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Media Relations Keeps Getting Harder; Here are 6 Dynamic Techniques to Adapt

Sword and the Script

75% of PR and comms pros say media relations is getting harder – up 25% over three years; here are some practical techniques for adapting A majority of public relations and communications professionals say media relations keeps getting harder. Less media to build relationships with and constant turnover.”

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3 Comparative Metrics if Organic Search is Your Raison D’etre for Content Marketing

Sword and the Script

In fact, you must publish content in order for it to be indexed and returned in response to search. That’s the gist of a piece Michael Brenner wrote for the Content Marketing Institute last week titled The Best Reason to Do Content Marketing? Leads to a reputation for thought leadership. Organic Search.

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B2B Marketing: When You Finally Achieve Thought Leadership, Don’t Let it Slip Away

Sword and the Script

True thought leadership is hard to achieve, not because it’s hard, but because some in B2B just can’t get out of their own way. She works for a B2B tech company that “doesn’t believe marketing” but she knows they need it desperately. More than a proactive partner: an extension of your marketing and PR team. I didn’t pitch it.

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33 Statistics Summarizing the Year in Public Relations, Content Marketing, Social Media and SEO

Sword and the Script

Those categories are: Content marketing statistics. PR and media relations statistics. Social media marketing statistics. Paid media and advertising statistics. Marketing measurement statistics. Search marketing and SEO statistics. Content Marketing Statistics.

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Strategies for collaborating with marketing

Onclusive

This week, we’re continuing with our June blog series on Measuring Up To Marketing: How PR Fits Into The Mix. How can marketing and PR jointly contribute to business goals? Align with marketing strategies and dashboards. Join Onclusive for the Measuring Up To Marketing: How PR Fits Into The Mix webinar on June 29th.

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Your Earned Media Measurement Strategy Checklist

Cision

As marketers begin to understand why it’s necessary to move away from outdated measurement systems when it comes to earned media, it’s important to develop a robust strategy going forward. To that end, answer the following questions to help shape your earned media measurement strategy. What Matters to Our Brand?

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Corporate Communications is Taking More PR Work In-House, finds Survey; Media Relations Gets Even Harder

Sword and the Script

The survey identified the top five reasons for firing an agency as follows: 1) cost (81%); 2) poor client service (47%); 3) inability to measure ROI (41%); 4) too much “hand-holding” (32%); 5) taking more work in-house (30%). In my assessment, the first and fifth reason are closely related. Media Relations is Hard and Getting Harder.

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