Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The most effective blogs in B2B marketing tend to publish longer posts, more frequently, with visuals, paid distribution and analytical measurement Blogging doesn’t have the appeal that voice search, personalization or influencer marketing do in B2B marketing, but when it’s done right, it’s surely effective, according to a new study.

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B2B Study Blogging Marketing 147

Buzzstream

MARCH 12, 2020

We click through to a website we know will interest us — whether it be a news article, a video, or a blog post — and we’re immediately confronted with some kind of marketing tactic. And as marketers, we often cite email as the best way to reach our customers. Social Media and Influencer Marketing . Would You Rather? Conclusion.

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Advertising Advertising Marketing Privacy 131

Mindful Marketing

MAY 22, 2021

by David Hagenbuch - professor of Marketing at Messiah University - ​author of Honorable Influence - founder of Mindful Marketing Christmas Story fans remember Ralphie’s excitement in receiving a long-awaited Little Orphan Annie decoder ring, only to be disappointed by the unexpected product plug: “ Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.”

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Advertising Advertising Agriculture Ethics 114

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. 1) Content marketing benchmarks. Here are a few benchmarks that stood out for me: Content marketing teams remain small.

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Content Marketing Study Blogging Marketing 136

Sword and the Script

APRIL 11, 2020

You can’t control the constraints imposed by the Coronavirus, but you can make a case to keep your marketing budget It’s a challenging time to be a marketer. It’s amazing how fast our world can change, but there is a growing body of knowledge for how to market in troubling times. What sort of studies?

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Study Marketing Survey SEO 92

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

AUGUST 29, 2023

Regrettably, advertising and marketing seem to remain a notable instance of this disparity. In advertising and marketing, however, this rich mixture has historically been depicted through the lens of Caucasian individuals. This divergence has become increasingly apparent in recent years.

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Brand Branding Marketing Ethics 89

5W PR

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Everywhere we look, it seems that a brand is just waiting to entice us with flashy marketing or advertising. In fact, studies show that ads can actually be more effective with a more minimal, less intrusive approach. What is involved in taking a less is more approach to marketing? Does this make sense?

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Advertising Advertising Marketing Viral 76

Onclusive

DECEMBER 19, 2019

As a lifelong marketer currently leading a communications technology company, that phrase and concept really stuck with me. So many of us in marketing and advertising specialize in talking at our prospects, customers and consumers. Call it “marketing ventriloquism.” How could that be? The answer is control.

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Marketing Advertising Advertising System 195

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Already, Facebook parent company Meta has warned of an advertising slowdown. On the bright side, a Muck Rack study shows PR expenditures may rise in some sectors, including travel and energy. In the UK others speculate that businesses will “trade down” to PR by cutting more expensive marketing programs.

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Comparison Advertising Advertising Reputation 296

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Privacy laws spook marketers. The changes have marketers scrambling, which gives ad tech the opportunity to be Ellen Ripley, the hero of this horror story. Marketers need guidance, and these changes are the perfect way for ad tech companies to use thought leadership to assure brands that they are not alone. It’s frustrating.

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Privacy Case Study Policies Advertising 434

Onclusive

APRIL 9, 2019

The acquisition brings together AirPR’s industry-leading communications measurement solution with Ozmotik’s content marketing and analytics offering, creating a unified platform for companies to discover their most valuable earned media and to deliver it to its intended audience at scale. Measuring Reader Engagement and Brand Impact.

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Analytics Content Marketing Corporate Company 284

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The mobile craze, including a rise in mobile commerce (m-commerce), has advertisers and publishers trying to capitalize on consumerism. Riding The Mobile Advertising Wave Mobile shopping and streaming are at the forefront of mobile-centric advertising strategies. But what does this mean for public relations professionals?

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5W PR

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

When most people hear about PR and advertising, they assume it’s roughly the same thing. The mistaken belief might arise from the fact that both of them have to do with the information found about a person or brand in the media, making both of them marketing. The starkest difference between them is that advertising is controlled media.

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Advertising Advertising Television Report 88

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

To borrow from a quote , the professional’s feet should be planted in their role, but their eyes should survey the marketing landscape. As I’m wont to do on the occasional Saturday, I’ve picked out three, reviewed them carefully and present some of the findings in this roundup series that I call the Unscripted Marketing Links.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

On the other hand, measuring some PR activities, like earned media , is far more challenging than other forms of marketing and communications. That’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing Links [UML]. The study suggests announcements about financial transactions like funding or acquisitions didn’t convert.

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Study Media Relations Media Measurement 138

Contently - Strategy

MARCH 11, 2020

At Ogilvy, I was a member of the four-person case study writing committee. Our main target was the Effies, the premier awards show celebrating advertising effectiveness. We won Most Effective Agency Office in New York relying on the tried and true case study framework: objective, strategy, results. Get permission first.

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Case Study Study Video Writing 106

Agility PR Solutions

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Half of marketing and advertising hiring decision makers (50 percent) surveyed feel productivity would increase if their company instituted a compressed schedule, where employees work four 10-hour days. The post New study explores getting better performance from marketing employees appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

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Employee Study Marketing Survey 75

Agility PR Solutions

APRIL 21, 2022

The post New study finds over a third of people incorrectly recall their consumer journey behaviors appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

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NewsWhip

JUNE 2, 2020

CASE STUDY. Marketing and Advertising. Turbine Labs, a new player in the marketing game, offers a fresh take on brand intelligence with a concentration on leveraging “small data” for big brands. Reebok: reactive marketing and newsjacking. The post Case Study Turbine Labs appeared first on Newswhip.

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Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The internet was new at the time, and the media and marketing industries expected websites to be a utopia for advertising. “The rest of advertising had been ruined and dammit, we weren’t going to let that happen this time.” Depending on your study of choice, click-through rates clock in around 0.2

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Advertising Advertising Real Estate Travel 110

NewsWhip

MARCH 31, 2021

What happens when influence outshines advertising? As the CIO Bryan Pedersen leads MSL’s digital and innovation center of excellence that includes developing new offerings and tools, as well bolstering core capabilities like storytelling and influencer marketing. MARCH 26, 2021. Watch webinar. Read transcript. Bryan: Yeah.

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Advertising Advertising Data Reputation 131

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Senior marketers report spending 9.8% of the marketing budget on social media — here and now. The benchmark is courtesy of the latest CMO Survey , a semi-annually study conducted by the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Future of Social Media Marketing is a Path Paved in Payment. Twilight of Web 2.0:

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Advertising Advertising Social Media Marketing 75

Sword and the Script

MAY 10, 2016

Studies like this are boiled down to oversimplified conclusions cast in a headline. 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. Pay-per-click advertising?

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Content Marketing Advertising Advertising Marketing 60

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 29, 2023

Studies show B2B buyers are getting younger and want to engage with companies on social media; B2B marketers are finding social media supports both leads and revenue About one-third of respondents find new products and hear about brands for the first time on social media. Stay with me, I’ll bring this back to B2B in a moment.

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B2B Social Media Marketing Media 119

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Professionals across the globe share analysis and perhaps, aspiration, in offering up PR and marketing predictions for 2022. As I’ve done for the last several years , I solicited and compiled a list of predictions from professionals across the PR and marketing community. Tom Pick , Digital Marketing Consultant, Webbiquity , LLC.

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Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 214

Agility PR Solutions

AUGUST 12, 2019

A new report, The Crisis in Creative Effectiveness, a follow-up to the IPA’s 2016 publication, Selling Creativity Short, warns of the dangers to creative effectiveness posed by short-termism in marketing, and covers hundreds of case studies that highlight a misunderstanding of how brands grow and prosper.

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5W PR

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Most marketers find themselves paying close attention to the television ads that air during their nightly time in front of the TV. Advertising is a fascinating study in social strategy and messaging, and marketers tend to be observant of the initiatives other brands are taking to reach consumers.

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Advertising Advertising Privacy Facebook 68

Prohibition

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Struggling to make your B2B marketing ‘sexy’? In our latest podcast episode, we have the pleasure of discussing this topic with seasoned growth marketing specialist, Tom Basgil. It’s one of the biggest struggles facing marketing directors today, with over 19% of marketers saying its their biggest hurdle.

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B2B Trends Strategy Marketing 77

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 21, 2020

The marketing hasn’t been bad, but most of the marketing messages have been numbingly similar. And there’s bad news for PR people, too — a recent study by the Clyde Group found that 59 percent of consumers believe that companies’ pandemic responses are “mainly PR efforts.” As the U.S.

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Brand Branding Advertising Advertising 296

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

People will say they dislike advertisements because of the disruptive nature of them. This is why the event is so interesting for marketers: it’s a moment to study the marketing pitch, storytelling and irrational behavior. That’s why it’s the subject of this week’s Unscripted Marketing Links (UML). Is it worth it?

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Advertising Advertising B2C Retail 85

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

And that’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing links [UML] – an occasional Saturday roundup of three vetted links grouped around a theme and offered for your consideration. This week we challenging three marketing assumptions. 1) Marketing assumption: more leads are better. Who doesn’t want more leads?

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Study Marketing B2B Apparel 64

The Proactive Report

MAY 7, 2018

A new study from Learning House revealed that about half the US. Analytics is very high on the list of skills valued by HR leaders, which supports the list of skills Chief Marketing officers are looking for in 2018. SEO/SEM Marketing. Human Resources leaders don’t think college prepares young people for work.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Despite economic headwinds, the global advertising industry has been robust and seems poised for more growth. Heading into 2023, here are some developments we should expect: CTV advertising pie getting bigger – will it overtake mobile? In fact, per this report , 98% of brand advertisers believe CTV will exceed mobile ad budgets.

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Retail Brand Branding Privacy 170

Agility PR Solutions

AUGUST 28, 2019

New research from moment marketing science firm Aki helps mobile marketers better understand how contextual variables influence consumer response to mobile advertisements across specific verticals. In the firm’s new study, Mobile ?Ad

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Mobile Study Automotive Healthcare 60

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.

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Advertising Advertising Print Study 62

Mindful Marketing

AUGUST 24, 2018

by David Hagenbuch , founder of Mindful Marketing & author of Honorable Influence An Ohio State assistant football coach repeatedly beat his wife. It’s reasonable to think that such a mass problem requires a mass media solution, but is advertising the answer to decreasing domestic violence? The other involves ethics.

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Advertising Advertising Ethics Nonprofit 50

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 14, 2021

In many cases they support a path to a market leadership position. A fundamental impacts of well-conceived PR program is differentiating from the competition; impact that advertising and marketing cannot do with the same potency. Plus, in today’s employment market, B2B companies are always fighting for tech talent.

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