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Financial analysts say marketing is an investment, not a cost

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The “Brand Finance Investment Analyst Survey” polled more than 200 financial analysts who “cover publicly listed companies in the United States and United Kingdom.” All the other factors considered – leadership, innovation, profitability, sustainability, and employees – all influence the awareness and strength of a brand. The purpose?

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The Value of B2B AI

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In the B2B sector, it can drive productivity, efficiency, and innovation. Improved Decision-Making B2B AI offers a major advantage: better decision-making. Increased Efficiency B2B AI can boost efficiency and productivity in business. Enhanced Customer Experience AI has the potential to improve the customer experience in B2B.

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Today, we say goodbye to HARO [PR Tech Sum 52]

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Top stories in today’s summary of PR news: Cision shutters the HARO brand; Agility adds “Intelligent Insights”; PR tech company replaces employees with AI On the first Tuesday of every month, I sort through all the news I can find on PR technology or comms tech and present it in a summary post like this one.

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Is this a nostalgic goodbye to the HARO brand? [PR Tech Sum 51]

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HARO-like alternatives: PitchRate (free) Help a B2B Writer (free – but many queries are from outside the U.S) Recap of recent money moves This is just the latest move in a string of corporate financial transactions the company has made of late. Employee engagement. I don’t agree with all of that but I share the sentiment.

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Why It’s Important to Maintain Marketing and PR Budgets in a Recession

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Seventy percent of academic economists surveyed by the Financial Times and 60% of CEOs surveyed by the Conference Board. Communicating effectively, to employees, customers and investors has proven paramount. If you enjoyed this post, you might also like: Why “Disruption” is a Terrible Message for Prospects in B2B Marketing.

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3 Studies with Benchmarks for Content Marketing, Blogging and Webinars [UML]

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MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute published their 10 th Annual B2B Marketing report with benchmarks, budgets and trends. This year the report sampled responses from 679 in North American B2B companies. B2B content marketers serve an average of four audiences. Webinars are a long-time staple of B2B marketing.

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Content analysis tool BuzzSumo adds journalist database for SMBs [PR tech sum no. 48]

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I do a lot of work in fintech – and all those vendors have financial professionals on staff. According to the release the software uses employee behavioral data to “identify content themes and gain insights into audience engagement.” Hire a B2B marketing and PR consultant who can think strategically and execute effectively.

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