Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

CEOs and business leaders are increasingly recognizing the value of corporate communications; investors say comms can increase company valuations. This week I paused to catch up on reading several other PR and corporate communications surveys that I haven’t had a chance to read yet and summarize them here for you.

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Survey Corporate Communications Financial 81

Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

Corporate Communications. As companies grow, corporate communications become more important. Corporate communicators regularly work with stakeholders across the organization to develop and distribute pertinent info to employees and key affiliates. Executive Thought Leadership. Messaging & Positioning.

Training 370

Training Media Training Reputation Crisis Communications 370

Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We are pleased to share the first in a series of in-depth profiles of a key international market written by one of our PRGN partners. Faces and Markets of PRGN is a new series of blog posts in 2024 that puts Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) member agencies and their markets in the spotlight.

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Marketing Newspapers Print Local 106

PR for Anyone

JANUARY 3, 2024

In her appearance on the podcast, Stacy discusses the challenges that women face in the corporate world – namely, the prevalent perception that women are vying for a controlled and limited share of success. She also reflects on her own journey, from breaking free of corporate constraints to embracing entrepreneurship.

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Corporate Sports Creativity Internal 130

wiredPRworks

MAY 13, 2022

Listen in as Allan Schoenberg, Chief Communications Officer at Vinson & Elkins, shares lessons from his job as a top communicator and his passion for running to help you enjoy your job more, stress less, and keep running in the race we call social media marketing. Marketing and PR jobs have changed, so what skills do you need to succeed?

Social Media 52

Social Media Corporate Communications Media 52

Axia PR

AUGUST 12, 2020

It's hard for corporate communications and marketing professionals to be creative. Creativity would be easy if we had unlimited time, budgets, and resources. And since we don't, it can be hard for corporate communications and marketing professionals to be creative.

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Creativity Company Corporate Leadership 62

Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

Corporate Communications. Corporate communicators regularly work with stakeholders across the organization to develop and distribute pertinent info to employees and key affiliates. Corporate communications regularly involves interaction with senior leaders and HR departments. . Executive Thought Leadership.

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Media Training Crisis Communications Conference Training 397

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The value of a strategic PR program isn’t always obvious to an organization’s leadership. Strategic PR builds reputation Public relations is sometimes mistakenly placed in the marketing bucket. But marketing and public relations are two very distinct functions. And in the ideal world, marketing and PR work together.

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Leadership Reputation Internal International 182

PRSay

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In the workplace, CEOs say, a culture of incivility threatens employee morale and productivity, corporate reputation and revenue. How can communications professionals show leadership to help counter this epidemic of incivility? Such campaigns will lift eyebrows, turn heads and drop jaws. What would a successful campaign look like?

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Employee Crisis Reputation Creativity 155

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Professionals across the globe share analysis and perhaps, aspiration, in offering up PR and marketing predictions for 2022. As I’ve done for the last several years , I solicited and compiled a list of predictions from professionals across the PR and marketing community. Tom Pick , Digital Marketing Consultant, Webbiquity , LLC.

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Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 214

Onclusive

MARCH 6, 2019

We have all been on the front lines of the convergence of marketing and communications, but the transformation has not been without challenges: cultural challenges, organizational design challenges and measurement challenges. We could do marketing mix optimizations and even ROI, but PR was always on the outside of that.

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Banking Marketing Measurement Leadership 199

Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 8, 2022

A few weeks ago, Ad 2 hosted a great event (led by former Tommie, Chloe Lewis)–a Women’s Leadership Panel. Other leadership roles: LeeAnn was involved with MN PRSA earlier in her career as the co-chair of the student relations committee. Also spent time at Bolin Marketing in Minneapolis. Where is she now?

Marketing 60

Marketing Leadership Creativity Internal 60

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 22, 2017

Some say the goal of a great PR program should be to build brand reputation, while sales and marketing actually drive sales. The reality is that the lines between PR and marketing are getting blurrier all the time. Promoting leadership. The two can and should work together – much like brick and mortar.

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Brand Branding Marketing Wireless 185

Onclusive

MARCH 17, 2020

For the past several years industry organizations, PR professionals, and experts have attempted to experiment with new models for accurate measurement of PR outcomes and the value of corporate communications to an organization. Media mix modeling provides insights that allow marketers to refine their campaigns based on several factors.

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Media Analysis Measurement Advertising 243

Onclusive

MARCH 17, 2020

For the past several years industry organizations, PR professionals, and experts have attempted to experiment with new models for accurate measurement of PR outcomes and the value of corporate communications to an organization. Media mix modeling provides insights that allow marketers to refine their campaigns based on several factors.

Media 221

Media Analysis Measurement Advertising 221

Deirdre Breakenridge

JANUARY 27, 2020

Our PR intern, Lauren McDonald , stepped forward to suggest creative ways of building awareness for the movie and educate the public as we do it. Berst is a Raleigh, NC-based producer, writer, and activation marketer. We were in a Catch-22 and needed help.

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Film Marketing Nonprofit Education 252

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 11, 2022

With so many thought leadership pieces written about what’s in store for any given industry at the start of the year, it makes sense that there’s a conference dedicated to what’s coming in adtech. Digiday Programmatic Marketing Summit. On the other side of the pond, DMEXCO is Europe’s premier digital marketing and tech event.

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Conference Privacy Advertising Advertising 156

Communications Conversations

MARCH 29, 2019

Now, she’s crushing it at Best Buy in social media marketing. Ashley Gustafson, Marketing Specialist – Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union (nominated by Arik Hanson). So much of effective social media marketing is based on instincts. Johnson Leadership Academy Fellow through the African American Leadership Forum.

Social Media 128

Social Media Agriculture Marketing Media 128

Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

This piece originally appeared on Contently’s The Freelance Creative. When it comes to freelance content marketing , however, the parameters are often less clear. “What separates excellent content marketing from the mediocre, in part, is care and attention to detail. Why accuracy in content marketing is important.

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Content Marketing Marketing Viral Study 144

5W PR

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In the dynamic world of media and marketing, creating a PR stunt that captures attention and aligns with your brand’s values and marketing goals is a high-wire act of creativity and strategy. But what exactly constitutes a PR stunt, and how does it differ from standard marketing tactics? The key is synergy.

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How To Ethics Measurement Creativity 78

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

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. Statistics about content marketing. The C-Suite views the top marketer as a publicly facing agent of trust. of revenue in marketing.

Survey 104

Survey Marketing B2B Content Marketing 104

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 14, 2017

How do you find a good corporate story? This question is the B2B marketing equivalent of the Wolf of Wall Street’s challenge to sales: sell me this pen. One way to approach it is striving to think differently, aiming to digging a little deeper and for marketing leadership, to consider shifting roles to support the first two ideas.

Corporate 63

Corporate Storytelling B2B Facebook 63

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 25, 2020

Here are some ideas for developing guidelines for the timely approvals of marketing content so you can drive business results A few years back, a client of mine was having trouble getting content published. The social media marketer didn’t even have access to social media channels. Access was strictly reserved to a privileged few.

Marketing 86

Marketing Guidelines Social Media Conference 86

PRSay

AUGUST 8, 2023

Marketing and communications professionals have been embracing and experimenting with artificial intelligence to generate content, a new survey by The Conference Board and Ragan Communications finds. Among marketers and communicators surveyed, 82% expect their productivity to improve as they adopt AI further.

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Study Communications Conference Survey 78

PRSay

JULY 9, 2021

As changes in the media landscape force brands to tell their stories through digital platforms, the new generation of workers — being tech-savvy, digital natives — might devise novel ways to increase a brand’s share-of-voice in a crowded market. Strong leadership is crucial, but knowing when to follow is equally important.

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Nonprofit Employee Internal International 218

The Hoffman Agency

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Copyright : [link] , Christopher Burns (@christopher__burns) As the landscape continues to evolve and new trends and technologies redefine industry standards, we invite you to join us as we explore the frontiers of the marketing and communications world in 2024. Read on to find out what the experts have to say. Home sweet home?

B2C 73

B2C B2B Agency Trends 73

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 3, 2019

If a company’s leadership isn’t willing to commit to a PR program, it may be challenged from the start. If a PR team or agency doesn’t work in collaboration with marketing, it may be spinning its wheels — or worse, working in opposition to company business objectives. The lines between PR and marketing are blurring.

SEO 178

SEO Storytelling Product Launch Measurement 178

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. First, let’s discuss creativity. Creative brains and digital brawn are a winning combination.

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Agency Survey SEO Social Media 223

Deirdre Breakenridge

MAY 1, 2017

Build and Establish Thought Leadership. We are always challenging our team to come up with new and creative ways to use social media, and SocialLIVE not only lets us share our experiences on camera but allows the team to test the new features that we are going to pitch to our clients. Grow Our Creative Capabilities As An Agency.

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Video Facebook Social Media Creativity 283

PRSay

APRIL 18, 2024

Taylor Swift’s much-anticipated album, The Tortured Poets Department (out April 19), sounds like it should be about a corporate communications team. In addition to Swift’s mastery of public relations, have you noticed that her catalog of leadership lessons is almost as extensive as her collection of songs? Let’s face it. Be authentic.

Leadership 187

Leadership Storytelling Viral Banking 187

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 22, 2019

October is typically a time of year with special urgency for many in marketing. 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. 16% on marketing analytics. 16% on marketing analytics. “As of revenue to 10.5%

Marketing 65

Marketing Survey Study B2B 65

PRSay

JANUARY 9, 2020

For the last couple of years, influencers have been a go-to for marketers as ambassadors for their products or services. 2020 is the perfect time to take a fresh, creative approach to your partnerships. Schroeder also hosts the “Hot Pink Apples” podcast, which provides a lighter take on marketing. Highly-targeted story angles.

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Trends Nonprofit Consumer Newspapers 167

MaccaPR

JANUARY 8, 2021

From TikTok, LinkedIn and Twitter to Pinterest, Instagram and Facebook – if you’re in marketing, you’re eager to predict how your brand can more effectively use social media in 2021. First off, brief your executive leadership on social,” says Arik. Corporate Blogs Are Making a Comeback – Big Time. What about Twitch? Never fear!

Social Media 62

Social Media Trends Marketing Viral 62

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

If your marketing budget grew by 5% or more in the next year, how would you invest that money? I like to ask that kind question because it’s an interesting mental exercise that really makes marketing think about what they want to achieve. This is down slightly, but macro trends across the economy suggest corporate revenues are up.

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Survey Marketing Exercises Study 87

Stuart Bruce

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

New York advertising agency McCann boasts on its website about the awesome creativity of its guerilla campaign that saw it sneak in the middle of the night to drop off without permission the statue of a girl to face up the famous Wall Street charging bull. Real corporate social responsibility is behaving in a social responsible way.

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Case Study Crisis Communications Corporate Leadership 99

wiredPRworks

AUGUST 2, 2016

As technology, culture, media and marketing converge, it’s an intriguing time to be a marketer. If you’re wondering how other marketers feel about our industry right now, take a look at the Marketers’ Confidence Index. marketer’s optimism as expressed through their organizational spending and growth.

Leadership 40

Leadership Survey Enterprise Conference 40

Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 10, 2018

You develop a feel and love for social media marketing, and move up into a AE role and then a Senior AE role. You then find a job on the corporate side as a social media manager. Take a peek at this salary survey from The Creative Group. But, could help round out skills and position you better for senior-level marketing jobs.

Social Media 109

Social Media Media Corporate Survey 109