The Hoffman Agency

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

As you can imagine, these clients prefer to keep the details such campaigns private, but I’ve secured permission from our leadership team to pull back the curtain and delve into the nitty gritty behind one of Hoffman’s own recent B2B Facebook advertising campaigns. Let’s get started! b) Retargeting B2B audiences with Facebook Pixel.

Advertising 36

Advertising Advertising B2B Facebook 36

5W PR

JULY 15, 2020

In fact, a creative media kit that showcases the brand’s personality, is much more likely to be successful than a simple set of documents. Media kits used to be presented following a pitch at a press conference or other large event, but starting in the early 2000s, the best practice shifted to individualized pitches via email.

How To 176

How To Media Guidelines Pitching 176

PR Job Coach

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

In close to four decades in the communications business, Patti has held senior leadership positions in four different areas of the industry: PR, Advertising Corporate and Start-up. It demonstrates initiative, creativity and uniqueness. Patti is also Forbes contributor and public speaker.

Corporate 274

Corporate Leadership Advertising Advertising 274

Onclusive

JUNE 14, 2017

PR’s job is to pitch and secure stories that align with the brand, as told through third-party endorsement. Marketing and advertising teams A/B test ad copy to see which messages resonate the most with their customers. Marketing’s job is then to identify key audiences and directly market to them through the lens of the brand.

Marketing 170

Marketing Measurement Trends B2B 170

Prohibition

JANUARY 6, 2023

Videos allow your brand to communicate its unique messaging, offering or products in a creative and emotive manner that snaps the attention of your audience, instead of getting lost in overly long text. Advertisers spend billions across social media platforms, targetting businesses and consumers alike with their messaging.

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Video Strategy SEO Engineering 62

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

They provided me with a presentation outlining the product, a web demonstration, and answered my questions about it. Many PR professionals rely on circulation numbers (impressions) or web traffic estimates to provide some sense of reach. The advertiser “retargets” everyone that showed initial interest. 1) What is Cision Impact?

Publicity 89

Publicity Media Advertising Advertising 89

Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This includes identifying customer needs, developing products that satisfy those needs, setting prices, determining distribution channels, and promoting the products through various forms of advertising and promotion. While advertising can support such endeavours, it’s all about PR.

Publicity 52

Publicity Marketing eBook Public Affairs 52

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This information helps digital PR teams understand the media landscape and craft targeted pitches or campaigns. Its value proposition lies in offering a centralized platform that enables users to discover journalists, pitch stories, monitor media coverage, and measure the impact of PR campaigns. Free for four emails per day.

Digital PR 62

Digital PR Tools Google Pitching 62

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This information helps digital PR teams understand the media landscape and craft targeted pitches or campaigns. Its value proposition lies in offering a centralized platform that enables users to discover journalists, pitch stories, monitor media coverage, and measure the impact of PR campaigns. Free for four emails per day.

Digital PR 62

Digital PR Tools Google Pitching 62

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The survey doesn’t get into how that budget would be broken out, which means it could include entail headcount, creative or design, social media management tools, and paid social. It helps cut through the clutter with creative targeting. 1) Use paid social to support media pitching. 1) Use paid social to support media pitching.

B2B 77

B2B Facebook Advertising Advertising 77

Newsfile

JANUARY 30, 2024

However, remember that AI should not replace human-written content and creativity. AI for ideas & inspiration Humans are creative and can think of many different ideas, and now AI dramatically increases the number and novelty of ideas. Writing copy for social media is the most popular use for AI, according to 64% of PR pros.

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Trends YouTube Video Social Media 105

Newsfile

JANUARY 24, 2024

However, remember that AI should not replace human-written content and creativity. AI for ideas & inspiration Humans are creative and can think of many different ideas, and now AI dramatically increases the number and novelty of ideas. Writing copy for social media is the most popular use for AI, according to 64% of PR pros.

Trends 52

Trends Data-Driven PR Analytics Survey 52

Solo PR Pro

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

My mix has always included agency partnerships, but 2020 forced me to get creative and leverage those agency partnerships to stabilize my business. Agency partnerships usually form as a result of traditional advertising and marketing agencies not having PR pros on staff. What are agency partnerships? At first, it was great.

Agency 76

Agency Creativity Media Relations Nonprofit 76

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

We can measure the initial impacts of marketing and advertising efforts almost immediately, but that doesn’t mean we should. But it’s not advertising, and it’s not ‘influencer marketing’ in the Kardashian style. Podcast advertising revenue will exceed $1 billion in 2020. 5) Marketers will slow down.

Marketing 99

Marketing Content Marketing Advertising Advertising 99

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Top tip: Using earned media as part of a Paid, Earned, Shared and Owned (PESO) or Search campaign Trust in earned media may be dented but it remains higher than other forms of media, notably paid such as advertising or promotional editorial. Advertising, production, and distribution have all fundamentally changed.

Media Relations 115

Media Relations Media Print Newspapers 115

Cision

AUGUST 2, 2016

Basically, you want to pitch appropriate items to the appropriate people at the appropriate times – and if you do this well, you end up building great relationships with the media because they trust you. What’s your secret to media relations success? It’s about being an amazing facilitator. Rapid Fire Round.

Fashion 120

Fashion Apparel Pitching Consumer 120

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

The report didn’t break out numbers for the remaining challenges of “fake news, blurred lines between editorial and advertising, and issues around freedom of the press.”. For all those still complaining about search and social, now a decade beyond the advent of the so-called Web 2.0, A good place to start is with your own content.

Survey 101

Survey Report Media B2B 101

The Proactive Report

JUNE 18, 2021

In Ries and Trout’s book Positioning, the battle for your mind they said, “PR starts the fire, marketing and advertising fan the flames.” Articles and press releases were written and pitched to influencers and the media in the target area that cater to that demographic. Get creative and get smart.

Small Business 213

Small Business Fashion Groups Local 213

Cision

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Subscriptions and advertising are down for most media, and there is no single model that can replace them across the sector. What does it mean for PR: Consider a publisher’s revenue and publishing models, as well as your need for exposure, when pitching a story. Layoffs and restructuring are still common practices.

Journalism 120

Journalism Trends Local Print 120

Sword and the Script

JUNE 16, 2015

Following the likes of BuzzFeed, Gawker and the WaPo , among other media outlets, CNN is going all in on native advertising with an in-store studio or so to speak. The division will fashion and distribute “branded content” across CNN’s fleet of properties, from TV to the Web and newer platforms like Snapchat….

Advertising 60

Advertising Advertising Ethics Journalism 60

Sword and the Script

JUNE 26, 2018

That’s a valuable amount of attention to hold and the money has followed, as Alex Weprin reported for the Media Post : “Podcast advertising revenue in the U.S. grew at a substantial rate in 2017, hitting $314 million, according to the latest Podcast Advertising Revenue Study, released by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PwC.

Marketing 84

Marketing B2B Interviews Content Marketing 84

Cision

APRIL 24, 2015

It can include social media, tip sheets, and emails, as well as paid promotions like native advertising and promoted posts on social platforms. Get our free “2015 Nonprofit PR Kit” filled with content creation tips, pitching tips and more! Are you a nonprofit? Q: How did the NYPL decide to start a blog program?

Community 120

Community Mobile Blogging Publicity 120

Solo PR Pro

OCTOBER 18, 2022

We offer everything from strategic communications to public relations, marketing, branding and creative services. It used to be you could pitch a story to virtually any type of outlet and if it was a good story, land a placement. That’s one reason why we provide services such as graphic design, data visualization and video.

Media Relations 97

Media Relations Media Social Media Internal 97

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Marketing turns to creative to stand out from the clutter . The pendulum has swung too far and at the expense of creativity in marketing. That’s all going to change in next year because creative work is the essence of differentiation and a key driver of revenue and profit. Strengthening community-building and connections.

Marketing 187

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 187

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 5, 2016

Co-creativity, a PR ecosystem. “We We are moving more and more to a co-creative environment, and as such, our ability to understand audiences and bring them together for shared purposes of doing good is going to be a critical feature of an evolving PR industry in the coming year.”. The audience kills advertising.

Banking 60

Banking Marketing Wireless Advertising 60

PR Fuel

MARCH 17, 2020

Most people focus on three main areas when trying to promote their business: advertising, content marketing , and public relations. A Costly Strategy: Advertising. Advertising is probably the most obvious way to bring attention to your business. Advertising is probably the most obvious way to bring attention to your business.

Publicity 64

Publicity Small Business Advertising Advertising 64

Sword and the Script

APRIL 19, 2016

That was the outcome good media relations pitching earned. Yet today, with millions of “channels” on the web, it’s just the beginning. A PR pro that takes copious notes can easily take what was not reported and transform it into blog posts, contributed article, or even a different media pitch. Pitch media upstream.

Media Relations 60

Media Relations Media Interviews Pitching 60

Bad Pitch Blog

MAY 20, 2010

We’ve been receiving more than a few pitches from Jennifer on behalf of Retrevo. And for this she’s getting a good pitch seal of approval from the Bad Pitch Blog (we used to call it Glinda the Good Pitch, but how cool is that, really?) Before we post her pitch, we asked Jennifer a few questions.

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Pitching Fashion Report Twitter 49

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

This, in turn, will make consumers more reliant on companies for their news and less reliant on mass media as less and less content is pitched to 3rd parties.”. – Aub Driver | Shelf Life Agency. 8) Creativity over productivity. Performance marketing companies will work to build out their creative capabilities. 7: Lou Hoffman.

Social Media 90

Social Media Marketing Media Creativity 90

Beyond PR

MARCH 6, 2018

Considering the culmination of traditional advertisements (newspaper, TV, radio and billboards) and digital advertisements (banner ads, pop-ups and sponsored posts), how many advertisements a day do you think you’re exposed to? Annoyed and overwhelmed, consumers are fed up with intrusive advertising and sales tactics.

Strategy 67

Strategy How To B2C Content Marketing 67

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Consequently, PR and marketing teams will have more flexibility to justify pursuing a coverage opportunity with these contacts, as there’s less full-time staffers to accommodate pitches. Creative employee communications. This will be similar to what happened to mainstream media when the web and digital really took off.

Marketing 167

Marketing Employee Content Marketing Training 167

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Disruptive opportunities like the chance to rank first for voice search in search engines: “Beyond playing into trends, voice interactions with chatbots, virtual assistants and other IoT technologies have the potential to upend traditional search and display advertising models in the near future, even for giants in the space like Google.

Tools 60

Tools Pinterest Marketing Media 60

Cision

OCTOBER 27, 2015

I wrote a couple of weeks ago that Twitter is making some developer and user tweaks in an effort to increase advertising revenue, and a cool feature that they have recently introduced are polls. Also, the curators are all accessible through Reddit so there may be opportunity to pitch a Reddit story for consideration on Upvoted.

Social Media 120

Social Media Tools Reddit LinkedIn 120

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 12, 2016

A recent survey by the employment agency, The Creative Group , says corporate executives are increasingly inclined to pin the communications shop with such responsibility. Citing the democratizing effect of social media on the web, a mantra that “ everyone owns social media ” emerged a few years ago.

Survey 60

Survey Corporate Social Media Media 60

MaccaPR

JANUARY 4, 2018

One way was documented by Advertising Age, which cited how Procter & Gamble has asked its agencies to accept 75-day delays in payment for their work. Now are you ready to, paraphrasing Robin Williams in the film, ‘Dead Poets Society,’ pitch woo to your PR agency?

Agency 0

Agency Advertising Advertising Leadership 0

Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

Customers can reach support through a chat channel on its website, within the Meltwater web application, or through the mobile app. b) Is Your Press Release Pitch Guilty of Information Overload? c) 3 in 4 companies will expand creative teams in 2nd half of 2019 via Bulldog Reporter and Agility PR Solutions. “…new

Trends 60

Trends Media Report Technology 60

Rock the Status Quo

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Earlier roles include Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Worldwide Consumer Marketing at the PR unit of Grey Advertising and Edelman Worldwide as a senior vice president. He flew in an hour before a big new business presentation and decided we should throw out our creative and substitute a new theme.

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Agency Advertising Advertising Twitter 100