Prohibition

APRIL 12, 2022

Here we explore some examples of social media advertising gone wrong – and share insight on what brands can learn from these blunders, to make sure they don’t make the same mistakes. The tweet ‘Women belong in the kitchen’ that was promoted to users was not considered smart advertising, but instead insensitive and a cruel marketing strategy.

Advertising 62

Advertising Advertising Social Media Branding 62

5W PR

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Marketing lies in the ‘less definite’ category – while there is a lot you can do and measure to build a better campaign – there’s no hard and fast answer on what will be the end result. However, companies still tend to adopt a traditional mindset when it comes to marketing that is costing them a lot of money.

Marketing 68

Marketing Mobile Measurement YouTube 68

Presspage

JUNE 13, 2017

What is influencer marketing. Influencer marketing is using influential people to get your message across to target audiences. This practice isn’t new: in 1760, Josiah Westwood used royal endorsements to promote his pottery and chinaware brand. In this day and age, influencer marketing hasn’t changed too much.

Marketing 94

Marketing Television Instagram Case Study 94

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The story stems from a 2011 commercial for the Volkswagen Passat – the “Darth Vader Super Bowl commercial.” This is instructive for one big reason: the brand isn’t the hero, the little boy (or perhaps arguably his father) is the hero. Too many brands miss this important point. The company is trying to make its brand the hero.

Branding 69

Branding Brand B2B Exercises 69

Stephen Waddington

JUNE 30, 2021

Apple’s Siri launched in 2011, Google’s Voice Search in 2012, and Amazon’s Alexa in 2013. Poulter draws parallels with the early days of search engines and social media to show the opportunity available to brands that utilise this technology effectively, regardless of industry. A third of UK consumers use voice assistants daily.

Hotels 138

Hotels Travel Engineering Privacy 138

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Still, when I set about refreshing more than 10 years’ worth of branded content to bring The Content Strategist up to date with our current web optimization and brand standards, I knew I had my work cut out for me. Here’s what the exercise taught me—and what I think other content marketers can learn from my experience.

Blogging 109

Blogging SEO Analysis Content Marketing 109

Onclusive

MARCH 19, 2019

The challenge with the PR industry has always been a lack of understanding of how the investments made in this function of marketing maps to quantifiable business outcomes. Brand Sentiment. Engage with Onclusive’s product and marketing teams to translate customer feedback into product and go-to-market requirements.

Measurement 150

Measurement Engineering Data Content Marketing 150

Presspage

APRIL 11, 2024

How does a small Dutch company grow from a good idea into a thriving global brand within just a few years? With Bart in charge of sales, Sébastien running the business and Tim attending to the tech development, the three brought Presspage to the market in 2011. Last year, the Presspage team celebrated its 15-year anniversary.

Enterprise 117

Enterprise Automotive Company Airlines 117

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

” Byrom saw an opportunity in the market to create videos for small and mid-size companies trying to explain their products and services. In November 2011, he established Wyzowl , a studio dedicated to animated video for brands. I think the market’s certainly maturing. Here’s what he had to say.

Marketing 111

Marketing Video Product Launch YouTube 111

5W PR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

In an attempt to insert some humor, the brand released a statement saying that KFC was the “winner of the award for the most inappropriate ad slogan for 2020.” In July 2011, it began a series of announcements, apologies, and turnarounds that negatively affected the brand and company reputation for over a year.

Publicity 128

Publicity Retail Policies YouTube 128

Contently - Strategy

MAY 20, 2024

Most of us content marketers consider the content side of SEO at the very beginning of any project; we’ve become adept at marrying ideas with the right keywords, information, and heading structures so that the message and SEO go together harmoniously—like peanut butter and jelly. Why Does Technical SEO Matter to Content Marketers?

SEO 98

SEO Engineering Content Marketing Google 98

Cision

AUGUST 10, 2017

Leuthauser joined Bollare in 2011 as senior account manager, and eventually moved up to become the accessories director, and most recently executive director of the agency. Have you ever had to deal with a major brand crisis? What do you think is the biggest challenge facing brands today? How can brands keep up?

Energy 212

Energy Creativity Social Media Industry 212

Onclusive

MARCH 19, 2019

The challenge with the PR industry has always been a lack of understanding of how the investments made in this function of marketing maps to quantifiable business outcomes. Work cross-functionally with our engineering, sales, and marketing teams to ensure successful customer deployments. Qualifications.

Engineering 150

Engineering Storytelling Big Data Data 150

Stephen Waddington

MAY 14, 2018

The US is the largest market accounting for almost 70% of sales. Siri was launched in 2011 on Apple hardware. The market for home assistants started to take off with the launch of the purpose-built Amazon Echo in 2014. There’s still some way for the technology to go before it becomes truly mainstream.

Publicity 84

Publicity Marketing Google Radio 84

Onclusive

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Tae Hea Nahm of Storm Ventures, an early investor in Marketo, shared, “I see significant parallels between how companies like Marketo and others took marketing to a new level based on data and analytics and what AirPR is doing for PR and the communication function.”.

Analytics 150

Analytics Data Big Data Technology 150

Onclusive

MARCH 19, 2019

Onclusive is a marketing analytics company revolutionizing the Communications industry with data science. The ideal candidate is a consultative sales director with proven success selling data and technology solutions directly to communications and/or marketing professionals. Skills/Attributes. Requirements.

Software 150

Software Measurement Analytics Data 150

Onclusive

MARCH 19, 2019

Onclusive is a marketing analytics company revolutionizing the Communications industry with data science. The ideal candidate is a consultative sales director with proven success selling data and technology solutions directly to communications and/or marketing professionals. Skills/Attributes. Requirements.

Software 150

Software Measurement Analytics Data 150

Communications Conversations

MARCH 29, 2019

Now, she’s crushing it at Best Buy in social media marketing. Ashley Gustafson, Marketing Specialist – Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union (nominated by Arik Hanson). So much of effective social media marketing is based on instincts. Thomas classroom many years ago. But, who are the next LeeAnns, Sarahs and Allisons?

Social Media 128

Social Media Agriculture Marketing Media 128

Deirdre Breakenridge

MAY 1, 2017

What started as a social media experiment has quickly become an integral part of the Socialfly brand, company culture and our favorite part of the week! Video content is the future of social media and for brands, businesses or influencers questioning the benefits, we detail five ways going live has improved our agency.

Video 283

Video Facebook Social Media Creativity 283

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

There is no better place too study a mix of key issues facing marketing such as creativity , budgets and ROI. That’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing Links (UML). Those sound-like solid considerations for everything marketing does. 3) Should brands mix sports and politics? According to Ms.

Sports 110

Sports Advertising Advertising Survey 110

NewsWhip

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

We know this because we track the millions of articles published every day — and we have seen how public engagement with brands and the media has transformed in recent years. Paul founded NewsWhip in 2011 to “find the most interesting stories in the world”. Email via marketing@newswhip.com. Related articles. read more.

Data 120

Data Media Instagram Crisis 120

PR 20/20

APRIL 1, 2021

Editors Note: This article was originally published on Marketing AI Institute's blog. Marketing AI Institute helps marketers build a competitive advantage with AI by providing expert content, online education, interactive tools, strategic consulting and live events. There are four million entry-level marketers.

Education 52

Education Marketing Conference Agriculture 52

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

The street where I live in Tripoli looks pretty much the same as it always did, but knowing that at least four men were shot dead outside one morning back in August 2011 as the city was liberated inevitably plays on your mind. Yes, we’re even starting to talk about marketing. Experiences which will surely scar them for life.

Industry 100

Industry Marketing Media Radio 100

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 24, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Four Free Digital Marketing Tools for Non-Profits January 24th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Erica Holt These are frugal days, and everyone loves getting and writing about free stuff. Why do I like it?

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Tools Marketing Nonprofit Mobile 99

Ishmael's Corner

JANUARY 18, 2015

brand has evolved. As highlighted last year, Team LeBron takes a global approach to branding with particular attention paid to China. The marketing of universities tends to fall on the unimaginative side. Uncategorized brand storytelling NYT storytelling storytelling in the media storytelling techniques'

Storytelling 60

Storytelling Branding Brand Twitter 60

Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 10, 2019

It’s a powerful example of modern marketing and public relations. A growing third-party tool market exists to monitor conversations in the public area of the web and networks such as Twitter. There’s an over reliance on Twitter for insight in marketing and public relations because it is easily accessible and in its native form is free.

Twitter 68

Twitter Publicity Measurement Healthcare 68

PR in High Definition

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Showpad was founded in Belgium in 2011 and its platform supports sales and marketing teams in working together more efficiently and selling more successfully. Its cloud-based content system enhances sales enablement, enabling the sharing of interactive sales and marketing content as well as sales training and coaching.

Communications 74

Communications System Training Data 74

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

The Letter “K” in branding. The other day I watched a short video by Sara Blakely – the inventor of Spanx brand products and a fellow Southerner – where she reflected on the value and edginess of the letter “K.” Why is the letter “K” so strong in branding? K” is good for branding.

Company 105

Company Branding Brand Banking 105

Shift Communications

APRIL 29, 2019

There are many good reasons to work with a high-profile ambassador, given their track record of increasing brand awareness; defining a brand image; and, ultimately, driving product sales. Nike regularly takes calculated risks with its ambassadors, because the sheer strength of its brand puts the company in a class of its own.

Sports 121

Sports Retail Consumer Examples 121

NewsWhip

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Paul Quigley is CEO of NewsWhip, a technology that empowers helps the world’s leading publishers and brands to predict and understand the stories that will engage their audiences. Paul founded NewsWhip in 2011 to “find the most interesting stories in the world”. Email via marketing@newswhip.com. Related articles.

Web 78

Web Crisis Data Trends 78

PR in High Definition

JULY 9, 2018

the company based on the popular open source project and offering a suite of technologies designed to develop and deliver modern applications, has appointed technology marketing communications agency Firefly Communications Group to handle communications in the UK, France and Germany. NGINX, Inc.,

Groups 69

Groups Communications Pinterest Enterprise 69

Landis PR

APRIL 4, 2022

What can an organization do to keep its brand top-of-mind when there’s no news? Newsjacking is the practice of aligning a company or brand with a current event in an attempt to generate media attention and boost the company/brand’s exposure. The Inbound Marketer’s Complete Guide to Newsjacking. By Robin Carr.

Case Study 52

Case Study Television Video Pitching 52

NewsWhip

OCTOBER 21, 2020

According to Gartner’s 2020 survey , CMOs, who once sought brand awareness above all else, now seek positive brand perception and trust. They’re right to do so: In 2020, one in two consumers globally say that lockdown has made them more likely to buy from brands they trust. Email via marketing@newswhip.com.

Crisis 158

Crisis Reddit Reputation Tools 158

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Fueled by a mix of youthful exuberance, adrenaline and caffeine, I set out to redefine the marketing agency model with a focus on standardized services and value-based pricing. Register for Marketing AI Conference (MAICON) 2021 Virtual, Sept. Register for Marketing AI Conference (MAICON) 2021 Virtual, Sept.

Financial 98

Financial Conference Agency Resources 98

Doctor Spin

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The theory of cognitive dissonance has been widely influential in psychology and fields like marketing, public relations, and decision-making studies. Trivialize the inconsistency. Seek new information that supports the existing belief or behaviour. Source: Perspectives on Psychological Science 7 Boek, D. Cognitive Dissonance.

Handbook 52

Handbook Journalism Comparison eBook 52

NewsWhip

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Brand reputation, intellectual property, and contractual rights comprise the three most valuable intangibles in company valuations today – and intangibles comprise the vast majority of value in large corporations. . Their work is capital “M” media not social media – that’s for the marketing guys on the 11th floor.

Reputation 88

Reputation Social Media Reddit Media 88

Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

where I spoke to a group of 40-or-so marketers and PR folks about Facebook ads. Chris Bevolo , principal at Interval –a marketing health care agency–for the last 19 years, recently merged his firm with Nashville-based ReviveHealth. I’m writing to you today from lovely New Ulm, Minn., Congats, Aaron!

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Agency LinkedIn Groups Community 121