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.

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Technology Publicity Software Pitching 170

Contently - Strategy

JANUARY 26, 2023

The good news is that many companies have already cracked the thought leadership code using strategies that content marketers can emulate. The same C-level decision makers that leverage it in their decision-making processes are difficult to impress— only 17% of them rate the content they read as “very good” or “excellent.”

Leadership 145

Leadership Content Marketing Healthcare Google 145

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Some of the studies are surveys I’ve helped field, like the annual JOTW survey , however, most are by contributors or organizations from around the community. Over the past 12 months or so, I’ve easily reviewed and written about more than 20 such PR surveys from the PR sector (there many more about marketing).

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Survey Industry Leadership Study 96

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 30, 2024

Ethics and AI Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI), specifically AI-generated content, is having an ethical (and legal) moment. When I am writing or editing others’ work, I personally use Grammarly Premium. When I am writing or editing others’ work, I personally use Grammarly Premium.

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Ethics Crisis Transportation Airlines 97

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

It’s also a key reason why blogging and content marketing has become an important tool in the media relations toolkit. based reporters said, “ensuring content is 100 percent accurate is the most important” in their organization. Comment: Content marketers should borrow this hint from reporters in their own work.

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Survey Report Media B2B 102

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. Want to write for Cision®?

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How To Guidelines Content Marketing Video 177

Cision

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

I decided to compile five of the best quotes from the forum for some B2B marketing inspiration. Joe Pulizzi ( @ JoePulizzi ), Founder of Content Marketing Institute, Author, Speaker and Entrepreneur shared this gem: Don’t be afraid to be bold in your campaigns. Try to break out of the clutter by being bold and innovative.

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B2B Marketing Content Marketing Technology 120

Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 26, 2018

It’s a novel way to connect with the C-suite and get them interested in content marketing. Ghostwriting is so useful that I believe it should be a part of every brand’s content strategy next year. And the skills that make them a good at their jobs won’t always include writing.

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Strategy Content Marketing Interviews Creativity 109

PRSay

DECEMBER 15, 2017

According to a recent Gallup study, 51 percent of currently employed adults in the United States say they are searching for a new job or watching for new job opportunities. For example, look up examples of white papers online and write and share your own on LinkedIn, or try your hand at writing a blog post on Medium.

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Nonprofit Local LinkedIn Big Data 160

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Marketing investment was redirected towards demand generation (content marketing, paid media) as startups looked for deal flow. As the market lifts, brands will need to raise awareness and will be ready to invest for the longer term as their horizons extend. There will be a glut of AI-generated content as well.

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Writing Communications Marketing B2B 194

5W PR

MAY 6, 2020

For many marketers, the product, pricing and order pages are critical and indeed they are. But the About Us page is also important because that’s where more than half the respondents to a recent survey by KoMarketing, a social/content marketing firm, said they visit. Only contact information and products/services rated higher.

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Survey Storytelling Consumer Analysis 88

The Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

News outlets mostly measure the wrong things,” writes Tom Rosenstiel, a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution and Executive Director of API. These stories generate 83% more page views, 39% more time spent reading the content and 103% more sharing activity than other topics. Take an Original Angle.

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Analytics Digital PR Measurement Enterprise 100

The Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

News outlets mostly measure the wrong things,” writes Tom Rosenstiel, a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution and Executive Director of API. These stories generate 83% more page views, 39% more time spent reading the content and 103% more sharing activity than other topics. Take an Original Angle.

Analytics 100

Analytics Digital PR Measurement Enterprise 100

Landis PR

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The blog: Blogs allow for a more personal writing style than press releases and enable subject matter experts, or new employees like me, to discuss topics that may be newsworthy – but won’t warrant a news story on their own. Don’t write for bots. Write for people – SEO is a means to an end, not the end itself.

Web 59

Web SEO Case Study Writing 59

Rock the Status Quo

JUNE 30, 2015

If you do anything in the digital space – PR, content marketing, search engine optimization, social media – the one thing that matters most is experience. In our industry, writing is one of those skills that can make or break career advancement. You only get this by writing. A lot of writing.

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LinkedIn Brand Branding SEO 100

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

In an age of ad blocking, brands have to transition away from solely sponsoring or being associated with the content their customers or prospects want or need. Instead, brands have to also produce the desired content. 1) The Parallel between Product Placement and Content Marketing. It’s well worth a read as well.

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Brand Branding Content Marketing Film 60

Beyond PR

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

You share on social, write a blog post, budget money for an ad and more. Earned media is highly valuable in reaching today’s distracted audiences; in fact, 81% of senior marketers said that earned media was more effective than paid. Once you’ve identified your target journalists, learn their pitching preferences.

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Pitching Journalism Study Writing 40

Sword and the Script

JUNE 25, 2016

Whether in sales or marketing the moments we have to capture and hold the attention of a customer are short at best. It is just seven seconds on a cold call for sales or perhaps a phone pitch for PR. SEOs have just 60 characters for a headline – and it’s about the same for email marketers and their subject lines. Send us a link!

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Marketing Content Marketing Energy Measurement 61

Critical Mention

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

– via Oxford Economics Study. Once you’ve garnered some earned media by pitching journalists or catching an influencer’s eye, repurpose your earned media coverage by promoting earned mentions. Priscilla is the marketing coordinator for Critical Mention. Until next time! Critical Mention. SCHEDULE A DEMO. Priscilla Osorio.

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Brand Branding Advertising Advertising 100

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 23, 2018

B2B organizations that find content marketing effective are committed to these programs. These organizations have a content marketing plan in writing. Those are among the top-level findings from an annual survey of content marketers by the Content Marketing Institute and Marketing Profs.

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Content Marketing B2B Study Marketing 108

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Most of what I did wasn’t a secret: I read what reporters wrote before pitching, developed subject lines that got my emails opened, and use a strong lede in all my pitches. There was one aspect of my success that was different: I wrote long pitches. Too many marketers believe that short content outperforms long form.

Content Marketing 78

Content Marketing Study Analysis Marketing 78

Solo PR Pro

MARCH 13, 2018

Get additional mileage from your bylines and guest posts by writing an intro paragraph and hosting on your own blog, posting on LinkedIn or even doing a video on the key parts of the post with the link to the original article. Content Marketing. You can customize for specific clients or secure space and market to the public.

Leadership 62

Leadership Case Study Video YouTube 62

Sword and the Script

MARCH 28, 2017

You’ve spent weeks or months pitching a key reporter. Have a skilled PR professional with good interviewing and writing skills interview a customer about trends in the industry or problems they face. The conversation is focused on their market knowledge and expertise, rather than your product. Then your heart sinks. Talk to Us!

B2B 60

B2B Blogging How To Media 60

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. They wanted to create an educational program on inbound marketing for HubSpot customers.

B2B 85

B2B Content Marketing Trends Marketing 85

Buzzstream

MAY 2, 2024

In the digital PR world , journalists and reporters promote our content. Some journalists love to get pitched great stories. But they are so bombarded with irrelevant stories and weak pitches that they don’t put their email addresses front and center. This post isn’t about writing a media pitch because we’ve already done that.

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Digital PR Report How To Pitching 62

The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

The 3 Behaviors Driving the Most Creative Content Marketers Using a lovely ice cream analogy Jay Acunzo, founder of Unthinkable explains the behaviours that are helping the best in content marketing succeed. It’s a case study of how SEO hugely increased traffic to the publication and how content strategy led this.

Tools 136

Tools Publicity Measurement SEO 136

prTini

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

25 Ways to Tighten Your Writing. The Dangers of Cause Marketing. The List: Content Marketers’ Secret Weapon. What Your Media Contacts Want You To Know Before You Send Them a Pitch. Want more PR case studies delivered directly to your inbox? Cheers and happy reading! . Want to Go Viral?

Media Relations 49

Media Relations Case Study Viral Instagram 49

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2017

He has also been a marketer and accepts an occasional commission for business writing. His experience sitting on both sides of the table, and a conceivably comparable pressure for clicks, has given him a balanced and long-term perspective on business communications and marketing. Erik Sherman, freelance journalist and writer.

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Journalism Content Marketing Creativity Leadership 61

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Here’s a look at statistics across PR, marketing, and social media that were surfaced in the various reports and studies covered on this blog throughout 2020. Many of the blog posts published here are based on survey research, analytical studies or other sources of data. Content marketing statistics from 2020.

Survey 178

Survey Marketing B2B Study 178

Cision

JUNE 18, 2015

Content marketing is an established PR tactic, but it can sometimes feel like wielding a double-edged sword. To increase your content marketing success rate, consider the following five tips: 1. To increase your content marketing success rate, consider the following five tips: 1. Perfect your pitch.

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Marketing Pitching Pinterest 120

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Then in May and June of 2020, the volume of recycled content jumps to as high as 30%. Since then it’s come down a bit, but his graph of the data shows October – the most current at the time of this writing – comes in at around 16%, which is still considerable. We’ve seen evidence of this in other studies too. What’s happening?

Content Marketing 91

Content Marketing Marketing Analysis Survey 91

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2017

It’s good to know where and how other marketers are finding success. Writing is thinking, but more than that its the application of thinking; it transforms a passive activity into an active one. We are after all forever students of marketing. Those categories are: Content marketing statistics.

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Content Marketing SEO Social Media Marketing 124

Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

Writing on the company’s blog , Lindsey Woodward , who leads the client support team said, “Whether jumping on a call to assist in creating an internal newsletter or report for your boss or setting up new employees on the Meltwater platform, we want our clients to have personal and open communication with Meltwater.”. via BurrellesLuce.

Trends 60

Trends Media Report Technology 60

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.

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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 82

Sword and the Script

MARCH 3, 2020

As the company’s FAQs note, “Once the inquiry is approved, you will receive an email with the send date along with a final preview of your pitch.”. It’s also adding a service where the OnePitch team will write an inquiry for a reporter and it has added “location filtering for pitches.”. 6) Quick hits in PR technology.

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Pitching Instagram Survey Data 78

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 13, 2022

And because I’ve spent time in-house on the vendor side I can write about this topic in depth. Alternatively, (or in addition to) I also publish a separate monthly email newsletter that rounds up must-reads from across marketing and PR. The 6 Top B2B Content Formats Buyers Find Most Valuable. PR Tech Sum]. to approximately $5.5

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Blogging B2B Software SEO 158