Polaris

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

According to a 2013 Technorati study , blogs are one of the most important online sources of purchase influence. If you’re launching a new product or service, it therefore makes sense to include blogger outreach in the marketing mix. If your product falls into a niche, blogs are a terrific way to get the word out to your target market.

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Media Relations Marketing Media Fashion 232

Solo PR Pro

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Whether due to shifts in the market, personal aspirations, or lifestyle changes, knowing when and how to transition back to flying solo is a decision that calls for introspection and strategy. This blog post is your guide in navigating these waters. Get support for every season of your business by joining the Solo PR Pro community !

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Agency Exercises Strategy Internal 96

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 8, 2023

SaaS companies have an average of 38 active cases studies that are between 500-1,000 words in both HTML and PDF format; here’s how they incentives customers, sales and customer success to solicit new case studies Case studies are a pillar of B2B marketing, particularly in technology circles like software-as-a-service (SaaS).

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Case Study Study Company B2B 124

Prohibition

MARCH 16, 2021

We don’t need to sell you on the benefits of content marketing. When compared with other forms of marketing, content marketing has the potential to form a meaningful and long-lasting relationship with your customer or prospect. And that results in you achieving your marketing goals. And that results in poor results.

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Content Marketing Marketing Social Media Video 62

5W PR

AUGUST 28, 2020

Today, media coverage is an important metric in assessing the success of marketing and communication initiatives. Regardless of the social media platform on which content is relayed, getting the right media coverage brings satisfaction and pride to marketers. Employ Hashtags. Know the Target Audience.

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Media Exercises Study Social Media 103

Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 13, 2013

There’s a ton of stuff going on, so here at WUL we’re taking a short break from “live” blogging this week. So, in the spirit of education and the public good, here are are five articles that will provide you with blogging tips from optimizing your excerpts to increasing your readership.

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Blogging Exercises Survey Google 78

Reputation Us

JUNE 1, 2023

In May 2023, Blue Ocean Global Technology interviewed ReputationUs’s President Casey Boggs about his thoughts on reputation management for their global blog … Blue Ocean Strategies Blue Ocean: Reputation management has become an important component for most businesses. Brand is what you say about your company.

Technology 78

Technology Interviews Reputation Crisis 78

Sword and the Script

JULY 24, 2018

There’s are several industry organizations that field annual surveys about content marketing and they are gearing up. Last year, the data overwhelmingly found every business says they are doing content marketing. This year, I predict satisfaction with content marketing will slide and many won’t understand why.

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Content Marketing B2B Marketing Exercises 64

Stephen Waddington

MAY 19, 2020

Since that point, the health of the business-to-business market has been mixed. The freelance PR market shut down in the first week of April as agencies and in-house teams reacted to the markets they serve and cut costs. Catherine Arrow recently wrote about the post COVID-19 challenge facing organisations on my blog.

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Crisis Government Energy Community 151

Stephen Waddington

MAY 2, 2020

Pleasure in simple things and new routines A lockdown book or new language may be a tall order but there is pleasure in art, cooking, craft and community. People out and about taking their daily exercise have created hundreds of pebble stacks on our local beach in Whitley Bay. It’s a wonderful community act of craft.

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Transportation Government Community Facebook 84

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Predictions are a license for liberty in mental exercise. Here are my predictions for PR , content marketing and social media ; one each. In 2017, PR professionals will be increasingly viewed as strategic business advisors championing integrated communications across the silos of digital marketing, PR and social media.

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Content Marketing Social Media Marketing Media 60

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 6, 2017

One exercise is to probe any innovative or provocative point of view, ideas that advance an industry or flip some previously held notions, or offer predictions for the future. We develop a content marketing strategy that encompasses: Expert commentary – weighing in on relevant news. Or it can be a complete overhaul.

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Leadership Trade Shows Healthcare Education 149

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

She has never published a blog post, or an article for a leading association of business communicators , or given a formal presentation. Recently, KPS Digital, a marketing organization in the UK, named me to a list of the Top 100 Influencers in Content Marketing. She doesn’t have any Twitter followers.

Marketing 60

Marketing Study Survey Content Marketing 60

The Hoffman Agency

JULY 23, 2020

in Journalism and a minor in Integrated Marketing Communications. From weekly intern cohort meetings to one-on-ones with managers, team members and supervisors, The Hoffman Agency has shown their dedication to developing a sense of community within the agency.

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Storytelling Journalism Internal International 68

Action PR

MARCH 26, 2020

Amidst all the devastating news, light comes in the form of kindness from individuals, communities and brands. In fact, this is the main contributor to good heart health outside of exercise. delivers to local communities. has been helping local communities by delivering a fridge-full of Gosh! And with good reason too.

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Exercises Training Local Crisis 52

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Regular readers know I bought into the concept of “ content marketing ” many years ago. It was in effect the coining of a term that characterized a strategy my team and I was already working on across traditional PR, digital marketing and social media. However, these all stem from the usual suspects for marketing case studies (i.e.

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Content Marketing Case Study Marketing Conference 67

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

As you continue to hone your craft (as I try to do), here are some of the exercises I put my writing (and those of my guest bloggers) through on a daily basis, to see if it looks as attractively as it (I think) reads. They might be helpful to you as you continue on your path as a blogging Grasshopper. Preview before you publish.

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Blogging Writing Facebook Twitter 86

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 2, 2014

Exercises for Writing Conversationally. In this guest post for Heather Whaling ‘s blog, Bethany Cramer offers some exercises to improve your conversational writing. How to Achieve a Return on Conversation with Emotional Marketing. Why: Good marketing is about starting conversations, not shameless self promotion.

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Exercises Small Business Resources Writing 82

Stephen Waddington

JUNE 9, 2017

Public relations practice is shifting from media relations to influencer relations, owned media, community management and social business. Owned media and community management are the strongest areas of practice according to respondents. Community management – social media enables organisations to engage in conversations.

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Publicity Survey Measurement Community 111

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!

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Blogging Facebook Twitter Writing 90

ReimaginePR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The market is crowded and noisy. A brand voice is the style of your communication. MailChimp is an email marketing service provider with plenty of competition, as you can imagine. This brand has a unique style of communicating that’s ( in their words ) “fun but not silly” and “expert but not bossy”. Let’s discuss.

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Brand Branding Exercises Social Media 120

Karen Freberg

MARCH 29, 2018

So, how do you teach influencer relations and marketing for students? Matt Kushin has a great exercise he shared on his blog about how he integrated this concept into his classes. This would be a key element to keep in mind if you want to replicate this assignment in your own community.

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Marketing Social Media Exercises Strategy 45

Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 8, 2015

Effective marketing. Marketing is most effective when it pulls qualified leads into your pipeline, and that’s all about attracting. How can you hone your marketing messaging to its most compelling and simple form? So we could call this marketing. Keep it simple in marketing. Guest Post by Jack Vincent.

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Marketing Case Study Meeting Exercises 40

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 14, 2014

’ “ I learned a great deal from this exercise. PR and Marketing folk don’t sleep. So while this exercise was in jest, it reminded me of just how important it is to write smart, simple and (ideally) succinct subject lines that don’t sound spammy, or superficial, or flat-out ridiculous. Specifically: 1.

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Exercises Writing Facebook LinkedIn 76

Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 16, 2014

There’s plenty in there for me to read; I’m woefully behind on my blog reading (and commenting, and sharing… sigh…). Then I found Exercises for Writing Conversationally by Bethany Cramer , over on my friend Heather Whaling ‘s blog. So I decided to write about something else entirely. And so I dance.

Exercises 75

Exercises Writing Local LinkedIn 75

Stephen Waddington

MAY 23, 2018

The market for tools in PR is exploding. A crowdsourced exercise by the #AIinPR panel over the past few months has characterised more than 120 tools. The exercise was highly subjective – hence so is the analysis and interpretation of the data. I sought him out to lead this initiative when we set up the panel earlier this year.

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Analysis Technology Tools Exercises 60

Karen Freberg

AUGUST 15, 2017

As professors, we have to make sure we are giving our students the most updated information out there so they are prepared to be marketable in the industry for their internships and jobs. Some of the exercises I wrote about for Hootsuite can also be applied and adapted today with some of the changes we have seen with some of the platforms.

Social Media 69

Social Media Media Resources Education 69

Scott Public Relations

JUNE 26, 2020

It’s an exercise in futility. Twitter is beginning to exercise these responsibilities. If you’re in healthcare, insurance, technology or other professional services industries, and need help with a PR, marketing or social media campaign, contact Scott Public Relations. And what if the person who libels them has no assets?

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Healthcare Insurance Insurance Social Media 52

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 29, 2014

If there’s one principle that unites the PR and marketing community, it’s the age-old wisdom that “93 percent of all communication is nonverbal.” Trying to ascribe a specific percentage is a pointless exercise. You can find Rob on Twitter and on his blog. Guest Post by Rob Biesenbach. Speaking of Myths.

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Exercises Interviews Energy Communications 83

Karen Freberg

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I had my students curate content for the community (ex. articles, blog posts, videos, etc) and create blog posts on various subjects. One is the new Facebook Blueprint Digital Marketing Associate’s certification. Influencer marketing is of course being integrated one way or another in many different classes.

Social Media 52

Social Media Media Video Course 52

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 22, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali A Three Week Check-In January 22nd, 2011 Tweet One of the things I wanted to do more of this year was to pay more attention to wellness. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox. Wanna Subscribe?

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Exercises Tourism Measurement Blogging 40

Karen Freberg

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

I think there are many people who can see how he’s grown and created his own opportunities – essentially disrupting the market and industry as a whole on what is to be expected from a personal brand. What are your goals and what do you want to contribute to the larger community?

Social Media 45

Social Media Media Education Industry 45

Karen Freberg

MARCH 24, 2020

I also was contributing to various track and field websites through blogs and newsletters and even had my own email newsletter called “K-mail” that I would send out updating my community about my performance has any updates and news I had along the way and news coverage. We also have a designated Facebook Group for the community.

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Case Study Creativity Study Course 60

Cision

JUNE 29, 2015

Wharton professor and author of the book Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success, Adam Gase writes that there is a growing body of research demonstrating that “advice-seeking” is a very effective strategy for exercising influence, especially when we “lack authority.” Let them do PR and marketing for you.

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Study Writing Facebook Groups 120

ZudePR

MARCH 22, 2018

In 2014, I spent the entire year obsessed with SEO and digital marketing. I’d been business blogging since early 2014, and diligently sending out helpful stuff to my email list subscribers since early 2015. (I My blogging had become more ambitious and I’d written a few unconventional influencer posts that had gone down well.

Writing 83

Writing Google Blogging Exercises 83

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Communicators found their influence grew with executives, even as the functions they performed evolved in 2022; PR and marketing alike battled to win trust amid clutter, noise and skepticism. Every year I read and write about dozens of reports on B2B marketing and PR. 12% say competing go-to-market strategy or goals (KPIs).

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B2B Marketing Survey Software 118

PR in High Definition

JULY 24, 2018

For example, AI is used to generate clippings books in seconds, while social listening and monitoring tools help us identify and build communities, track conversations and analyse sentiments. In terms of advancement, the AI tools on the market today are more like a toddler than an adult.

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Analysis Tools Data Exercises 48