Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Even conglomerates with million-dollar marketing budgets will fail if they disregard audience research. So, why do so many companies—from startups to enterprises—skimp on it? Content marketers often have difficulty getting executive buy-in for customer research. Best for: Companies with a tight marketing budget.

B2B 94

B2B Company Survey Enterprise 94

PRSay

APRIL 21, 2021

Mark Weiner, a longtime PRSA member and the chief insights officer for Cognito, an international research-based communications consulting firm, is the report’s lead writer. Research” involves gathering, analyzing and interpreting data about a market, company or brand, and its past, present and future potential.

Measurement 183

Measurement Communications Analysis Data 183

Sword and the Script

JUNE 7, 2022

Scale to compete with incumbents; Prowly adds media monitoring; Cision releases internal DE&I report; World’s First-Ever NFT Press Release. On one hand, dealmaking has brought sizable new competitors to the market. That’s consistent with the feedback I’ve heard in the market about TVEyes. Internal comms metrics.

Software 85

Software Internal International Pitching 85

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Marketing conferences have shaped my top team memories. To share the knowledge wealth, below is my list of the 20 coolest marketing events in 2020 (coming to a venue somewhere in the U.S.). Social Media Marketing World. Discover the best social media marketing techniques from the world’s top experts.”. Tech industry.

Conference 97

Conference Marketing Case Study Content Marketing 97

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 3, 2018

At the confluence of advertising, marketing, and public relations was the genius stunt by the fictional Wonka Corporation to release golden tickets hidden inside their popular candy bars throughout England. What follows is a leadership struggle as Denzel’s character tries to have the order retracted.

Tools 170

Tools Government Crisis Public Affairs 170

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 18, 2019

In 2017, my organization, Goodwill Industries International, then a 115-year-old social enterprise; one of the oldest 501 (c)(3) nonprofit brands; the leading workforce provider in North America; and the #1 brand doing the most good by enso and featured in Fast Company Magazine – faced a pretty significant challenge.

Nonprofit 84

Nonprofit Fashion Retail Enterprise 84

PRSay

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

A recent survey affirms the power of this medium to engage and persuade: Ninety-seven percent of marketers say video has helped increase user understanding of their product or service. Video not only adds context and tells an engaging visual story, but it also can help to humanize a brand and company leadership. Now is the time.

Video 116

Video Communications Strategy Product Launch 116

Contently - Strategy

AUGUST 5, 2020

“Our world flipped,” said Shawna Dennis, who leads all of marketing for the physician-focused financial services company. By March 13, the entire marketing team was mobilized around an entirely new content strategy. It was made possible by years of groundwork and an audience-first approach to marketing. ” 2.

Financial 82

Financial Strategy Government Leadership 82

Mindful Marketing

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

He has developed communications strategies, managed internal teams and placed high-level business and technology coverage for companies in the semiconductor, services, security, cloud, wireless, enterprise software, marketing and consumer device industries. We caught up with Jeff for our Masters in Marketing series.

Marketing 50

Marketing Wireless Software Journalism 50

Katie Paine's Measurement Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

If you are launching into a mature market but the competition was the first to market and had to educate the market as well as promote its products, it’s not a fair comparison. Select a sample of 50 items and have them read by an intern, or someone who didn’t have anything to do with “placing” the stories. They do not.

Measurement 52

Measurement How To System Comparison 52

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 d) Influencer marketing to cool off as far as the amounts of money companies are paying influencers.”.

Marketing 190

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 190

PR 20/20

MAY 12, 2016

Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from The Marketing Performance Blueprint , and was also published on the HubSpot Agency Post. The marketing services industry is in a state of flux. SMBs need partners that can deliver fully integrated solutions and in essence function as outsourced inbound marketing teams.

Agency 40

Agency Marketing Financial System 40

Critical Mention

APRIL 26, 2017

In this fascinating discussion, we chatted with Michael about his tips for breaking into sports marketing/PR, what it’s like to plan a national championship celebration in two days and the creative way he handled public outcry to a bold move he made. Which 3 tips do you have for anyone trying to break into the sports PR/marketing world?

Sports 60

Sports Internal International Enterprise 60

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 30, 2022

Time was, we’d have a full-blown PR strategy meeting, and employee recruitment would be in an internal comms section, reduced to a single bullet point in a slide deck. The CEO is often the public face of the enterprise, especially for entrepreneurial companies, so their participation is critical to successful employer PR.

Brand 333

Brand Branding Employee Engineering 333

Cision

MARCH 28, 2016

Enterprise businesses are going through a digital transformation and executives are demanding measurable returns. Traditional marketing functions are no longer set up to win. Finally, marketing wraps everything together with its vision and production plan for getting content out. Get A Bird’s Eye View.

Enterprise 120

Enterprise Strategy Storytelling Content Marketing 120

Flatiron Communications

OCTOBER 29, 2014

During the luncheon, he offered his take on content marketing, social media, and the ill-conceived rise of the job title “director of communications” as a better-sounding surrogate for “director of public relations” at most corporations. Harold Burson.

Enterprise 44

Enterprise Financial Journalism Report 44

Flatiron Communications

OCTOBER 29, 2014

During the luncheon, he offered his take on content marketing, social media, and the ill-conceived rise of the job title “director of communications” as a better-sounding surrogate for “director of public relations” at most corporations. as one internal report puts it. Harold Burson.

Enterprise 28

Enterprise Financial Journalism Report 28

Rock the Status Quo

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Like fluffy yellow chicks marching in line after their mama, many companies are stuck in push marketing tactics of the past, favoring carefully crafted, conservative external messaging and expecting their executives to rigidly follow corporate directives when it comes to having (or not having) a digital voice. “It’s too risky!”

Corporate 100

Corporate Leadership Brand Branding 100

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 13, 2018

Every two years, the New York-based Corporate Communication International ( CCI ), conducts an in-depth survey of senior PR and communications officers at Fortune 500 companies about the latest global PR trends. Marketing departments often have significantly larger budgets than communications, yet the CCOs voice must be just as persuasive.

Trends 199

Trends Corporate Employee Analysis 199

PRSay

JUNE 15, 2022

Now: Getting your internal house in order by ensuring that you provide equal benefits, promotions, pay and opportunities to LGBTQ and other diverse employees. Now: Expanding your advertising and marketing to include LGBTQ publications and communities year-round and hiring LGBTQ businesses for diverse tasks, not just your LGBTQ outreach.

Policies 164

Policies Community Corporate Enterprise 164

Presspage

AUGUST 12, 2022

Whereas those yet to reach enterprise size may be first-name terms with every customer … yet have trouble finding the technologies and practices that’ll get them to the next level. Not only at enterprise scale – but at all scales, from minor bits of negative coverage to company-threatening market upheavals. We empathize.

Enterprise 78

Enterprise Communications Privacy Pharmaceuticals 78

Presspage

AUGUST 12, 2022

Whereas those yet to reach enterprise size may be first-name terms with every customer … yet have trouble finding the technologies and practices that’ll get them to the next level. Not only at enterprise scale – but at all scales, from minor bits of negative coverage to company-threatening market upheavals. We empathize.

Enterprise 78

Enterprise Communications Privacy Pharmaceuticals 78

PR 20/20

JULY 31, 2018

Inbound marketing requires a champion—those who believe in the power of inbound, and are willing to take a risk on a new direction, methodology and technology. We’ve helped many change agents implement inbound tactics, and prove MROI to leadership. Q: What were your biggest challenges in executing inbound (vs outbound) marketing?

Marketing 42

Marketing Leadership Engineering Education 42

PR 20/20

APRIL 16, 2019

Editor’s Note: The Book Clubbin’ series recaps business and marketing related books read by the PR 20/20 team each quarter as part of the agency book club. But, what makes a business grow from a startup to an enterprise success story? But, what makes a business grow from a startup to an enterprise success story?

Company 66

Company Marketing Leadership Enterprise 66

PRSay

MARCH 11, 2019

This] is the year of power to the people,” says Valerie Di Maria, principal of the communications and marketing firm. Whether you are an impassioned employee or a socially conscious consumer, internal and external audiences are making their voices heard as never before.”

Trends 150

Trends Communications Employee Enterprise 150

Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

At the same time public relations has become elevated as the eyes and ears of an organisation not just in the public sector as means of public engagement, but in corporate communications, internal communications, and marketing. The influencer marketing tool market is burgeoning. Tools serve two purposes in PR.

Tools 175

Tools How To Agency SEO 175

MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The latest content marketing trend our PR agency is seeing is the move toward less content creation and more content promotion. In that rush of adrenaline to immediately promote your new e-book or video ASAP, content marketers risk the opportunity to be creative with promotion. Here's how: 33 Content Marketing Promotion Ideas.

Marketing 48

Marketing Content Marketing Pinterest LinkedIn 48

PRSay

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

In late-October, I had the great privilege of attending the PRSA International Conference in Indianapolis. There’s a reason 81 percent of senior marketers believe earned media is more or equally as effective when compared against paid media. Prior to Cision he was general manager and senior vice president at Oracle Marketing Cloud.

Media 60

Media Leadership Enterprise Data 60

Communications Conversations

AUGUST 31, 2018

Let’s hear from four former media people–Vineeta Sawkar (formerly of KSTP-TV), Jay Olstad (formerly of KARE-11), Lynn Melling (former anchor in the Des Moines market), and Dan DeBaun (formerly of the Minneapolis/St. I had a non-compete clause so I couldn’t work in this market in TV. What’s surprised you so far?

Media 112

Media Journalism Report Video 112

PRSay

JULY 6, 2016

There are so many factors that influence PR and marketing that it’s impossible to measure them all. But in public relations and marketing, there’s much more than just the dollars and cents. This is where having an expert, whether internal or external, to sift through the data and find the insights is crucial. Invest In Analysis.

How To 109

How To System Measurement Data 109

Katie Paine's Measurement Blog

MAY 25, 2023

Make sure the vendor can get all the media that senior leadership and the board think is important, in whatever language(s) they are published in. You’ll need a system to capture your coverage that also enables you to customize an email to your senior leadership team. 15 I need international monitoring and measurement.

Measurement 52

Measurement Communications Survey System 52

Shift Communications

AUGUST 24, 2016

However described, PR and Marketing is awash is data. This mindset ignores more cutting edge analysis such as customer journeys, and even more “traditional” marketing funnel aspects related to PR. Data could uncover underperformance in key areas or significant blind spots that PR and Marketing “should” have identified.

Data 60

Data Marketing System Google 60

Stephen Waddington

JULY 10, 2017

This isn’t purely the domain of private enterprise. Every aspect of an organisation is becoming social, from customer service to marketing; and from product development to sales. It’s fuelled by developing markets, notably India. It’s an issue that is radically changing internal and external communications.

Telecommunications 112

Telecommunications Handbook Transportation Community 112