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

Prohibition

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Despite this, PR is actually more relevant now than it was before the digital age, not least when considered in line with content marketing and the fact that the return on investment on PR is now more measurable than ever. Does PR still have a place in marketing? to spark interest with audiences and build brand loyalty.

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Media Relations Media Social Media Content Marketing 54

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MARCH 5, 2024

Yes, it’s true that in today’s digital landscape, public relations professionals no longer rely on earned media alone. Most PR pros today use some form of the PESO Model which includes owned, shared, paid and earned media. However, media pitching and media relations to secure earned media still dominate the industry.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

3) Brands blur the lines between company and friend. We’re used to seeing communications and interactions with brands that are personalized. Similar to the algorithms which drive many of our online purchases, brands will begin to communicate with their customers as if they have personal connections with them.

Marketing 101

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Landis PR

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Content creation is merely experiencing the next wave of its evolution. That means, as content marketers, we must learn how, and when, to effectively leverage AI-assisted content within our marketing strategies. Machine vs. Man: Does AI Efficiency Trump Human Creativity?

Marketing 59

Marketing Content Marketing Storytelling B2B 59

Prohibition

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Despite this, PR is actually more relevant now than it was before the digital age, not least when considered in line with content marketing and the fact that the return on investment on PR is now more measurable than ever. Does PR still have a place in marketing? to spark interest with audiences and build brand loyalty.

Media Relations 48

Media Relations Media Social Media Content Marketing 48

B2B PR Sense

JANUARY 5, 2018

A solid PR campaign has the power to bolster your brand. Among its benefits, PR can build relationships with the public, boost brand awareness, increase your credibility, and create loyal customers. If PR can do so much for a brand, why don’t more brands use public relations to begin with?

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Crisis Management B2B Reputation Advertising 238

Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The thing about marketing is that to fill your net you have to fish where the fish are. And social, with its free and open access; bountiful, ever-shifting demographic landscapes; bright, new shiny platforms; trolls and black holes, represents an ocean of opportunity marketers simply cannot afford to ignore. Be Helpful.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

This can include the media, customers, employees, and the general public. Public relations professionals create and maintain a positive image for their organization, often through the use of marketing, branding, and communication strategies. How is public relations defined? How much does public relations cost?

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Read more: 3 Studies with Benchmarks for Content Marketing, Blogging and Webinars [UML]. 2) The average content marketing budget is $185,000. The most successful content marketers invested more, with an average of $272,000, while the least successful content marketers spent less at $109,000.

Marketing 78

Marketing Publicity Survey Study 78

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 20, 2023

Influencer partnerships have become a powerful marketing strategy for businesses, particularly in the food and beverage industry. With summer on the horizon, now is the perfect time for brands to leverage the popularity of social media influencers to boost their presence.

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Brand Branding Local Instagram 40

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Marketing be nimble. Rather than having year-long editorial calendars for opportunities and content, marketing and communications professionals are will have to work in a much more agile, phased approach: creating evergreen content per quarter and making room for ‘rapid-response’ type communications based on what 2021 might throw at us.

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Marketing Employee Content Marketing Training 169

Prohibition

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Overview of Tech PR Tech PR is the strategic use of communications and relationships to build the reputation of a brand or business in the technology industry. It involves developing relationships with tech journalists, bloggers and influencers , as well as leveraging online channels like social media, blogs and other digital platforms.

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Strategy Brand Branding Technology 62

Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 11, 2016

My public relations career began with media relations. Although I’d never recommend someone go through the “boot camp” experience I had, it did teach me how to secure media opportunities quickly and make them stick. As you can imagine, I’m a big proponent of media relations. Media relations can be tough.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

For the past few years, video marketing has become a dominant tool for captivating audiences and expanding brand awareness. Public relations (PR) can be one of the solutions available for marketers and business owners to support their video marketing campaigns. Let’s start with the basics!

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Video Marketing SEO Social Media 109

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

This year, more than 20 professionals – real people that do real marketing and PR work every day – responded and with high-quality ideas that I found to be invigorating and thought-provoking. 8) Creativity over productivity. 9) Brands across the aisle. “I Customers will gravitate to a brand with like-minded values or politics.

Social Media 93

Social Media Marketing Media Creativity 93

5W PR

JANUARY 8, 2019

Here are four marketing myths that need to be debunked: Marketing Myth #1 : Content marketing is only beneficial for some businesses. Content marketing is the new buzz marketing term – and for a reason. Marketing Myth #2 : Creativity goes down the drain when working with a brand.

Marketing 74

Marketing Content Marketing Creativity Crisis Management 74

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

APRIL 9, 2024

Merging public relations with social media marketing into a single, powerful force is key to amplifying brand messages, sparking real-time engagement, and building lasting connections with your audience. That’s the magic of integrating PR strategies into social media marketing. Those days are long gone.

Social Media 93

Social Media Marketing Media Storytelling 93

Flatiron Communications

JANUARY 15, 2016

Nonetheless, an admittedly unscientific look at who or what really moves the needle nowadays will likely reveal that those carefully crafted pieces of branded content contributed to Huffington Post, sponsored on Buzzfeed, or promoted on Twitter are often too ephemeral to make a meaningful (and measurable) impact on public awareness and behavior.

Content Marketing 28

Content Marketing Marketing Instagram YouTube 28

Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Whether we’re strategizing reputation or crisis plans, developing grassroots advocacy campaigns focused on high-stakes legislation or creating social content programs, we bring deep experience and diversity of thinking to help clients thrive. Golin provides effective solutions and reaches diverse global markets to best represent brands.

Public Affairs 172

Public Affairs Creativity Nonprofit Agency 172

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 1, 2019

2) 12 Things You Should do to Amplify a Media Mention Once You’ve Earned It. If you are going to invest in PR and media relations , then you want to get the most out of it. To that end, what you do with a mention earned in the media is every bit as important as getting it in the first place. from Frank Strong.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Survey B2B Google 60

Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Social Influencers have quickly risen to one of the most important assets to brands in just the past few years. On average, the earned media value for campaigns with influencers is $5.20 Some companies have even seen upwards of $18 in earned media value. Intentional Content. Trust in your Brand.

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Tourism YouTube Radio Social Media 157

Sword and the Script

APRIL 20, 2021

It was the center of its content marketing, media relations and social media efforts. I literally wrote and edited thousands of blog posts – many over 1,000-words long – for that brand. thousands of subscribers – including a “who’s who” in our target market.

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B2B Leadership Marketing Blogging 108

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

If you work in PR and engage in media relations , it’s a good idea to keep an ear out as to what is on the minds of those that work in the media. The 2018 State of the Media report by Cision is an annual survey of reporters that offers some insight. 10 Fundamentals for Successful B2B Media Interviews. Talk to Us !

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

This is all sage advice, but it’s the minimum barrier to entry in effective media relations, and yet it gets recycled and re-polished on a continual basis. You can absolutely build relationships with content, and content marketing absolutely plays a role in media relations. 2) It’s Not What You Know….

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Creating good content is just half the content marketing equation. The other half is content distribution. First, for many marketers, so much effort is poured into the creation that distribution becomes an afterthought. 5) Share your content in the real world too. bring creative ideas and execute them?

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Content Marketing Pitching Social Media Internal 111

MaccaPR

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Consider three news items that suggest how marketers are spurning traditional paid advertising and instead, re-embracing the back-and-forth engagement of public relations and its cousin, content marketing. In other words, marketers will have to create a well-rounded media ecosystem for their brands.”.

Content Marketing 48

Content Marketing Marketing Advertising Advertising 48

Cision

JULY 26, 2016

To be successful in PR now, you have to be an analytics professional, a social media guru, a content marketing creator, a media relations pitcher and a great writer – plus you have to know and understand search engine marketing and search engine optimization. First and foremost, learn how to write.

Writing 120

Writing Engineering Journalism Analytics 120

Cision

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

wtf) are gaining momentum as one of the hottest digital trends because they allow you to design a website URL that is more creative, meaningful and memorable. This means, if you don’t have a strong influencer marketing program set for 2017, you will be way behind. Contributor Marketing. photography), ‘dot-guru (.guru)

Trends 120

Trends Leadership Small Business Analytics 120

PRSay

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Not only is it saving Disney money to have this content on hand, but it’s also allowing them to set their service apart with their unique brand voice and image. That’s why, at MediaSource , we put our content team at the center of our plans. That’s why, at MediaSource , we put our content team at the center of our plans.

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Critical Mention

JULY 13, 2021

The Earned Media Suite also includes a Media Contact Database, Podcast Monitoring, Online News Tracking and access to Licensed Content, making it the most complete PR and Communications solution on the market.

Instagram 156

Instagram Industry Media Analytics 156

Solo PR Pro

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

It can be highly effective to find new and creative ways for cultivating relationships – particularly over the long-term – with the key decision-makers in our target markets. He helps brands within academia – whether individual or corporate – communicate with stakeholders.

Creativity 40

Creativity Public Affairs Policies Survey 40

Critical Mention

OCTOBER 24, 2019

PR Daily is a news site that delivers news, advice, and opinions on the public relations, marketing, social media, and media worlds. Our take on Ragan’s PR Daily blog: Without a doubt, Ragan’s PR Daily blog is one of our go-to blogs for communication and media related news and tips. PR Couture.

Blogging 68

Blogging Education Resources Creativity 68

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 23, 2024

Your marketing and public relations (PR) campaigns are vital methods of connecting and communicating with consumers. Just as a turn of phrase can shift consumer trust in a brand’s favor, a misjudged tone in the brand voice can also derail your efforts.

Technology 76

Technology Training Data Consumer 76

Sword and the Script

MARCH 25, 2017

See these related posts: . Why Content Marketing and Public Relations Need Each Other. PR Briefing: Summarizing 3 Recent Public Relations Studies. PR is the Best Kept Secret in Effective Content Marketing. Is your PR agency bringing creative ideas to the table? Now, get off my lawn!

Publicity 82

Publicity Crisis Construction Study 82

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This is where the voice of the customer comes to play such a critical role in developing public relations strategies that are effective, efficient, and timely. The voice of the customer enables you to understand on a truly granular level how your target audience perceives your brand , your competition, and even themselves and their world.

Strategy 96

Strategy Ethics Social Media Data 96

Cision

MARCH 31, 2016

Want to improve your media relations? Read Cision’s free “State of the Media 2016 Report!” With so much content saturating the marketplace today, how can brands stand out? Now think about a brand like Apple. How has content marketing changed over the years? We’re numb to it.

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Newspapers Reddit Journalism Technology 120