Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Many of the top-performing posts are from the monthly roundup post on the PR and comms technology software vendors. That roundup, and some of the reviews I’ve written, stem from the observation that the trade publications in PR don’t consistently cover technology. Onward with the top 13 most popular posts: 13. PR Tech Sum].

Blogging 158

Blogging B2B Software SEO 158

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Webinars have long been a staple of B2B marketing. For example, ON24 , which provides technology for hosting webinars, says these online presentations are a top lead generation tactic. That’s not surprising given the high engagement rate webinars tend to earn. Webinars are the #1 lead gen tactic.

B2B 60

B2B Infographics Interviews eBook 60

Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

I’m the editor-in-chief of SAE Media Group’s Truck & Off-Highway Engineering magazine and related digital products (e-newsletters, webinars, special reports, web content, etc.). A local newspaper for which I interned, The North Baltimore News (Ohio), assigned me to cover the Dayton Air Show.

Engineering 78

Engineering Automotive Agriculture Media 78

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

This was true of every industry, except PR technology. I think it suggests a general lack of R&D among the traditional technology providers in PR. Here’s a list of PR technology companies I’m watching , and here’s how vendors can get on my radar. >>> For the most part, they still are silent.

Software 122

Software Technology Advertising Advertising 122

Sword and the Script

MARCH 2, 2021

The first reason is to acquire a new piece of technology. Over the course of my career, I’ve lived through two acquisitions, contributed to internal and external comms for several more, and at different organizations, and even did a divestiture. There are several reasons why one business would acquire another. Did you know?

Company 151

Company Tools Technology Software 151

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 1, 2019

And now onward this month’s PR technology summary…. The use cases are plentiful, from search suggestions, as Agility says they’ve done here, to analyzing media coverage and notifying you of new reporter and influencers you have not reached out to but are writing about topics you are pitching. click images for higher resolution).

Pitching 61

Pitching Analysis Report Video 61

Solo PR Pro

APRIL 5, 2022

That’s because the kind of work I wanted as a sole practitioner was no longer strictly found in pitching and placement. It can mean just doing more professional development programs, whether they be in-person events, webinars or specialized coursework through organizations PRSA, ICBA or AMA. Bottom line?

How To 104

How To Fashion Banking Industry 104

Sword and the Script

APRIL 27, 2019

A deluge of pitches. “75% 75% of journalists say fewer than a quarter of the pitches they receive are relevant or useful.”. The industry is already geared to sex up stories to land coverage – news by definition covers anomalies – and the ante for pitching angles that are more outrageous gets higher and higher.

Survey 93

Survey Journalism Study Pitching 93

Deirdre Breakenridge

AUGUST 21, 2015

When I think back on the earlier years of my career, we were always happy to have the visionary CEO in the boardroom for a pitch meeting. Go the distance by booking competitor demos, talking to competitor sales reps, signing up for their newsletters, attending their webinars, visiting their trade booths.

Company 150

Company Meeting Crisis Management Government 150

Deirdre Breakenridge

AUGUST 21, 2015

When I think back on the earlier years of my career, we were always happy to have the visionary CEO in the boardroom for a pitch meeting. Go the distance by booking competitor demos, talking to competitor sales reps, signing up for their newsletters, attending their webinars, visiting their trade booths.

Company 150

Company Meeting Crisis Management Government 150

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Make your team members track everything that matters within your marketing department – blog views, cost per lead, conversion rates at every stage, webinar attendance rate, paid search efficiency… and report their own KPIs up to you. The pandemic boosted webinars, lives, online training, lectures, and the like. Test, test, test.

Marketing 169

Marketing Employee Content Marketing Training 169

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 3, 2017

We are big fans of webinars such as those offered by Cision and PR News on topics ranging from Craft a Crisis Plan for High-Speed News Cycles to Breaking Down the State of the Media in 2017. And exposure to eager PR students helps fill the new hire or intern pipeline. Embrace technology and look for new tools.

Writing 149

Writing Education Pinterest Creativity 149

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 17, 2020

From pitches to landing coverage and everything in between, Digital PR can be done without a single tool. This tool has myriad features and uses, but I predominantly use it for both ideation and to assist with pitch-writing. Finding inspiration for ideation can be incredibly tricky. This is where BuzzSumo often came into play.

Digital PR 161

Digital PR Tools Pitching Film 161

Contently - Strategy

JANUARY 26, 2023

These include videos, webinars, podcasts, articles, and social media posts. Consider the following options: Sit in on meetings with internal thought leaders to listen for ideas. Contently has a feature to solicit ideas from your freelance team called pitch requests. Ask for ideas from other employees or even your freelance team.

Leadership 145

Leadership Content Marketing Healthcare Google 145

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 27, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali 15 Reasons Your PR Pitches Suck January 27th, 2011 Tweet In the genes? I can’t tell you how many pitches I received that were so bloviated, they would have made Alec Baldwin jealous. And that was it.

Pitching 111

Pitching Facebook Interviews Twitter 111

Shift Communications

AUGUST 8, 2016

Four reasons: For sales pitches. For training videos and webinars. Sales Pitches. No matter what, we’re showing data to someone else that we probably shouldn’t be, unless we’re using the Google Analytics account of the business we’re pitching. Vice President, Marketing Technology. For classes and instruction.

Analytics 0

Analytics Google Data-Driven PR Training 0

NewsWhip

JUNE 23, 2021

Watch webinar. Partnerships with technology | Jump to text. We’re really committed at Kivvit to adopting the most innovative technologies, data and analytics, and integrating them into our work. But the technology is relatively there. JUNE 18, 2021 | 11:30am EST / 4:30pm GMT. Read transcript. Brett Lofgren.

Data 78

Data Media Analytics Energy 78

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The survey found, “The top three areas live event budgets will be reallocated to are content creation (43%): hosted webinars (40%); and search marketing (33%).”. The deluge of PR pitches. Pitch proof points with claims. billion ,” according to a new report from Burton-Taylor International Consulting.

Survey 178

Survey Marketing B2B Study 178

Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

I shared a first draft of this article as a Google Document via Twitter; with MA PR students at Newcastle University; and with colleagues at Ketchum on an international webinar. I’ve also published a blog of key international events in the public relations calendar as part of the project. Have a go for yourself.

Publicity 164

Publicity Ethics Data Community 164

Cision

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Want to learn the new rules of media pitching? Join Michael Smart’s webinar on Feb. Today, though, thanks to an increasingly fragmented, 24/7 news cycle and the exponential rise of social media and other “flattening” technologies, audiences are more aware, more skeptical and so much more interconnected than ever before. .

Public Affairs 120

Public Affairs Trends Reputation Newspapers 120

PR Conversations

DECEMBER 19, 2014

This includes blended approaches to online and offline learning (with Stuart Bruce leading a face-to-face session, alongside my own direction of the web-based aspects, including guest webinar presenters). Technology increasingly enables the selective ‘pull’ of information to meet personal needs, and also supports a targeted ‘push’ approach.

Social Media 90

Social Media Trends Communications Crisis Management 90

Shift Communications

APRIL 26, 2016

Odds are, you’re not going to have formal education or years of experience getting to know the ins and outs of a new client’s industry, but you’ll still need to know your stuff while chatting with a reporter on the phone or meeting with an internal executive to determine the most newsworthy topics he or she can provide insights on.

B2B 60

B2B Enterprise Resources Retail 60

Buzzstream

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

When I first started using BuzzStream for Taylor & Hart ’s internal outreach 6 months ago, I was completely unfamiliar with its functionalities and, needless to say, too proud to admit that an online platform could outdo my personal efforts in PR. How we pitch different audiences with BuzzStream. Then watch our recent webinar.

Fashion 48

Fashion Pitching Tools Resources 48

Sword and the Script

JULY 14, 2015

It features a free ebook and free webinars, as well as original, in-depth articles on all aspects of legal practice.”. That blog is published in support of a single software and technology division, among many divisions, for a giant company that is one piece of an enormous holdings company. Deliver value, not sales pitches. .

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Brand Branding Marketing 60

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Note: Mr. Galant is the CEO of Muck Rack, which is also one of the companies I track for my writings on PR technology. Note: Mr. Martin is the co-founder and COO of OnePitch, which is also one of the companies I track for my writings on PR technology. Note: Talkwalker is one of the companies I track for my writings on PR technology.

Marketing 101

Marketing Content Marketing Advertising Advertising 101

Ishmael's Corner

MAY 19, 2015

I say “undervalued” because PR trainings abound on topics like pitching journalists or how to use social media for brand storytelling. Good luck finding a webinar for PR that addresses the art of the interview. ” (about an acronym, a previous acquisition, an old technology), but they don’t always know how to answer.

Storytelling 60

Storytelling Interviews Software Industry 60

Ishmael's Corner

MAY 5, 2015

I say “undervalued” because PR trainings abound on topics like pitching journalists or how to use social media for brand storytelling. Good luck finding a webinar for PR that addresses the art of the interview. ” (about an acronym, a previous acquisition, an old technology), but they don’t always know how to answer.

Interviews 60

Interviews Storytelling Software Engineering 60

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2011

When I built a case for creating it, I focused on showing how the site would be a greater asset to our institution than the internal print publication I managed. But that was the case even with the internal print publication… unearthly, jaw-dropping amounts of it. So pitching the merits of going paperless was a no-brainer.

Blogging 68

Blogging How To Print Facebook 68

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The survey listed 16 possible formats and here’s how the most valuable format stacked up: 43% said research or survey reports; 40% said case studies; 40% said webinars; 37% said B2B media and news; 34% said white papers; and. I’m open to pitches on these, but please read this first. 66% said conferences (including virtual).

B2B 118

B2B Marketing Survey Software 118

ZudePR

JULY 20, 2016

1: Make Technology Your Friend When you first set up as an independent PR consultant, you’re bombarded with an array of decisions. Whether it’s webinars, podcasts, speaking gigs, blogs, guest blogs, newsletters.you need to be contributing, and building your online presence. My answer was nice, but internally I was seething.

Digital PR 60

Digital PR SEO Small Business Blogging 60

Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Developing a concrete plan for what happens after you publish means identifying the right internal stakeholders to start the distribution process. That doesn’t mean you should blow up every internal communications channel with every single content asset you create. Execute a larger internal communications plan.

eBook 145

eBook Product Launch Software Internal 145