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Infographic: Journalists Want Brands to Provide Multimedia-Rich Content

Beyond PR

Cision’s annual survey of more than 1,550 North American journalists and influencers reveals key findings on how journalists use news releases and multimedia to tell better stories. RISING 2017 MEDIA TRENDS.

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

Sword and the Script

Many of the blog posts published here are based on survey research, analytical studies or other sources of data. Every entry links to both the article I originally wrote – and to the underlying source, report or survey. Effect of thought leadership on reputation and sales. Source: Effective Thought Leadership in B2B ).

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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

A new survey of primarily corporate communications professionals identified the hottest trends and tactics in PR – and perhaps those that aren’t so hot too. Respondents said storytelling, content marketing and thought leadership will be more important over the next 12 months. The 2018 JOTW Communications Survey from Frank Strong.

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Corporate Reputation: PROVE IT With Stats, Not Adjectives

Reputation Us

The annual survey of more than 33,000 individuals in 28 countries seeks to understand the public’s perception of trust across different markets and demographics. Businesses must distribute trustworthy information, the survey found. It takes facts—solid statistics, customer testimonies and proof points.

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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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How Data-Driven Storytelling Drives PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

The data is often derived inexpensively from behavior surveys or flash polls, or it may already exist within the company’s own research unit. Yet it can yield real insights for inclusion in a thought leadership program for key executives. Infographic from a 2017 article in MarTech Advisor.

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Marketing Curiosity: The Cliff Notes to 5 Recent Surveys

Sword and the Script

For the purpose of satisfying curiosity, marketing surveys are a useful vehicle for research. To that end, this post summarizes five recent market research surveys worth of a purposeful poke and pry. That’s according to a survey of 150 marketing leads conducted by executive search firm Spencer Stuart as reported by Marketing Charts.

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