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45 Marketing and PR Statistics that Recap the Year We Had in 2020

Sword and the Script

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. Effect of thought leadership on reputation and sales.

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3 Landmark Studies that Sum Up the State of Creativity for the CMO [UML]

Sword and the Script

Reporting on the same study, Erica Sweeney noted for Marketing Dive that: “Most marketers, or 91%, think creative input is just as important as data in digital campaigns.”. The study polled 325 companies to generate the report, “including marketers with and without in-house shops, as well as external agencies and vendors.”.

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Outperform: The Skim on 3 Credible Studies About the CMO [UML]

Sword and the Script

Similarly, we also are responsible for helping the CMO carry it out – to execute that strategy, iterate, measure and improve. At the same time, it’s worth recognizing that “Behind every great CMO is a bunch of great people,” as one study in this week’s Unscripted Marketing Links (UML) points out. click image for higher resolution ).

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The Sales Connection: Bridging the Thought Leadership-Sales Gap

Stern + Associates

Thought leadership is critical to brand differentiation and business growth – and core to effective communications strategies, particularly in today’s complex, crowded and commoditized world. Yet the sales community generally views thought leadership as a fancy name for marketing, outside their job to court new customers and close deals.

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Optimizing Impact in Investor Communications

Presspage

Make it Visual: The Power of Infographics In this age of information overload, visual data representation is the key to bringing a message across. Infographics are an effective tool in an IRO's arsenal. Moreover, infographics are highly effective in conveying complex trends and market analyses.

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The Case For and Against Gated Content and Registration Pages

Sword and the Script

Registration forms are a measurable source of potential sales prospect; 44% of B2B marketing organizations say they gate content and of those “close to two-thirds (62%)…cited earning qualified leads as their reason for doing so.”. Every year, Verizon puts out a cybersecurity study that exemplifies this idea. Pull out all the stops.

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New Survey Identifies the Hottest Trends in Corp Comm and PR; Announcing the 2018 JOTW Communications Survey

Sword and the Script

Respondents said storytelling, content marketing and thought leadership will be more important over the next 12 months. Specifically, the survey found storytelling, content marketing and thought leadership topped the list of more than 20 tactics or trends related to PR in terms of importance. 67% said thought leadership.

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