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Financial analysts say marketing is an investment, not a cost

Sword and the Script

The “Brand Finance Investment Analyst Survey” polled more than 200 financial analysts who “cover publicly listed companies in the United States and United Kingdom.” 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%).”

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How agencies can benefit from R&D tax relief to drive innovation

Stephen Waddington

These include employees, subcontractors (up to 65%), software and consumable items. It is becoming a lot harder to claim R&D on software. Agencies typically seek specialist financial support to help with the tax relief application process. “We Companies can claim relief across a range of costs.

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Today, we say goodbye to HARO [PR Tech Sum 52]

Sword and the Script

It grew eventually into a tech-based email list that was free for users with an advertising model. Acquisitions PR software company Vocus acquired HARO in 2010 for an undisclosed sum. It was among the first cloud software companies, and almost certainly the first ever SaaS model for PR technology or comms tech.

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What Advertisers Need To Know About Apple’s iOS 14 Update

Konnect Agency

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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Press Releases Might Soon be Displayed in an Office Elevator Near You [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

This month’s PR technology summary includes: Cision partners with video ad network Captivate; Q4 enhances investor relations CRM software; Updates from Notified, and Earnings from Meltwater and Q4; PR tech people on the move and more. Q4 releases software enhancements for investor relations Investor relations software provider Q4 Inc.

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GDPR Primer for Marketing and Public Relations

Shift Communications

Marketers, advertisers, and public relations professionals are ill-informed and ill-equipped to manage the largest change in data and privacy in the last 20 years: GDPR. or you use software that does this on your behalf (Google Analytics, marketing automation, sales CRM), GDPR applies to you. What is GDPR? GDPR applies to you.

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8 Hidden Press Release Distribution Channels You Need to Know

Newsfile

Subscriptions were cited as the most important digital revenue stream for publishers worldwide in every year from 2021 to 2023, ahead of advertising. Bloomberg Terminal: The Market Leader Bloomberg Terminal is subscription-based software that offers financial market data, analysis, content and trading capabilities to business professionals.