Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Creativity and risky marketing efforts don’t always find receptive purse strings in B2B, but it could well be the only thing left in “a sea of sameness.”. That sea of sameness is how the Cindy Klein Roche , the CMO for Cybereason, describe the competitive landscape in cybersecurity during an interview with the Marketing Smarts podcast.

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B2B Creativity Film Trade Shows 64

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 20, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended long-planned marketing and PR campaigns for nearly every major brand. Most have learned from early mistakes or half-measures and have designed campaigns that make a positive impact for employees, customers, and communities. It’s not about the logo. That’s putting your money where the mouths are.

Brand 284

Brand Branding Small Business Retail 284

PRSay

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Fortunately, your corporate communications team can kindle that love. So, how do you incorporate internal communications into your brand marketing strategy? Which means, regardless of an employee’s role, they should receive internal communications that prepare them to represent your brand in the best way possible.

Internal 126

Internal International Communications Strategy 126

Rock the Status Quo

DECEMBER 10, 2015

I have a local bank client that just started working with me in September. A wealth of opportunities, with placements for the most important local publications clustered to hit during a four to six-week period. Two words: vertical markets. Get Creative With WHO You Pitch. Pros/Cons of online loans versus local banks?

Pitching 100

Pitching Real Estate Banking How To 100

The Proactive Report

JUNE 18, 2021

In Ries and Trout’s book Positioning, the battle for your mind they said, “PR starts the fire, marketing and advertising fan the flames.” In this drive to make a profit the focus tends to get stuck on marketing, sales, production and income. Alignable has local groups you can connect with.

Small Business 213

Small Business Fashion Groups Local 213

Stephen Waddington

MAY 17, 2020

Our local fish and chip shop reopened on Wednesday. Government The digital democracy has been a long time coming - democracy will finally digitise, both in central and local government, and citizen voting. We need local, decentralised responses to arts, culture, education and transport. Photo by sfe-co2/iStock / Getty Images.

Tourism 118

Tourism Fashion Travel Retail 118

PR 20/20

MARCH 26, 2020

The impact of COVID-19 is still uneven in communities across the country and around the world. As a marketing agency, how should we respond? What is the appropriate role of marketing in the midst of a crisis? What is the appropriate role of marketing in the midst of a crisis? Is there one? So we started talking.

Crisis 92

Crisis Marketing Healthcare Resources 92

5W PR

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

From press kits to media contacts to online reputation management, small businesses are hiring public relations specialists and adopting communications strategies to help tell their stories, boost their visibility, and meaningfully engage with consumers local stores and online. Defining a Target Audience and Goals.

Small Business 158

Small Business Publicity Social Media Web 158

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 11, 2014

Does your business’ restroom – often just a necessity you don’t give much thought to – have such creative branding that it makes your customers want to come back? We have a lot of non-local travel coming up, so this year, for our anniversary, we opted for a mini road trip. Scene: Fredericksburg, Va.

Creativity 69

Creativity Brand Branding Travel 69

Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 5, 2018

These are examples of two successful cause-related marketing and social responsibility platforms which are ingrained in our minds so much, we don’t hesitate to understand their connection with each other. To encourage social responsibility, create a culture of giving back to the larger community. Create an employee advocacy cohort.

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Nonprofit Community Employee Energy 53

Konnect Agency

JANUARY 7, 2022

By working with a PR agency experienced in B2B marketing and the franchise industry, their team of experts can help create a fully integrated multichannel program for your franchise development needs. Supporting Local Market Development. Public relations can also build brand recognition in key markets to sell franchises.

Agency 52

Agency Local Newspapers Interviews 52

Konnect Agency

JANUARY 7, 2022

By working with a PR agency experienced in B2B marketing and the franchise industry, their team of experts can help create a fully integrated multichannel program for your franchise development needs. Supporting Local Market Development. Public relations can also build brand recognition in key markets to sell franchises.

Agency 52

Agency Local Newspapers Interviews 52

Cision

APRIL 28, 2017

Mónica Cortés recently joined Comunicad LLC , the full-service, cross-cultural national public relations and marketing agency, as their Senior Vice President of Strategy Development! What are some of the differences in building a communication strategy on a national level compared to a local level?

Local 227

Local Energy Agency Policies 227

Communications Conversations

MARCH 29, 2019

Now, she’s crushing it at Best Buy in social media marketing. So, I asked a few key local leaders for up-and-coming social media or communications superstars they admire. Ashley Gustafson, Marketing Specialist – Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union (nominated by Arik Hanson). Thomas classroom many years ago.

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Social Media Agriculture Marketing Media 128

Cision

JUNE 8, 2015

It’s a broad term referring to the social good your brand does locally, nationally or globally. It can take a variety of routes from volunteering at the local food pantry to partnering with a national cause like the American Cancer Society. Get people to volunteer by making it an opportunity to have fun and give back to the community.

Employee 120

Employee Consumer Banking Local 120

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Marketing conferences have shaped my top team memories. To share the knowledge wealth, below is my list of the 20 coolest marketing events in 2020 (coming to a venue somewhere in the U.S.). Social Media Marketing World. Discover the best social media marketing techniques from the world’s top experts.”.

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Conference Marketing Case Study Content Marketing 97

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. PR as a strategic management function is an issue that lies of the core of the #FuturePRoof community.

Crisis 151

Crisis Government Energy Community 151

wiredPRworks

APRIL 13, 2022

Get ready to get creative in new ways that connect brands, experiences, and customers – while you’re still in compliance! About Chris McGuire, Director Of Client Growth and Engagement at McGuffin Creative Group, and President-Elect of AMA Chicago. Learn more about McGuffin Creative Group. Connect with Chris McGuire on LinkedIn.

Financial 52

Financial Social Media Banking Media 52

PRSay

DECEMBER 10, 2021

In the PR community, agencies and in-house leaders have an opportunity to listen to their teams, lead with empathy and imagine a better future. As much as possible, make workplace decisions based on specific, widely available data such as a sustained rise or fall in local coronavirus infections. For example, this week, Ford Motor Co.

Employee 190

Employee Policies Agency Study 190

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 20, 2023

Influencer partnerships have become a powerful marketing strategy for businesses, particularly in the food and beverage industry. The sway of influencer marketing in the food and beverage industry cannot be underestimated. Influencers can brainstorm and develop content ideas that are fresh, authentic, and memorable.

Brand 40

Brand Branding Local Instagram 40

Communications Conversations

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Take a peek at the social communities for my biggest client (of 10 years now!), This usually involves coming up with creative ideas to sell the city of Richfield and promote tourism (i.e., Fun creative challenge each month! I review a few to-dos with the students and lecture about social media marketing. 11: 44 a.m.:

Social Media 157

Social Media Media LinkedIn Tourism 157

Stephen Waddington

MAY 16, 2019

A blog about careers as told by eight marketing and PR practitioners in a workshop at Newcastle University. Christian headed to London to work at an agency called Freuds before heading back north to work for a local agency. I’ve worked on communications, marketing and sales.”

Marketing 60

Marketing Newspapers Public Affairs Airlines 60

PR Conversations

JULY 20, 2015

It’s understood that the play’s the thing; however, it was the vibrant community found around each performance that proved an unexpected volunteer adventure at The Toronto Fringe festival 2015. Observations on a company of communal stakeholders. The word fringe means “the edge, the margin, the outskirts.”

Community 40

Community Print Twitter Creativity 40

Frederik Vincx

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

First six years of working in communication agencies as a designer and creative, followed by four years of building software for these agencies. After this decade in communication jobs I feel like I have lost touch with the big challenges in life. Design, facilitation and communication. A social sabbatical. Shared value.

Agriculture 155

Agriculture Software Healthcare Community 155

Stephen Waddington

AUGUST 14, 2018

It’s how we won over the local market. Thanks to our genuine communication efforts the local PR industry became fond of our brand. Social sells: Prowly Magazine community From the outset we felt as if every conversation with a prospect was like a recruitment interview rather than a discussion about a tool.

Tools 112

Tools Education Film Local 112

PRSay

JANUARY 9, 2020

When we began this decade, many local newspapers had at least 10 more pages of non-syndicated content than they do today. For the last couple of years, influencers have been a go-to for marketers as ambassadors for their products or services. 2020 is the perfect time to take a fresh, creative approach to your partnerships.

Trends 151

Trends Nonprofit Consumer Newspapers 151

5W PR

APRIL 9, 2019

It’s easy to forget about the importance of basic human connection, and this is an opportunity many brands are missing when it comes to marketing. It can cost money and time to creatively come up with a way to connect. Make a Community Impact. A business that gets involved in its local community achieves multiple objectives.

Consumer 60

Consumer How To Advertising Advertising 60

Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Are you a professional who is willing to give back to the academic community? ET , the monthly #PRStudChat Twitter Chat Community will gather to discuss how students can prepare themselves to enter the workplace — not as fresh graduates, but as emerging professionals. On Tuesday, November 15, 2016, at 8:30 p.m.

Trade Shows 150

Trade Shows Community Social Media Resources 150

Solo PR Pro

JANUARY 17, 2023

Learn from the experiences of: Kathy Casciani, Azul Communications. Emily Myers Duke, Pretty Creative PR. Elisa Smith, senior communications consultant. I also saw a niche for solo PR consultants with my specialties — media relations, crisis communications and community outreach — in my area.

Agency 108

Agency Travel Groups Community 108

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

Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Instead of posting photos and stories like we see above, community relations folks should be asking themselves one simple question: What do I want from our social media activity? One of my favorite local Instagram campaigns is #onlyinmn. More volunteers? Employee engagement? Enhanced brand reputation?

Corporate 60

Corporate Creativity Employee Instagram 60

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. I’ll shop exclusively with REI, Patagonia, and my local Backpackers Shop—or purchase those brands secondhand—because of shared values.

Marketing 52

Marketing Storytelling Technology Community 52

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

When done well, social marketing programs can showcase corporate values, demonstrate commitment to community, and engage consumers, while providing needed resources for a group or cause. Our local partners knew the “lay of the land” and were cooperative on every level.

Local 120

Local Corporate Groups Ethics 120

Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

That was my first experience really using social media and the publication’s website to break news and keep residents in the community informed. I covered everything from town politics, police, fire, education, town budgets, and local happenings in the community. I covered Hurricane Sandy in Connecticut in 2012.

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Meeting Automotive Transportation Newspapers 59

Cision

JANUARY 13, 2017

Public Relations Company, Phil has served as the Public Relations Director for a myriad of companies, community initiatives and professional organizations. Advocacy for diversity and inclusion is an important tool to change this, as we begin to communicate this issue on a local and national level.

Local 120

Local Radio Community Tools 120

Cision

APRIL 26, 2016

In this interview, Ashley discusses how to best leverage data and analytics, establish specific objectives for your communication strategy and be creative and take risks with your public relations efforts. What drew you to the field of public relations and communication? Maybe, but maybe not.

Telecommunications 120

Telecommunications Public Affairs Newspapers Transportation 120

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Studying for a public relations or mass communications degree is the most traditional route into the industry today, but it’s not the only route. I know PR professionals with degrees in journalism, mass media, English, business communication, marketing, sports and more.

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Agency Energy Crisis Management Industry 88