Critical Mention

JANUARY 30, 2019

If you work in public relations or marketing—or in the business world generally—you have likely heard about several major developments in the media monitoring marketplace. All-in-one monitoring capability: As marketers know well, we live in a multichannel world. SCHEDULE A DEMO.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MARCH 5, 2024

And despite digital and legacy media outlets shuttering or laying off, there is a slew of independent, niche and grant-funded newsrooms starting up or getting help from organizations like Press Forward, Local Media Foundation, News/Media Alliance, MacArthur Foundation, Knight Foundation, the American Journalism Project and others.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 20, 2015

As you might expect at an event called “Future of Marketing,” we spent a lot of time talking about, well, the future of marketing. We had a chance to interview some of the top thinkers driving innovation and transformation in the marketing world, and get their perspective on the Big Question: What IS the future of marketing?

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Solo PR Pro

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

He developed a love of sports and print media at a young age, and set off to the University of Florida to pursue a degree in journalism. When he arrived on campus, however, he was amazed by the student-run broadcast stations, including radio and TV stations that would actually compete in the local market for ratings. “I

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

It’s no wonder marketing communications and PR professionals are frustrated. Traditional print titles, who now also have large online audiences, still have tremendous power and credibility. For example, a typical news story in the Wall Street Journal may be read by up to 100,000 C-suite executives. Author: Jim Bianchi.

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Critical Mention

JUNE 10, 2020

As a result, it’s important to be tracking online news , print, social media and broadcast sources constantly to see which journalists and influencers are most trusted and widely-read in a given subject area. . Eric Lebowitz joined Critical Mention in 2018 as its Director of Marketing.

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Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

If you work in PR, marketing or communications and use a media intelligence platform, you might be familiar with the “good enough for now” syndrome. During the vetting process, ask potential providers to show you how to track TV, radio, online news, licensed print and social media in one tool—the proof is in the pudding.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 12, 2022

In an interview on this blog in 2021 , Propel Co-Founder and CEO Zach Cutler said as a former PR agency owner, he couldn’t find software that met his agency’s growth needs. The company says it has “150 business and agency customers, including Real Chemistry, Textron, Insurify and many other unicorns.”

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Polaris

DECEMBER 14, 2014

For my money, there’s no better way to acknowledge the marketer in your life this holiday season than with a book. For help in deciding what books to put on my holiday list, I asked a dozen marketing pros to weigh in with their recommendations. Most useful offline reference resource: Epic Content Marketing by Joe Pulizzi.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Over the past 12 months or so, I’ve easily reviewed and written about more than 20 such PR surveys from the PR sector (there many more about marketing). Earned media still the most credible source of info Most people find independent journalism and earned media to be the most credible source of information. Try our services.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 22, 2018

If you’re into the technology marketing scene, chances are you do too – because he’s everywhere. After working on the in-house side of marketing and learning what he liked and didn’t about working agencies, he hung out his own shingle. He’s been an independent consultant since 2006 and helps B2B companies with online marketing.

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Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

As owner of PR Media , a full-service public relations agency located in Philadelphia/New York area, Publicist Robyn Stevens has created innovative media and marketing strategies with her extensive industry knowledge and connections. Can you tell us a little about your background and how you got to where you are now? Share Tweet Share.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Value of the environment - The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review by Sir Partha Sarathi Dasgupta describes how free markets driven by financial metrics are damaging the natural environment by failing to place a value on natural assets. 30 agencies submitted data to the project. None of the top 20 agencies participated.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 11, 2018

Don’t laugh; in a busy agency, it’s easy to double-book the same line for two calls!) Most importantly, the PR agency and client will assess whether the story helped accomplished their objectives and how to merchandise it to key audiences. PR leverage and amplification. Time to leverage the win. Make it snowball!

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

>>> Can your agency bring big ideas and execute? Here are a few data points that drew my attention: Market size and scope : “$4.5 billion global market for Media Intelligence/PR software and information solutions.” I’m blaming it on the blur that’s been time the last several months. But what’s older is still news.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 25, 2019

It can range from the technology tools marketing uses – to measures aimed at prevention and user education around the products sold. So, I thought was interesting to see an experienced marketing and communications leader from the cybersecurity community, categorized the notion of brand under risk. BCB: Great question.

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Journalistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Despite denials and indignation from journalists, money does talk at many prints, electronic, and online media sources; often in direct relation to the financial health and business prospects of its corporate owners. Do you completely disagree and believe journalism ethics are alive and well today? Let me know.

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Maxim Behar

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

We were about thirty enthusiasts, PR, marketing and advertising specialists, mainly from Europe, but obviously there was a need to gather at a high level, because in just three years we were already 250 people from all over the world and the forum created its own life, again in Davos. Which businesses strengthened advertising market?

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Indeed, many of the hottest public relations agencies such as Manifest and the Romans, and large international networks such as Golin, Ketchum, and Weber Shandwick, proudly lead with earned media. There are examples offline and online in almost every market. As a result print circulation has fallen dramatically.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

However, other traditionally print new organizations – notably the Wall Street Journal and USA Today – got into the podcast game far earlier. Avid podcast listeners consume an average of five a week – listening for four hours and 10 minutes (chart nearby used with permission by The Marketing Companion ). Help Humanize Marketing?

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Cision

MAY 21, 2015

But why is podcasting important to PR and marketing professionals? Welcome to The #AskGaryVee show, where I answer your questions about marketing, social media, and entrepreneurship. Tools, tips and tactics on everything marketing and social media related. SocialZoomFactor is a podcast created for business and marketing leaders.

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Critical Mention

JANUARY 30, 2019

As marketers know well, we live in a multichannel world. Marketing and PR professionals invest time and money on increasing brand awareness across a variety of media channels including television, radio, social media, online news and licensed print. Eric Lebowitz joined Critical Mention in 2018 as its Director of Marketing.

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MaccaPR

MAY 3, 2019

How can marketers like you get your CEO or brand spokesperson interviewed on a podcast that’s heard by tens of thousands, or even millions, of listeners? Many podcasts combine the audio interview with text – so your audience can consume your messages in both print and audio form.

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Barokas

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Content marketing has taken on new life and meaning. Digital and interactive media have largely displaced print. Video is now an integral part of marketing for all businesses. Is a Wall Street Journal mention going to make more of an impact for your business than an in-depth feature in a key vertical publication?

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Mindful Marketing

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

He has developed communications strategies, managed internal teams and placed high-level business and technology coverage for companies in the semiconductor, services, security, cloud, wireless, enterprise software, marketing and consumer device industries. We caught up with Jeff for our Masters in Marketing series.

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Masters in Communications

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Typically, it is synonymous with broadcast and print media: radio, TV, and film (small and large screen), print media, and advertising. The printing press emerged around 600 years ago, but printed media technically existed for thousands of years.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Other disciplines, notably marketing, have encroached on PR practice in areas that lead with paid media, such as influencer marketing and search engine optimisation (SEO). Influencer marketing is messy How we do it 9. In 2019 it has published papers on disinformation and influencer marketing. She always improves my work.

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Critical Mention

JULY 16, 2019

At the same time, while communications, PR and marketing professionals are generally thrilled to create brand awareness without spending budget dollars, earned media can also be difficult to measure. Professionals in PR, marketing and corporate communications understand all too well that there is, in fact, such a thing as bad publicity.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 1, 2022

One thing that separates PR, and specifically media relations, from marketing and advertising is third-party validation: there’s nothing you can say about yourself that’s as powerful as someone else saying it about you. Or the Longview Journal in the case of this particular announcement. Million and Eyes the U.S. Are you kidding?

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MaccaPR

JULY 27, 2016

“I put clothes on because people don’t like me to be in the woods naked,” growls prodigiously-bearded professional lumberjack Adrian Flygt, in a video feature produced by agency BBDO Minneapolis to kick off its 2016 “Lumberjacks Eat Moore. Dinty Moore” marketing campaign for Hormel’s beef stew. Why not for Dinty Moore?

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Cision

MARCH 29, 2016

According to a survey of the releases distributed by (a certain PR firm) on one day: 78% of public relations people spend extra money to dress up their releases with printed letterheads and color…the 78% broke down into 34% on a simple black letterhead, 16% on a one-color letterhead, and 28% on a letterhead with two or more colors.

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Barokas

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For PR and marketing professionals, October through December is arguably the busiest quarter of the year. Our agency has helped numerous enterprise technology and B2B clients build campaigns around holiday shopping. *This post originally appeared on the WTIA blog (read it here).

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2017

Freelance journalism is harder today than it was years ago. Yet, Erik’s perspective isn’t only limited to journalism. He has also been a marketer and accepts an occasional commission for business writing. Or experts in direct marketing who could bring the combined experience of many campaigns and testing to bear.

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Mindful Marketing

JUNE 22, 2015

Now we’ve all heard that journalism is dying and brand content is taking over and blah, blah, blah but at the end of the day the same principles apply to PR that have always applied – third party credibility and endorsement is crucial and that third party being a media outlet still matters and will continue to matter.

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MaccaPR

MAY 23, 2018

What could the producers and editors of The Wall Street Journal , “The Dr. Oz Show,” BuzzFeed, Parents magazine and NBC’s “Today Show” teach you about successfully pitching a story to the most sought-after media outlets in America? Are you pitching a print publication? Consider the Medium.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 1, 2016

But coverage in The Wall Street Journal s, Forbes , Business Insiders and Fortunes of the world are achievable for companies of all sizes – startup or mature, public or private. rental market, including the increase of occupancy rates and rental prices, we broke in with U.S. Using interesting stats around the U.S. Sarah Babbit.

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Cision

APRIL 5, 2017

Reported by Wendy Glavin, CEO & Founder, Wendy Glavin Agency and powered by CommPRO. As marketers, we typically stay away from touchy political issues. Marketers shouldn’t be afraid of dealing with real news. We need to look at history and how anger has changed the markets. What’s your advice? Now it’s foundational.

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