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Buying Signals: B2B Marketing Budgets without a Line Item for Trade Shows

Sword and the Script

The decline of B2B trade shows frees B2B marketing to experiment with more efficient channels; virtual events surface buying signals The pandemic is certainly changing marketing – but we might all do well to shift our thinking towards what might become quasi-permanent. Give our services a try. Try our services.

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The Evolution of Earned Media: Navigating Change

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Another recent report showed a full one-third (33%) of comms and PR pros said their overall media strategies rely on earned media the most — making it the highest PR priority over owned, paid and shared (in that order). This has led to less time for attending press events, trade shows, and covering stories, making B2B PR harder than ever.

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Popcorn and a Movie: A Creative and Integrated B2B Marketing Campaign that Could Work in Any Vertical

Sword and the Script

In addition, the theme of the documentary can be seen woven into other marketing assets including, a report and webinar. See these related posts: How B2B Marketing Can Get More out of Trade Shows. Why You Can Run a Campaign Inside Content Marketing, but Not the Other Way Around. execute them? Talk to Us !

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Is Media Relations Getting Harder?

Sword and the Script

4 Big Media Trends that have Upended PR and Marketing. How B2B Marketing Can Get More out of Trade Shows. It’s always been dirty little secret in PR (and editorial) that advertisers get better coverage in the trade publications. Last week I got a list of media registered to attend a popular trade show.

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Triple 7s: The Best, Worst and Most Loved Blog Posts in 2017

Sword and the Script

Note: This top post was published in February 2017 and some of the metrics were updated in November and those can be found here: 3 Habits of Highly Successful Bloggers B2B Marketing can Borrow [Study]. 3) The Future of Marketing Looks More like Public Relations. 7) How B2B Marketing Can Get More out of Trade Shows.

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How B2B Marketing Can Get More out of Trade Shows

Sword and the Script

In person events like trade shows and conferences usually rank high on the list of priorities for B2B marketing organizations. For example, the most recent B2B lead generation report by Chief Marketer listed live events as the second top source of leads. Are Trade Shows still a Good Place for PR Launches?

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Finding Leads: 6 Takes from the 2018 Chief Marketer B2B Lead Gen Report

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Analysis: B2B marketing must develop its market. While lead generation specialists don’t like to spend money they can’t attribute to sales – investments in content marketing , education, awareness, and branding are inherently linked to finding prospects and cost of conversion. 44% say content marketing.

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