Sword and the Script

JUNE 9, 2015

His commentary was presented in a white paper titled The Future of Content co-produced by The Content Counsel and an AdAge team that writes sponsored content for brands. The Secret to Scale is Employees. The secret to scale is employees. What’s your take? Photo credit: Flickr, superoog ( CC BY 2.0 ).

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Employee Marketing Viral 60

Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

1) “Make sure that employees, customers and the market understand our company, its services and goals.”. 10) “Write and create content for internal and external audiences about my company.”. 1) “Make sure that employees, customers and the market understand our company, its services and goals.”. 12) “Write for businesses.”.

Employee 148

Employee Print Writing Survey 148

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Of those, 84% say they outsource content creation; distribution, technology, strategy and measurement were distant followers. It’s higher in large companies (5), defined as 1000+ employees, and lower in small companies (3), defined as 1-99 employees. How long does it take to write the average blog post?

Content Marketing 137

Content Marketing Study Blogging Marketing 137

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. Again, we have the issue of lack of appropriate measurement tools. The solution?

Measurement 225

Measurement Tools eBook Analytics 225

Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

PR measurement can be a bit like a self-fulfilling prophecy. On one hand, it gets dinged for a lack of measurement. On the other hand, measuring some PR activities, like earned media , is far more challenging than other forms of marketing and communications. Because these external award announcements have an effect on employees!

Study 139

Study Media Relations Media Measurement 139

Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 11, 2018

I have been writing about issues challenging social media and digital communications, and speaking with thought leaders on the topic. You need to have a way of activating stakeholders on social media, like employees, because their efforts are likely to go further and advance a brand’s efforts. What comes after social media?

Social Media 149

Social Media Marketing Media Facebook 149

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 30, 2022

I couldn’t find any financial data on the deal but in a separate piece for Media Post Laurie Sullivan writes that Kelp has 10 employees and “Signal AI has about 220 employees.” PitchBook says the company raised three rounds and grew to 210 employees. Cision settles claim by sales employees. Cision US Inc.

Publicity 85

Publicity Survey Enterprise Pitching 85

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Clients now expect PR people to also be search experts, content experts, working knowledge of Google Analytics, knowledge of all sorts of tracking tools to measure effectiveness, while filming, producing, and editing video and managing multiple social media accounts.”. Pressure on measurement. Additional duties. More internal comms.

Communications 122

Communications Crisis Internal International 122

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

This can include the media, customers, employees, and the general public. Internal communications: PR practitioners may also be responsible for communicating with employees and stakeholders within an organization. How is public relations measured? You can find the survey answers from 483 communicators here: PR measurement.

Interviews 99

Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 99

Stern + Associates

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

are expected to spend more than $20 billion on social media advertising. Identify clear measures of success. Jennifer Zottola For more than 15 years, Jen Zottola has helped bring clients’ stories to life – through media opportunities, digital and marketing content, executive presentations, employee communications and more.

Social Media 62

Social Media Strategy Media Nonprofit 62

Sword and the Script

MAY 29, 2018

Of the 155 respondents, more than 120 took the time to write in answers this post is designed to share some of them that stood out. It’s not just about content, or search, or conferences, or advertising, or a webinar. 9) “That reporters don’t write corporate profiles, they cover NEWS.”. How many can you identify with?

Corporate 74

Corporate Communications Survey Employee 74

Ethical Voices

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

And sometimes what employees want to hear or potential employees want to hear is one thing, but there has to be consistency with what’s going on externally. If I write website copy or I write a press release or a brochure, it’s making sure all the other departments understand it from their perspective.

Ethics 52

Ethics Product Launch Corporate Consumer 52

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

That’s measured by asking respondents to rate trust on a nine-point scale from “distrust” to “neutral” to “trust.” Business also scored well among those who know it best: their employees. Write with journalistic ideals. Among the key findings, was that business is now the most trusted institution. emphasis mine ].

Government 138

Government Survey Ethics Media 138

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

In addition, this same disruption – led by the 2024 election, the speed of misinformation and continued economic uncertainty – will require a strong measure of GRIT. PR still builds trust “Authentic customer testimonials, peer and employee reviews will increase in importance in 2024.

Writing 192

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 192

Doctor Spin

APRIL 17, 2023

He argues that founders should not underestimate the power of compound growth and should measure their startup’s progress through weekly growth rates. Southwest Airlines employees celebrate passenger’s 104th birthday. Write a white paper or research report on a topic related to your industry. 4 Ormont Blumberg, P.

Strategy 52

Strategy Customer Service Airlines Hotels 52

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 17, 2019

Advertising is a distant third. Participants praised the blogger’s (in this case a male) writing, his credentials, the sense that this person was someone like them , his experience using the product and his independence from the company manufacturing the product, all which impact perceptions of authenticity.” [ emphasis mine ].

Study 61

Study Survey B2B Advertising 61

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

There are long standing issues such as alignment with management, measurement, talent and diversity where incremental progress is made each year. It uses proxies as a measurement of success rather than key performance indicators that are aligned to the organisations that it serves. PR is a social science. It’s a theme that Topi?

Government 103

Government Education Print Ethics 103

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Social media sites dislike external links because it takes people away from the platform which disrupts the advertising business model. Typically, when I write a post like this, I catch a flack that says the whole world is on social media and you have to go where the audience exists. 7) Activate your employees.

Social Media 116

Social Media Brand Branding Media 116

Prohibition

JULY 19, 2018

So in such a busy marketplace, and in an age where the budget can’t always stretch to support content marketing , social media marketing , influencer marketing , advertising, design, e-marketing, PPC, SEO and everything else you’ve been advised to invest in, how can you justify spend to stand out from the crowd? Speech writing.

Publicity 48

Publicity Advertising Advertising Tools 48

The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

Check out this interview to begin to improve your measurement today. All models are wrong, but some are useful… Orin Puniello, part Ketchum Global Research & Analytics team shares why some PR measurement models will never tell you the whole truth. Could just one metric measure PR? Online advertising has changed.

Tools 136

Tools Publicity SEO Measurement 136

Beyond PR

JANUARY 4, 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. Again, we have the issue of lack of appropriate measurement tools. The solution?

Measurement 75

Measurement Tools Journalism Content Marketing 75

Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 6, 2011

by a recent PR Daily post, “ Advertising vs. PR: How to measure the value of editorial coverage (thank you, Heather Whaling , for pointing me to it). it’s a very weird justification of AVE (ad value equivalency) as a measure of “PR,&# which the author equates to “publicity&# (something else I am so tired of hearing).

Measurement 78

Measurement Writing Advertising Advertising 78

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

Subsequently, many employees, including me, were let go and granted severance pay. Not long after that I started this blog and began writing. The measure of “best” in this case is unique page views. 4) B2B Blog Metrics: 4 Effective Categories to Measure Success. A half year later my employer was acquired.

Blogging 72

Blogging B2B Content Marketing Trade Shows 72

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

In addition, there are other brands that advertised during football’s biggest night that you may want to check out. Instead of writing an email, you can record a video, write some comments and notes on the snap, and send it directly to the person via a private snap. Providing feedback in a visual way.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Employee Internal International 40

PR Breakfast Club

MAY 12, 2014

The Federal Alcohol Administration Act strictly prohibits misleading health-related claims on alcohol labels and advertisements. According to the spirits lobby DISCUS , “Beverage alcohol advertising and marketing materials should not contain any curative or therapeutic claim except as permitted by law.”

Chemicals 50

Chemicals Pitching Study Journalism 50

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Every month when I go to write this PR technology summary, I’m surprised at just how many new tools and features are being brought to market. SocialChorus has rolled out a new analytics tool for measuring the impact of internal communications. That’s a form of advertising called retargeting and Cision is bringing this to PR.

Internal 63

Internal International Data Media 63

Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

Writing on the company’s blog , Lindsey Woodward , who leads the client support team said, “Whether jumping on a call to assist in creating an internal newsletter or report for your boss or setting up new employees on the Meltwater platform, we want our clients to have personal and open communication with Meltwater.”.

Trends 60

Trends Media Report Technology 60

Maxim Behar

OCTOBER 15, 2023

We were advising them on how to present themselves to the media, to their employees, and to the public. And that's why I decided to write this book because I saw these huge changes happening in our business. And the other big difference is that for the first time in all of history, social media is measurable.

Newspapers 59

Newspapers Meeting Ethics Social Media 59

PR Conversations

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Several chapters in the new Future PRoof book, including my own on sustainable professional development, discuss measurement matters such as return on investment. My view is that monitoring and evaluation need to be connected to research and objectives to have relevance as measures of public relations performance.

Survey 40

Survey Publicity How To Measurement 40

Prohibition

JANUARY 14, 2022

Your employees and stakeholders could be made to look incompetent or immoral. For example, an employee leaks damaging information about your company. ? A major crisis. Claims of sexual harassment by an employee might trigger this response plan. A legal action taken against your business by an employee, client or customer.

Crisis 62

Crisis How To Crisis Management Crisis Communications 62

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. The internet created an obsession among marketers for measurement, but it overcorrected over the last 10 years or so. To that end, this year’s roundup is uh-mazing.

Marketing 189

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 189

PR 20/20

AUGUST 22, 2017

Human Resources is uneasy about adopting an employee social media policy. Traditional, outbound marketing (print advertising, direct mail, coupon books, etc.) By writing off their concerns, you convey that you operate on a different judgment compass, which is a quick way to get cynics to lose faith in you. Repeat as necessary.).

Marketing 87

Marketing Resources Technology Internal 87

PR Conversations

AUGUST 17, 2016

Occupational psychology has many crossovers with internal communication and employee engagement. I’m reluctant to look for historical reasons although interestingly there was close co-operation between the advertising industry and applied psychology research departments in US universities in the 1950s.

Publicity 46

Publicity Storytelling Study Journalism 46

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. Whether you are an impassioned employee or a socially conscious consumer, internal and external audiences are making their voices heard as never before.”

Trends 151

Trends Communications Employee Enterprise 151

PR Conversations

AUGUST 17, 2016

Occupational psychology has many crossovers with internal communication and employee engagement. I’m reluctant to look for historical reasons although interestingly there was close co-operation between the advertising industry and applied psychology research departments in US universities in the 1950s.

Publicity 41

Publicity Storytelling Study Journalism 41

PR Conversations

AUGUST 17, 2016

Occupational psychology has many crossovers with internal communication and employee engagement. I’m reluctant to look for historical reasons although interestingly there was close co-operation between the advertising industry and applied psychology research departments in US universities in the 1950s.

Publicity 40

Publicity Storytelling Study Journalism 40

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. New LinkedIn research found that only 4% of digital marketers are measuring return on investment six months into a campaign or longer. Podcast advertising revenue will exceed $1 billion in 2020.

Marketing 100

Marketing Content Marketing Advertising Advertising 100