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Hopes, Dreams and Sage Advice: 40+ Marketing and PR predictions for 2023

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Marketing and PR predictions aren’t merely forecasts, but often a reflection of our aspirations and perhaps advice – mistakes we’ve made we’d like to help others avoid. “Be They enable consumer brand marketers to connect with influencers who have large followings on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, in a straightforward transactional manner.

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20 PR and Marketing Predictions for 2022

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As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. Now more than ever, brands are understanding the importance of building trust and being transparent with their audiences, not to mention the value of clear communication. You’ll find my own prognostication at the very bottom.

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45 Marketing and PR Statistics that Recap the Year We Had in 2020

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Here’s a look at statistics across PR, marketing, and social media that were surfaced in the various reports and studies covered on this blog throughout 2020. Many of the blog posts published here are based on survey research, analytical studies or other sources of data. Social media statistics from 2020.

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20 Insightful PR and Marketing Predictions for 2018

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I don’t think it’s a stretch to say our own predictions are influenced by where things are today – and where we’d like things to go. Fittingly, I asked a whole bunch of folks for predictions to include in a blog post here (if you want to be invited next year, you can sign up here ). 5) Rise of the real influencers. “A

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7 Media Statistics from an Annual Survey of Reporters that Gives PR a Glimpse of their Mindset

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The 2018 State of the Media report by Cision is an annual survey of reporters that offers some insight. 2) Trust in media still adrift, says media. based reporters said, “the public has lost trust in journalists.”. Also, see these related posts: How to Generate Media Referenceable B2B Customers with a Blog.

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Seeing Around Corners: 30 Marketing and PR Predictions for 2021

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Make your team members track everything that matters within your marketing department – blog views, cost per lead, conversion rates at every stage, webinar attendance rate, paid search efficiency… and report their own KPIs up to you. Many companies turned off their marketing in March when the pandemic hit our shores. Wisdom of crowds.

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Is PR is sending more pitches during COVID-19? [PR Tech News]

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Give our services a try. Propel says PR is sending more pitches; Muck Rack adds podcast contacts and broadcast monitoring; several PR tech vendors publish survey results “Welcome to May. Or, maybe it’s March 77th. We’re not sure.” That’s how The Content Advisory opened up its newsletter on May 1 st. Do more pitches work?