Sword and the Script

JULY 20, 2021

Some B2B tech companies, especially in early stages, are eager to make a splash in their respective markets. They’re raring to go with branded content about who they are and promotional materials about what makes their product great. Your audience should always be at the center of all of your marketing strategies and tactics.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

Vendors are giving us reason to be optimistic about public relations technology – from AI that will predict your pitching success to more tangible PR measurement and attribution. Years ago, I had the opportunity to be a PR director for a publicly-traded company that developed and sold software to the PR market. Did you know?

Technology 169

Technology Publicity Software Pitching 169

Cision

DECEMBER 18, 2017

With so many moving pieces and parts in your content and social media marketing strategy, it can be challenging to stay on top of it all. But with one key tool, you can not only plan your marketing approach far in advance but also take advantage of specific times of year when certain campaigns will thrive.

How To 0

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 12, 2022

It has since been acquired by an SEO software company. The company caught my eye when it said it uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze a reporter’s pitching preferences. The idea is helping PR understand how reporters prefer to be pitched and improve your chances of coverage. Content picks from around PR .

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Software Pitching Measurement Enterprise 89

Rock the Status Quo

MAY 4, 2015

The Differences in Pitch Style & Purpose Are Helpful to Understand I love PR, I love SEO and I really love how well they intersect to grow client reach and conversion. How that pitch is written can be VERY revealing. Why do I write about backlink pitches in a PR blog?

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Rock the Status Quo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

I also like Canva quite a bit – instead of a simple stock photography site, Canva is an image editing tool designed to be used for social media, content marketing and other uses. It allows you to buy images for one dollar as you are using the graphic design software, or use solid colors and your own images for free.

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Pinterest Content Marketing Resources Software 202

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? Think: selling content, eBooks, sponsored content or banner ads on a corporate blog, or even tickets to an event.

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Flack's Revenge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In addition to that, it is a helpful tool for many journalists who really are asking for more information than a simple, pithy email pitch provides. There is no shortage of competitors on our new business pitches, and other tech PR shops are doing quite well thank you, best I can gather. It is not just us. Well, it is Inc.

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Writing Pitching Report Industry 177

Cision

AUGUST 18, 2015

If we were to compare Aesop’s The Tortoise and the Hare to content marketing, podcasting would be the slow but steady-paced tortoise. Pitch and promote your podcast to grow your reach. If your brand decides to give podcasting a chance, you’ll want to invest in the best microphones, headphones and editing software.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

When you invite internal and external subject matter experts to contribute to your content marketing program, it’s important to have guidelines for them to follow. The less time you need to spend editing content and following up with contributors, the more time you have for strategy and optimization. increase brand awareness.

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How To Guidelines Content Marketing Video 177

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Some marketing and communications predictions suggest AI will change the world; others see a tailspin of noise and and see humanity as a path for differentiation Most marketing and PR professionals have formed strong viewpoints on AI. That much is apparent I compiled this year’s list of marketing and communications predictions.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 21, 2018

marketers so much, but in today’s digital environment, everyone is impacted. Like many companies, PR firms need to ensure that our content marketing and other campaigns are compliant with the new regs. Internally, data can inform our PR strategy and make our branded content better and more engaging.

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Trends Privacy Data Reputation 157

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

Public relations professionals create and maintain a positive image for their organization, often through the use of marketing, branding, and communication strategies. How is public relations different from marketing? Public relations (PR) and marketing are related, but they are not the same thing. It’s not a bad take.

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Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 99

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

Infographics remain high on the marketing list of tactics. It’s versatile content piece that can complement and add powerful visuals as part of an integrated campaign. We see infographics in content marketing survey results as well. You need PR, content marketing and social media all working on the same play.

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Infographics Data Case Study Content Marketing 68

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Avid podcast listeners consume an average of five a week – listening for four hours and 10 minutes (chart nearby used with permission by The Marketing Companion ). Not only is this a significant amount of time – but it’s quality time and so marketing has joined the crowd. 1) Marketing Audibles for Audio Search.

Tools 60

Tools Pinterest Marketing Media 60

Flatiron Communications

JANUARY 11, 2018

2016 : The growth in the use of social influencers as trusted “third-parties” to create awareness and action (“ Content Marketing is So Last Year” ). The quality of the pitch itself has degraded over the last few years. It’s not just the 6:1 ratio of PR people to journalists that has led to these abysmally low engagement rates.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

3 statistics from the newest B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends report shows the “subscribed audience” is missing from most content marketing efforts. I had a chance to be a judge for the annual content marketing awards hosted by the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) this year.

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Content Marketing B2B Marketing eBook 122

Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The ability to tap into this knowledge can help inform owned, earned, and paid media of your organization’s PR and marketing efforts. For example, if we are trying to build out our earned media strategy and developing public relations pitches, using trending topics in a relevant way gives you an opportunity to be noticed by reporters.

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Trends Industry Wikipedia How To 142

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Each December public relations agencies spend time crafting pitches and byline articles capturing clients’ takeaways for their particular industry. The research continues to reinforce that video is king and smart marketers will continue to find innovative ways to incorporate it into their programming. 2017 PR Takeaways.

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YouTube Training Video Survey 136

Beyond PR

JULY 6, 2016

Successful multichannel marketing isn’t easy, though. In High-Impact PR Planning that Drives ROI & Supports Demand Generation , we look at how to get started with your content promotion plan — from setting goals and identifying the best channels for promotion to determining which pieces of content you want to share.

Marketing 66

Marketing Product Launch Data Software 66

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 15, 2017

The one-time crowdsourced feature for new hire announcements or appointments in a local market will cost $250. Publishers’ have struggled for a business model in the digital age where most marketing money flows to just a handful companies. Don’t miss these related posts: The Shocking Beef about Feeding the Content Monster.

Journalism 64

Journalism Brand Branding Advertising 64

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

The Salesforce announcement of Einstein this week — impressive as it was — reminded me that marketers sometimes use terms like machine learning , artificial intelligence (AI) and even automation interchangeably. In marketing, most of the tech tools are simply automation, described with great editorial liberty.

Marketing 60

Marketing Creativity B2B Ethics 60

Critical Mention

APRIL 8, 2018

Once you hook leadership to incorporate media monitoring into the PR budget for the fiscal year, you can start running the software for your clients. You can impress your clients with this software and even use it as a pitch for prospective clients by differentiating yourself from other PR firms. Increased lead generation.

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Media Software Leadership Customer Service 64

Sword and the Script

MARCH 1, 2022

Cision adds sponsored content feature to PR Newswire – pitches it as “guaranteed editorial”; Meltwater Beats Earnings; TrueScope Raises $6.2 This move toward sponsored content also fits with Cision’s clear effort to cozy up to the marketing side of the house over the last few years. TrueScope raised $6.2

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Software Case Study Advertising Advertising 119

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 17, 2017

While it centers on the marketing of law firms, there are several parallels the B2B technology community struggles with as well, including: “drop the formalities and legalese to humanize”. meeting at an all-male golf club to the exclusion of their female chief marketing officer”. Is it different than illegal marketing?

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Marketing Ethics Interviews Meeting 68

Beyond PR

DECEMBER 19, 2017

With so many moving pieces and parts in your content and social media marketing strategy, it can be challenging to stay on top of it all. But with one key tool, you can not only plan your marketing approach far in advance but also take advantage of specific times of year when certain campaigns will thrive.

How To 75

How To Content Marketing Conference eBook 75

Cision

MARCH 31, 2016

What are you most looking forward to in your new position as media and content director at Blanc & Otus? Blanc & Otus has a diverse portfolio of clients, some of them in markets that I haven’t been exposed to before. Instead, they pitched me on a position they had open. How has content marketing changed over the years?

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Newspapers Reddit Journalism Technology 120

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.

Marketing 189

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 189

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. ” There are only 214 million for “b2b software.” Identify untapped markets?

B2B 57

B2B Content Marketing Trends Marketing 57

Cision

MAY 29, 2015

If you’re using data points to pitch a story, you’re doing math. AirPR Software Engineer and self-proclaimed math enthusiast, Ryan Rapp, astutely pointed out the applications of statistics in PR: “Statistics answers the question of how many of X do we need before results are reliable and perhaps repeatable.”. Statistics.

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Engineering Measurement Analytics Sports 120

Buzzstream

OCTOBER 30, 2018

The Grid is our recognizable visual quadrant that places similar software products head-to-head in their respective categories. The Vanity Grids we’d done in the past grouped products by location or event, rather than by software category (best software in Boston or at Dreamforce, for instance, rather than best CRM platform).

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Software Report Data Strategy 56

Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

At the beginning of every new month, I take a look back and the news and notes stemming from the software developers that make tools for PR pros. Q4 sells customizable investor relations (IR) websites, webcasting, for quarterly earnings with analysts, and marketing intelligence. Here we go…. via BurrellesLuce. More clutter isn’t free.

Trends 60

Trends Media Report Technology 60

Landis PR

JULY 31, 2023

Now, more than a half century since the birth of artificial intelligence, mass interest and adoption of the technology has accelerated in recent months, thanks to publicly available software like ChatGPT and Character.ai. But you’re still going to need to review the content and adjust accordingly. Here are six of the top takeaways.

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Communications Marketing Pitching Technology 97

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Communicators found their influence grew with executives, even as the functions they performed evolved in 2022; PR and marketing alike battled to win trust amid clutter, noise and skepticism. Every year I read and write about dozens of reports on B2B marketing and PR. Buyers of B2B software want published pricing.

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B2B Marketing Survey Software 116

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 13, 2019

A subsidiary of the private equity firm GTCR subsidiary, called Blue Canyon , makes a public offer of 775 million in Swedish Krona (SEK) to for a majority stake in Cision, a provider of PR software and services such as, media monitoring, media list building, distribution and analysis. 2) April 7, 2014: Vocus. million about six months later.

Technology 12

Technology Software Company Marketing 12

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Everyone is doing content marketing these days. In fact, some 80% of respondents say they are doing content marketing according to 2017 survey data. You can also think about these in stages of content marketing maturity, though I’d caution, you never done with any given stage. Analyze, but experiment.

Engineering 62

Engineering Content Marketing Marketing Analytics 62

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 8, 2019

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? b) Integrated marketing. b) Integrated marketing.

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Content Marketing Marketing Comparison Measurement 80