Sword and the Script

JANUARY 21, 2025

I find fiction reading really improves my writing because, in the course of being entertained, Im consuming examples of how published authors describe abstract concepts. Here are examples of prior newsletters and heres where to subscribe. Most of the social media platforms have courses you can take on their advertising products.

Google 162

Google Course Survey YouTube 162

Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 29, 2024

No, I’m obsessed with them because they are a prime example of user-generated content finding its organic audience. But, you don’t need to share user-generated content on social media alone. The IBM Data Science Community is one of the best user-generated content examples. The result?

B2B 102

B2B Branding Brand Case Study 102

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. 1) Content marketing benchmarks. MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute published their 10 th Annual B2B Marketing report with benchmarks, budgets and trends.

Content Marketing 147

Content Marketing Study Blogging Marketing 147

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 21, 2020

Magid conducted a study of consumer responses to COVID-19 marketing by generation. Gen Z respondents, for example, are not moved by the sobering “new normal” messaging of many brand ads. Obviously, the shutdown has affected different segments of the population in different ways. Above all, context matters.

Branding 296

Branding Brand Advertising Advertising 296

Sword and the Script

JULY 28, 2020

Content marketing is about the audience. The same dynamic applies to content marketing too. >>> Looking for a consulting partner with the content chops to build a sound strategy and execute? The Content Marketing Shortcut: M&A There is a short cut: buy the audience through an M&A transaction.

Content Marketing 115

Content Marketing Marketing B2B Advertising 115

Sword and the Script

APRIL 15, 2025

The point is that marketing and communications puts a lot of emphasis on reach when wed be better served by putting the emphasis on being believed. >>> Subscribe by email for free: Check out my weekly blog posts , weekly podcasts ,or a monthly newsletter that rounds up interesting reading from the last 30 days ( examples ).

Marketing 157

Marketing B2B Survey Comparison 157

Cision

APRIL 20, 2015

If you’re developing digital content in any capacity, you’ve probably run across some of the following advice: Develop a content strategy. Write “good” content. You could develop content to entertain and never sell, but what if people really want to buy from you? Entertain, don’t sell.

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Marketing Mobile YouTube 120

Sword and the Script

MAY 10, 2016

As a result, the refrain “content marketing is better than advertising” is bounced around the marketing echo chamber. Though a seasoned PR professional, I am also a serious advocate of content marketing. There’s a large body of work on these pages dedicated to content marketing. Native ads?

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Advertising Advertising Marketing 60

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 11, 2021

Though they’re typically created for advertising purposes, edcals give a PR team a topic guide for creation of press releases, blog posts and content marketing. By laying out what content to create, when to pitch and whom to pitch, editorial calendars make PR both easier and more effective. Planning Content.

Pitching 308

Pitching Content Marketing Measurement Social Media 308

Cision

DECEMBER 20, 2017

To make a topic feel more relevant, content creators can add something that other people easily relate to — another person. A company blog might, for example, contain a story about how working in the industry helped one of their employees turn their life around. Flo from Progressive Insurance is an excellent example.

Industry 222

Industry How To Insurance Insurance 222

5W PR

JANUARY 7, 2025

For example, a hotel chain operating in the Middle East might need to adjust its marketing materials to be more modest and respectful of local traditions. Translate content into local languages to ensure effective communication. This includes website content, marketing materials, and social media posts.

Hotels 78

Hotels Local Marketing Engineering 78

Contently - Strategy

AUGUST 19, 2020

It ensures that healthcare content is rooted in specifics that marketing teams may not be able to come up with on their own. For example, Fleetwood-Beresford also written for medical supply company Fittleworth about the connection between loneliness and Ulcerative Colitis.

Healthcare 138

Healthcare Content Marketing Marketing Instagram 138

Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

But here’s the thing: Marketing budgets are increasingly shifting to focus on content marketing and other efforts that can show a concrete return-on-investment. In PR, paid media is social media advertising, sponsored content, and email marketing. What is an Integrated PESO Model? Paid Media. Earned Media.

Media Relations 331

Media Relations Newspapers Measurement Social Media 331

ReimaginePR

JULY 11, 2016

You may assume that creating a similar content marketing strategy will be too complicated for your business to handle. After all, when you try to create content, it probably seems to take forever as you fall further down the never-ending rabbit hole of ideas, tasks, and social media updates. content marketing strategy.

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Marketing Writing Strategy 120

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

For example, we represent several ad tech companies at a time when major browsers like Chrome are phasing out support for third-party cookies. What does this mean for digital advertising? How can marketers cope? What does it do for publishers? Call-to-Action.

Leadership 353

Leadership Insurance Insurance B2B 353

Onclusive

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

In recent market estimates, digital online and ad spending is expected to grow at approximately 11% per year through 2021. 1 Paid search, display ads, social media, online video advertising and email marketing will grow to 46% of advertising budgets 2. So what does digital marketing growth have to do with PR?

Measurement 231

Measurement Data-Driven PR Survey Storytelling 231

Polaris

JANUARY 2, 2015

Hopefully we learn a few content marketing lessons by reviewing the past year, then use that information to develop even more effective editorial calendars in 2015. Content Marketing Lesson #1: Make it useful and timely. Content Marketing Lesson #2: Showcase stellar examples.

Content Marketing 100

Content Marketing Blogging Marketing B2C 100

Cision

APRIL 27, 2017

Communicators need to learn a new language: One of the biggest themes was addressing the elephant in the room: earned media (PR/communications/media relations) budgets do not get as much money allocated to them as owned media or paid media (internal content or advertising) do – despite the fact consumers trust earned media the most.

Data 264

Data Leadership Tools Advertising 264

Rock the Status Quo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Calling themselves advertising agencies or interactive agencies feels dated, and while they might have a public relations department (or person), calling themselves a public relations agency is too limited – so they substitute the word digital. Let me give an example. They assume a digital agency offers everything digital.

Agency 188

Agency SEO Advertising Advertising 188

Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

That’s where your content marketing efforts come into to play. On top of crafting compelling content, the most prominent challenge is driving engagement from targeted audiences. According to HubSpot’s 2017 State of Inbound, the top challenge marketing faces is generating more traffic and leads.

Infographics 235

Infographics Case Study Content Marketing Video 235

PR 20/20

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

That's where inbound marketing and content marketing relate. Think of them as the smooth talkers of the marketing world—using engaging content and helpful information to attract and win over potential customers. Some examples of inbound marketing tactics include: Social media. Case Studies.

Content Marketing 82

Content Marketing Marketing eBook Case Study 82

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Many financial analysts believe advertising is an investment More financial analysts “perceive advertising as an investment (37%)” than those that believe it’s “a cost (24%).” Comment: This is an advertising association, so the question is naturally focused on advertising. That library has a quantifiable value.

Financial 175

Financial Marketing Survey B2B 175

ReimaginePR

JULY 25, 2018

A couple of key terms that we’ll be using moving forwards: AdWords – The pay-per-click advertisement program that Google uses. This is the most popular and common way of advertising your Website. Analytics – Programs that gather data from your Website including usage and share insights to help you best market yourself.

SEO 211

SEO Tools Engineering Google 211

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In fact, you must publish content in order for it to be indexed and returned in response to search. That’s the gist of a piece Michael Brenner wrote for the Content Marketing Institute last week titled The Best Reason to Do Content Marketing? b) Integrated marketing. b) Integrated marketing.

Content Marketing 87

Content Marketing Marketing Comparison Measurement 87

The Proactive Report

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Because these comments were created by employees of Deutsch LA, an advertising agency hired to promote the PS Vita, they are false and misleading. For example if you are promoting a webinar that aims to sell training, any social post should make it clear that it is a promotional post. Content Marketing Mastering Social Media'

Guidelines 168

Guidelines Employee Training Social Media 168

Cision

JANUARY 3, 2018

Speculation runs rampant, but likely part of the cause of the budget crunch is the fact that it’s so difficult to measure results from content marketing. Know that there are tools that solve the content and earned media measurement challenge. Challenge #4: Disconnect Between Content and Real-World Behavior. The solution?

Measurement 225

Measurement Tools eBook Content Marketing 225

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Other readers liked these related posts: The Future of Marketing Looks More like Public Relations. Trust and the Unlikely Reinvention of Advertising [UML]. In reviewing the study, I think it has implications for business in public relations and content marketing. You can and should run content marketing like a publisher.

Content Marketing 84

Content Marketing Marketing Journalism Financial 84

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Everyone is doing content marketing these days. In fact, some 80% of respondents say they are doing content marketing according to 2017 survey data. You can also think about these in stages of content marketing maturity, though I’d caution, you never done with any given stage. Analyze, but experiment.

Engineering 71

Engineering Content Marketing Marketing Analytics 71

Cision

JANUARY 21, 2016

Brand journalism is no different than content marketing. The difference between brand journalism and content marketing isn’t to be found in outputs. To return to the roommate example, you may wear your roommate’s boots, but that doesn’t make you your roommate. The first begins with a marketer’s mindset.

Journalism 120

Journalism Branding Brand Content Marketing 120

Prowly

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

4 Content engagement Take a peek at your content marketing strategy. Brand awareness tools offer not only social listening features, but content-related ones as well. Email and content marketing tools Creating your brand awareness strategy should involve content that matters to your target.

Measurement 104

Measurement Tools Branding Brand 104

Sword and the Script

MAY 20, 2017

A new survey of 2,400 B2B marketers suggests content marketing is the top priority this year – and by a wide margin. According to Marketing Charts , 37% of the respondents cited content marketing as the most important initiative. 3) The bold “content marketing” bridge.

Content Marketing 71

Content Marketing Marketing Real Estate B2B 71

Sword and the Script

APRIL 27, 2021

To that end, and assuming there’s a business strategy and marketing strategy in place, those priorities should be as follows: Owned – website, blog, newsletter. Paid – any form of sponsorship or advertising. Because when marketing invests invest time and budget into owned media, you are building two assets.

B2B 148

B2B Marketing Course Content Marketing 148

Sword and the Script

APRIL 1, 2017

Use PR to build a brand and advertising to defend it. The point of that philosophy used to be that, while you can build a brand with advertising, it’s very expensive. But marketing is anything but stagnant. More recently, fake news has laid the groundwork for a new-found trust in advertising. 1) In advertising, we trust.

Advertising 69

Advertising Advertising Print Study 69

Polaris

DECEMBER 6, 2014

If you’re stuck on the subway or in your car for 30 to 60 minutes (or more) on a regular basis, why not make good use of your time by staying up to date with the latest news in social media, digital communications, public relations and content marketing? It’s easy to do with all the good marketing podcasts available these days.

Marketing 147

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Film 147

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Nearly 80% of the 1,279 bloggers in the 7 th annual Orbit Media blogger survey say blogging drives some marketing results – and 25% say it draws “strong marketing results.” >>> Looking for a consulting partner with the content chops to build a sound strategy and execute?

B2B 169

B2B Blogging Study Survey 169

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. 3 Studies that Challenge Marketing Assumptions.

Content Marketing 70

Content Marketing Case Study Marketing Conference 70

Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

For example, Josh Bernoff , recently wrote: “Your press release is worthless. Let’s take one example: Mr. Bernoff picks on “award releases” while the ARPR data shows these are the best performing. Additional reading: PR, Social Media and the Imperative of Content Marketing [UML]. b) Press releases still have a place.

Study 165

Study Media Relations Media B2B 165