Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 22, 2019

There’s no shortage of opinions on how the budget should be allocated – I offer some views on this at the bottom of this post – but what I thought would be really helpful is reviewing some benchmarks from studies. The consulting and tech analyst firm polled 340 marketing executives across the US and UK for its study.

Marketing 65

Marketing Survey Study B2B 65

Masters in Communications

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Stories are emotional, experiential, and creative. Some neurological studies show that storytelling puts the storyteller's mind in sync with the listener's because both minds are working through the complex nature of the narrative. In short, they matter.

Storytelling 61

Storytelling Chemicals Advertising Advertising 61

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Due to tight marketing spends, even advertisers are shortening their commercials while maintaining or increasing the number of times they are aired, to ensure maximum spread for their ad spends. Today, simply getting a news release online is of not much value to Indian clients as opposed to a good spread of print coverage.

Digital PR 79

Digital PR Newspapers Advertising Advertising 79

Mindful Marketing

JUNE 22, 2015

From there it reads: Digital Build and Production, Multimedia Content Creation, Insight and Planning, and Creativity – all before Media Relations, listed at 15.1%. Sure, budgets are smaller, print is moving to digital-only and some high profile journalist moves out of the industry have made headlines. Creativity is nice.

Media Relations 50

Media Relations Measurement Report Media 50

Mark My Words

JUNE 15, 2018

Responding to the challenges: media literacy, responsibilities and options for policy Mark Borkowski, Founder and Creative Head, Borkowski PR. Mark spoke at the Westminster Media Forum on the 26th April 2018 ¬ the subject Next steps for tackling fake news – impact, industry response. and options for policy.

Policies 60

Policies Industry Newspapers Interviews 60

Cision

APRIL 12, 2016

And on a trade level, it involves working with business, advertising or fashion industry media, whether it’s to announce an initiative or a partnership, or to serve other strategic goals for the brand. In a fragmented media environment, the segmentation between print, online and broadcast is disappearing. Rapid Fire Round.

Fashion 120

Fashion Pitching Journalism Social Media 120

Stuart Bruce

JUNE 24, 2015

The reality (as I see it and experience it) is that PR has always been more in the truth business than advertising has. Advertising makes stories up and shares them.” ” The problem is that advertising is often better at telling stories, but that today people prefer the truth so PR needs to tell its true stories better.

Advertising 60

Advertising Advertising Content Marketing Case Study 60

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2017

One part of an answer is bound to sound like a “get off my lawn” response, but I think there’s been a decline in the effort younger marketers put into learning the craft aspects of creative. Like the famous Rolls Royce advertisement: ‘At 60 miles per hour the loudest sound was the ticking of the electric clock.’ Far harder.

Journalism 61

Journalism Content Marketing Creativity Leadership 61

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. Check out the 2015 Global Social Journalism Study! The revenue model for journalism is at best in flux, and at worst, in chaos. Layoffs and restructuring are still common practices. More data journalism.

Journalism 120

Journalism Trends Local Print 120

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

When it comes to choosing a public relations agency, experience, credentials and creativity are key factors. Creative, fearless, assertive and on top of the news and pop culture. This person is also well-versed on the inner workings of broadcast, print and online media and on how to sell a brand’s story to an outlet.

Agency 136

Agency Analytics Creativity Social Media 136

Cision

JULY 5, 2016

If it’s to drive new donations by getting new people exposed to your brand in a creative way as the ALS foundation did incredibly well with its Ice Bucket Challenge, then yes, that was a great tactic. Having a social media initiative go viral is not a good goal – what is the intended net result?

Nonprofit 227

Nonprofit Crisis Viral Groups 227

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Image: jbcurio via Flickr , Creative Commons For the few who don’t know or recall, an “ advertorial is an advertisement written in the form of an objective article, and presented in a printed publication – usually designed to look like a legitimate and independent news story,” according to Wikipedia.

Blogging 73

Blogging Twitter Facebook Measurement 73

Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Marketers typically think of the top of the funnel as the place where they get to be most creative. So when you’re creating mid-funnel content, you’re typically working on case studies, product stories, and webinars. Your content should still aim to engage, entertain, and inform as it promotes or advertises.

Case Study 101

Case Study Marketing Study Content Marketing 101

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 24, 2017

Know a PR, marketing or sales leader with compelling ideas fit for print? Companies that can build relationships with their audience go further than those that spend massive blind advertisement budgets. . If we just look at advertising, which is a portion of marketing, we miss the big picture. ” * * *.

Marketing 60

Marketing Ethics Interviews Google 60

Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

Co-Founder of Status Creative, a leader in social media engagement. Social is branding, but unlike traditional advertising—it’s more human. Founded The Social Media Monthly, in 2011 as the first and only print magazine devoted exclusively to unlocking the power of social media for its readers. Jeff Barrett – @BarrettAll .

Social Media 120

Social Media Twitter Media Nonprofit 120

Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 26, 2018

Back in 2014, two researchers, Keith Quesenberry and Michael Coolsen, published a study. The commercials Quesenberry and Coolsen studied? The Health Gap campaign included traditional print and outdoor advertising, earned media , organic and paid social media, influencer marketing and programmatic ads. Tell a great story.

Nonprofit 67

Nonprofit Storytelling Community Case Study 67

MaccaPR

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Marketers know that social media is as revolutionary to our culture as the printing press was in Gutenberg’s day, turning mobile phones and PCs into access points for endless connectivity. The social organism evolves through memes and grows when you allow users to be creative with your content. And, guess what, it’s crazy accurate.

Marketing 48

Marketing Social Media Video Mobile 48

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 8, 2015

One of the more interesting aspects of the programs transition for me has been the advertising model. This program does for podcasts, what native ads have done for online print. Dubner the best-selling book Freakonomics , they did something useful for a complex area of study: They made economics interesting through stories.

Radio 60

Radio Content Marketing Marketing Education 60

MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

In that rush of adrenaline to immediately promote your new e-book or video ASAP, content marketers risk the opportunity to be creative with promotion. We recommend that our clients advertise on at least one of their social channels to their target market. Here's how: 33 Content Marketing Promotion Ideas.

Marketing 48

Marketing Content Marketing Pinterest LinkedIn 48

Cision

AUGUST 17, 2015

This in turn affects the likelihood of consumers buying into your advertising and PR efforts. According to Edelman’s 2015 Trust Barometer , “This year’s study also found that a company’s in-house technical experts (e.g., Images: purplejavatroll , GotCredit , Jussi Ollila ( Creative Commons ).

Study 120

Study Engineering Mobile Crisis 120

Cision

MAY 21, 2015

Jaffe Juice is an industry thought leader and author of Life after the 30-second spot, Joseph Jaffe’s unshackled, uncensored and uninhibited dialogue on the subjects of new marketing, advertising and creativity. He’ll also show you what’s working for other business writers by bringing you real case studies from the field.

Social Media 120

Social Media Marketing Pinterest Media 120

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. At the same time, the ability to print fast and cheaply bought about a concurrent revolution.

Media Relations 115

Media Relations Media Print Newspapers 115

Mark My Words

DECEMBER 29, 2015

As the 1,969 PR entries on display at this year’s Cannes Lions showed too many ‘creative interventions’ exist only to mark-up fees. It aroused the ire and delight of social media, ripped through the papers and received the inevitable warning from the Advertising Standards Authority, guaranteeing extra story mileage. Want publicity?

Journalism 60

Journalism Wikipedia Film Interviews 60

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 15, 2021

These companies have a stranglehold on advertising and have effectively become a tax on small and medium-sized business. It covers content, media, influencers, and events and is packed with practical tools, advice, and case studies. The Institute of Development Studies has published best practice guidelines for inclusive storytelling.

Publicity 128

Publicity Government Guidelines Facebook 128

Bad Pitch Blog

MAY 20, 2010

Our pitch emails follow our standard "Retrevo format" so they''re instantly recognizable, get straight to the point, and provide study "highlights" that we think will be most useful in a story. Then, if a reporter is interested, they are welcome to click through to the full study on Retrevo.com. Good Organic Stories Trump Re-Prints.

Pitching 49

Pitching Fashion Report Twitter 49

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 22, 2016

From native advertising to content marketing , the dynamic web is about the blurry and blurring lines in marketing. In a piece titled (Case Study) This Newsjacking Strategy = 2,000,000 Visitors , writer Bryan Harris credits persistence with much of the credit: “Nothing ever happens easily. In fact, it took several invitations.

Web 60

Web Google Mobile B2B 60

Masters in Communications

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Mass communication is a subarea of communications studies in the US, and social science with some elements of physical science - especially when designing systems and technology to transmit messages. Typically, it is synonymous with broadcast and print media: radio, TV, and film (small and large screen), print media, and advertising.

Ethics 52

Ethics Communications Print Television 52