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Board members with marketing experience improve shareholder returns by 3% [benchmark]

Sword and the Script

of boards have directors with marketing experience, but 100% have directors with finance experience Companies that have board members with marketing experience outperform companies that do not. That’s the high-level finding of an academic study titled, When and How Does Board-Level Marketing Experience Impact Firm Performance ?

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5 Reasons Not To Cut PR In A Recession

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

In the UK others speculate that businesses will “trade down” to PR by cutting more expensive marketing programs. What the data shows about marketing in a recession. What stands out is how poorly the “preventive-focused” companies fared in comparison to others. Research data offers a more objective view.

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After lockdown: the creative agency market

Stephen Waddington

The agency market is in flux as the economy reinflates. By comparison, during the 2008 recession GDP shrunk by no more than 2.1% Agency positioning for growth Another significant focus is helping agencies sort out their marketing and sales processes, and refine their proposition. But there’s plenty of opportunity.

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Maintaining Trust in the Age of AI

Presspage

When it comes to conducting financial analyst meetings, AI-powered platforms can also assist. By analyzing vast amounts of data, such as financial reports, market trends, and news articles, AI can provide IROs with valuable information and recommendations for crafting engaging and informative press releases.

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Boosting your PR team’s ROI with Media Monitoring

Onclusive

In order to help companies to objectively compare media monitoring and PR analytics software, G2 Crowd (the leading independent business software review company) recently compiled a comparison report based on real customer reviews. Our head of marketing asked us to package PR data on a quarterly basis for all regional executives.

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Transforming Internal Communications: From Hurdles to High Performance

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

Beyond internal comparison, these surveys also enable organizations to benchmark their performance against similar companies. These surveys should be tailored to specific performance areas, such as employee engagement, customer satisfaction, or financial performance.

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The financial value of PR and why measurement needs a reality check

PR in High Definition

In the last few years, we’ve seen PR teams manoeuvre themselves closer to ‘core’ marketing skills. Whilst the marketing automation revolution has led to a formalisation of marketing measurement for inbound, the concept of sourcing MQLs has led many PRs up the garden path. Again, this is true and not true. Neither are SQLs.