PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

During his session, Haeri honed in on the importance of creativity in B2B marketing, citing actor and ad expert Ryan Reynolds’ creative approach to targeted ad campaigns. He has a firsthand understanding of Reynolds’ tactics, given Reynolds’ own advertising agency, Maximum Effort Marketing, was acquired by MNTN in June 2021.

B2B 61

B2B Creativity Content Marketing Measurement 61

Sword and the Script

MAY 6, 2017

Writing, Labels and Cohorts; Words Really Do Matter [UML]. Your Marketing Predecessor was Probably a Hot Mess [UML]. PR, Social Media and the Imperative of Content Marketing [UML]. 3) Context in measurements. Good measurements include the flow of traffic, conversions, leads and sales. 2) Context in mediums.

Measurement 66

Measurement Marketing Survey Advertising 66

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

Public affairs: This involves working with government officials and agencies to shape public policy and advocate on behalf of an organization.”. How is public relations measured? Public relations (PR) practitioners use a variety of methods to measure the effectiveness of their campaigns. In other words, “it depends.”.

Interviews 100

Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 100

Critical Mention

OCTOBER 25, 2021

He is left trying to write down individual tweets, which is both humorous and pathetic. A native New Yorker, he originally began his career in journalism and later moved to marketing, discovering a passion for branding and analytics. In his spare time, Eric loves to play as much golf as possible at courses across the country.

Media 162

Media Fashion Television Radio 162

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. I believe when people write predictions, they aren’t just saying what they think will happen but revealing a reflection of sorts. To put it another way, predictions are equal parts analysis and aspiration.

Marketing 215

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 215

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

It found as the Wall Street Journal reported , “Advertisers with in-house agencies increased to 64% of the survey’s respondents from 42% a decade ago, according to the study.” (By By the way, the WSJ reporter on that byline used to write for PRWeek). So, what does this in-housing trend mean for PR agencies? Sound familiar?

Agency 95

Agency Trends Marketing Survey 95

Cision

JANUARY 11, 2018

Earned media has become increasingly important with 89 percent of marketing/communications professionals saying they use it to support the demand generation goal of driving brand awareness. The growth of influencer marketing was explosive with the number of platforms and agencies in the space increasing by 220 percent in the last two years.

Communications 225

Communications Marketing Radio Airlines 225

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 26, 2019

Any public relations agency today needs nearly instant resources — from details on media preferences to data that informs our pitches and programs. There’s only so much time to spend on routine work like monitoring and measuring, yet these tasks are extremely important to any ongoing PR agency-client relationship.

Pitching 136

Pitching Agency Tools Resources 136

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. What if what we know in marketing is holding us back?

Tools 136

Tools Publicity Measurement SEO 136

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

There’s no written playbook for navigating the PR challenges likely to arise, and smart marketers and comms pros will trust their judgment and past experiences in guiding strategy and providing counsel. This year, we saw in-house teams get downsized and agency budgets get reduced.

Writing 194

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 194

Rock the Status Quo

APRIL 26, 2017

Because I focus on the integration of content with SEO and social media, I am lucky enough to see the entire spectrum from creation to ROI – something many marketers don’t get to do as an agency. “A great headline isn’t the magic bullet for content marketing; clarity is.”

SEO 133

SEO Community Writing Content Marketing 133

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

They write quality posts. 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.

Study 81

Study B2B Marketing Survey 81

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

Vendors are giving us reason to be optimistic about public relations technology – from AI that will predict your pitching success to more tangible PR measurement and attribution. Years ago, I had the opportunity to be a PR director for a publicly-traded company that developed and sold software to the PR market. Did you know?

Technology 170

Technology Publicity Software Pitching 170

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 11, 2019

But when it comes to demonstrating actual business results, many agencies scramble to pull together whatever they can to prove success. So brands move on to the next agency that promises them something shinier or cheaper. Agency life is tough. In this scenario, do you want to be a content agency? Probably not.

Strategy 64

Strategy Analytics Agency Measurement 64

Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

What is for sure is that a solid PR team is versatile and can expertly cover down on a broad number of functions: internal comms, external comms, executive comms, media relations, analyst relations, corporate social responsibility, thought leadership and marcom, and as I’ve long proposed, content marketing, among many others.

Employee 150

Employee Print Writing Survey 150

Barokas

MAY 31, 2019

Campaigns must be simultaneously creative, strategic and measurable. Content must be on-brand and consistent, without being overtly promotional or repetitive. Below is a roundup of the most common types of content today’s marketers need to produce. Your approach must spread across earned, owned and paid channels.

Case Study 100

Case Study B2B Resources Web 100

PR 20/20

JANUARY 16, 2023

The Ready North RSS: Must-Reads for Marketers. For Content Marketing, we like…. Content Marketing Institute blog ( @CMIContent ): Insight from top names in our industry. Founded by Joe Pulizzi ( @JoePulizzi ), CMI is a powerhouse for content marketing advice. For Social Media, we like….

Blogging 52

Blogging Marketing Pinterest SEO 52

The Resolution Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2015

How many PR agencies consider SEO when they’re coming up with PR strategies for clients? How many PRs write blogs and truly understand how to optimise them for Search? There’s a hell of a lot more to writing and promoting a blog post than bunging in a few buzzwords. D: SEO is all about tactical execution.

SEO 120

SEO Engineering Content Marketing Agency 120

Rock the Status Quo

APRIL 26, 2017

Because I focus on the integration of content with SEO and social media, I am lucky enough to see the entire spectrum from creation to ROI – something many marketers don’t get to do as an agency. “A great headline isn’t the magic bullet for content marketing; clarity is.”

SEO 100

SEO Community Writing Content Marketing 100

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Writers that report success with blogging share the following characteristics: They are more likely to write longer or more in-depth content; They tend to spend six or more hours writing a post; They are 2.5 They always use analytics to measure performance. But a small percentage write long-form content.

Blogging 107

Blogging Survey B2B Analysis 107

5W PR

MAY 6, 2020

For many marketers, the product, pricing and order pages are critical and indeed they are. But the About Us page is also important because that’s where more than half the respondents to a recent survey by KoMarketing, a social/content marketing firm, said they visit. Only contact information and products/services rated higher.

Survey 88

Survey Storytelling Consumer Analysis 88

Sword and the Script

APRIL 29, 2017

To that end, it’s really hard to sell more if you stop talking to your market. Instead of taking a hatchet to the budget, I’d suggest P&G re-allocate some of that ridiculous spend in display and programmatic ads into content marketing and PR. And that’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing links [UML].

Marketing 68

Marketing Measurement Content Marketing Survey 68

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. Why Content Marketing and Public Relations Need Each Other.

Study 140

Study Media Relations Media Measurement 140

Cision

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Share her content. Writing Press Releases. Content Creation. Content marketing is another area that can seem overwhelming, but if you continually work on it, it won’t take over your life. Keep a spreadsheet of blog topics so that when you’re ready to write, you’re not challenged with blogger’s block.

Marketing 120

Marketing Comparison eBook Social Media 120

Solo PR Pro

DECEMBER 22, 2020

In between writing press releases and managing content, it's difficult to find the time for professional development — still, the benefits are too good to overlook. The virtual conference held this year focused on the post-pandemic world and how to lead the agency of the future. AMEC Global Summit on Measurement.

Conference 58

Conference Content Marketing Community Education 58

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

Not long after that I started this blog and began writing. The measure of “best” in this case is unique page views. The median salary at PR agencies rose to $90,000 from $84,500 last year, while the median corporate salary dipped slightly to $126,000 from $130,000. 3) The Future of Marketing Looks More like Public Relations.

Blogging 73

Blogging B2B Content Marketing Trade Shows 73

Beyond PR

JANUARY 4, 2018

The organization type and discipline also impacted this metric: PR agencies are seeing the biggest budget cuts, followed by marketing agencies, in-house teams and communications firms. Know that there are tools that solve the content and earned media measurement challenge. So what’s the solution?

Measurement 75

Measurement Tools Journalism Content Marketing 75

Critical Mention

APRIL 13, 2020

The doctor later recounted the incident on her Facebook page, writing: “I burst into tears. A native New Yorker, he originally began his career in journalism and later moved to marketing, discovering a passion for branding and analytics. Instead, the trooper handed her five N95 masks from his personal supply.

Media 111

Media Analytics Healthcare Crisis 111

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 29, 2020

According to the survey: social media management (77%) content marketing (77%) influencer marketing (67%); and link building for SEO (56%) Other statistics stood out for me in the report: Measurement. “PR More than half, 503, work on the agency side, while 334 reported being in-house. What are the new services?

Media Relations 100

Media Relations Report Industry SEO 100

Sword and the Script

MAY 13, 2017

Mr. Brooks writes that a “mistake most brands make is treating influencers as a direct marketing sales channel.”. Examining Influencer Marketing . 2) The keys to a stable influencer marketing program. 3) Measuring an influencer marketing program. Is your agency bringing creative thinking to the table?

Strategy 77

Strategy Marketing Measurement B2B 77

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

It’s hard to measure but there’s negative consequences for not doing it.”. The point this comment gets after — I believe — is that businesses hold some aspects of marketing – PR, social media and content marketing – to a higher standard. Marketing automation can take it even further.

Marketing 60

Marketing Measurement B2B Content Marketing 60

Beyond PR

AUGUST 31, 2016

Content marketing is all grown up. With 88% of B2B and 76% of B2C marketers saying their organization uses it, the art and science of content marketing have exploded over the past few years. “Content marketing is sometimes ineffective because people don’t realize what it’s intended to do.

Content Marketing 52

Content Marketing Conference Video Analytics 52

Beyond PR

MARCH 1, 2018

These are questions that enterprise marketers and their communications agencies have been asking for generations. Seventy-five percent of communications professionals believe the industry must do a better job of measuring impact and proving value. The people doing the measurement say it needs to get better. Enter Impact.

Media 73

Media Measurement Enterprise Television 73

Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 15, 2018

If they’re not currently engaged with an agency, most communicators have either had an agency relationship in their past or can look forward to having one in the future. When it comes to hiring an outside agency, 54% said they brought an agency on board when they needed an extra set of hands. The Latest & Greatest.

Survey 74

Survey Industry Communications Corporate 74

PR in High Definition

JULY 24, 2019

Plucking out media relations and assigning a PR agency to ‘generate coverage’ is just like eating some cake filling, with no cake. Now social, SEO, content marketing, employer branding and other reputation-building tactics are becoming more impactful, and it’s clear that only having a media relations strategy simply will not cut it.

Reputation 48

Reputation Measurement Media Relations Agency 48

5W PR

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Content marketing is not a novel phenomenon and has been used as a marketing tool by PR executives for years. Following is a guide which will eliminate the disconnected messages, bewildering tones, and general chaos of PR marketing content produced by a business. . Creating Content. Create video tutorials.

Content Marketing 148

Content Marketing Marketing Measurement Data 148

PR in High Definition

APRIL 25, 2022

Brandon Stanton, the creator of the viral storytelling account Humans of New York, emphasises when writing his personal profiles that he does not describe people in adjectives, but rather describes actions of their life. So, when you’re creating content and communicating with your audiences this year, remember to get back to basics.

Wikipedia 62

Wikipedia Viral Reputation Internal 62