Contently - Strategy

APRIL 19, 2021

At first glance, TikTok’s audience, which skews younger, may not seem like the ideal place for a B2B brand. Now comes the big question: Should B2B brands use TikTok? B2B brands don’t always tug at the heartstrings of the audience when they’re selling technical products and services. It depends.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 3, 2024

Triggers, Myths and Archetypes for Powerful PR Storytelling PR is evolving beyond pitching stories for reporters to tell. What ChatGPT Brings to Public Relations ChatGPT is a powerful tool – but in PR, we need to use it thoughtfully, and without devaluing human creativity and oversight.

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Ishmael's Corner

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Previous posts have discussed the challenge for PR folks to embrace visual storytelling in communications. Responding to the crush of information and more people accessing content on mobile devices, they definitely have the visual storytelling religion. A recent Gizmodo story on Bloomberg Businessweek reminded me of this very point.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 18, 2023

For example, a campaign centered around a holiday like Veterans Day might be out-of-sync with a B2B company trying to promote software without a bridge that connects the two entities. Ensuring content, visuals, and storytelling align with the theme and spirit of the occasion are essential.

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Critical Mention

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Compelling storytelling is an incredibly powerful way to communicate with your target audience. Digital storytelling is at the top of the list of communication trends that PR executives believe will dominate in the next five years. Example: How Cotopaxi leveraged storytelling to sell its brand. No two bags could look alike.

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Storytelling B2B Trends Examples 66

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 28, 2023

Ultimately, the challenge for PR and communications is to highlight the ways these AI systems can enhance human creativity, rather than replace it, while alleviating fears of an apocalyptic robot uprising. A pressing challenge in B2B tech PR is communicating technical complexity in simple terms.

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Technology Strategy Privacy Healthcare 170

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A resource for high-level storytelling In technical industry sectors like B2B and ad tech/martech, it’s not always easy for an internal team to recognize the bigger story. The right creative campaign, whether earned, paid, or both, can generate extraordinary benefits in the form of brand engagement, credibility, and even loyalty.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 30, 2019

This is particularly successful in B2B PR campaigns, where the sales cycle is long and the products complex. Storytelling engages, influence persuades. Storytelling starts at the initial awareness phase and can play a role through the customer journey. Filling the funnel starts at the top, with awareness.

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B2B PR Sense

JANUARY 5, 2018

B2B PR in particular creates a patina of thought leadership and generates interest and awareness. How to Pick the Right B2B PR Agency For You. How to Score in B2B Media Relations. At their core, B2B PR professionals aim to boost and reinforce a brand’s image and crediblity. How to Combat the Fake News Frenzy in B2B PR.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 1, 2019

B2B brands can often rely on their own website analytics to gauge the power of earned media, while others use third-party vendors to conduct baseline customer research, or calculate share-of-voice movement within a category. But the best campaigns are fueled by creativity, yet informed by research. Muddling the message.

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PR 20/20

JULY 11, 2019

At the heart of what we do, all marketers are storytellers. 5 Ways AI Can Deliver the Right Content to the Right B2B Buyer at the Right Time. What : The B2B buyer’s journey is full of friction and frustration. Our expectation for B2C consumption is permeating our B2B buying behaviors. Lunch Lab). It’s all about timing.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 8, 2019

But the real opportunity for PR and marketers may be voice storytelling. After all, it’s the first and most natural form of human narrative, and now that technology has caught up with creativity, the sky’s the limit.

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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. As a percentage of revenue , B2B product organizations invest 6.3% 13) Storytelling the hottest trend in PR in 2018.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

But there’s an overlooked bit of B2B tech that’s quietly poised to shake things up: the cloud. There are real opportunities for hybrid providers to promote their advantages through creative storytelling. AI and machine learning might be the crowd favorite for most disruptive technologies in 2020.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Good public relations can be an essential way for a brand to stand out from the pack, especially in the B2B/ technology sector. The small B2B software provider Basecamp set out to be different from the moment is began in 1999. This type of creative, highly effective activity makes a splash. Convey a point of view.

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Prohibition

MAY 18, 2023

Influencers are also skilled storytellers who know how to connect with their audience on a personal level. User-generated content Influencers are skilled content creators, which brands can leverage to their advantage to create compelling, creative and engaging content on their behalf.

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Beyond PR

JUNE 9, 2016

I recently reached out to Bradley to better understand how he so successfully injects creativity into an otherwise very conservative market. Bradley warns that some B2B marketing tends to be so creatively safe it teeters on the edge of boring and risks not engaging its audience. We’re talking to the same person.

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 16, 2022

From virtual subways to coffee-stained trainers, we’ve rounded up some of the most eye-catching and creative food and drink campaigns from 2022! This was an example of a creative brand awareness campaign which embraced pioneering technologies to generate mass media coverage and really get people talking! How to pitch to journalists .

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Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The best virtual event talk I’ve given this year was at the MarketingProfs B2B Forum. The presentation-creation technology wave has just begun, and I’m optimistic it’ll help up our storytelling game in virtual events next year. This innovation is less technological and more creative. LinkedIn Events.

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Prohibition

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Channel 4’s in-house creative agency, 4Creative, unveiled a series of stunts as part of their campaign to promote their new reality TV show, ‘Make Me Prime Minister’ – including deploying a vending machine that sells fake drugs and a travelling 10 Downing Street lectern. The importance of storytelling in PR .

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Cision

JUNE 2, 2015

According to CMI’s 2015 Benchmark Report , 55 percent of B2B marketers plan to increase their content marketing budget in the next 12 months—essentially, pouring more money into telling their brands’ stories. Indeed, the same benchmark report shows the top challenge facing B2B marketers today is producing engaging content.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

“These leaders push their teams from a reactive, check-the-box focus on storytelling and information dissemination, to operating within a strategically defined framework that considers the impact and outcomes of content and programming on business priorities,” according to the report. Other interesting statistics: Agencies say creative.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 14, 2017

Art or Science: Creative Marketing and PR. Creative Storytelling as the Soul of B2B Marketing [UML]. Is your PR agency bring creative ideas to the table? Moreover, the effectiveness is likely to diminish with every use as initial reactions devolve from curiosity or alarm – to indifference or even anger. Talk to Us!

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5W PR

MARCH 24, 2022

Companies in the B2B industry can bring new life to their content with the help of digital storytelling. There are plenty of opportunities for B2B businesses to utilize digital storytelling, given the amount of consumer engagement in the industry, as well as the consumer research that many companies have been executing.

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The Hoffman Agency

DECEMBER 5, 2022

While some of us pursued degrees in PR or journalism, many stumbled upon the industry from something vastly different: from accounting, history, law, to other creative backgrounds. However, I loved the challenge of communicating complex subjects to my classes, working with people and having the chance to get creative.

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wiredPRworks

MAY 23, 2022

Barbara Rozgonyi leads CoryWest Media, a creative marketing communication consultancy that attracts attention, builds brands, and connects communities. I only changed a few words here and there. Fifteen years later, the solid foundation advice still works. An early social media advocate, Barbara founded Social Media Club Chicago in 2008.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 6, 2023

When launching a campaign, video has great storytelling potential – showcasing your brand’s campaign findings far and wide. Videos allow your brand to communicate its unique messaging, offering or products in a creative and emotive manner that snaps the attention of your audience, instead of getting lost in overly long text.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Brad Marley , Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media . My B2B clients are more open to sponsored content. I recently saw new research showing that brand purpose is even more important to B2B buyers than to B2C customers, which is surprising but probably makes sense given the longer selling cycle and relationship to corporate reputation.

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Prohibition

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Those providing glowing reviews are those you want to keep sweet, so thank them, and be creative. At Prohibition, we work with various brands across all sectors, B2B and B2C to create innovative PR campaigns that deliver real ROI and help meet business goals.

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

However, winning new accounts or business can be challenging from a creative perspective as well as incredibly time-consuming. to discuss Facebook Live 365: What we learned in a year of digital storytelling. Keith Green, APR, is vice president, B2B Communications & Partnerships, Guinness World Records. Winning new business.

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Rock the Status Quo

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Get Creative With WHO You Pitch. Put on Your Storyteller Hat. There’s all kinds of angles to take, both B2B and B2C – and local publications for each of them. Expanding the publications and websites that you pitch help you and your client while exploring a different side of creativity. GET INSPIRED!

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The Hoffman Agency

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

By Ming Gao, Intern Entering college, I always knew I wanted to major in something that could combine my interest in business and marketing with my creative side. The Hoffman Agency stood out to me due to its driving mission of storytelling and its welcoming culture. The difficult part was discovering where to apply them.

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The Hoffman Agency

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

By Ming Gao, Intern Entering college, I always knew I wanted to major in something that could combine my interest in business and marketing with my creative side. The Hoffman Agency stood out to me due to its driving mission of storytelling and its welcoming culture. The difficult part was discovering where to apply them.

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Wireless Internal International Software 36

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 14, 2017

This question is the B2B marketing equivalent of the Wolf of Wall Street’s challenge to sales: sell me this pen. If B2B marketers want to cut through the clutter and stand out, you’ve got to understand the basics of storytelling. Also see: Creative Storytelling as the Soul of B2B Marketing [UML].

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 1, 2017

And, even if you’re not, there are ways to make office work or any Snapchat video more creative and fun. With its use of stickers and filters and other creative tools, Snapchat is considered most useful for B2C marketers. Use classic storytelling technique with a beginning, middle and end. Let your imagination go wild.

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Video B2B B2C Survey 120

MaccaPR

AUGUST 26, 2015

Your brand can share storytelling moments from its company history with your key stakeholders, too. From legacy videos and anniversary books to corporate birthday events and digital archives, what follows are five ways smart brands have leveraged their company histories in brand storytelling. Legos' Corporate History Video.

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PRSay

JANUARY 9, 2020

2020 is the perfect time to take a fresh, creative approach to your partnerships. Things to think about How can you leverage organic content (with permission, of course) and empower your everyday fans to continue to share your brand message creatively? If you’re in the B2B arena, this is a critical space to amplify in 2020.

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