Sword and the Script

JUNE 30, 2020

While a problem solver can be productive in almost any organizational structure, communicators often find themselves reporting up through marketing channels. Most respondents with communications or PR responsibilities report to the head of marketing (41%) according to the 3 rd annual JOTW Communications Survey for 2020.

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Barokas

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Content has become synonymous with marketing. Gone are the days when marketers could push content to the back-burner, focusing on it only when they had a little extra time. To remain competitive today, marketers must oversee and create content that compels readers while mapping back to strategy, messaging and brand voice.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

The point this comment gets after — I believe — is that businesses hold some aspects of marketing – PR, social media and content marketing – to a higher standard. Marketing automation can take it even further. This is because the digital skillset in large corporate businesses is abysmal.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 14, 2016

“The business enterprise has two – and only two – basic functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs.” – Peter Drucker. Should marketing be a profit center? Worse, it’s not just dangerous to marketing, it risks the model and focus of the business. The kicker?

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PRSay

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

This post is brought to you by West Corporation , a proud sponsor of PRSA. A recent survey affirms the power of this medium to engage and persuade: Ninety-seven percent of marketers say video has helped increase user understanding of their product or service. Are you relying on text-only assets to drive your messaging? Now is the time.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 12, 2022

Enterprise monitoring may cost more. Vetted has a unique business model and value proposition that really differentiates itself from other media relations solutions on the market,” said Christophe Abiragi , CEO of ITK Information Services. “We Meltwater offers 50 suggested metrics to measure your content marketing.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 8, 2019

Media references tend to take a back seat to the mad pace that is often B2B marketing. People are afraid, for example, and many corporate clients have policies that prohibit such interviews without a permission slip. Ask your customers for interviews on your corporate blog – soft interviews.

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PR 20/20

MAY 8, 2019

Artificial intelligence is accelerating change in the marketing industry, and your career: Consumers will demand greater personalization , while wanting to control their data and privacy. More Intelligent” Marketing Automation. I love traditional marketing automation. Marketing Artificial Intelligence Conference (MAICON).

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Marketing and PR predictions aren’t merely forecasts, but often a reflection of our aspirations and perhaps advice – mistakes we’ve made we’d like to help others avoid. “Be Pay to pay, content grows; influencer marketing cools. “I AI-written content adds more noise. “PR David Berkowitz , Founder, Serial Marketers.

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Prohibition

AUGUST 4, 2021

Your reputation as a brand reflects the level of trust your target market has in you. It can also improve the quality of leads generated by marketing campaigns or prevent negative publicity from impacting your company’s bottom line. Social Media Marketing (SMM). Social Media Marketing/Management involves: Social listening.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

It’s important for readers to keep in mind my world view is heavily filtered from the perspective of B2B marketing and PR. There are a whole bunch of marketers that are convinced short content is best. They are not wrong since people are distracted, however, there is a place for thoughtful long-form content.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Businesses that engage corporate blogging with professionalism and process can boost visibility, grow a community, and ultimately, have a meaningful influence on sales. At another company, the blog was a touch point on a sales cycle for roughly one-third of enterprise deals with an average selling price in excess of seven digits.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 31, 2019

After working on Welcome to the Machine: A Primer on AI for Marketers (coming later this year), for almost a year now, I can offer you some quick insights that may help. In fact, I have seen brands like BMW parse their social advertising by zip code and optimize content and channel (Pinterest or Instagram or Twitter or Facebook).

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ISEBOX

JANUARY 5, 2016

use a normal voice); Utilize video, images and other rich media to convey your message; Talk with them, using stories, not at them; and, Be transparent and beware of phony “corporate speak. Meaningful Connections via Social Channels.

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ISEBOX

JANUARY 5, 2016

use a normal voice); Utilize video, images and other rich media to convey your message; Talk with them, using stories, not at them; and, Be transparent and beware of phony “corporate speak. Meaningful Connections via Social Channels.

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Pharmaceuticals Media Relations Healthcare Media 70

Sword and the Script

JUNE 23, 2015

Janet Fouts , who founded Tatu Digital Media , read this post – Scale Content Marketing: Employees are the Secret – and invited me to a Google Hangout to discuss it (She previously produced The Friday Hangout , a regular weekly show with Steve Farnsworth and Adam Helweh ). How to Energize the Enterprise for Content Marketing.

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Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Great content marketing has the power to do that. Today’s audiences come across so much mediocre content that looks and sounds the same. Lately, innovative marketing teams have been thinking beyond the standard blog post. Assess your marketing maturity? Identify untapped markets?

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B2B Content Marketing Trends Marketing 57

Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 31, 2017

Bobbie Carlton, founder of Carlton PR & Marketing , Innovation Nights and Innovation Women says that “the 2016 presidential elections turned the media on its ear and soaked up a lot of time and attention. Ian Bruce, VP corporate marketing at MongoDB says “Journalism is dying. It may be irreversible.

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PR 20/20

MAY 12, 2016

Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from The Marketing Performance Blueprint , and was also published on the HubSpot Agency Post. The marketing services industry is in a state of flux. SMBs need partners that can deliver fully integrated solutions and in essence function as outsourced inbound marketing teams.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 13, 2016

But I am smart enough to realize that a company’s marketing, advertising and public relations efforts—my efforts—have a direct and attributable effect to the bottom line of my company. Fact: Every for-profit enterprise wants—and all they want—is profitable revenue growth. Handle your company’s email marketing efforts?

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Flatiron Communications

OCTOBER 29, 2014

During the luncheon, he offered his take on content marketing, social media, and the ill-conceived rise of the job title “director of communications” as a better-sounding surrogate for “director of public relations” at most corporations. Burson reigned supreme. Harold Burson. ” . .”

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Flatiron Communications

OCTOBER 29, 2014

During the luncheon, he offered his take on content marketing, social media, and the ill-conceived rise of the job title “director of communications” as a better-sounding surrogate for “director of public relations” at most corporations. Burson reigned supreme. Harold Burson. ” . .”

Enterprise 28

Enterprise Financial Journalism Report 28

Rock the Status Quo

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Like fluffy yellow chicks marching in line after their mama, many companies are stuck in push marketing tactics of the past, favoring carefully crafted, conservative external messaging and expecting their executives to rigidly follow corporate directives when it comes to having (or not having) a digital voice.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 20, 2018

And that’s how G2Planet got started in creating technology platforms to manage marketing events. I had a chance to ask him to answer some questions about what he’s learned in event marketing over the years. 1) In the grand scheme of marketing priorities, where do you think event marketing should rank? Startup Marketing?

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Industry Marketing Enterprise Mobile 71

Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Great content has the power to do that. Today’s audiences come across so much mediocre content that looks and sounds the same. Lately, innovative marketing teams have been thinking beyond the standard blog post. Assess your marketing maturity? Identify untapped markets? Want to test your site speed?

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B2B Trends Video Course 130

Sword and the Script

JUNE 21, 2016

The same events company that is acquiring the Content Marketing Institute for $17.6 PR is a $14 billion market with roughly 5% growth, according to research from Holmes Report. Account-based marketing. Account-based marketing (ABM) is on the up-and-up in marketing trends. But not for long.

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MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The latest content marketing trend our PR agency is seeing is the move toward less content creation and more content promotion. In that rush of adrenaline to immediately promote your new e-book or video ASAP, content marketers risk the opportunity to be creative with promotion.

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Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

At the same time public relations has become elevated as the eyes and ears of an organisation not just in the public sector as means of public engagement, but in corporate communications, internal communications, and marketing. The influencer marketing tool market is burgeoning. Tools serve two purposes in PR.

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Communications Conversations

AUGUST 31, 2018

Let’s hear from four former media people–Vineeta Sawkar (formerly of KSTP-TV), Jay Olstad (formerly of KARE-11), Lynn Melling (former anchor in the Des Moines market), and Dan DeBaun (formerly of the Minneapolis/St. I had a non-compete clause so I couldn’t work in this market in TV. What’s surprised you so far?

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Media Journalism Report Video 112

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 5, 2014

There’s an old saying in advertising that half of the budget is wasted, but marketers don’t know which half. Today, there are enough analytical tools today to avoid wasting half of the marketing spend. Eight-five percent of marketers said the pressure to demonstrate business value had increased this year over the previous year.

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Measurement Analytics Tools SEO 118

Flatiron Communications

MAY 2, 2017

Enterprising PR professionals — a phrase I hope is not an oxymoron — might take a page from Product Hunt by considering all the new apps and desktop tools available to them today. Between the CRM solutions from GMail, Mailchimp, Meltwater, and SalesForce, PR types have many choices for their email marketing software.

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