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Content Marketing is the New Conference and Trade Show During Quarantine [UML]

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There’s an opportunity for content marketing as audiences become fatigued with Coronavirus news and marketers reallocate live event funding One of the goals of content marketing is attracting an audience of likely buyers to your web properties and giving them a reason – and the means – to return regularly.

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Be Relevant: 21 Media Relations Insights From 3 Surveys Polling 3,000+ Journalists [UML]

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a) Survey of 1,000 Journalists by Muck Rack Muck Rack is back with its annual survey of journalists. 48% of journalists responding to this survey said they get between 1-5 pitches a day; 18% get between 5-10; 12% get upwards of 10-20; and 13% get 20 plus pitches a day. Try our services. 2) Volume of PR pitches received.

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Controlled Chaos: 86 Comms Pros Explain How Communications Work Has Changed

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90% of comms pros surveyed say their work has changed some, and of those, 50% say communications work has changed significantly. That’s according to The 5th Annual JOTW Strategic Communications Survey for 2022 , which polled 483 communications professionals – mostly in the US. in an open-ended follow-up question. Semi-controlled chaos.

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20 Webinar Statistics, Benchmarks and Best Practices to Improve Your Virtual Events

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It also augmented the findings with a survey of 100 of its customers. Overall, its customers conducted more than 250,000 web-based events. Resource lists (70%) and surveys (43%) were the most popular engagement tools. Indeed, about half (47%) of survey respondents have at least one designated webinar host.

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Is Media Relations Getting Harder?

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That’s according to a recent survey of communication professionals , which yours truly conducted in collaboration with Ned’s Job of the Week. The survey found more than half (51%) said media relations is getting harder. The headlines that sail around the web are those that are salacious and extreme. The alternative?

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Is the Buyer’s Journey Becoming Passé?

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The hypothesis behind these findings suggested that there’s so much information on the web, a buyer could research their decision, feel pretty confident in narrowing down the list, only talk to sales when they were on the verge of purchasing. How B2B Marketing Can Get More out of Trade Shows. billion in purchases.

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Are Facebook Ads Any Good for B2B Marketing?

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Several surveys reviewed by eMarketer suggest social media advertising continues to advance – and Facebook is often voted the most effective paid platform – even for B2B. For example, a survey of 342 B2B marketers – the State of B2B Social Media Marketing 2016 (reg. req.) – by Regalix found. It’s not an isolated result either.

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