Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

We interviewed ChatGPT about public relations and while it does well with high-level questions, it becomes repetitive when those questions were more nuanced; the system says it is “unlikely” that it “or any other AI system will fully replace public relations (PR) professionals”. How is public relations measured?

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Technological Issues One of the foremost barriers to effective internal communications is the technological gap within organizations. Inadequate technology can impede internal comms through several avenues. Providing comprehensive user training and support ensures maximum adoption and proficiency with the chosen technology.

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Cision

JANUARY 3, 2018

Speculation runs rampant, but likely part of the cause of the budget crunch is the fact that it’s so difficult to measure results from content marketing. Know that there are tools that solve the content and earned media measurement challenge. Challenge #4: Disconnect Between Content and Real-World Behavior.

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Measurement Tools eBook Analytics 225

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

OCTOBER 17, 2023

We use technology for everything from banking and shopping to communication and entertainment. Understanding the risks, adopting best practices, and investing in robust cybersecurity measures are crucial for safeguarding our digital realm and ensuring a secure and prosperous future.

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Education Employee Measurement Agency 111

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Content marketing is blending the functions of marketing and sales to the extent, marketing has lost its focus on creating demand. That’s my take after listening to Tom Webster evolve a concept over couple of podcasts on The Marketing Companion and finally rendered in a more polished format on Mark W.

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Content Marketing Marketing Measurement Writing 60

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The most effective blogs in B2B marketing tend to publish longer posts, more frequently, with visuals, paid distribution and analytical measurement Blogging doesn’t have the appeal that voice search, personalization or influencer marketing do in B2B marketing, but when it’s done right, it’s surely effective, according to a new study.

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B2B Study Blogging Marketing 151

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Technology never sleeps! There are quite a few players offering social listening, influencer management, campaign measurement, and other analytics designed to measure success and uncover opportunities using advanced AI. But founders look to evolve to unearth ways to generate measurable impact with content.

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PR 20/20

OCTOBER 9, 2018

In this spotlight, we’ve featured Cathy McPhillips ( @cmcphillips ), Vice President of Marketing at Content Marketing Institute ( @CMIContent ). I oversee this, and also focus on strategy, paid advertising and event marketing. I oversee this, and also focus on strategy, paid advertising and event marketing.

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Content Marketing Marketing eBook Nonprofit 61

PRSay

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Enter earned media management — the system we use to think about, track and measure earned media at Cision. Step 3: Measure. For that, you need to put together a tech stack that’s within your team’s budget, while hopefully tapping into the latest and greatest technology has to offer. Make sure they know it, too.

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Prohibition

AUGUST 23, 2023

for every dollar spent on influencer marketing. This impressive ROI is due to the targeted nature of influencer campaigns and the ability to track and measure their impact. Having specific goals will help guide your strategy and measure success. Research has shown that businesses earn an average of $6.50

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Landis PR

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Content creation is merely experiencing the next wave of its evolution. That means, as content marketers, we must learn how, and when, to effectively leverage AI-assisted content within our marketing strategies. I believe AI has its place and that it’s important we, as marketers, understand how to use it.

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Marketing Content Marketing Storytelling B2B 59

The Resolution Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2019

The Ability to Measure Sets Paid and Editorial Apart On paper, the glaring difference between paid and editorial PR is that one is paid, which means that placement is guaranteed. However, Jerrid claims the less obvious difference (and a major advantage) of paid media is the ability to measure it. Advertising is also learning from PR.

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Advertising Advertising Measurement Storytelling 120

Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

That’s where your content marketing efforts come into to play. On top of crafting compelling content, the most prominent challenge is driving engagement from targeted audiences. According to HubSpot’s 2017 State of Inbound, the top challenge marketing faces is generating more traffic and leads.

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Infographics Case Study Content Marketing Video 235

Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

PR measurement can be a bit like a self-fulfilling prophecy. On one hand, it gets dinged for a lack of measurement. On the other hand, measuring some PR activities, like earned media , is far more challenging than other forms of marketing and communications. Why Content Marketing and Public Relations Need Each Other.

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Study Media Relations Media Measurement 141

Cision

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

As new tools emerge, the technology and media landscapes continue to shift. . But B2B businesses aren’t changing the way they plan and shape their marketing strategy quickly enough, and are left feeling the effects of staying behind the times. Only 30 percent of B2B companies say their content marketing is effective.

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Nonprofit Marketing B2B Crisis 120

Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Platforms include Google Docs (office and messaging), Hubspot (content marketing and pipeline development), and Prowly (influencer relations and press office). Point solutions are typically created by entrepreneurs to address an opportunity in the market. That must change.

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Tools How To Agency SEO 175

Sword and the Script

APRIL 29, 2017

To that end, it’s really hard to sell more if you stop talking to your market. Instead of taking a hatchet to the budget, I’d suggest P&G re-allocate some of that ridiculous spend in display and programmatic ads into content marketing and PR. And that’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing links [UML].

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Marketing Measurement Content Marketing Survey 68

Beyond PR

JANUARY 4, 2018

Speculation runs rampant, but likely part of the cause of the budget crunch is the fact that it’s so difficult to measure results from content marketing. Know that there are tools that solve the content and earned media measurement challenge. Challenge #4: Disconnect Between Content and Real-World Behavior.

Measurement 75

Measurement Tools Journalism Content Marketing 75

The Proactive Report

MAY 12, 2017

A fast-growing business can be just the opposite, if you don’t have the planning and systems in place to cope with the rapid growth. CMOs at the largest technology companies report that building out content marketing as an organizational competency is the second most important initiative, only behind measuring ROI. (

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Knowledge Base SEO Strategy Digital PR 113

PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

What are the roles and responsibilities of the existing marketing team? Modern marketing is constantly shifting, and the folks that are part of your marketing team need to be masters in all things technology, best practices, and trends. Technology. Are gaps in technology affecting performance?

Marketing 52

Marketing Technology Internal International 52

PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

For small businesses, start-ups, and short-term goals, we'd recommend following Ready North's Marketing Growth Hackathon TM to identify quick wins and accelerate success. Marketing performance scorecards are simple to build and are increasingly efficient to maintain thanks to analytics platform APIs. Evaluate (Steps 1 – 2).

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Marketing Analytics eBook System 52

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I have colleagues who also layer on Trello and other content management systems as well. Lines between what constitutes PR and content marketing continue to blur. Technology has enabled me to do the work of five people and has enabled me to do that work in far less time.”. Pressure on measurement.

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Communications Crisis Internal International 123

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

This year, more than 20 professionals – real people that do real marketing and PR work every day – responded and with high-quality ideas that I found to be invigorating and thought-provoking. 12) More dramatic platform changes will challenge marketing. These systems support data sets in real-time, and data remains secure in the Cloud.

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Social Media Marketing Media Creativity 93

PR 20/20

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Each tool is sorted according to our 5Ps of marketing AI framework , a framework we devised to help visualize and organize use cases and the marketing AI technology landscape: Planning: Building intelligent strategies. Production: Creating intelligent content. All powered by IBM Watson's cognitive technology.

Tools 71

Tools Marketing Enterprise Software 71

Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

As automakers need to prove that their supply chain also complies with ESG claims, they will soon approach their suppliers and ask for data, e.g. how much CO 2 their supplier emits in the production of the part they manufacture for the client or what systems are in place to assure full compliance with human rights in the supply chain.

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Automotive Study Report Transportation 95

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As an aside, it’s why I ended up working with Gatsby as they are a marketing technology startup that’s focusing on that issue. 6) Finding a content marketing niche. 6) Finding a content marketing niche. 11) Sales and marketing alignment. 19) Audience building as a distinct marketing skill.

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Marketing Content Marketing Crisis Management Data 104

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Analysis: B2B marketing must develop its market. While lead generation specialists don’t like to spend money they can’t attribute to sales – investments in content marketing , education, awareness, and branding are inherently linked to finding prospects and cost of conversion. These are the metrics B2B lead gen measure.

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B2B Report Marketing Survey 64

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

The implications of in-housing for a firm – law, PR, marketing or otherwise – are this: you not just competing against rival firms for business – you are competing against rival firms and your clients for business. The Role of Technology on the Legal Market. for demand to come back, technology innovation accelerated.

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Agency Trends Marketing Survey 95

Cision

MAY 21, 2015

A podcast featuring discussions at the intersection of business, technology & culture hosted by Chris Saad and Brian Solis. SocialZoomFactor is a podcast created for business and marketing leaders. to rock your social media and content marketing. Social Media Marketing Podcast. Content Inc. 5) Pam Moore.

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Social Media Marketing Pinterest Media 120

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Either way, using tools and technologies to aid your marketing strategy has never been more impactful than in the age of AI. I joined BuzzStream as Director of Content Marketing in November of 2023. But before that, I worked for over ten years with three content marketing agencies and one in-house role.

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Digital PR Tools Google Pitching 62

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Either way, using tools and technologies to aid your marketing strategy has never been more impactful than in the age of AI. I joined BuzzStream as Director of Content Marketing in November of 2023. But before that, I worked for over ten years with three content marketing agencies and one in-house role.

Digital PR 62

Digital PR Tools Google Pitching 62

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Data is the lynchpin of marketing success. It’s required for successful and measurable outbound efforts, and it’s generated from inbound efforts. How you run, analyze, and utilize data is critical to marketing, sales, and revenue. Marketing technology doesn’t exist without data.

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Marketing System Data Tools 65

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

However, the tactics used have definitely transformed, thanks mostly to new technology, the metamorphosis of the news industry and the rise of social media.”. I think non-PR folks sometimes think of it like advertising or marketing where you can “pay to play” and see relatively immediate, measurable results.

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Measurement Course Advertising Advertising 60

Cision

MARCH 30, 2017

Just as people dislike clickbait headlines and photos, it will test people’s patience to have the primary image in your gallery disparate from the rest of the content within the post. That said, I guarantee someone is already posting bait-and-switch content for Instagram collections (#sad).

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Instagram How To Video Examples 120

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 20, 2015

In other words, there isn’t consensus among marketers, on what exactly, constitutes a pressing need. New business development, lead quality and staying abreast of marketing technology held a three-way tie at the top the list – each with 27% of respondents. If you like your job in marketing, revenue is the right metric. .

Marketing 60

Marketing Mobile Survey Advertising 60

PR 20/20

MAY 12, 2016

As CMOs navigate the marketing talent gap , they are increasingly seeking performance-driven agency partners that are immersed in marketing technology and staffed with digital-savvy professionals. SMBs need partners that can deliver fully integrated solutions and in essence function as outsourced inbound marketing teams.

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Agency Marketing Financial System 40

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

There’s no written playbook for navigating the PR challenges likely to arise, and smart marketers and comms pros will trust their judgment and past experiences in guiding strategy and providing counsel. Marketing investment was redirected towards demand generation (content marketing, paid media) as startups looked for deal flow.

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