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The 10 most-read marketing, PR and comms stories on Sword and the Script in 2024

Sword and the Script

These ideas span marketing budgets, studies on tactics, and sadly, goodbye to a couple of beloved brands in marketing and PR This blog was started in 2009 as a tool for my own professional development. Consistency counts for a lot in many things, including marketing and communications. was changing my profession.

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5 classic creative B2B marketing examples

Sword and the Script

Creativity is the one area of marketing that’s immune to budget cuts; the most creative B2B marketing ideas aren’t just “a video” but platforms of messaging and positioning B2B marketing isn’t known for creativity. Important, the five creative B2B marketing ideas below aren’t just a single video or ad as is often the case.

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Why the ‘Stealing Thunder Theory’ of Crisis Comms Requires Focus and Intent

PRSay

From journalism layoffs to AI-generated mis- and disinformation and from apathy to indifference, how media covers crisis and how the public consumes news has changed. Consider this: A study by Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported “more than 21,400 media jobs were lost in 2023, the highest (excluding 2020) since 2009.”

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PR and Content Marketing Insights from the Edelman Trust Barometer

Sword and the Script

I study organizational persuasion for a living and I knew this was not bona fide journalism. Some clever guy with a political bent bought a domain and polished up a site to look like journalism. There is something wrong with perpetuating erroneous information and dressing it up to look like journalism.

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In Memoriam: Diane Gage Lofgren, APR, Fellow PRSA

PRSay

Lofgren was a member of the College of Fellows Class of 2009 and sat on the Board of Directors with former College of Fellows Chair Geri Evans, APR, Fellow PRSA. Lofgren retired in 2017 as senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Sharp Healthcare and divided her time between San Diego and West Virginia. She was 67.

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Singles’ Day on Chinese Social Media

Flack's Revenge

This latest in our PR in Asia series was contributed by guest blogger Eiffy Luo , a multimedia story teller who discovered her passion for business and journalism through work at TheStreet.com , Reuters and the New York Times. Since all of them have over 1 million fans, their post and repost will greatly affect market performance.

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Spotlight on a Solo PR Pro: Meet Stu Opperman, APR

Solo PR Pro

He developed a love of sports and print media at a young age, and set off to the University of Florida to pursue a degree in journalism. When he arrived on campus, however, he was amazed by the student-run broadcast stations, including radio and TV stations that would actually compete in the local market for ratings. “I

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