionals express aspirations for 2020 along with educated guesses about the future . I’ve grouped all predictions this year into categories, which is an effort to make it easier to read: Marketing predictions. Marketing predictions. Efficient marketing execution and measurement.

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Marketing Employee Content Marketing Training 167

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.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Those of us who work in public relations and marketing can benefit enormously from automation of rote tasks. To paraphrase Seth Godin, “Marketing PR isn’t about the stuff you sell; it’s about the stories you tell.” and they’re skeptical of traditional marketing and advertising.

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Marketing Storytelling Creativity Privacy 173

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.

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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.

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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.

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Facebook Advertising Advertising Creativity 110

Cision

OCTOBER 29, 2015

While ad blocking software has been around for years, concern about ad blocking has become one of the hottest topics in advertising and marketing this year, especially for mobile advertising. Some advertisers and website owners believe that ad blocking by consumers is at best freeloading and at worst, it’s theft.

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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. Data for the US shows that consumers spend an average of 5.6 In developing markets everyone that wants a phone has one. 4 Internet advertising set to pass television.

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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.

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Company Strategy Publicity Advertising 88

Cision

AUGUST 9, 2017

Because consumers trust earned media more than any other marketing form. In fact, 73 percent of senior marketers believe earned media is more effective than (or as effective as) paid media. The truth is that PR programs have the potential to generate greater returns than any other kind of marketing. That is, until now.

Communications 185

Communications How To Media Measurement 185

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?”. Personalization: Powering intelligent consumer experiences.

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Tools Marketing Enterprise Software 71

Cision

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Before we start making New Year’s resolutions for 2017, let’s first celebrate the things we’re grateful for, especially in the amazing digital marketing world we currently live in. As a Gen X marketer, I can only barely remember when the industry relied on unmeasurable tools such as paper coupons and television ads. It’s Affordable.

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Marketing Analytics Television Tools 120

NewsWhip

JUNE 14, 2023

G2 is the largest and most trusted software marketplace, assisting 80 million individuals annually in making informed software choices through authentic peer reviews. We value honest feedback as it plays a vital role in our continuous growth and impacts the choices consumers make when purchasing.

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Leadership Software Customer Service Small Business 78

Sword and the Script

JULY 18, 2017

Consumer technology has had a serious impact on expectations for business software. Why, the business user asked, can I unwrap a new mobile device an intuitively understand how to use it, but the business software I use at work requires several hours or days of training? 1) The media landscape is fractured.

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Trends Marketing Software Media 74

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 6, 2023

To the average consumer, AI likely snuck up like a mysterious, unknown entity. But to the marketing and communications worlds, the reality is that it has been used in various forms for years, having started gaining momentum around 2015. For the last several years, marketers primarily used AI for data analysis and predictive modeling.

Communications 40

Communications Marketing Technology Data 40

Tribe Builder Media

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Ranked #5 best entrepreneurial company in America, Tribe Builder Media is now the consumer public relations agency gold award winner in the Consumer World Awards! Just two short months after being named a Top Advertising and Marketing Agency by Clutch , our reputation continues to grow. We’re back at it!

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Agency Consumer Media Software 40

Tribe Builder Media

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Ranked #5 best entrepreneurial company in America, Tribe Builder Media is now the consumer public relations agency gold award winner in the Consumer World Awards! Just two short months after being named a Top Advertising and Marketing Agency by Clutch , our reputation continues to grow. We’re back at it!

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Agency Consumer Media Software 40

Mindful Marketing

MAY 7, 2023

by David Hagenbuch - professor of marketing at Messiah University - ​author of Honorable Influence - founder of Mindful Marketing Who would you ask for an important restaurant recommendation? Here’s what this human marketer sees as the pros and cons of virtual spokespeople. But wait, there’s more!

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Technology Advertising Advertising Consumer 95

5W PR

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

But one of the problems for businesses – and their PR people, Instagram continues to limit access to paid advertising on their site. Finally, don’t forget this is still a social media platform, that means it’s not just about advertising your product or service, it’s also about building an interactive group. Instagram Generation.

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Instagram Publicity How To Social Media 158

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.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 28, 2017

What about creating prospects at the top of the marketing funnel? ” In my experience it works best in tandem with other, more controllable or scalable elements of the marketing mix – like email marketing, SEO, and sales promotion. .” Look at that marketing funnel. Look at that marketing funnel.

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Publicity Storytelling Automotive Software 255

PRSay

MARCH 11, 2019

In their annual analysis of trends in business and communications, the10company sees 2019 as a year of influence for employees and consumers. This] is the year of power to the people,” says Valerie Di Maria, principal of the communications and marketing firm. Here are three main takeaways from their report: 1.

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Trends Communications Employee Enterprise 150

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 167

Technology Publicity Software Pitching 167

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 29, 2019

For businesses to remain competitive, a significant effort in achieving marketing automation is required, as the gains to consumer interactions and experience, and company productivity and profit are many to be had. Analytics is a prime example of how marketers and businesses can benefit from automation. Feature #1: Analytics.

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Marketing Web Software Technology 67

Deirdre Breakenridge

MAY 16, 2017

A Guest Post by Gail Nelson, Head of Marketing, SYZYGY & Amanda Degelmann, Marketing Coordinator, SYZYGY. We’re in the midst of millennial marketing mania. We explored how to apply digital technologies and tactics to connect with the narcissistic tendencies of consumers – belief in one’s superiority, exhibitionism, and more.

Marketing 119

Marketing Fashion Technology Study 119

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.

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Marketing Technology Internal International 52

Cision

OCTOBER 30, 2017

While those of us in marketing or PR are quick to applaud technologies that allow us to do more, reach more, or earn more, we don’t seem to have the same attitude about updating our measurement tools and processes. Take Advertising Value Equivalency (AVE), for example. But what’s the solution? Changing the Mindset.

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Measurement Media System Tools 215

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.

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Tools Pinterest Marketing Media 60

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 21, 2016

As almost 200,000 folks get ready for their annual excursion to Las Vegas for CES (Consumer Electronics Show) , those of us who toil in B2B tech public relations will be looking for 2017 trends to better take advantage of industry moves and stake out positions for clients. And there’s also the defensive side of real-time marketing.

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