Cision

AUGUST 4, 2016

Every day, your audience decides what content to read and what to ignore. How many eyes are on your content? Approximately 82 percent of consumers actually enjoy reading branded content, if it’s relevant to what they’re looking to learn about. Uncover what already exists by revisiting your brand’s mission and goals.

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Brand Branding Guidelines Storytelling 120

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Tom Pick , Digital Marketing Consultant, Webbiquity , LLC. Year of the employee. 2022 is going to be known as the year of the employee. 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.

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Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 215

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Thought leadership is usually associated with top-of-the-funnel as far as marketing outcomes are concerned, but there’s evidence to suggest it meets the needs of existing customers. Studies have shown that somewhere around one-fifth of companies identify related metrics such as customer retention as a content marketing objective.

B2B 60

B2B Leadership Customer Service Content Marketing 60

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

Prohibition

APRIL 15, 2020

Whether it’s an internal message from a senior leader to employees or a video for social media explaining your company’s response to the current situation, there’s lots of reasons why you might need to film someone in your company talking to camera over the next few weeks. Film in landscape. Consider your lighting.

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Film Leadership How To Video 62

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Business also scored well among those who know it best: their employees. Whether you call it content marketing , brand journalism or custom publishing, with trust in media falling while trust in business is growing, you can build credibility through content if you can follow these golden rules: 1.

Government 139

Government Survey Ethics Media 139

Stern + Associates

MAY 8, 2023

Social media has become an essential integrated marketing channel for B2B companies. According to a survey by Content Marketing Institute, 95% of B2B marketers use social media to distribute content. Avoid hashtags like #sternmarketingstrategy2023. It’s too specific and not discoverable.

B2B 111

B2B Social Media Company SMB 111

Cision

APRIL 6, 2016

They’re bombarded every day with content, advertisements and information. So how can you set your brand apart? Digital Marketing at LEWIS Pulse, you need to understand your audience’s unique needs and reach them in new and unexpected ways. What do you think is the biggest challenge facing brands today?

Employee 120

Employee Storytelling Content Marketing Leadership 120

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Brands will need to become more human. Communicating why it matters to marketers was the first step in unpacking the challenge. PR 20/20 ultimately built the Institute’s readership by applying a proprietary content approach to the HubSpot platform—what we call the Cognitive Content Hub. Career paths will evolve.

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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. Tech PR also involves securing media coverage and amplifying content through storytelling to reach the right target audience.

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Strategy Brand Branding Technology 62

Flack's Revenge

OCTOBER 25, 2017

I enjoyed attending my third consecutive Social Tools Summit event in Boston last week, where I moderated a panel on branding and thought leadership. Branding and Thought Leadership. My panel covered areas ranging from video, to engaging people with live events and products, and influencer and content marketing.

Tools 120

Tools Enterprise Analytics Case Study 120

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The company has raised over $65 million to help brands personalize their marketing and thrive in the pending cookie apocalypse. Disclosure: LiveIntent is a Contently customer.). What role has content marketing played for you at LiveIntent? It’s huge for us and plays a key role in our marketing strategy.

Brand 118

Brand Branding Marketing Facebook 118

Rock the Status Quo

OCTOBER 27, 2014

It may not be sexy or glamorous – but if you are integrating digital tactics into your PR, a simple solution to gain visibility for your CEO ( or other leadership executive ) is this: use LinkedIn’s publisher platform. Create a quarterly trends post showcasing their thought leadership ideas or forecasts in the post.

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LinkedIn Leadership Interviews Digital PR 167

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 6, 2016

A PR agency employee starting in the business today will be creating programs, telling stories, and reporting to clients in ways very different from just a few years ago, in part due to the rise of digital technology and the blurring of lines between paid, earned, and owned media. Thought leadership isn’t just for B2B brands.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Content Marketing World or as others may know it, #CMWorld , is an incredible event for marketers, journalists and techies from across the globe to gather and share niche content knowledge. We have to get people to take action, and break through the immense volume of content. Long Form Content for the Win at REI.

Content Marketing 40

Content Marketing Marketing B2B Video 40

Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

I’ve always been somewhat of a skeptic when it comes to Coca-Cola’s brand journalism initiative: Coke Journey, which launched back in 2012. I get the brand journalism thing when you’re a company that’s built on thought leadership–GE and GE Reports comes to mind. The big reason for my skepticism?

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Case Study Journalism Marketing 60

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Thought leadership is a common term in most B2B public relations programs. We examine these questions on behalf of clients and have a blueprint of sorts for developing and supporting thought leadership in a company executive or expert. But what does it really mean, and which qualities make a successful thought leader?

Leadership 149

Leadership Trade Shows Healthcare Education 149

PR in High Definition

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Employee communications after sudden transformation. In this playbook , Charlotte explores the challenges that leadership have faced throughout COVID-19 when it comes to communicating to employees and what organisations can do to unify the workforce following a period of sudden change.A

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Reputation Creativity Crisis Employee 133

MaccaPR

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Rebranding to “LinkedIn Pulse” in late 2013 , the app has quickly become a key part of making LinkedIn a content marketing machine. SAP Chief Digital Officer Jonathan Becher particularly excels at both educating and entertaining content marketing pieces on LinkedIn. 3) Search engine visibility.

LinkedIn 48

LinkedIn Content Marketing Marketing Engineering 48

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 24, 2018

Prioritize your audiences, from customers to stakeholder groups that may include employees, funders, distribution partners, and others. For example, direct-marketing will nearly always have an impact on demand generation, while PR affects brand visibility and reputation. The objectives should be clear as well as measurable.

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Writing How To Pitching Privacy 136

Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

What is for sure is that a solid PR team is versatile and can expertly cover down on a broad number of functions: internal comms, external comms, executive comms, media relations, analyst relations, corporate social responsibility, thought leadership and marcom, and as I’ve long proposed, content marketing, among many others.

Employee 150

Employee Print Writing Survey 150

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The statistics selected can be grouped are heavily weighted along the following topics: Statistics about – or for – the CMO ; Statistics about digital and B2B marketing ; Statistics about PR or media relations ; and. Statistics about content marketing. 9) The purpose of marketing metrics. Most (59%) of U.S.-based

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Survey Marketing B2B Content Marketing 104

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. Marketing can also involve market research, product development, and branding.

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Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 100

Cision

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

What Matters to Our Brand? Before you can decide what to measure, and how to measure it, you need to identify the important benchmarks for your brand. That might be how you stack up against the competition, the effect a recent crisis has had on the brand, or how your messages are performing with your demographic.

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Measurement Strategy Media Analytics 166

Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Brands can suffer the effect of negative influencers just as much as from positive ones. Other outcomes include brand awareness, crisis communications, employee advocacy, and social change. Who owns influencer marketing within brands? The discussion about who owns influencer marketing is futile.

Government 60

Government Publicity Marketing Advertising 60

wiredPRworks

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

When you publicly thank partners, vendors, employees – and of course, clients, your create publicity opportunities for both sides. About Barbara Rozgonyi : Marketing Expert Speaker, Sales Trainer, Business Development Consultant, and Executive Leadership Coach. Happy ThanksGiving Every Day.

How To 52

How To LinkedIn Local Social Media 52

PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Studies show that only 23 percent of employees feel they receive the right amount of recognition for their work, while only 19 percent of managers say recognition is a priority at their workplace. Or your team risks high employee turnover. Invest in technologies that offer training to help employees onboard seamlessly.

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Marketing Technology Internal International 52

Sword and the Script

MARCH 11, 2017

See these related posts: 10 Leadership Tips for 1:1 Meetings with Employees. The Old “New Media” and Marketing Tools with Novel Twists [UML]. 2) Is your brand investing in the right content? Brands often develop content because either their competitors are doing it or to please an executive.

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Tools Marketing Advertising Advertising 68

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

Subsequently, many employees, including me, were let go and granted severance pay. 2) 3 Studies that Challenge Marketing Assumptions [UML]. 3) Basic, Advanced and Bridge Building: Boldness in Content Marketing [UML]. 4) Context in Marketing Campaigns, Mediums and Measurements [UML]. Content marketing is similar.

Blogging 73

Blogging B2B Content Marketing Trade Shows 73

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

1) Creating Quality Content Starts with Why. Many brands attempt to begin stories with what when they ought to begin with why. This results in copy or content that usually self-centered and doesn’t answer customer or potential customer questions. She writes: “Want to know the real reason brands publish content with no value?

Storytelling 60

Storytelling Creativity B2B Film 60

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 19, 2017

1) CMO job responsibilities and leadership attributes. When it comes leadership attributes , “it is strategic thinking that most marketers (86%) believe is imperative.”. That’s according to the “ Anatomy of a Leader ” study by the Marketing Week , which was reported by senior writer Charlotte Rogers. “In Fletcher wrote.

Leadership 62

Leadership Study Analytics Survey 62

Deirdre Breakenridge

APRIL 10, 2017

Too often, new business owners make the mistake of committing to their brand name before researching available domain names. Even in firms with a dozen employees, much—if not all—the business development falls on the founder’s shoulders. Do you have experience with inbound marketing tactics including email drip campaigns?

Travel 281

Travel Technology Conference LinkedIn 281

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The onset of content marketing and emergence “owned media” has turned the storytelling torch into a shared thing that is jointly owned by traditional media and brands. We leveraged LinkedIn Pulse and several employees’ blogs to create a communal narrative about the funding. Yes, we did that.). But why do this?

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Employee LinkedIn Engineering Leadership 40

PR Fuel

JULY 14, 2021

Over 80% of consumers feel more positive about a brand after reading customized content. Developing your content marketing strategy can help you boost brand visibility. In fact, 94% of consumers show loyalty to brands that over complete transparency. Brand consistency can boost awareness and recognition.

Writing 82

Writing How To Media Guidelines 82

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

be the year that some SaaS vendor figures out how to manage and market B2B influencer marketing at scale. There are several platforms out there to simplify and manage B2C influencer marketing, such as Paladin, Heepsy, HypeAuditor, and InBeat. But B2B influencer marketing works completely differently.

Marketing 190

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 190

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

While the playbook for customer marketing is similar to demand-gen, teams will need to create new content and touchpoints focused on the post-sale customer journey.” ~ Cori Webb , Marketing Director, ChurnZero 3. By focusing on building trust, marketing and communications pros will also raise Google search algorithm ranking.

Writing 194

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 194

PR 20/20

JUNE 25, 2019

Brands have the opportunity to do better marketing at scale, and in doing so, make the world a better place. The future of marketing is more intelligent and more human. Nearly two-thirds of global consumers (64%) will buy from or boycott a brand solely based on its position on a social or political issue. Take a stand.

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