Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

HARO, as it’s known colloquially, was an ad-support email newsletter that sent media opportunities from 30,000 reporters and bloggers to a subscriber list of 100,000 PR pros and small businesses. Agility was a media database owned by PR Newswire. First, B2B companies spend roughly $150 for every email they collect. “And

SEO 135

SEO Content Marketing Marketing Software 135

Sword and the Script

JUNE 27, 2017

What does it take to implement content marketing effectively in a B2B organization? It’s not an easy question to answer broadly because: a) every team has its own dynamics; b) every organization has constraints and limitations, and c) every vertical market has its own unique characteristics. 3) Perseverance.

Content Marketing 69

Content Marketing B2B Marketing Leadership 69

Sword and the Script

APRIL 20, 2021

True thought leadership is hard to achieve, not because it’s hard, but because some in B2B just can’t get out of their own way. She works for a B2B tech company that “doesn’t believe marketing” but she knows they need it desperately. More than a proactive partner: an extension of your marketing and PR team.

B2B 108

B2B Leadership Marketing Blogging 108

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

C ontrary to many marketers’ beliefs, B2B (business to business) content doesn’t have to be boring. Creative content should be a key element of your marketing strategy as it has the power to build trust, gain new customers, and convert them to leads. Upgrade your content marketing strategy.

B2B 61

B2B Creativity Content Marketing Measurement 61

Stephen Waddington

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Brand journalism is seldom done well by B2B organisations. Gay Flashman suggests that B2B organisations should become publishers to engage with customers and prospects. Her new book Powerful B2B Content was published earlier this month by Kogan Page. Paid media is used to promote and target stories.

B2B 88

B2B Journalism Case Study Storytelling 88

Deirdre Breakenridge

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Content marketing as a discipline is still relatively new, and it’s evolving into whatever we professional communicators and marketers say it is. How do you most effectively package your company’s unique value propositions and expertise, and deliver it to the market? Set the agenda. We’d love to hear from you….

Content Marketing 150

Content Marketing Marketing How To Leadership 150

Sword and the Script

JULY 24, 2018

There’s are several industry organizations that field annual surveys about content marketing and they are gearing up. Last year, the data overwhelmingly found every business says they are doing content marketing. This year, I predict satisfaction with content marketing will slide and many won’t understand why.

Content Marketing 64

Content Marketing B2B Marketing Exercises 64

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MARCH 5, 2024

With the so-called ‘collapse’ of major digital news outlets like Vice Media and BuzzFeed and the much-hyped decline of traditional news, then earned media no longer matters. Securing earned media is still the highest priority for most public relations professionals. Wait, what is earned media?

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Media Nonprofit Pitching Analytics 98

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Some time ago I pitched a reporter, who was looking for sources, on social media for a client. A survey I teamed up with Ned Lundquist to conduct of PR pros last year found 51% said media relations was getting harder. Myth 2: Content marketing doesn’t yield credibility. Myth 3: You can’t pitch reporters with content.

Content Marketing 90

Content Marketing Marketing Pitching Survey 90

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 16, 2018

You cannot run content marketing like a campaign. You can, however, run campaigns inside a content marketing program. Campaigns are how every marketer is trained to think. There is nothing wrong with any of this, but is not content marketing. Can your agency bring big ideas and execute on them?

Content Marketing 93

Content Marketing Marketing B2B Engineering 93

Prohibition

MARCH 26, 2024

Sharing the latest social media updates you don’t want to miss – here’s what’s new. Instagram has opened this up to eight new markets including the UK! Agencies just need to request the permissions to access, then creators can accept in just one click.

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Creativity Social Media Facebook Instagram 62

Stern + Associates

MAY 6, 2024

I started my professional journey as a writing and language arts tutor with a degree in education, discovering my passion for digital marketing by implementing content marketing and SEO best practices to grow my business—catching the marketing bug and never looking back.

Strategy 71

Strategy Marketing SEO B2B 71

Sword and the Script

MAY 21, 2019

That led her down a series of paths including content marketing, ecommerce and today, in B2B marketing. 1) Why start a business focused on B2B paid social? BH: When I stepped into the world of content marketing to understand what was happening there, it was in healthcare.

B2B 82

B2B Social Media Company Marketing 82

Prohibition

OCTOBER 19, 2022

As always, we’ve been keeping our eye out for some exciting and stand-out social media and PR campaigns. The movie features entities that have an unsettling smile, causing harm to those who see it, so the marketing team behind the movie hired actors to stare into the camera at the games while donning their creepiest smiles.

Social Media 118

Social Media Fashion Media Travel 118

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Whatever your process is for sharing content on the web, content that’s been effectively repurposed provides the opportunity to run through the process again. Most B2B marketing organizations don’t do this enough. Research shows more than half of all B2B content goes unused. Others are good at earned media.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Marketing B2B eBook 60

Sword and the Script

JULY 3, 2018

On the flip side, here’s of the Outbrain pitch to prospective advertisers: “Many of our largest partners are news and media publishers such as CNN, US Weekly, Fast Company, Mashable, WSJ, and The Guardian, but we also work with lots of more niche sites, including sports, entertainment, finance, health, and technology. Give our services a try.

Content Marketing 64

Content Marketing Pitching Marketing Advertising 64

The Hoffman Agency

MARCH 14, 2023

I’ve been at the Hoffman Agency for just over a year now, and what a year it’s been. I’m a living example that finding a path that fits our niche can be tough – I graduated from university with a degree in Accounting and Finance and moved through five completely different roles before I settled into my PR career at the agency.

B2B 36

B2B Agency Construction Banking 36

The Hoffman Agency

MARCH 14, 2023

I’ve been at the Hoffman Agency for just over a year now, and what a year it’s been. I’m a living example that finding a path that fits our niche can be tough – I graduated from university with a degree in Accounting and Finance and moved through five completely different roles before I settled into my PR career at the agency.

B2B 36

B2B Construction Agency Banking 36

B2B PR Sense

JANUARY 5, 2018

You can go with less expensive freelancers or retain a boutique, mid-size or large PR agency. B2B PR in particular creates a patina of thought leadership and generates interest and awareness. For example, a PR agency can obtain media coverage that shines a positive light on your brand. Handpicked Related Content.

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Crisis Management B2B Reputation Advertising 238

Polaris

JANUARY 2, 2015

Hopefully we learn a few content marketing lessons by reviewing the past year, then use that information to develop even more effective editorial calendars in 2015. Content Marketing Lesson #1: Make it useful and timely. As it turns out, other Canadian marketers also found Hearn’s answers useful.

Content Marketing 100

Content Marketing Blogging Marketing Storytelling 100

Sword and the Script

MARCH 28, 2017

The Media Reference Challenge. However, for many B2B marketing organizations, obtaining publicly referenceable customers willing to speak to the press is an insurmountable challenge. In some cases, it might be apathy, fear or even distrust of the media. Build Trust with Content Interviews First.

B2B 60

B2B Blogging How To Media 60

Prohibition

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Bringing you another round-up of the latest social media updates, as AI continues to infiltrate, check it out below. Instagram’s AI stickers Instagram have introduced new tools for content creators to streamline reel editing, including dreamy ‘undo’ and ‘redo’ buttons to rectify small errors.

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LinkedIn Social Media B2C Instagram 62

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Regular readers know I bought into the concept of “ content marketing ” many years ago. It was in effect the coining of a term that characterized a strategy my team and I was already working on across traditional PR, digital marketing and social media. 3 Studies that Challenge Marketing Assumptions.

Content Marketing 67

Content Marketing Case Study Marketing Conference 67

Prohibition

DECEMBER 1, 2021

We’re looking for a PR Account Executive to join our Leeds based agency. Prohibition won Prolific North’s Best PR Agency and Best Integrated Campaign of 2019 and CIPR’s Outstanding Large Consultancy of the Year 2019, 2017 and 2015. We pride ourselves on being one of the country’s top agencies outside of the London bubble.

B2C 133

B2C Healthcare Training Agency 133

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. 1) Earned media is sales enablement. A tech PR firm recently published a study that showed promising effects media relations can have on the sales cycle for B2B marketing organizations.

Study 140

Study Media Relations Media Measurement 140

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 24, 2017

The biggest challenge in B2B lead generation underscores the biggest challenge in B2B lead generation: it might lead some to overlook the fact lead generation campaigns don’t work in isolation for long. That’s my take on some of the data from the 2018 Chief Marketer B2B lead gen report. 51% say finding leads that convert.

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B2B Report Marketing Survey 64

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

That’s according to the results of a survey of 1,377 bloggers conducted by Orbit Media a web design agency. It’s the fourth consecutive year the agency has conducted the survey. These habits are applicable to corporate blogging where a blog is a central platform in a content marketing strategy. Talk to Us !

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Study B2B Marketing Survey 81

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

If you’re not using Facebook ads because you don’t think they work in B2B marketing , then you are among thin ranks. Several surveys reviewed by eMarketer suggest social media advertising continues to advance – and Facebook is often voted the most effective paid platform – even for B2B.

B2B 60

B2B Facebook Marketing Social Media 60

Prohibition

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

By leveraging user-friendly tools and adhering to best practice, there is nothing stopping your business from breaking through the busy social media landscape and resonating with your target audience. In social media, the first impression is often a visual one so make it count!

Social Media 62

Social Media Media B2C Instagram 62

Prohibition

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Social media platforms are evolving and changing just as fast as the seasons are changing this year – take a look at our latest updates round-up: Instagram launches reminder story ads Meta recently announced that reminder ads, which update users about upcoming events, can now be implemented within Instagram stories.

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Instagram Social Media YouTube B2C 62

Sword and the Script

MAY 8, 2018

This latest survey polled 362 senior marketers and I’ve culled through the 95-page report to review the data from B2B product segment and the technology vertical, which are the markets I serve. Here are five points I think are relevant for B2B marketing leaders. 1) Marketers anticipate budget growth.

Survey 62

Survey B2B Marketing Mobile 62

Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 2, 2018

The best way to stand out from the noisy crowd is by employing a few tricks of the content marketing trade. As you work on your content marketing strategy, keep these in mind: Talk to your audience, not at them. Ask questions on social media. Share the right content on the right social media network.

Content Marketing 49

Content Marketing Marketing Brand Branding 49

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

It’s far too easy to say that B2B technology is dull. Yet that’s the central responsibility of the creative marketer – to convert the uninteresting into something interesting. The vast majority of B2B content centers on features, functions and benefits. 1) Creating Quality Content Starts with Why.

Storytelling 60

Storytelling Creativity B2B Film 60

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Creativity and risky marketing efforts don’t always find receptive purse strings in B2B, but it could well be the only thing left in “a sea of sameness.”. That sea of sameness is how the Cindy Klein Roche , the CMO for Cybereason, describe the competitive landscape in cybersecurity during an interview with the Marketing Smarts podcast.

B2B 65

B2B Creativity Film Trade Shows 65

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The statistics selected can be grouped are heavily weighted along the following topics: Statistics about – or for – the CMO ; Statistics about digital and B2B marketing ; Statistics about PR or media relations ; and. Statistics about content marketing. 2) The marketing budget as a percentage of revenue.

Survey 104

Survey Marketing B2B Content Marketing 104

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Engage with the blogger on social media first, personalize your outreach, read and follow any requirements, and provide high-quality content. But again, with the deluge of content being produced every day, being remarkable will be a baseline requirement. Scott Kaminski , Senior Marketing Manager, Häfele America Co. .

Marketing 215

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 215

Sword and the Script

MARCH 27, 2018

Do you feel like media relations getting harder? The survey found more than half (51%) said media relations is getting harder. The survey found more than half (51%) said media relations is getting harder. The media is looking for the biggest headline rather than the significance of the story,” wrote in one respondent.

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Media Relations Media Trade Shows Journalism 76