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. We had two other part-time (agency) resources that worked under my direction to help – plus access to a centralized creative team for design and technical assistance. The results were clear and measurable.

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B2B Leadership Marketing Blogging 108

PRSay

OCTOBER 11, 2019

The most effective PR pros agree measurement is more than impressions, and yet clients and leadership keep requesting those numbers anyway. How can we show stakeholders that taking PR measurement beyond impressions helps us better celebrate success — while also providing greater insight into what we can improve?

Measurement 145

Measurement Pharmaceuticals Nonprofit Leadership 145

PRSay

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Improved measurements prove PR’s business impact. Last year also saw advances in measurement technologies that allow PR pros to tangibly prove their business impact. Evolving measurement capabilities like these pave a path for PR to no longer be seen as solely an awareness-focused tactic, but rather as an essential business function.

Trends 186

Trends Video B2C Measurement 186

Deirdre Breakenridge

APRIL 17, 2017

I recently read an inspirational tweet about progress being measured in steps. This is important because the measure of achievement is not about becoming a CEO, it’s about feeling that you’ve got to where you wanted and fulfilled your potential. A Guest Post Simon Erskine Locke, Founder & CEO of CommunicationsMatch TM.

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Onclusive

DECEMBER 6, 2019

PRNEWS Crisis and Measurement Summit. Spend two days mastering the latest and greatest in Communications Measurement. This awards event celebrates the best of the best corporate, agency, nonprofit, and education teams, and the work they produced during the entry period. Dates: Feb 25 – 26, 2020. Location: Miami, FL.

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Onclusive

MARCH 17, 2020

Traditional models of PR measurement no longer work (i.e. Digital has become intrinsic to the PR and communications landscape, and diversification is forcing measurement to become more innovative than ever. Both PR agencies and in-house communications professionals are struggling with this shift. A new approach. The downside?

Media 243

Media Analysis Measurement Advertising 243

Prohibition

OCTOBER 2, 2019

When it comes to social media marketing , many don’t realise the true potential utilising this communications channel for B2B and corporate companies can have. Where the brand activity must centre on positioning the company ethos and values, the personal corporate presence is slightly different. 6 million people in the UK use Twitter.

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Onclusive

MARCH 17, 2020

Traditional models of PR measurement no longer work (i.e. Digital has become intrinsic to the PR and communications landscape, and diversification is forcing measurement to become more innovative than ever. Both PR agencies and in-house communications professionals are struggling with this shift. A new approach. The downside?

Media 221

Media Analysis Measurement Advertising 221

PRSay

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In the workplace, CEOs say, a culture of incivility threatens employee morale and productivity, corporate reputation and revenue. How can communications professionals show leadership to help counter this epidemic of incivility? What would a successful campaign look like?

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Onclusive

APRIL 12, 2018

She joined UL in 2015 and is responsible for brand and marketing strategy, communications, public relations and crisis management, corporate social responsibility, events, customer experience, digital marketing and social media, as well as the marketing organization at large. AirPR: How do you view Integrated Marketing?

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Content Marketing Interviews Marketing Leadership 170

Katie Paine's Measurement Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

Making up Metrics I was recently on a conference call with a respected nternational measurement organization and a new member of the group was explaining how she’d been pressured by her CEO to put a dollar value on her efforts. “So There should be a special place in measurement hell for people who make up bad metrics.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Prospective clients often tell us that their agency is hard-working, smart, and collegial, but that they simply don’t prioritize top-tier media coverage. Thought leadership content is persuasive. They also valued posts written by independent bloggers, rating them more credible than corporate blog content.

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Onclusive

MARCH 6, 2019

We have all been on the front lines of the convergence of marketing and communications, but the transformation has not been without challenges: cultural challenges, organizational design challenges and measurement challenges. I have a quasi dotted line into the rest of the executive leadership team.

Banking 199

Banking Marketing Measurement Leadership 199

5W PR

DECEMBER 19, 2023

. ‘ Fearless Girl’ Statue : Facing the Wall Street bull, this statue became a powerful symbol of gender diversity in corporate leadership, demonstrating how PR stunts can transcend traditional advertising and create a lasting impact. Integrate with Broader Marketing Strategies: Don’t let your stunt stand alone.

How To 78

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Landis PR

JANUARY 30, 2024

With calls for recession waxing and waning, PR strategies like thought leadership become more and more important. Instead, proactive marketers turn to thought leadership to drive revenue and acquire new business. That example is less quantifiable, but brand recognition also can be measured through polling and surveys.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

First up: PR measurement lets communicators speak the language of the boardroom. As public relations evolves to include data analysis that measures campaign results, communicators might be reluctant to embrace these new tools that have not traditionally been part of the profession. 17 livestream on PRSA’s LinkedIn page. A simple plan.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 3, 2019

If a company’s leadership isn’t willing to commit to a PR program, it may be challenged from the start. If a PR team or agency doesn’t work in collaboration with marketing, it may be spinning its wheels — or worse, working in opposition to company business objectives. No measure of success. Look what I did!

SEO 178

SEO Storytelling Product Launch Measurement 178

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 1, 2022

” In open-ended comments, respondents cite digital, internal comms and a greater focus on comms by leadership as among the underlying reasons. DE&I was followed by thought leadership (49%), data & analytics (48%), storytelling (48%), comms strategy (46%), measurement (46%), internal comms (44%) and ESG programs (43%).

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 14, 2017

How do you find a good corporate story? One way to approach it is striving to think differently, aiming to digging a little deeper and for marketing leadership, to consider shifting roles to support the first two ideas. The Blurring Line Between Digital Marketing and PR from The Hoffman Agency. They all look the same.

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Corporate Storytelling B2B Facebook 63

Stephen Waddington

JULY 16, 2021

This is likely to be an issue on the corporate agenda for the next decade. It has become firmly aligned with leadership and executive management as a strategic management function. Inside out communication – the future shape of human and authentic leadership Coaching and mentoring Content and channel planning Storytelling 5.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 29, 2018

3) “Thought leadership can’t be outsourced. 5) “That the cost of a well-run communications program is not measured the same way as their sales or business development programs.”. 9) “That reporters don’t write corporate profiles, they cover NEWS.”. 27) “Corporate communications is a fire marshal and not a fire chief.

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Corporate Communications Survey Employee 74

Stephen Waddington

AUGUST 31, 2020

The outcome of trade talks won’t be known until mid-December Show up and demonstrate leadership - brave organisations will continue to be defined by the crisis Schools are back in the UK this week. Externally that means continuing to engage the public around social distancing measures and the need for protective equipment.

Communications 125

Communications Crisis Leadership Sports 125

PRSay

JUNE 15, 2021

And we have a new President and new leadership in Congress. For corporate communicators, Pride in 2021 can seem confusing and challenging. You need to demonstrate leadership from the highest levels, and you need to have something substantive to say, but you also need to understand that your words must match your actions.

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Employee Community Leadership Enterprise 201

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 6, 2016

A PR agency employee starting in the business today will be creating programs, telling stories, and reporting to clients in ways very different from just a few years ago, in part due to the rise of digital technology and the blurring of lines between paid, earned, and owned media. Thought leadership isn’t just for B2B brands.

SEO 204

SEO Analytics Measurement B2B 204

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 16, 2018

Agency teams may think they’re in constant touch with clients as the emails fly back and forth, but that’s not enough. Agency teams should take the time to explain, based on personal experience and expertise, why a story will or won’t work and where possible, how to take a bland or unworkable pitch and improve it.

Skype 170

Skype Interviews Crisis Communications Crisis 170

Deirdre Breakenridge

MAY 1, 2017

Video content is the future of social media and for brands, businesses or influencers questioning the benefits, we detail five ways going live has improved our agency. Build and Establish Thought Leadership. So naturally, when Facebook’s Live feature debuted we immediately knew the potential for businesses, brands and our agency.

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PRSay

JANUARY 29, 2018

For more than 100 years, all of us — agencies, clients and educators, working together around the world through mutuality of endeavor — defined a new industry. Great counseling firms were founded and legendary corporate communications departments were born. That was 50 years ago.

Survey 134

Survey Ethics Leadership Financial 134

Deirdre Breakenridge

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

It’s fascinating to me just how many people in executive leadership have been resistant to these kinds of discussions. If you don’t have a plan for measuring and proving the value of your efforts, and growing that value over time, your pitch is dead on arrival. What’s the right channel to use? What’s the right timing? Guest Post PR 2.0

Content Marketing 150

Content Marketing Marketing How To Leadership 150

PR in High Definition

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Could admiration be a reputation measure of success? Measuring PR impact is a topic continually discussed – it takes many forms and can get a little heated with many differing opinions. A very familiar metric is share of voice, which measures a company’s presence in comparison to a set of competitors. Do they trust the company?

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Reputation Comparison Measurement Engineering 62

PRSay

APRIL 5, 2023

Here’s the breakdown: 54% of respondents work at PR agencies, 24% work for corporate PR departments and 22% work as independent PR practitioners. Organizations with 250 or more employees were more likely to select reporting, measurement and freelancers as their highest budgetary expenditures.

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Survey Measurement Employee Retail 87

5W PR

JUNE 15, 2020

It’s infinitely better to stand up and admit where things went wrong, either personally or corporately. There’s often no need to take the blame for something that isn’t the brand’s direct responsibility, but it’s always a good look to be seen taking leadership of a crisis response. That doesn’t mean pandering.

Crisis 113

Crisis Digital PR Retail Reputation 113

Cision

MARCH 28, 2017

Today, we’ve announced the acquisition of Bulletin Intelligence , a company that distills tens of thousands of sources into a daily, customized, intelligence briefing to inform powerful executives, from multinational corporations to The White House and most major federal agencies and departments.

Big Data 120

Big Data Analysis Data Corporate 120

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 5, 2017

According to The Holmes Report, only 27% of agency leaders responding to the survey think the term “public relations” will clearly and adequately describe the work they do by the year 2020. If true, it bodes very well for PR, which specialized in the powerful but maddeningly hard-to-measure mentions. billion over the next five years.

Trends 124

Trends SEO Leadership Print 124

Stephen Waddington

JUNE 12, 2018

AMEC’s 10th Global Summit of Measurement kicks off in Barcelona today. You’ve spent more than 10 years building a community that has consistently driven up standards in the measurement and performance of public relations. Members include public relations agencies, leading not for profits, governments, and global corporations.

Measurement 75

Measurement Government Education Conference 75

PRSay

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Brad MacAfee will be presenting a professional development session on “ Innovation in Leadership ” on Monday, Oct. I had just landed my first agency job in my chosen field of communications and I couldn’t wait to begin advising colleagues and clients to make a real impact. 9 at PRSA’s 2017 International Conference in Boston.

Financial 148

Financial Employee Leadership Training 148

Reputation Us

DECEMBER 14, 2022

As more companies enter Web3, the structure—expected to replace centralized, corporate platforms—will most likely be the future of doing business online by the end of the decade. While you want to encourage their leadership, you definitely don’t want them getting poached! Action 4: Promote Thought Leadership.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 25, 2017

A third-party partnership is a staple of the public relations repertoire at many successful agencies. Opportunities expand when smart agency teams find ways to shape a multi-dimensional partnership where each side succeeds. PR agencies should treat ancillary relationships with any companies as potential clients.

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Education Leadership Agency Instagram 136