Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Blogs/web sites (which largely run on WordPress and other dynamic and intuitive content management systems, which make them very easy to navigate). * And browse a myriad of blogs and sites using fantastic tools like Flipboard. Since they’re web-based, they work well with any system and any computer. Much faster.

Employee 157

Employee Corporate Communications System 157

Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

They’re not slapped together like some make-shift blog. Hmm…strange for a corporate storytelling site, don’t you think? For example, this 88 Acres post that really effectively launched Microsoft Stories is really 8 different posts in one–a chapter-based blog post, if you will. And also: Comments.

Storytelling 165

Storytelling Web Case Study Brand 165

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Writers that report success with blogging share the following characteristics: They are more likely to write longer or more in-depth content; They tend to spend six or more hours writing a post; They are 2.5 1) How long should a blog post be? Today the average blog post is 1151 words. So, how long should a blog post be?

Blogging 109

Blogging Survey B2B Analysis 109

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 31, 2019

There were 62 posts published on this blog in 2019. In going through the reader analytics for the full year, these are the top 10 most-read posts on this blog about public relations (PR) and marketing. If you haven’t already, consider subscribing to these blog posts by email or RSS. 6) How Long Should a Blog Post be in 2019?

Blogging 80

Blogging Publicity Marketing Survey 80

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

This why a good content marketer can take a dense white paper, identify the most interesting parts , re-write it for the web, and then watch it get more traction than the first time around. He thought too much of corporate writing was boring and conformist…and this was one way he urged us to keep thing interesting.

Writing 61

Writing Blogging Content Marketing Web 61

Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

I’m the web editor for Automotive News , supervising all breaking news content on autonews.com. I work with most of the editorial staff on breaking news for the web. I work with most of the editorial staff on breaking news for the web. I also supervise our excellent social media editor, Terry Kosdrosky.

Automotive 66

Automotive Web Meeting Media 66

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Should you put dates on your blog posts and content? Here are the survey results: Should you or shouldn’t you put a date blog posts when you publish them? blogs #bloggers #publicrelations #contentmarketing #content. Top arguments for including dates on blogs and content: Context. User experience. Minimalism.

Blogging 119

Blogging Survey Google Engineering 119

Stuart Bruce

MARCH 16, 2017

As public relations and corporate communications needs to become increasingly more visual gifs are one of the easiest and most effective ways to do it. Mobile friendly and work across platform including social media, web sites. Seven ways PR and corporate communications can use GIFs. Why use animated gifs?

Corporate 96

Corporate Communications Public Affairs Newspapers 96

Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Building a podcast audience (much like building a blog audience) takes time. Sure, you’ll want to consider your corporate social channels as prime sharing platforms for your podcast. But, don’t forget about setting up podcasting outposts across the web at places like SoundCloud.

Corporate 103

Corporate Banking Resources Radio 103

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Businesses that engage corporate blogging with professionalism and process can boost visibility, grow a community, and ultimately, have a meaningful influence on sales. For example, I once worked for a company that found visitors that engaged the blog were 50% more likely to make a purchase. Directional Indications of Success.

B2B 68

B2B Measurement Blogging Community 68

Sword and the Script

MARCH 10, 2019

Corporate communications departments are taking more work in-house. Last summer, Washington Post Pulitzer-prize-winning columnist Steven Pearlstein lamented about the “ sorry state of corporate media relations ” after a major company declined to produce an executive for an interview for what he described as an easy story.

Survey 103

Survey Media Relations Corporate Communications 103

Communications Conversations

APRIL 4, 2016

The online corporate newsroom has undergone big shifts in the way it looks and operates in the last 15 years–for sure. Remember when online corporate newsrooms used to consist of a list of news releases and nothing more? Heck, many corporate online newsrooms still DO look like that. And therein lies the problem.

Corporate 60

Corporate Strategy Pinterest Web 60

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. There are more blogs focused on personal development than any other topic, according to the survey.

Survey 60

Survey Blogging Corporate Analytics 60

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 28, 2014

Blogging is a great way to start conversations, share ideas, and build your online community. Whether through guest posts or original content on your own site, blogging can help your brand gain traction (I mean, just look at me!). So this week, the roundup features seven posts from around the web that focus on blogging.

Blogging 76

Blogging SEO Community Resources 76

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The benefits are clear; ever since Google cracked down on link schemes, marketers have prized stories and features from recognized publications with high-value domains as boosting their search positions and even driving noticeable spikes in web traffic over months or even years. Thought leadership content is persuasive.

SEO 227

SEO Agency Reputation Policies 227

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

If you’re looking for a short and easy answer to blogging questions, here you go: How long should a blog post be? How long should it take to write a blog post? How often should I publish blog posts? In corporate blogging and more broadly, in B2B content marketing , it’s not so simple.

B2B 60

B2B Blogging Data Survey 60

Communications Conversations

APRIL 27, 2018

A few weeks ago, I noticed Alyssa Greve , director of content marketing at Cambria, touting a new Cambria blog on LinkedIn. Although corporate storytelling has been under fire a bit lately, I continue to be a strong supporter of such efforts–and this one, in particular, looked interesting.

Blogging 68

Blogging Pinterest SEO Examples 68

Beyond PR

JUNE 13, 2017

Corporations have to be more than simply transactional, or they run the risk of losing their customers’ loyalty for a more engaging brand that can provide the same service. In addition to social media, one way brands have enabled that direct, personal connection with consumers is through a company blog (hey, like this one!).

Blogging 77

Blogging Company Engineering Airlines 77

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 12, 2016

Ownership is a strong word in the high-stakes game of corporate social media turf wars – yet consensus increasingly points to PR as primary proponents. A recent survey by the employment agency, The Creative Group , says corporate executives are increasingly inclined to pin the communications shop with such responsibility.

Survey 60

Survey Corporate Social Media Media 60

Sword and the Script

JUNE 11, 2016

Aside from the well-deserved round of congratulations, it occurred to me the acquisition is an indication of a maturing industry for content marketing, which of course includes blogging. The Blogging Gutenberg . The last 10 or 15 years have brought a vast array of tools for publishing blogs.

Blogging 60

Blogging Marketing SEO Content Marketing 60

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Alison Kenney asked this question yesterday in a Facebook group I belong to: “When it comes to your own website, do you think a blog is a must?” ” You’re reading this blog on a business website, so you already know what my answer is. Why do people ask whether or not you should host your own blog?

Blogging 99

Blogging Leadership LinkedIn Google 99

Onclusive

AUGUST 24, 2020

While many media monitoring companies have given up on data collection and outsource that critical function to other companies, Patrick masterminded the challenging task of building arguably the largest, global earned media web crawler and database in the industry. Finding them should be an industry-wide imperative!

Analytics 347

Analytics Engineering System Software 347

Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 13, 2015

When it comes to corporate volunteerism and social media, isn’t this what we normally see from brands? Driving traffic to the web site. Posts like these are all too common when it comes to corporate volunteerism and social media for big brands. I blogged about it earlier this year. Good story. Great, model employee.

Corporate 60

Corporate Creativity Employee Instagram 60

The Proactive Report

DECEMBER 2, 2022

It’s no longer in vogue to grab stock images off the web and use it to accompany your content. Look at what happened with the Corporate Memphis design trend a few years ago. That applies to everything from your branding look and feel, all the way to seemingly insignificant things like an image that accompanies a blog post.

Trends 147

Trends Instagram Creativity Small Business 147

Sword and the Script

MAY 26, 2015

Hiring a PR firm for the corporate communications mix is a sizable undertaking but it usually boils down to picking the right people. To that end, a key requirement of a PR firm is its capacity to conceptualize and develop web content that can meet combined needs of prospects, customer and influencers, including the media.

Corporate 60

Corporate Communications Web Creativity 60

Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

It has a long, positive track record of serving brands —both personal and professional—in their times of need, offering services that range from: Corporate cybersecurity Defensive reputation management Online privacy protection Online reputation management solutions Online review generation. Reviewing and enhancing your web presence.

Brand 234

Brand Branding Reputation Crisis 234

Sword and the Script

MAY 2, 2017

Her corporate gigs tended to be with large companies of the international variety – Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent for example. 3) You’ve spent a lot of time in telecom with Alcatel-Lucent and later Nokia, what is one corporate communication challenge that’s unique to that space, and how did you overcome it? and the occasional journalist.

Corporate 61

Corporate Communications LinkedIn Agency 61

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Today, the range is much broader, encompassing blog content, confessional-style social updates, and, of course, video. For example, web analytics tools like Google Analytics and Twitter Analytics are common in PR and user-friendly. Mastery of analytics tools is expected for both developing campaigns and showing their value.

Analytics 170

Analytics Tools Social Media Trends 170

Landis PR

JANUARY 30, 2024

Note: This is a reposted blog by our Public Relations Global Network Partner, Michelle Lyng, Novitas Communications. For the Photo courtesy of Pixabay original blog, please visit here. Metrics such as web traffic, page views, bounce rates, time spent on the website, and SEO ranking, all rely on PR tactics.

Leadership 105

Leadership SEO Measurement Reputation 105

NewsWhip

MAY 13, 2022

At the beginning of this year, we partnered with PR Week to conduct a study of hundreds of PR and communications professionals about some of the key aspects of corporate reputation in 2022. You can read the full blog here. May 12th: Benchmarking your brand against competitors.

Facebook 78

Facebook Reputation Analysis Web 78

Doctor Spin

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This blog post delves into the anatomy of media kits, exploring their raison d’etre, components, and how they can be crafted to capture attention , tell your story, and establish relationships with the news media. Corporational Determinism—The New Paradigm for Product Launching. Doctor Spin | The PR Blog. 1 Silfwer, J.

Media 52

Media Wikipedia Product Launch Journalism 52

PRSay

APRIL 22, 2021

Articles on investment news sites are frequently based on corporate news releases, which suggests that these firms may have been attempting to artificially inflate stock prices. A conservative blog then ran a story insinuating that Nooyi had criticized Trump supporters and suggested they “take their business elsewhere.”

Financial 192

Financial Reddit Advertising Advertising 192

Presspage

APRIL 6, 2018

During this event, a panel of experts will discuss trends and effectiveness in corporate publishing strategies. And Bart Verhulst , Co-Founder and Chief Strategist of PressPage, who will provide insights on how the social newsroom is a key asset for self-managed and -operated web properties.

Company 92

Company Media Web Advertising 92

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2024

The quality of queries changed too as the web evolved. It was increasingly filled with queries from corporate bloggers with commercial interests rather than journalists with stories to complete on a deadline. A spokesperson later contacted this blog to say the disruption of service was limited to European customers – that no U.S.-based

Reddit 178

Reddit Software B2B Technology 178

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 4, 2016

Maybe you’re even planning to get started with blogging? On January 10th, this blog turns seven. Getting started on blogging can be daunting, but IMHO is worth it. I’ve heard from quite a few of you who want to make blogging a priority this year. 7 Strategies To Help Build The Perfect Blog For Your Business.

Blogging 40

Blogging Writing Google SEO 40

Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

As I chatted with Staff Sergeant, and head of this customer service unit, Chris Boddy of the Toronto Police Service, I was interested in understanding what customer service means to their Police Agency and how it differs – or doesn’t – from a corporate organization. Check out their website and blog.

Customer Service 227

Customer Service Crisis Crisis Communications Internal 227

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 1, 2022

Respondents said their organization is placing more or much more emphasis on owned media (60%), like blogs, newsletters and websites. The most common ways communicators are measuring results are web traffic (56%), impressions 51%, and the number of placements (50%). Blog: Code of PR Ethics? Most common comms measurement methods.

Survey 137

Survey Communications Measurement Internal 137