Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

When a company illustrates in thought leadership that it understands an industry – its strengths, weaknesses, problems and opportunities – buyers stand to reason their products are probably pretty good too. Thought leadership is more important than ever in B2B. The C-Suite spend more time with thought leadership today.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 10, 2022

As an agency that heavily infuses fun creative in our earned, social and digital media campaigns, we wanted to understand consumers’ appetite for lighthearted approaches in brand marketing, given this challenging news climate. Consumers are ready for fun. The online survey of 2,046 U.S. Travel is up, and so is dining out. The fun news.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 21, 2018

For many B2B technology brands, data is not only a business asset, but a PR tool. No one should underestimate the power of data for storytelling. The data is often derived inexpensively from behavior surveys or flash polls, or it may already exist within the company’s own research unit. 5 reasons to embrace data-driven PR.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 31, 2023

As PR pros, we must continually adapt to emerging technologies that impact consumer behavior. As voice-enabled devices and virtual assistants like Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant become common, voice search is also transforming how consumers interact with brands and information. According to Demand Sage, there are 4.2

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Media love data. As most PR people know, data offers a powerful news hook in a way that even a product launch or partnership often doesn’t. It can easily feed a story to make it stronger, and data-driven stories can easily be made visual, which adds to their appeal. Your data only goes so far. It’s pull marketing 101.

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Onclusive

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In fact, shaping and capitalising on both industry trends and consumer trends (rather than just responding), has numerous benefits. In this blog, we’ll dive into how a social listening tool tracks industry and consumer trends. These tools use advanced algorithms to sift through vast amounts of data.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 11, 2023

As B2B PR specialists, our team has helped adtech, data and cybersecurity brands like SOCi, MediaRadar, Lotame, National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA), and Digital Remedy seize news opportunities. SOCi offered insights on Threads’ implications for social media marketing, showcasing their expertise and thought leadership.

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Agility PR Solutions

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Retailers are having huge success with social and influencer marketing—partly because retail is a highly social category, with many brands performing above average in driving online and offline consumer conversations, which makes the continued dominance of Amazon and Nike in the U.S. marketplace impressive.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Marketers are taking notice of California’s data-privacy laws after cosmetics retailer Sephora agreed last month to pay $1.2 As NBC News reports, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Sephora sold its customers’ data without their consent. million in penalties for alleged violations involving its targeted-advertising practices.

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Stern + Associates

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Is your organization operating as an “information business,” treating data as a strategic asset? Does your organization liquify data assets, cultivate a data democracy that enthusiastically engages with data assets, and connect data monetization with financial performance? According to Barbara Wixom, Ph.D.

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Cision

MAY 12, 2017

As marketing communicators, we are on the verge of having all the data we could ever want. The only question left now is whether we know what to do with it, or even if it is possible to know what to do with all this data. You have to start now, even if it is to just collect the data required to build out these forms of measurement.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

By Annie Perkins, Managing Director, Consumer & Health and Megan Gaffney, VP, Consumer. It is our favorite time of the year, when beefy research and insight reports appear outlining anticipated consumer behaviors for the upcoming year. Brands putting customers in the center of consumer marketing.

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Onclusive

OCTOBER 9, 2023

As PR and Comms professionals, we must interrogate leadership behaviors, crisis responses, and brand perception to fully protect our organizations. Real-time data is your strategic advantage when it comes to building and maintaining your CEO’s image. Consumers are calling for transparency more and more.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 30, 2021

If there was a recent senior leadership hire or promotion at your organization, it can sometimes be leveraged into news, or at least background information for later news. Data points drive press. Often companies have surveys or case studies that contain great data points. Data points can go a long way. Meet and greet!

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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Thought leadership is one of those things many brands and leaders want–but very few do well. Clients come to agencies all the time with the goal of “thought leadership.” And that leads me to a recent report from Edelman + LinkedIn titled “The 2021 B2B Thought Leadership Impact Study.”

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PRSay

JULY 20, 2021

The security and privacy of their personal data are top concerns for consumers, says a new study from FleishmanHillard. FleishmanHillard’s “2021 Authenticity Gap” study (PDF here ) examines the actions that brands must take to meet consumer expectations. Illustration credit: jozefmicic ].

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Onclusive

OCTOBER 9, 2023

As PR and Comms professionals, we must interrogate leadership behaviors, crisis responses, and brand perception to fully protect our organizations. Real-time data is your strategic advantage when it comes to building and maintaining your CEO’s image. These stories often bring leadership styles into question.

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Onclusive

JUNE 1, 2023

Social media monitoring captures data on the performance of social media activity from both your company and your competitors. You can benchmark brand sentiment by topic to understand how consumers perceive your organisation in relation to key social issues such as sustainability, diversity, and data security.

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

consumers don’t trust companies to use their data ethically. Amid lapses and breaches, should communicators sound alarms about the potential misuse of people’s data? To coincide with Ethics Month, she wrote an article for the September issue of Strategies & Tactics titled “ Using Data Ethically to Inform PR Strategies.”

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 16, 2023

Here’s a subset: CES (Early January) : The Consumer Electronics Show is an ideal platform to announce new tech products or share thought leadership pieces predicting tech-related trends for the new year. And despite its name, it is definitely not limited to consumer products.

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Onclusive

APRIL 21, 2020

This week, we’re continuing our April blog series focused on helping communications teams to get the credit they deserve and the resources they need by making a key shift to data-driven PR and communications. PR Attribution analysis also provides our leadership with the metrics they want to see, including ROI.”

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APRIL 21, 2020

This week, we’re continuing our April blog series focused on helping communications teams to get the credit they deserve and the resources they need by making a key shift to data-driven PR and communications. PR Attribution analysis also provides our leadership with the metrics they want to see, including ROI. Influence: Brand Impact.

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Prohibition

MAY 4, 2023

Thought Leadership, positioning your brand as an expert in your industry or niche, can be a powerful strategy to help attract new potential clients or customers. In the world of Public Relations, establishing your brand as an industry expert is crucial for gaining credibility, building trust, and maintaining a competitive edge.

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PRSay

DECEMBER 7, 2021

New privacy protections from tech giants and governments threaten to staunch the flow of user data that companies have long relied on to target consumers with online ads, The Wall Street Journal reports. The group plans to use this information to target ads to customers.

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NewsWhip

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Overall, each month the company’s video content generates more than 1 billion views, and globally reaches 83 million consumers in print, 402 million in digital and 474 million across social platforms. It is surely an alley in speeding up some of the daily work in a much more efficient way, being hyper-connected to real-time data.”.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Most companies would agree that consumer trust is a valuable commodity — one that can’t be bought or sold. According to Nielsen’s Global Trust in Advertising study , consumers trust earned media and recommendations from friends and family more than any other source. Data can also help communicators tell better stories.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The audited data from the virtual CES2021 show offered a number of data points that may be helpful to the automotive and mobility technology companies who plan to leverage PR at CES2022. Here are five data surprises we found in The Global Impact of CES2021 attendance summary: Attendance is still hard to predict.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 27, 2017

This democratization has opened up an entire new world of opportunity for everyone to engage, consume, share and break news. For Torres, when delivering data and making recommendations, it boils down to the fundamental question — what’s the objective? He advises that the data will inform better decision making.

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Onclusive

JUNE 15, 2022

As a result, PR metrics are often tangential to the way that other marketing functions quantify success, leaving the CMO and the rest of the C-suite with the challenge of normalizing disparate data sets. Director, Global Corporate Communications, Mimecast What’s the secret to success?

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Onclusive

JUNE 15, 2022

As a result, PR metrics are often tangential to the way that other marketing functions quantify success, leaving the CMO and the rest of the C-suite with the challenge of normalizing disparate data sets. Director, Global Corporate Communications, Mimecast. What’s the secret to success? What PR can learn from marketing.

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MAY 4, 2020

We have seen this during other periods of economic uncertainty: Businesses and consumers react, and those reactions have ripple effects. Consumers have reacted by shifting their focus more toward information than commercialism. They need to understand data: how to organize it, how to read it, how to interpret it.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 1, 2020

That’s because social media plays a large role in most consumer and B2B PR programs. Extends the reach of thought leadership content . By using organic social media to build relationships with a given audience, you gain data insights about them. Social media marketing and PR have recently become inseparable.

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5W PR

JANUARY 3, 2024

Beauty brands face unique challenges and opportunities in a landscape where trends, consumer expectations, and digital platforms play pivotal roles. Brands are leveraging digital channels to connect directly with consumers, share brand stories, and showcase products. PR can highlight these engaging moments through media coverage.

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Onclusive

MARCH 17, 2020

“As planning lead for public relations, I constantly deal with the need for better data to define a business problem and set ROI (Return On Investment) measurement beyond free PR coverage,” says Marion McDonald managing director, strategy and measurement, Asia Pacific Ogilvy Public Relations. MMM leverages aggregate data.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Are the company’s offerings geared toward consumers through products like antivirus and firewall solutions, or toward business and enterprise via security information and event management (SIEM) software suites? Does it excel in enterprise data security for the private sector or are government contracts the goal? Diversify vertically.

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MARCH 17, 2020

“As planning lead for public relations, I constantly deal with the need for better data to define a business problem and set ROI (Return On Investment) measurement beyond free PR coverage,” says Marion McDonald managing director, strategy and measurement, Asia Pacific Ogilvy Public Relations. MMM leverages aggregate data.

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Onclusive

APRIL 4, 2023

Engaging audiences and stakeholders A CEO who’s relatable, authentic, and engaging can create a strong connection with the media, consumers, and other stakeholders. You can also combine with third party data sources to understand how influential stakeholder groups are impacting media narratives and brand perceptions.

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