Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

The news cycle was faster, social media was hitting the early majority in the Geoffrey Moore sense, and blogs…blogs were everywhere. We started a blog for our employer, a startup in the IT operations space. Some of the newer and smaller startups that had been blogging for a while ran circles around us.

Blogging 72

Blogging B2B Content Marketing Trade Shows 72

Sword and the Script

MAY 18, 2021

One study shows communicators are faced with growing workloads, but their relationship with business has strengthened; two studies offer a look at media relations insights. One other point that stood out to me: 31% of respondents say their communications budgets range between $50,000 and $500,000. Need an extra pair of hands?

Study 167

Study Communications Survey Pitching 167

PRSay

APRIL 19, 2021

Because the acronym begins with P (or paid media), everyone assumes that’s where a communications program grounded in the PESO Model begins. There are certainly exceptions to the rule but, in most cases, you want to begin with owned media, which is the cornerstone of your efforts. Start off by choosing a keyword.

Media 198

Media Newspapers Google Energy 198

Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

It’s not news that social media has taken the business world by storm, changing the way consumers research their purchases and creating an unprecedented opportunity for brands to build one-to-one relationships with their brand’s biggest fans. The PESO model takes the four media types —paid, earned, shared and owned—and merges them together.

Media Relations 331

Media Relations Newspapers Measurement Social Media 331

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 30, 2019

” Earned media doesn’t work as consistently as email marketing or paid media. The blurring of lines between earned media, paid, shared, and owned media has greatly amplified PR’s reach. Branded content like bylined articles and blog posts offer multiple benefits. Here’s how.

Storytelling 233

Storytelling Education Software LinkedIn 233

Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 14, 2016

The experience enlightened me, shed light on a client need and led to nice interactions with new and existing contacts. It reminded me of the awesome power of crowdsourcing and the social web. In her answer, Katie invited me to email follow-up questions. Luckily, with a little online sleuthing, I was able to get some answers.

Measurement 120

Measurement Exercises Interviews Tools 120

Journalistics

JANUARY 3, 2016

As part of my effort to get the blog back on track in 2016, I spent the past month doing some quantitative and qualitative analysis to better understand how this happened. I forced myself to be honest and to take responsibility for the past decisions I made which led me to post less. Why I Was NOT Blogging.

Blogging 64

Blogging Analytics Google Writing 64

Barokas

JULY 6, 2020

Our guidance comes from more than 20 years working across the tech landscape, including the aerospace, AI, fintech, health tech, and sports and entertainment categories. Our guidance comes from more than 20 years working across the tech landscape, including the aerospace, AI, fintech, health tech, and sports and entertainment categories.

Consumer 131

Consumer Product Launch Agency Sports 131

Journalistics

JANUARY 24, 2016

In my first post of the year, I confessed my blogging sins and provided some insights around what caused me to blog less the past few years, and what I learned from the process. This posts was the first step in my journey to blog more in 2016. About This Two-Part Series.

Blogging 69

Blogging Strategy How To Writing 69

Landis PR

JUNE 14, 2021

Back in the day (say, the early 2000s), tech public relations was pretty much one giant category. Like any other nascent industry, tech spawned sub-categories of specialties, including B2B tech, consumer, OEM, app development, advertising tech, healthcare tech and on and on. Let me know in the comments below. Much has changed.

Healthcare 64

Healthcare B2B Technology Fashion 64

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 25, 2020

Articles and blog posts the team wrote for the company newsletter would go stale before being approved for distribution. Even the simplest of social media posts – the sharing of a neutral but informative news article – would take weeks. The social media marketer didn’t even have access to social media channels.

Marketing 86

Marketing Guidelines Social Media Conference 86

Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In this blog post, let’s look at the differences between public relations and marketing. Tools and Tactics Public Relations: PR uses tools such as press releases , events, community involvement, web- and social media publishing, and interactions with the news media to earn public attention and goodwill.

Publicity 52

Publicity Marketing eBook Public Affairs 52

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 4, 2020

Summary of monthly PR tech news: Critical Mention adds a media database; Talkwalker acquires Nielson Social; Watch out for fine print in media monitoring contracts As a term, earned media made a big splash in search trends in late 2004 or early 2005…and then interest waned. Earned media is sexy.

Media Relations 149

Media Relations Media Print Software 149

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 18, 2011

What this does is let you select a certain number of blogs from your blogroll, and only that number of blogs will be displayed. You can decide how what order these will be displayed in, and which categories of links are displayed. I love how, when you click on an image, it starts the slideshow right on your blog!

Blogging 81

Blogging Facebook Twitter Measurement 81

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 14, 2011

If you’re just getting started blogging (or maybe even if you’ve been doing it a while), here are some WordPress plugins I really really like. I really like its functionality, plus it’s a great way for folks to search on your blog as well as on the Interwebz without actually leaving your blog. LinkWithin.

Blogging 93

Blogging Facebook Twitter Measurement 93

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

They might be helpful to you as you continue on your path as a blogging Grasshopper. This is hugely helpful, because each theme is different and, as a result, the way a post looks when published on one blog, might look completely different on another. It’s the Google generation’s way of thinking. Preview before you publish.

Blogging 86

Blogging Writing Facebook Twitter 86

Journalistics

JANUARY 3, 2016

As part of my effort to get the blog back on track in 2016, I spent the past month doing some quantitative and qualitative analysis to better understand how this happened. I forced myself to be honest and to take responsibility for the past decisions I made which led me to post less. Why I Was NOT Blogging.

Blogging 40

Blogging Analytics Google Writing 40

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Ten Reasons PR Pros Should Blog November 10th, 2010 Tweet Last week, Joe Hackman hosted Danny Brown , Gini Dietrich and me on his BlogTalkRadio show, aptly entitled PRapalooza. Boy, was it fun!

Blogging 90

Blogging Facebook Twitter Writing 90

The Proactive Report

MAY 27, 2017

Take media relations. Despite the major changes in the media landscape, it’s still a core part of PR and there are still reporters, editors and producers we have to reach out to. So although there have been major changes in the media landscape, the fundamentals of media relations are still the same.

Media Relations 127

Media Relations Media Newspapers Radio 127

Cision

AUGUST 10, 2016

It sometimes feels like all you do is create blog posts, e-books and social media updates. One big time-suck for me is coming up with new content topics. You can turn that into 10 blog posts, a slew of social media updates and even Part Two of the e-book. Content is moving at the speed of light these days.

Analytics 120

Analytics Google Energy Writing 120

Sword and the Script

JULY 6, 2021

I missed my self-imposed deadline in June as I was simply overwhelmed by events: client work – always my first priority – but also bisdev, podcast production, blog posts, and trying to get this year’s annual JOTW comms survey ready for publication. ResponseSource also offers press release distribution and a media database.

Pitching 89

Pitching Report Software Survey 89

Sword and the Script

JULY 7, 2020

Summary of monthly PR tech news: Muck Rack focuses on public relations management; Prowly enhances media database; new execs at Meltwater and Signal AI The term “public relations management” sounds like an advanced college class but shaping up for something else. Welcome to the second half of 2020! Give our services a try.

Technology 123

Technology Publicity Software Print 123

Buzzstream

JANUARY 22, 2024

Matt Cutts’ infamous blog post advised “sticking a fork in it” because guest posting for links was done. 150+ Quality Guest Posting Sites Below is the list guest post sites broken down by general category. There is some overlap between the sites and categories. There is a right way and a wrong way to do it, however.

Analysis 91

Analysis SEO Guidelines Google 91

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MARCH 19, 2024

In the wake of continued global shifts and disruptions, the travel and hospitality industry has been on a journey of transformation in the years after COVID-19. Public relations professionals’ role in the travel and hospitality industry is critical to helping the overall success of the brand’s business. What are some of the trends we’re seeing?

Travel 91

Travel Trends Tourism Transportation 91

Sword and the Script

APRIL 7, 2020

In pursuing the vendor news and blogs, I noted a lot of them have made Coronavirus or COVID-19 related announcements (the keyword choice is interesting since the virus causes the illness ). PRgloo is offering to build a free microsite for members of the National Health Service (in the UK) or emergency series, the company said a blog post.

Technology 118

Technology System Tools Government 118

The Resolution Blog

APRIL 23, 2018

I have the metrics that you want I am the thing that you need The client looked me deep in the eyes They say there’s no turning back How can you plan your next thing They said they’re not coming back Because he’s distrusting of me… Dirty Data, nah Dirty Data, nah Dirty Daaa?—?— Coverage clip and media analyst Steph Bridgman.

Data 120

Data Measurement Examples Tools 120

Barokas

MAY 31, 2019

Half of B2B marketers say producing content consistently is a top marketing challenge (Content Marketing Institute) and 65 percent have trouble producing engaging content (Zazzle Media). Blog posts : As one of the first places buyers will go for information, a fresh and informative blog is arguably a company’s most critical content asset.

Case Study 100

Case Study B2B Resources Web 100

Shift Communications

AUGUST 2, 2022

In the age of diversity, equity and inclusion, we know that the old schoolyard taunt, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me,” has never been less true. Language, Please was developed by Vox Media with funding from the Google News Initiative’s Innovation Challenge. By Leslie Clavin, VP, Editorial Services.

Corporate 88

Corporate Real Estate Communications Marketing 88

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

A while back, I was looking at my Google Analytics for WUL and I noticed that my 404 page , i.e. the one you get when the server can’t find the page you’re looking for on a particular site, was the 4th most highly-trafficked page on my blog. And they wouldn’t bother to poke around on the blog to find it.

Blogging 96

Blogging Facebook Twitter How To 96

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Is Pay-to-Post Blogging The New Advertorial? A few weeks ago, they asked a question about paying for blog posts. The idea of paying for posts is somehow intrinsically cheesy to me.

Blogging 73

Blogging Twitter Facebook Measurement 73

Journalistics

JANUARY 24, 2016

In my first post of the year, I confessed my blogging sins and provided some insights around what caused me to blog less the past few years, and what I learned from the process. This posts was the first step in my journey to blog more in 2016. About This Two-Part Series.

Blogging 40

Blogging Strategy How To Writing 40

wiredPRworks

MAY 23, 2022

Instead, I was soon packing my bags for an all-expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas to Blog World. Two years later, this list also landed me a place as the LinkedIn expert in Sticks and Stones: How Digital Business Reputations Are Created Over Time and Lost in a Click by Larry Weber. Her top-ranked blog, wiredPRworks.com, launched in 2006.

LinkedIn 52

LinkedIn How To B2B Social Media 52

Norton's Notes

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

However, before that I was discussing the digital landscape with a potential employee, and they expressed their thoughts to me that blogging was now dead. This struck me as a bold statement, they were younger than me and although I know blogging is not in its 2000s hey day – I still felt it was a powerful tool in the right hands.

Blogging 28

Blogging Marketing Web Twitter 28

Journalistics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

I’ve used products from Vocus , Cision , BurrellesLuce , PRNewswire , BusinessWire, and Marketwire in the past, and they’ve all helped me get my work done faster and deliver stronger results for clients. This got me thinking… what other PR tools are out there that people have never heard of?

Tools 52

Tools Engineering Interviews Social Media 52

Cision

JUNE 14, 2016

Prior to joining Publicis Health, my primary work experience had been media and communication focused on digital and design, so healthcare is a new category for me and that’s probably the most exciting aspect of my new job. Personally, I come from a long line of physicians. is critical to global success.

Healthcare 0

Healthcare Creativity Consumer Government 0

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How To Get Your Blog Project Approved January 13th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Shanan Sorochynski Okay, you’ve had nearly half a month to sink into 2011. I manage the University of Regina’s blog.

Blogging 68

Blogging How To Print Facebook 68

5W PR

DECEMBER 19, 2018

There, I had the opportunity to work on a variety of clients across several different industries which lead me to discover my excitement for the CPG and food/beverage category. See what story angles work, and those that don’t to stay on top of the ever-changing media landscape.

Newspapers 68

Newspapers Survey Interviews Agency 68