Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

With a host of media, advertising and adtech companies on the roster, many of our teams at SHIFT are grappling with stories relating to how native advertising is impacting these industries. According to an Advertising Age poll from this time last year, nearly two-thirds of marketers planned to increase their native spend.

Advertising 60

Advertising Advertising Print Pitching 60

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

AUGUST 2, 2023

Television , with its visual storytelling capabilities and wide viewership, remains a powerful tool for conveying messages to a mass audience. The Pew Research Center conducted a survey and found that 44% of adults prefer to get their news from TV, while 34% prefer the web, 14% prefer radio, and 7% favor print.

Radio 75

Radio Television Media Local 75

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 20, 2014

If they manage to stay engaged for more than a minute, then you’ve clearly got the hang of good storytelling. If they’re immediately bored, then your storytelling isn’t compelling. Think you can’t apply compelling storytelling to “boring industries”? Vice President, Marketing Technology.

Content Marketing 167

Content Marketing Marketing Storytelling B2B 167

Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Instagram is all about dazzling images and stories and Facebook is increasingly about video storytelling. First, social media will be around for many years to come, just like TV, outdoor, radio and even print. LinkedIn is also attracting increased advertising dollars and usage rates continue to grow.

Social Media 149

Social Media Marketing Media B2B 149

B2B PR Sense

JANUARY 5, 2018

When it comes down to it, PR can be far less expensive than advertising and offer more benefits. Myth #4: PR is just advertising. PR goes way beyond advertising. When you boil it down, advertising is paid visibility while PR is earned visibility. Or a correction be issued if it is in print.

Crisis Management 238

Crisis Management B2B Reputation Advertising 238

Sword and the Script

JULY 7, 2015

There’s a certain danger, or responsibility perhaps, that goes along with storytelling. This tends to happen more often in broadcast interviews than in print, for the simple fact an interview might last 30 minutes and the producers will use just seconds of the tape. This can occur in other ways too.

Storytelling 60

Storytelling Film Interviews Policies 60

ReimaginePR

MAY 23, 2016

I’m finding it in everything from print advertisements to Facebook ads and almost everything else in between. Bonus: Use this free worksheet to start the shift from rhetoric to storytelling today! Conventional Rhetoric vs Storytelling: A Quick Comparison. Why is Storytelling More Effective? Click Here.

Storytelling 159

Storytelling Comparison Case Study Brand 159

Prohibition

JANUARY 6, 2023

When launching a campaign, video has great storytelling potential – showcasing your brand’s campaign findings far and wide. Storytelling is a huge part of PR and video marketing offers exactly that. Advertisers spend billions across social media platforms, targetting businesses and consumers alike with their messaging.

Video 62

Video Strategy SEO Engineering 62

Mark My Words

JANUARY 3, 2020

2020 will see your major print and TV campaign derailed by the death of or the revelation of how many children our Prime Minister has (or insert other incident). 50% of people selling you PR will still not know the difference between advertising and storytelling.

Print 60

Print Storytelling Advertising Advertising 60

Cision

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Your audience no longer responds to traditional advertising. In fact, custom content is 92 percent more effective than traditional advertising. The key is brand journalism, a subtle form of storytelling that benefits both your brand and your audience. Today, they’re looking for custom content.

Journalism 120

Journalism Brand Branding Fashion 120

Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

I culled through the answers pulling out as many as possible that were fit for print and listed them below. 19) “I write stories for our magazine and newsletters, manage the print production and put them on our website.”. 22) “I am a storyteller and I look out for people.”. 22) “I am a storyteller and I look out for people.”.

Employee 150

Employee Print Writing Survey 150

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 7, 2019

PR people and reporters work very closely every day, and are very much in the same business of storytelling. As opposed to paying for advertising, PR pros earn media coverage by pitching stories reporters want to write, and readers want to see. Truth is, it’s not that dark. Heads down – This phrase does not refer to low self-esteem.

Agency 192

Agency Internal International Pitching 192

Stephen Waddington

JUNE 16, 2019

Here’s more on those, an event on data-led storytelling that we’re running at Metia next month and other stories that have caught my attention. ?? Newspaper brands continue to suffer as readers shift from print to digital. Facebook and Google account for almost 60% of the online advertising market. This isn’t news.

Print 60

Print Storytelling Newspapers Advertising 60

Ishmael's Corner

JANUARY 31, 2017

The Art Of Storytelling In Business Communications And Public Relations. We know that the rise of digital consumption has brought advertising along for the ride. In fact, projections call for the digital ad spend to surpass TV advertising dollars for the first time this year. Techniques For Effective Business Communications.

Storytelling 60

Storytelling Advertising Advertising Communications 60

Marketwired

APRIL 12, 2016

Podcasts Can Help Advertisers Reach Niche Audiences. Most of the leading podcasts these days rely on the same group of advertisers. But the size of the audience is hardly what makes advertising unique on podcast, it’s the specificity of the audience you can reach. “If But to Attract Advertisers, Promotion is Key.

Advertising 100

Advertising Advertising Television Radio 100

Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The ownership of storytelling is allowing us to outpace other marketing rivals. #4 4 Shift of budgets from marketing to public relations Marketing spend continues to migrate away from big budget advertising campaigns and towards public relations activity. The decline of traditional print media is at the heart of this change. #5

Report 85

Report Analysis Financial Reputation 85

ReimaginePR

AUGUST 22, 2016

The most important part of branding is storytelling. And the most important part of storytelling is connecting with your audience. Your brand story should be inherent in all of your message, from printed marketing materials to social media posts, and everywhere in between. Click To Tweet. Share Your Story on Every Platform.

Brand 156

Brand Branding How To Storytelling 156

MaccaPR

AUGUST 26, 2015

Your brand can share storytelling moments from its company history with your key stakeholders, too. From legacy videos and anniversary books to corporate birthday events and digital archives, what follows are five ways smart brands have leveraged their company histories in brand storytelling. Legos' Corporate History Video.

Corporate 48

Corporate Examples Storytelling Brand 48

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Much of the modern public relations business grew up out of media relations and publicity, rooted in storytelling and editorial engagement. The rise of mass media, namely print newspapers, magazines, radio and television, provided a shortcut to large audiences and it enabled the business to operate at scale.

Media Relations 115

Media Relations Media Print Newspapers 115

Cision

APRIL 5, 2017

Rallies against Kellogg’s after it pulled its advertising from Breitbart. Automobile companies (and the military) are the largest advertisers on television. We knew the four horsemen for our brand strategies, advertising, public relations, lobbying and pack funding. Chris Lynch: Is print media dead? Brian Braiker: No.

Report 225

Report Media Advertising Advertising 225

Solo PR Pro

APRIL 8, 2021

Bernadette went on to hold positions at print publications like the Orlando Business Journal and worked as a website producer at a TV news station before deciding to make the jump to PR. It’s doing a lot of different things in partnership with other functional areas and forms of communication, like marketing and advertising.”.

Meeting 97

Meeting Journalism Employee Storytelling 97

Stephen Waddington

JUNE 9, 2020

No advertising, no sponsorship, no sales promotion or other fundraising efforts. Great stories matter Storytelling is at the heart of all successful communications and PR campaigns. For example, print has fallen off the cliff on which it was already teetering precariously.

Radio 89

Radio Skype Print Local 89

Masters in Communications

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Typically, it is synonymous with broadcast and print media: radio, TV, and film (small and large screen), print media, and advertising. The printing press emerged around 600 years ago, but printed media technically existed for thousands of years.

Ethics 52

Ethics Communications Print Television 52

Stephen Waddington

JUNE 23, 2019

The internet ad market #3 Mobile and telly ad and viewing parity The time spent on media versus advertising revenue is in sync for desktop (18% vs 18%), TV (33%) and mobile (34%). Radio is under indexed (12% vs 8%) and print is over indexed (3% vs 7%). #4 Meeker calls out the use of edited and curated images as a means of storytelling.

Report 81

Report YouTube Privacy Web 81

The Resolution Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Playing off of it’s Made In, Made For New York event , Facebook aimed to work alongside the chosen marketers to help bring to life engaging advertising campaigns. Add a Storytelling Element PathFactory used pop culture and storytelling to make GDPR relevant and fun for their audience. Key Takeaway?—?Add

B2B 120

B2B B2C Facebook Storytelling 120

NewsWhip

JULY 29, 2020

The New York Times and The Washington Post are the most dominant of these publishers by a considerable distance, which makes sense due to their status as premier print institutions. . This mostly serves as a useful benchmark for the local publishers that will feature in the next two sections, but is interesting in itself.

Local 88

Local Comparison Trends Television 88

Presspage

APRIL 12, 2018

The print edition of the New York Times alone reaches more people than the Huffington Post, so great newsrooms can still live in this digital environment.” Brands who understand these two sides of the same storytelling coin are going to prosper. ” Jeff : “I’m good with demise, and I blame the Associated Press.

Company 111

Company Media Journalism Report 111

Mora Communications

OCTOBER 2, 2017

For Addiction Specialists, having your voice heard and taking the time to establishing yourself as an expert in the field of Addiction Medicine can be an opportunity to reach the patients who need your services the most, this is not done through marketing and advertising alone. Effective PR is effective storytelling.

Television 40

Television Print Radio Newspapers 40

Communications Conversations

JANUARY 26, 2016

Meanwhile, print circulation numbers among the nation’s largest newspapers are plummeting. In fact, if these numbers are accurate, the USA Today went from a print pub circ of 1,424,000 in 2013 to just 299,000 in 2015. Just give this shocking post a read. I can’t help it. I keep wincing after every sentence I write.

Media Relations 60

Media Relations Media Newspapers Print 60

PRSay

JUNE 6, 2017

Here, the TV personality — known for his “In the Papers” feature humorously summarizing the New York daily newspapers — talks about engaging an audience, storytelling, the newsgathering process and work-life balance. Inputting what you should include and leaving out the things that you shouldn’t include is really the art of storytelling.

Wireless 102

Wireless Storytelling Radio Analysis 102

Beyond PR

MARCH 6, 2018

Considering the culmination of traditional advertisements (newspaper, TV, radio and billboards) and digital advertisements (banner ads, pop-ups and sponsored posts), how many advertisements a day do you think you’re exposed to? Annoyed and overwhelmed, consumers are fed up with intrusive advertising and sales tactics.

Strategy 67

Strategy How To B2C Content Marketing 67

Cision

JUNE 10, 2015

In 2015, traditional media companies are expected to continue shifting towards rebranding, new media entrepreneurism, native advertising and the adoption of digital newsrooms. Today, USA Today ranks first in combined print and digital circulation, underlying the importance of this digital transformation for newsrooms around the world.

Pitching 120

Pitching Policies Ethics Mobile 120

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Advertising is a distant third. In addition, there are dedicated posts that focus in on slices of the data around topics like the top PR challenges , the PR organization , media relations , storytelling , PR ethics , media bias , and the most recommended PR tech vendors. >>> Give our services a try.

Survey 96

Survey Industry Leadership Study 96

Contently - Strategy

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

You can promote newsletter subscriptions with pop-ups on your website, advertise on social, and incentivize followers with a referral campaign. When the publication shuttered its print version and went completely digital in 2019, editors and strategists were given an opportunity to reach into new markets.

Financial 52

Financial Content Marketing Marketing Banking 52

Sword and the Script

MAY 22, 2018

Advertising was extremely expensive. Early on, I worked at a printing technology company where we had a big poster on the wall that said, “Freedom of the press belongs to those who own one.” Trying to tie print ads or direct mail directly to sales, for a high-value, long-sales-cycle B2B product, was a nightmare.

Marketing 62

Marketing B2B Print Technology 62

ReimaginePR

JULY 4, 2016

Don’t forget to sign up for my free brand storytelling bootcamp to learn how to do just that!). To do this, print out or take a screenshot of your story and circle or highlight any points that an average reader wouldn’t understand. On top of that, shift the attention from being all about your brand to how your brand helps others.

Brand 149

Brand Branding Storytelling Print 149

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 2, 2016

1) What is your definition of content marketing and 2) Why do we continue to put ourselves (advertising, PR, marketing) in such neat boxes when the digital era has blurred the edges of those boxes. But shouldn’t advertising be aiming at this as well? At first, I thought paying to be seen had to be advertising.

Public Affairs 60

Public Affairs Advertising Advertising Healthcare 60