Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Nearly 80% of the 1,279 bloggers in the 7 th annual Orbit Media blogger survey say blogging drives some marketing results – and 25% say it draws “strong marketing results.” >>> Looking for a consulting partner with the content chops to build a sound strategy and execute? click image for higher resolution) 4.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 6, 2018

The same applies to a corporation looking to add PR help in-house, or alternatively, doing a cost-benefit analysis of bringing on outside help from an agency. As such, the annual PRWeek salary survey provides good benchmarks. Median salaries across corporate, agency and non-profit positions break down as flows: Corporate: $132,000.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 15, 2018

Corporate communications and PR can be a lonely business of sorts. As communicators, we are sometimes holed up in self-imposed exile creating content for others to deliver on ever-shrinking budgets. Marketing efforts are being automated, increasing the volume of messages and content being pushed out. Or are we?

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 30, 2024

If you read my posts, they are all about surveys and studies and I checked the sources (i.e. Corporations change service providers such as their principal bank or law firm around once every five years on average. That means 50% are in the market over the course of a (whole) year, or around 13% in any quarter. How can this be?

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Sword and the Script

MAY 17, 2016

If your answer involves turning to Google, then you’re not unlike the 250 or so reporters the agency Wasabi Publicity recently surveyed. According to the survey, the top ways reporters find sources and stories are: 1. The results are precisely why PR should embrace content marketing. Breaking news. Social Media.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 10, 2017

If you blog about marketing – especially with any semblance of frequency – you are in fact among a fair small group. That’s one surprising conclusion I drew from a survey of 850 bloggers by ConvertKit. There are more blogs focused on personal development than any other topic, according to the survey.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 29, 2023

Studies show B2B buyers are getting younger and want to engage with companies on social media; B2B marketers are finding social media supports both leads and revenue About one-third of respondents find new products and hear about brands for the first time on social media. It includes both organic posts, sponsored posts and paid ads.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

The Edelman Trust Barometer is an annual survey that examines the “volatility of trust in social institutions” around the world. This year the survey was conducted in 28 countries and obtained 1,150 respondents per country. In reviewing the study, I think it has implications for business in public relations and content marketing.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Here are my predictions for PR , content marketing and social media ; one each. In 2017, PR professionals will be increasingly viewed as strategic business advisors championing integrated communications across the silos of digital marketing, PR and social media. PR is the Best Kept Secret in Effective Content Marketing.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 25, 2015

In July 2015, the CMO Council released a report based on a content survey conducted with syndication platform Netline. Content marketing is maturing slowly and steadily. About half of all respondents label their content marketing maturity as either “high performance engine” (12%) or “steadily paced and planned (34%).

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Deirdre Breakenridge

MAY 8, 2017

Almost four in 10 respondents to a survey of corporate communications, marketing and industry leaders for CommunicationsMatch’s new PR and Communications Agency Search Report said they were looking to hire new agencies in 2017. A Guest Post by Simon Locke, Founder & CEO, CommunicationsMatch TM. Let me say that again.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

of studies and surveys – some of which I had a hand in producing – dissecting the results and connecting dots where it looks appropriate. As we close in on the year’s end, I looked back over these marketing and PR statistics in an effort to surface those points that in some way, shape or form, help to summarize 2018 as a year.

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Survey Marketing B2B Content Marketing 104

Sword and the Script

APRIL 5, 2016

Confusion over social and mobile reigns among the ranks of marketers according to the latest edition of The CMO survey by the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Much like last year’s survey , CMOs said they plan to invest in social, mobile and digital. The survey also found that just 11.5 by Frank Strong.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 24, 2018

The surveys have started. There’s are several industry organizations that field annual surveys about content marketing and they are gearing up. Last year, the data overwhelmingly found every business says they are doing content marketing. 2) You don’t treat content marketing is its own channel.

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Content Marketing B2B Marketing Exercises 63

Onclusive

JUNE 23, 2022

Our head of marketing asked us to package PR data on a quarterly basis for all regional executives, and this regional data is shared to help guide marketing plans. Marketers have become experts at aligning their objectives to business goals, which typically boil down to revenue targets.

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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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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 29, 2020

Studies find media relations isn’t the top PR service anymore; PR weakness on technical skills; execs are key to shaping corporate social positions Several interesting reports on the PR industry were published earlier in 2020 but got lost in the blur that unfolded since. This weekend, I had a chance to go back and review a few of them.

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Media Relations Report Industry SEO 99

Deirdre Breakenridge

JANUARY 7, 2016

Content marketing will be more than just a trend to watch in 2016. Creating and distributing consistent and relevant content is considered a proven strategic marketing approach that attracts and retains an audience and drives customers to action. Here is my Q&A with Lisa Davis, Director, Marketing, at Marketwired.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

That’s according to the results of a survey of 1,377 bloggers conducted by Orbit Media a web design agency. It’s the fourth consecutive year the agency has conducted the survey. These habits are applicable to corporate blogging where a blog is a central platform in a content marketing strategy. Talk to Us !

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Study B2B Marketing Survey 79

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

In corporate blogging and more broadly, in B2B content marketing , it’s not so simple. That is the top line conclusion drawn from the 3 rd Annual Survey of Bloggers by Orbit Media Studios , a web design company based in Chicago. The firm says it surveyed 1,055 bloggers and published the report late in 2016.

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B2B Blogging Data Survey 60

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

That’s according to the findings of the latest survey by Orbit Media, a web design company that has surveyed about 1,000 bloggers annually for the last several years. I’ve reviewed this survey for the last three years ( here and here ) and have generally found the findings to be consistent with my own experience.

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Blogging Survey B2B Analysis 106

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

When the data was aggregated and anonymized, they could see behavioral trends in the legal sector that you couldn’t find in a survey. At the time, the data showed large corporate clients were shifting money away from the biggest law firms – their traditional source of legal advice – to smaller (but not small) law firms.

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Company Marketing B2B Software 96

The Proactive Report

JULY 23, 2017

A new report from BrightEdge reveals that although marketers at B2C and B2B Fortune 500 brands recognize the AI, voice and hyper-local revolution is here, most are not yet planning to adapt their marketing strategies to these new ideas. The wheels do tend to grind slowly in large corporations. IMPROVE YOUR CONTENT STRATEGY.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 16, 2019

Communications professions placed press releases near the bottom of a long list of priorities for the next 12 months, according to the 2019 JOTW Communications Survey , a collaborative effort between Ned’s Job-of-the-Week and Sword and the Script Media. Those results echoed views expressed about press releases on the same survey last year.

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Survey Technology Corporate Financial 71

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 17, 2019

For B2B companies, earned media and branded content ranked the highest. The survey found 30% of B2B respondents cited news coverage as the way they “people learn about new products online that they can use for their day jobs.” So, given the results which one is better – PR or content marketing ?

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Study Survey B2B Advertising 61

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 22, 2019

To that end, I’ve poured over two surveys and re-visited a third to see what the wisdom the marketing crowds had to say about 2020 marketing budgets. The CMO Spend Survey by Gartner. but most CMOs (61%) expect “their budgets to rebound in 2020” according to The CMO Spend Survey by Gartner. The CMO Survey.

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Marketing Survey Study B2B 65

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 31, 2016

The 2016 salary survey by PR Week was a big hit. 3) The Facebook Frozen Frog and Fodder for Content Marketing. PR is the best-kept secret in content marketing. 5) 11 Shrewd PR and Marketing Predictions You Can Bank On. 6) Survey says PR Best Positioned to Manage Corporate Social Media.

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Blogging Content Marketing B2B Social Media 104

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MARCH 5, 2024

A 2023 Edelman study found that the responsibilities of corporate communications teams are increasing in less traditional areas like digital and social media (72%), monitoring, measurement & analytics (68%), social listening (67%), and audience insights (31%). Frank said studies and surveys are another way to get earned media coverage.

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Media Nonprofit Pitching Analytics 99

Cision

AUGUST 23, 2017

So, which emotions do you need to target to make your content more shareable? Fractl, a digital marketing firm, carried out a surveyed of 400 people asking them to record their emotional responses to 100 of the top images from Reddit’s r/pics community. He specializes in SEO and Content Marketing activities.

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Digital PR How To Small Business Analysis 251

Sword and the Script

JULY 10, 2018

Much to his dismay, a corporate communications person, at the Clorox Company, who reports to the general counsel, declined his story idea because the executive team was too busy. Then the story hinge swings like this: “Such is the sorry state of corporate media relations these days. Media Relations Ends; Content Marketing Begins.

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Media Relations Media Content Marketing Corporate 74

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

90% of comms pros surveyed say their work has changed some, and of those, 50% say communications work has changed significantly. That’s according to The 5th Annual JOTW Strategic Communications Survey for 2022 , which polled 483 communications professionals – mostly in the US. Dynamic content and regulations. Jack of all trades.

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Communications Crisis Internal International 122

5W PR

DECEMBER 19, 2023

‘ Fearless Girl’ Statue : Facing the Wall Street bull, this statue became a powerful symbol of gender diversity in corporate leadership, demonstrating how PR stunts can transcend traditional advertising and create a lasting impact. He is passionate about purpose-driven content marketing and using outreach for good.

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How To Ethics Measurement Creativity 78

Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

For example, the 2019 JOTW Communications Survey posed this question to 223 PR and communications pros…and we received a wide variety of answers from respondents. The survey received 177 answers in total to this question. Here are a few more I’ve written pieces stemming from the survey – and the full report is embedded below.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 11, 2017

That’s according to the 2017 State of the Media Report by Cision , which surveyed some 1,500 journalists in the U.S. In reviewing the State of the Media report, there are several impacts for PR and corporate communications , including the following: 1) Getting the story right matters more than getting it first. and Canada.

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Report Media Survey Pitching 71

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 6, 2016

Breaking through with quality material will become more difficult as content marketing approaches a saturation point. B2B executives in professional or technology services have long distinguished themselves by linking their corporate brand to a compelling idea or point of view.

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SEO Analytics Measurement B2B 204

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 16, 2017

In May 2017, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) surveyed 100 of its members and found most plan to increase their investment in PR. The survey was conducted for the ANA by USC Annenberg. The survey was later “integrated into a broader” study called the 2017 Global Communications Report. Give our services a try.

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B2B Media Survey Advertising 85

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 5, 2017

The Global Communications Report, a comprehensive worldwide survey of more than 1,000 senior PR executives worldwide, reveals that the global PR industry is predicted to grow from its current estimated size of $14 billion to $19.3 According to a 2015 Chief Communications Officer survey by Korn Ferry , CCOs in the U.S.

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