Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Twenty-nine months ago, when I started writing these monthly summaries , there weren’t many PR software companies talking about artificial intelligence (AI). The stock price jumps, and the bad actors sell the stock before the market realizes the news is fake. billion PR software market. billion PR software market.

Software 92

Software Banking Technology Data 92

Frederik Vincx

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

This concept has been fundamental to software development for years. Team members can include people from sales, product, marketing, design, or PR. Suppose you have been tasked with creating an e-book to market a company. The team reaches out to bloggers for input and to pitch the story. Self-organized team working.

Software 60

Software Measurement Infographics Meeting 60

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Prospecting and Blog Discovery Tools The first step to blogger outreach is finding blogs to pitch. Or, you can filter by author if you want to identify specific content by an author to reference in your pitch. Visit Duration, all of which can help determine whether or not a site is worth investing your time in pitching.

Tools 71

Tools Blogging Pitching Google 71

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Prospecting and Blog Discovery Tools The first step to blogger outreach is finding blogs to pitch. Or, you can filter by author if you want to identify specific content by an author to reference in your pitch. Visit Duration, all of which can help determine whether or not a site is worth investing your time in pitching.

Tools 71

Tools Blogging Pitching Google 71

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Prospecting and Blog Discovery Tools The first step to blogger outreach is finding blogs to pitch. Or, you can filter by author if you want to identify specific content by an author to reference in your pitch. Visit Duration, all of which can help determine whether or not a site is worth investing your time in pitching.

Tools 62

Tools Blogging Pitching Google 62

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Either way, using tools and technologies to aid your marketing strategy has never been more impactful than in the age of AI. I joined BuzzStream as Director of Content Marketing in November of 2023. But before that, I worked for over ten years with three content marketing agencies and one in-house role.

Digital PR 62

Digital PR Tools Google Pitching 62

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Either way, using tools and technologies to aid your marketing strategy has never been more impactful than in the age of AI. I joined BuzzStream as Director of Content Marketing in November of 2023. But before that, I worked for over ten years with three content marketing agencies and one in-house role.

Digital PR 62

Digital PR Tools Google Pitching 62

Deirdre Breakenridge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

At the time, I had heard about Tableau but wasn’t able to download the software to my MacBook Air. With clear peaks and valleys represented that highlight your ability to engage and spark enthusiasm, you can determine new ways to interest audiences at different times in your marketing programs. I discovered.

Communications 383

Communications Tools Google Resources 383

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 21, 2018

Data-driven pitches win points with journalists. Journalists look for pitches that are backed up by data in the form of charts, graphs, tables, or interactive infographics. It offers a clear story map and lends credibility to the pitch. Data-driven PR drives marketing engagement.

Storytelling 189

Storytelling Data Data-Driven PR Infographics 189

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 3, 2018

PR , advertising, and marketing should be working together as well-oiled gears in a powerful machine that propels a brand toward success. For smaller firms, PR can reduce marketing spend. Close behind are e-books (67%), infographics (66%), and blog posts (66%).” And solid reputation management creates a litany of benefits.

Advertising 178

Advertising Advertising B2B Reputation 178

Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The marketing sales funnel is both simple and confusing. When you map all of your content marketing to the funnel, things get trickier. Most content marketers, unlike sales reps, usually shy away from promotional ad copy that could scare their audience away. What is the content marketing sales funnel?

Case Study 101

Case Study Marketing Study Content Marketing 101

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 28, 2018

Unlike custom marketing surveys, they’re administered on behalf of multiple organizations, thus spreading the cost over many sponsors. Media love poll-results story pitches, especially when accompanied by visuals like infographics. The survey possibilities are endless, but here are our favorites. Omnibus surveys.

Storytelling 149

Storytelling Data Survey Financial 149

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The founders tout the software’s “data storytelling at machine scale” to add value to sharing intel – including product news, financial data or analytics. PRs can then reach out to pitch “thought leaders,” authors and other spokespeople to any number of shows looking for talent or topic-specific expertise.

Tools 147

Tools Radio Data Analytics 147

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 27, 2023

Now, it’s not at all unusual to see a company announcement first posted on their own blog or newsroom (including being optimized for search engines), promoted on social media and pitched to the media with an accompanying release. Breaking news and trending topics can also be leveraged to generate interest. No ‘spray-and-pray’ allowed !

Pitching 40

Pitching Writing Engineering Wikipedia 40

Deirdre Breakenridge

MARCH 12, 2015

Years ago, I was a PR person working at a creative marketing communications agency. The company had three distinct divisions: PR / Communications (that was my area), Creative Marketing & Advertising and Web, Multimedia & Video. At the same time, we’re working more closely with marketing, branding, digital and web teams.

Creativity 150

Creativity Web Social Media Data 150

Solo PR Pro

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Many different services fall under the umbrella of strategic communication — or public relations: media relations, community relations, internal communications, crisis communications, public affairs, content creation and marketing, social media — the list goes on. The world of media relations is changing.

Media Relations 97

Media Relations Media Social Media Internal 97

Contently - Strategy

MARCH 15, 2019

In 2019, many companies in marketing, media, or communications now rely on freelance contributors. Marketers typically think about lobbing their pitch at prospective clients, but the same exercise could help you here. Style guide and pitch guide. Encouraging any group of employees to march in step is difficult.

Company 105

Company Pitching System Interviews 105

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Example: Let’s use an example: We’re trying to drive search engine visibility for a company that makes data analysis and statistics software. BuzzStream Discovery gives you access to BuzzStream’s database of influencers to easily find bloggers who write about topics that are relevant to your pitch.

Resources 103

Resources Analysis Infographics Examples 103

Landis PR

AUGUST 23, 2021

Drilling down even further, we cover everything from warehousing and distribution to transportation, sustainability, procurement, risk mitigation, software, technologies and workforce development. I also think it’s wacky when I get asked to publish an infographic. What advice do you have for PR people who want to pitch you? .

Meeting 69

Meeting Media B2B Transportation 69

PR 20/20

OCTOBER 31, 2017

We get that annual planning is a beast, and marketers everywhere are wrought with expectation and reporting woes. You need an actionable, original marketing plan —driven by purposeful planning and backed by data—to truly gain executive buy-in. 7 Tips & Tools for Marketing Strategy & Performance. Marketing team.

Enterprise 57

Enterprise Tools Strategy Marketing 57

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 10, 2017

Today’s PR teams encourage clients to blog about relevant topics for their audience and pitch these writings to trade pub and other editors. A post like this one by an executive with PandaDoc, a provider of all-in-one software for proposals, contracts and other sales collateral, was published in top digital marketing trade CMS Wire.

Blogging 136

Blogging Writing Engineering Analytics 136

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

If your marketing team churns out content but you have the nagging sense your process isn’t as efficient as it could be, chances are you’re not grappling with an insurmountable obstacle. Brands like to pay lip service to the customer experience, but if marketers want their content to make a real impact, they have to commit.

Content Marketing 103

Content Marketing Print Analysis Data 103

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Example: Let’s use an example: We’re trying to drive search engine visibility for a company that makes data analysis and statistics software. BuzzStream Discovery gives you access to BuzzStream’s database of influencers to easily find bloggers who write about topics that are relevant to your pitch.

Resources 62

Resources Analysis Infographics Examples 62

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Example: Let’s use an example: We’re trying to drive search engine visibility for a company that makes data analysis and statistics software. BuzzStream Discovery gives you access to BuzzStream’s database of influencers to easily find bloggers who write about topics that are relevant to your pitch.

Resources 62

Resources Analysis Infographics Examples 62

Marketwired

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

“Creative PR means thinking outside the box—so while I believe in using traditional tools like a press release or a media pitch, make sure you get a bit creative by constructing your written communications as follows: Start with visuals: Visuals are becoming increasingly important in PR. An example comes from B2B software, of all places.

Creativity 100

Creativity Pitching Writing Conference 100

ISEBOX

APRIL 23, 2015

Thousands of press releases are sent to journalists who are often pitched more than 100 stories weekly. You HAVE to ensure your press release stands out from the dozens of other stories they are pitched every day. If you are using email to pitch your story, is your subject line professional, descriptive and enticing?

Infographics 70

Infographics Pitching Resources Software 70

Sword and the Script

JUNE 4, 2019

The PR tech sum is one of three ways I’m working on developing broader exposure of PR software including product reviews and PR tech briefings. 1) PR software market estimated at $4 billion. Gartner says about one-third of the CMO budget goes to marketing technology. Here we go….

Software 100

Software Reddit Marketing Survey 100

Beyond PR

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

You have a solid social media marketing plan for the year, including before and after your brand’s big events, but what about during? Infographics or images with quotes relevant to the show. A tempting way around this is to rely on scheduling social media updates through a software platform. City and convention scenery.

Social Media 40

Social Media Trade Shows How To Media 40

PR Conversations

JULY 5, 2017

Developing social media marketing policies. Communicators pitch journalists story ideas, offer expert knowledge on a range of industry-specific questions. Several years ago PR community actively discussed infographics – a new exciting format to present complex information. They might express interest in your topic as well.

Infographics 63

Infographics Corporate Policies Reputation 63

Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Including project management software in your MarTech stack can help you avoid a situation where you must scramble to figure out what comes next. Email, Slack, Teams, and project management software are great for this.) The sales team to use in upcoming sales efforts such as pitch meetings.

eBook 120

eBook Product Launch Software Internal 120

Journalistics

MARCH 2, 2013

You should be able to show examples of stories you pitched and placed, or campaigns you worked on and generated results for. You know how to use Photoshop or the equivalent to alter images – this can be as simple as putting words over a funny cat picture or graphic, or something more advanced like creating your own infographics.

Pinterest 52

Pinterest Writing Interviews Social Media 52

Frederik Vincx

DECEMBER 11, 2015

And you are not just competing against other PR teams for budgets, but also against advertising, digital, and marketing. Jim Hawker, Threepipe Digital Marketing and PR – #FuturePRoofing a Public Relations agency or a Communications team. Reasons: Team has no overview of who is getting pitched. Contact database isn’t up-to-date.

How To 60

How To Software System Employee 60

Contently - Strategy

JULY 31, 2019

In the marketing world, professionals tend to glom onto useful marketing buzzwords as a shared language, and those terms can actually prove useful to professionals in adjacent industries. As the marketing and media industries continue to look more and more alike, their lexicons overlap too.

Content Marketing 85

Content Marketing Marketing Media SEO 85

Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The PR industry operates this way mainly because we’ve not had access to predictive software or good data. That’s changed in recent years as the data floodgates have opened and predictive software has been democratized. Using machine learning software such as timekit, scikit-learn, etc. C: I don’t see much of a summer slowdown.

Analytics 132

Analytics Data-Driven PR Data Software 132

MaccaPR

OCTOBER 26, 2015

We’ll never forget the panic in the PR world as tens of thousands of journalists (aka our PR pitch targets) at newspapers, TV stations and magazines were laid off. But, as that great marketing communicator Bob Dylan sang, “things have changed.”. What’s a marketer to do? “To Its title: “Trust Me, PR Is Dead.”.

Content Marketing 48

Content Marketing Marketing Advertising Advertising 48

PRSay

MAY 18, 2016

For example, we recently used our software to measure conversations on social media about the Democratic and Republican nominees for the 2016 presidential race. Not only will this help their marketing and production teams, it provides an opportunity to use the data to get coverage from lifestyle or food publications.

Data 92

Data Meeting Measurement Guidelines 92