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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Sword and the Script

MARCH 12, 2024

That’s the high-level finding of an academic study titled, When and How Does Board-Level Marketing Experience Impact Firm Performance ? The researchers then examined three measures of financial performance among the firms including market share, revenue growth and shareholder return.

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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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PRSay

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

According to a 2021 study by researchers at Portland State University in Oregon, workplace incivility is rising, too. Employees who experience or witness incivilities are more likely to be uncivil toward others, the study found. How can communications professionals show leadership to help counter this epidemic of incivility?

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Onclusive

DECEMBER 6, 2019

PRNEWS Crisis and Measurement Summit. Spend two days mastering the latest and greatest in Communications Measurement. This awards event celebrates the best of the best corporate, agency, nonprofit, and education teams, and the work they produced during the entry period. Dates: Feb 25 – 26, 2020. Location: Miami, FL.

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Onclusive

JUNE 23, 2022

This week, we’re continuing with our June blog series on Measuring Up To Marketing: How PR Fits Into The Mix. This has certainly helped us stay funded and keep the right conversations going across our entire organization.” ~ Lona Therrien, Sr Director, Global Corporate Communications, Mimecast.

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Wadds Inc.

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The 2023 Gallagher report reveals the increasing value of internal communications in areas such as culture, strategy, and measurement and persistent challenges for the function to achieve greater management influence. I may be on to something with my PhD studies). There's a lot to unpack in the 40+ page report.

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Reputation Us

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

HOW TO HANDLE A CONFIDENTIAL, CORPORATE LEAK. According to Intralinks, an M&A research group which studies corporate deal leaks , 8.8 According to Intralinks, an M&A research group which studies corporate deal leaks , 8.8 Mergers and acquisitions are notoriously leaked. We’re here to help.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

These habits are applicable to corporate blogging where a blog is a central platform in a content marketing strategy. Don’t miss these related posts: B2B Blog Metrics: 4 Effective Categories to Measure Success. The study is careful to point out that the data does not say longer posts are always better. Not necessarily.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Thought leadership content is persuasive. An interesting study seems to confirm that high-value content like op-ed pieces in reputable publications are indeed persuasive. Another study on the credibility of information sources suggests that press coverage is more relevant than ever. Earned media offers credibility.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The study polled 33,000 respondents in 28 countries. That’s measured by asking respondents to rate trust on a nine-point scale from “distrust” to “neutral” to “trust.” Both media and government were labeled – by survey responses – as unethical and less competent. Thought leadership requires actual thought and leadership.

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Stern + Associates

MARCH 29, 2023

Building a company culture that aligns well with your corporate strategy is an indispensable element of fulfilling your objectives. Treasury, she teaches leaders how to measure and assess the gaps between their organization’s current and strategically needed culture. Chatman , Ph.D.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 29, 2018

3) “Thought leadership can’t be outsourced. 5) “That the cost of a well-run communications program is not measured the same way as their sales or business development programs.”. 9) “That reporters don’t write corporate profiles, they cover NEWS.”. 27) “Corporate communications is a fire marshal and not a fire chief.

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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. PR is not a band-aid in times of crisis, nor is it a quick study or one-off tactic. If leadership insists that only splashy features in Fast Company or The Wall Street Journal will do, it will miss many opportunities.

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Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

This is a bit off the beaten path, but if your school offers a corporate/organizational communication class ( Here’s a description of the class I took in school ), I highly recommend signing up. It’s absolutely amazing what you can build to help automate tedious processes or measure data with a coding background. Amanda Grinavich.

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PRSay

JULY 26, 2021

Corporate America is now going through an immense shift with the dialogue around inclusion, equity and belonging for their employees, customers and communities. The evaluation is focused on organizational efforts on attracting, retaining, and developing diverse talent and practices in place to track and measure progress.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Of the three pillars of the marketer’s media mix — paid, owned and earned — earned media can be the most challenging to measure. This has resulted in it receiving a backseat to paid media in most corporate budgets. If these studies were more purist about defining earned media, I believe the numbers would be higher.

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David PR Group

JULY 13, 2016

Measurement in the world of public relations has always been an ethereal concept. How we measure reputation appears just as daunting to me, but it turns out that analysts at the Harris Poll have been studying this since 1999, gauging the reputations of the most visible companies in the U.S. Harris Reputation Quotient attributes.

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wiredPRworks

AUGUST 2, 2016

Conducted by American Marketing Association [AMA] and Millard Brown Vermeer , the survey measures the degree of 1,028 U.S. Thanks to Russ Klein, AMA CEO , for his take on the survey’s positive outlook, leadership opportunities– and even a few thoughts on what marketers can learn from Pokémon [hint: it’s not about finding rare monsters].

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

E-books, white papers, bylines, books, films, and podcast guesting all make up a thought leadership arsenal to fortify authority as a subject-matter expert. Longer content can help a corporate leader convey a distinct point of view in the service of both personal and company brand-building. Packaging a differentiator.

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Stern + Associates

APRIL 13, 2023

Sustainability as a Fulcrum for Corporate Innovation Driving innovation for organic growth is always challenging for companies, says Harvard Professor Rebecca Henderson, author of the Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year, “ Reimagining Capitalism in a World On Fire ” (2020).

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 5, 2017

The study’s participants named leadership attributes like “courage, innovation, managing through ambiguity, developing talent, and contributing to strategy” as critical to their positions, which are wielding greater clout among C-level executives within the organization. Everything is measurable and measured.

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PRSay

APRIL 15, 2021

In the era of accountability, CEOs must back their public proclamations with measurable performance. ” — Dave Samson, Global Vice Chairman, Corporate Affairs, Edelman . And that means being mindful of current events and offering an opinion of what the company and its leadership feels is ‘right’ or appropriate.

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Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Whether I’m penning a reported piece, ghostwriting, or composing a blog post for a brand, there are a few fact-checking measures I always take. I also ensure I’m citing studies accurately and attributing quotes from interviews to the right people. But after that, it gets more nuanced. When and how was it conducted?

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The Resolution Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Measurement can be quite interesting here. How do you measure the success of inbound? On the other hand, PR people are pretty bad with measurement. So I asked myself, how do we measure PR? Everything with inbound marketing is about measurement because again you need to start with your overarching goals.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

of studies and surveys – some of which I had a hand in producing – dissecting the results and connecting dots where it looks appropriate. Each statistic links to the blog post that covered that particular study or survey and links to the underlying source. In many cases, I’ve included a graphic from the original post or study.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 15, 2018

Corporate communications and PR can be a lonely business of sorts. Conducted in February 2018, the online survey solicited the thoughts and opinions of 5,500 JOTW newsletter subscribers, mainly consisting of senior in-house and corporate communications professionals across a variety of industries. Guest Post by Scott Kaminski.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 31, 2023

Propel’s PR management, monitoring and measurement tool, PRM3, has capabilities including online, social and broadcast monitoring. West will be “the corporate umbrella brand” that owns a half dozen or so business units and product lines. If you enjoyed this post, you might also like: PR measurement. PR measurement.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 22, 2019

There’s no shortage of opinions on how the budget should be allocated – I offer some views on this at the bottom of this post – but what I thought would be really helpful is reviewing some benchmarks from studies. The consulting and tech analyst firm polled 340 marketing executives across the US and UK for its study.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 16, 2019

It’s the second year in a row, I’ve had the good fortune of teaming up with Ned Lundquist and his Job of the Week Newsletter to poll PR and corporate communications professionals. Lack of a commitment by senior leadership.”. “We’re I was reminded of this over the course of analyzing data from the 2019 JOTW Communications Survey.

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Onclusive

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Each year, more than $30 billion is invested in corporate communications, publicity and public relations. However, the challenge with the communications industry has always been the lack of credible metrics, much less the ability to measure how these investments map to quantifiable business outcomes. Skills/Attributes.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 25, 2017

During her presentation, Haworth shared case studies pertaining to everything from prescription drug abuse to HIV awareness during the 2015 outbreak in Indiana’s Scott County. 3 Ways to Maintain Control of Your Corporate Social Media. “Take the politics out of it,” she said. Once they’re elected, they’re one of our key stakeholders.”.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

Our new owners immediately began to eliminate redundancies, as they say in corporate M&A. One of my first pieces that got real traffic was a crisis case study from my former employer, which coincidentally was about dealing with a negative blogger. The measure of “best” in this case is unique page views. And it’s about time.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

There are long standing issues such as alignment with management, measurement, talent and diversity where incremental progress is made each year. It uses proxies as a measurement of success rather than key performance indicators that are aligned to the organisations that it serves. PR is a social science. Broom, David M.

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Here are a few of the qualities they believe A-plus PR people have in common: They know PR measurement is the key to identifying what’s working well. Even if it requires them to leave their comfort zones, A-plus PR professionals are interested in learning about which metrics can best help them measure the effectiveness of their strategies.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 10, 2017

I found clear lessons for corporate blogging , which I’ve weaved into the summary of the study below. Don’t miss these posts: B2B Customers Want Thought Leadership. A Simple Measure of Marketing Many Businesses Miss. With that philosophy in mind, a corporate blog will naturally publish a mix of long and short posts.

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PR in High Definition

JANUARY 23, 2019

People want to share these things on social media – not just corporate updates or investor news. A good way to get the ball rolling is to make sure senior leadership are buying into it. Define how you’ll measure it. This gives you a baseline to measure success from later. Make it simple for employees.

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