Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Fortunately, there are several new studies that have been published about content marketing, blogging and webinars that provide solid benchmarks. 1) Content marketing benchmarks. MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute published their 10 th Annual B2B Marketing report with benchmarks, budgets and trends.

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Onclusive

JUNE 14, 2017

In a perfect world, public relations and marketing teams would work together more often to achieve common goals. But let’s be honest: we’re all fighting an uphill battle in reducing organizational drag , and not everyone needs to be in your weekly marketing meeting. Marketing Goal 2: Better position your brand or product.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

HARO, as it’s known colloquially, was an ad-support email newsletter that sent media opportunities from 30,000 reporters and bloggers to a subscriber list of 100,000 PR pros and small businesses. In any case, both of these were “audience buys” and proved to be savvy PR, content marketing and SEO moves. PR tech mentions.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 6, 2023

The survey found: 57% are crafting pitches; 48% are writing copy for social media; 48% are writing press releases; 44% are using it for research; and 25% say they are using it for strategy and planning. How does PR’s use of gAI compare to marketing? How is it being used? Layoffs at internal comms platform.

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Survey Software B2B Pitching 149

Garrett Public Relations

DECEMBER 3, 2020

But what can we learn and apply to our digital marketing and communications strategies in 2021? I asked 21 influencers to share their thoughts on this question: What one piece of marketing advice would you offer […]. As we prepare to enter a new year, we all wonder what lies ahead. 2020 was anything but predictable.

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Marketing Strategy Communications Publicity 208

Buzzstream

JANUARY 9, 2019

Content marketing takes time and effort. Since I started applying reciprocity in marketing a year ago, it has helped us grow our organic traffic for Survey Anyplace by over 100%. Reciprocal marketing in a nutshell. Big publications are less likely to work together with small businesses, but small businesses will!

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 20, 2016

There may well be a disconnect between strategy and execution in B2B marketing. While businesses usually don’t think twice about investing in research, personas and messaging platforms, when it comes to execution, someone is usually counting pennies. It’s been a trend in content marketing too. But it is not.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 14, 2016

As a small business owner, Mr. Roberts told me he’s tried local newspaper ads and local television ads to drive leads to his business – but nothing works like the internet. That sounds like sage advice for companies in the business-to-business market with a long sales cycle. The slides are embedded nearby.

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Marketing B2B Local Customer Service 60

Rock the Status Quo

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Two words: vertical markets. Slow pipelines are an opportunity to think bigger with the publications we target, and with customized stories that fit our own needs but reach more niche markets. My bank client is a top ten SBA lender in my state who, naturally, funds a high volume of small business loans.

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Garrett Public Relations

JANUARY 2, 2021

As we make 2021 marketing plans, how can we place bets on the best way to organize those plans when there are still so many questions to be answered? This time of year, many marketers make predictions on what businesses should focus on as we […]. The new year has arrived. But what will it hold?

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Buzzstream

MAY 15, 2024

It’s generally OK to pitch to sites that accept guest posts or contributors, but avoid sites that advertise “write for us” all over the site (e.g., Those who can give the links, what are they going to find valuable because that’s really your market? Yeah, I find the mismatch greatest for B2B industries.

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Google SEO Tools Pitching 71

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

CThere’s an old saying that good marketing will make a poor product fail faster. There’s something similar at play in those B2B organizations facing challenges in content marketing. Certainly, the most successful content marketing is very deliberate. Why does content marketing fail? 1) Random Acts of Content.

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Garrett Public Relations

JANUARY 22, 2022

Making plans for marketing initiatives is always a work in progress. What should you focus on in the coming months? Uncertainty ruled last year, but now, we have a better idea of how things may look as we continue to get our footing in this new environment created by the pandemic. So, what trends should […].

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Trends Marketing Publicity Small Business 158

Garrett Public Relations

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

As someone who has spent much […] The post Getting Featured: Six Tips to Secure More Media Coverage for Your Business appeared first on Garrett Public Relations. Some companies seem to get in their own way when it comes to earning media coverage. I’ve seen it time and again. They wonder why they’re not getting more “hits.”

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Media Report Company Publicity 159

Beyond PR

APRIL 26, 2018

Influencer marketing is an easy way to amplify your brand, right? Jay Baer: Influencer marketing is spicy like a bayou gumbo right now. You need to write a compelling message that’s probably an email that can get through this influencers defenses and encourage them to work with you. What do you write and why?

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Garrett Public Relations

DECEMBER 5, 2019

As we in communications and marketing look ahead to 2020, what can we expect? It’s the end of the decade – and what a decade it’s been. I asked 20 influencers to look into the future and share their thoughts on this question: “What lies ahead for communicators in 2020?” Here’s what they predict. 2020 […].

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Communications Marketing Publicity Small Business 188

Ethical Voices

DECEMBER 18, 2023

I’ve worked almost entirely with B2B tech clients with a handful of exceptions. I like helping B2B tech companies with really arcane technology tell stories that people care about. We agreed to do a market research project with them. How long have we been writing press releases, calling somebody the leading provider of X.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 10, 2017

It’s easy to believe there are a million marketing blogs but that’s just not true. If you blog about marketing – especially with any semblance of frequency – you are in fact among a fair small group. Entrepreneurship and small business ranked second and third respectively. Lackluster Consistency and Frequency.

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Survey Blogging Corporate Analytics 60

Cision

JULY 26, 2017

What I want to do in this post is look at the social targeting tools available to PR pros and marketers on the major social platforms answering two questions: How effectively can I target the followers/fans that I currently have on the platform? How effectively can I target new customers/prospects on the platform?

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Garrett Public Relations

OCTOBER 17, 2021

It’s a noisy environment out there. With EVERY brand competing for a customer’s attention, it isn’t easy to stand out. Often I talk with prospective clients who think public relations will be the answer to all their visibility challenges. Alas, it’s not a magic potion. A very important question to ask yourself is: Are you […].

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Publicity Brand Branding Small Business 143

Garrett Public Relations

MARCH 7, 2018

If you have a company in the manufacturing or industrial markets, PR may be an element that’s missing from your marketing program. Many companies in these verticals overlook PR because they may feel it won’t be worthwhile for them. They may think, “What in the world do we have to talk to the media about?” […].

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Maxim Behar

MARCH 6, 2022

I also started producing some small ads or souvenirs or business cards or brochures, printing calendars, small business souvenirs, or presents. They were writing stories, covering events on the TV, talking on the radio, and hence they were called journalists. How do you do a B2B PR?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 5, 2018

All good content marketing initiatives begin by getting everyone on the team in agreement with campaign goals. Set content marketing goals. With a clear set of marketing goals, the team can more easily determine what the content output will consist of and better show how content marketing can help meet business objectives.

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Strategy Guidelines Content Marketing Small Business 159

Cision

MARCH 13, 2017

Public Relations has always been an important contributor to any company’s branding and marketing efforts. Further, the industry is largely controlled by Omnicom, IPG, WPP and Publicis group, which together account for around 34% of overall PR market at present. can all be labeled as PR activity. ScreramingFrog.

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SEO Social Media Tools Google 229

Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

How to Balance Ethics and Reality in #Influencer #Marketing [link] pic.twitter.com/BWn4QG8m0s. — You know there’s at least one person saying “Damn Twitter, I can’t write a Direct Message in under 10k characters.” Branding, Social Media, Marketing, PR & Professional Coach. Digital Marketing Agency.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 14, 2015

Content marketing is the new branding. Content marketing *is* PR. Content marketing is the new buyer’s journey. But for the vast majority of marketers, especially in large organizations, content marketing is still a new concept, it’s still seeping into the culture. 6 Keys to Content Marketing for Big Brands.

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Content Marketing Brand Branding Marketing 60

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 17, 2016

The push for better measurement in marketing and PR has been something of a groundswell over the last decade. Indications of success and key performance indicators (KPIs) have come a long way toward suggesting whether marketing is on the right or wrong track. These trends put the whole science of marketing at risk. And again.”.

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Analytics Data Report Measurement 60

Marketwired

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Rethink writing: Michelle Messenger Garrett. Add life using quotes: Some quotes sound “canned”—try to liven up your quotes by writing them the way a person would actually talk. A mentor of mine taught us to write executive quotes this way and it really does help in making them sound more real. cookies ‘n cream.

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Rock the Status Quo

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

It doesn’t excuse poor pitching, but sometimes I wonder if they are lumping in all of the entrepreneurs, small business owners and jack-of-all-trades marketing professionals right in with the PR specialists? Maybe their complaints stem from the activity of those who DON’T know better?

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