Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

It found as the Wall Street Journal reported , “Advertisers with in-house agencies increased to 64% of the survey’s respondents from 42% a decade ago, according to the study.” (By So, what does this in-housing trend mean for PR agencies? I’d like to believe, PR agencies that specialized in crisis communications can identify here.

Agency 118

Agency Trends Marketing Survey 118

The Proactive Report

JULY 23, 2017

It’s winner-takes-all in the post mobile world and marketing departments are adapting to changing consumer behavior.” This seems like a no-brainer to me, yet 70 percent of marketers lack a consistent or integrated content strategy. IMPROVE YOUR CONTENT STRATEGY. CONTENT STRATEGY AS A COMPETENCY.

Strategy 149

Strategy B2C SEO Social Media 149

Cision

MARCH 13, 2017

In the world of digital marketing, traditional marketing tactics have been reinvented so many times that it is not rare for traditionalists to get disillusioned. According to the 2016 Social Media Examiner survey , at least 63% of marketers plan on increasing their use of these social networks this year.

SEO 229

SEO Social Media Tools Google 229

Cision

DECEMBER 8, 2015

While analytics typically comes toward the end of a content marketing process, it’s first in the alphabet so we’ll start there. A is for analytics, which is extremely important in not only learning how many visitors and shares you have on your content, but how many qualified leads you are generating. A is for analytics.

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Analytics Blogging Education 120

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

From the mobile video explosion to emerging social platforms, 2016 has brought many content-related developments that affect the public relations industry and the work PR people do every day. Here are five content predictions for 2017 that all PR people should be aware of. Content gets “real.”

Trends 120

Trends Mobile Video Film 120

Critical Mention

OCTOBER 27, 2018

billion between 2016 and 2017. Vladimir Mirnii’s career began as a content writer and he quickly rose through the ranks and is now the founder and CEO of ContentAdore , a content marketing agency based in Ukraine. His agency focuses on blogging, sales and website pages and eBooks. billion to $9.1

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Film Viral YouTube eBook 131

Sword and the Script

MARCH 6, 2018

The same applies to a corporation looking to add PR help in-house, or alternatively, doing a cost-benefit analysis of bringing on outside help from an agency. I’ve reviewed this salary survey and others , for many years including detailed looks at the 2016 and 2017 results. Agency $88,000. Vice president (agency): $125,000.

Survey 124

Survey Agency Report Corporate 124

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

This year, we saw in-house teams get downsized and agency budgets get reduced. Marketing investment was redirected towards demand generation (content marketing, paid media) as startups looked for deal flow. It’s not working anymore because more tech companies are chasing fewer in-market buyers.

Writing 211

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 211

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 21, 2018

Like many companies, PR firms need to ensure that our content marketing and other campaigns are compliant with the new regs. The 2016 election and the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal accelerated what has been a gradual erosion of Big Tech’s reputation.

Trends 157

Trends Privacy Data Reputation 157

PR 20/20

MAY 8, 2019

More Intelligent” Marketing Automation. I love traditional marketing automation. As HubSpot’s first agency partner back in 2008 , we’ve built our firm on the back of automation and have witnessed it transform the industry over the last decade. We’re doing this in three primary ways: Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute.

Agency 84

Agency Enterprise Technology Analytics 84

Sword and the Script

MARCH 8, 2016

The PR professional “every reason to be increasingly confident,” according to the 2016 PRWeek Salary Survey , from which that median salary figure stems. PR agency: $84,500. New or aspiring PR pros would do well to study this data to understand which vertical markets present the greatest earning capacity. Non-profit: $68,000.

Survey 60

Survey Tourism Airlines Financial 60

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The important lesson here is that context matters in content marketing. To that end, the average citizen isn’t going to fact check or even apply critical thinking to the content they share. To that end, the average citizen isn’t going to fact check or even apply critical thinking to the content they share.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Marketing Comparison Data 60

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The list below is broken into four sections: Marketing statistics from 2020. Content marketing statistics from 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%).”. Social media statistics from 2020.

Survey 183

Survey Marketing B2B Study 183

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The statistics selected can be grouped are heavily weighted along the following topics: Statistics about – or for – the CMO ; Statistics about digital and B2B marketing ; Statistics about PR or media relations ; and. Statistics about content marketing. Read more: How Creative, Agile and Metrics can Sing in Marketing Harmony.

Survey 107

Survey Marketing B2B Content Marketing 107

Beyond PR

AUGUST 31, 2016

Content marketing is all grown up. With 88% of B2B and 76% of B2C marketers saying their organization uses it, the art and science of content marketing have exploded over the past few years. “Content marketing is sometimes ineffective because people don’t realize what it’s intended to do.

Content Marketing 52

Content Marketing Conference Video Analytics 52

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Time and again, we see and hear countless online video marketing statistics like these: Consumers spend 5.5 Video is the most popular content marketing format for 2015, ahead of case studies, blogs and infographics ( 2015 State of Digital Marketing , a report featuring insights from over 600 marketers from Web Marketing 123).

Video 40

Video YouTube Web Case Study 40

Frederik Vincx

JULY 25, 2023

And later creating an inbound sales engine via content marketing and conversion optimization. We had spotted the business opportunity in the communication agencies that we worked at. From there, we kept co-creating with other communication agencies and in-house teams. They became our first clients.

Software 78

Software Banking Resources Government 78

Prohibition

APRIL 17, 2017

While we do ‘the traditional stuff’ very well indeed, we’re constantly pushing the boundaries of what you would expect from a PR agency. So that involves lots of exciting things like online community building, social media listening, brand audits, online crisis management, content marketing and video seeding.

Agency 48

Agency Crisis Management Fashion Social Media 48

Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

68% Of Marketers Want To Know How To Create Better Visual Content [link]. Content marketing influencer, social media marketing strategist & speaker. Demand generation content marketing for B2B high tech industry. Digital Marketing Agency. CEO at TopRank Online Marketing.

Social Media 120

Social Media Twitter Media Nonprofit 120

Sword and the Script

APRIL 12, 2022

million in 2016. In an interview on this blog in 2021 , Propel Co-Founder and CEO Zach Cutler said as a former PR agency owner, he couldn’t find software that met his agency’s growth needs. The company says it has “150 business and agency customers, including Real Chemistry, Textron, Insurify and many other unicorns.”

Software 91

Software Pitching Enterprise Measurement 91

Shift Communications

JANUARY 25, 2016

This very early application of content marketing came at the perfect time, in a number of ways. For the blogosphere, it came at a time when the demand for content on indoor pools was not met with a satisfactory supply. Their efforts are what we know of today as “content marketing.” Marketing Coordinator.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing System Google Data 60

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

In an age of ad blocking, brands have to transition away from solely sponsoring or being associated with the content their customers or prospects want or need. Instead, brands have to also produce the desired content. 1) The Parallel between Product Placement and Content Marketing. It’s well worth a read as well.

Brand 60

Brand Branding Content Marketing Film 60

PR 20/20

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

And if you want to absorb marketing news and insight from industry leaders during your commute with a new podcast, we’ve got you covered with 12 of our team’s favorites. This Old Marketing. and Epic Content Marketing. Overview: First started in 2013, This Old Marketing is THE podcast for content marketers.

Marketing 74

Marketing Conference Content Marketing Agency 74

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2016

This week covers budget forecasts, planning considerations and the line item for influencer marketing. of Revenue in Marketing. Businesses will increase investments in marketing for the third year in a row according to the Gartner CMO Spend Survey for 2016- 2017. Where will marketing invest that budget?

Marketing 60

Marketing Survey B2B Study 60

Sword and the Script

MARCH 11, 2017

The Old “New Media” and Marketing Tools with Novel Twists [UML]. 2) Is your brand investing in the right content? One of the primary reasons I believe businesses struggle with content marketing is that they are too reliant on best practice, and not thinking enough about being different. Talk to Us!

Tools 74

Tools Marketing Advertising Advertising 74

MaccaPR

JANUARY 11, 2016

Similar to last year (and in p revious collections), our most viewed and shared blog posts featured social media trends, content marketing tips and pop culture-related PR topics: COUNTDOWN: the top 10 MaccaPR posts of 2015*. Shattering Stereotypes with Marketing: A Conversation with The Brand Lab Should we care that in the U.S.

Content Marketing 48

Content Marketing LinkedIn Nonprofit Advertising 48

Sword and the Script

APRIL 4, 2017

The channels that produce the most leads for B2B marketers are as follows: Email: 62%. Content marketing: 51%. That brings us to content marketing and the adjacent reference to lead generation in this study, which I think can be confusing. In part, this is why content marketing has become so important.

B2B 70

B2B Study Marketing Survey 70

Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

The Global ESG Monitor (GEM), the result of an international collaboration between communication and research agencies cometis , KOHORTEN , Xenophon Strategies and currie , examined the sustainability reporting of 140 companies from DAX, EUROSTOXX-50, Dow Jones and ASX-50. In addition, Volkswagen took further steps.

Automotive 95

Automotive Study Report Transportation 95

Sword and the Script

MAY 21, 2016

Ask any PR or marketing pro with digital chops how a dynamic web has changed marketing communications and the answers are liable to boil down to ease, speed, volume and accessibility. In his latest book, Content, Inc., So in 2016 our past VP of marketing is now 46.

Social Media 72

Social Media Marketing Media Content Marketing 72

Shift Communications

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Our top posts from the fourth quarter of 2015 focused on best and worst times for press releases, connecting PR and sales, and measuring PR for 2016 planning. Getting Your PR Measurement Program in Shape for 2016. Marketing Coordinator. Want to see how to do this for your blog? Here’s how. Savannah Whitman.

Measurement 60

Measurement Tools Agency Blogging 60

Communications Conversations

MAY 5, 2016

Maybe I had gotten a bit *too* focused on our millennial audience in 2016. Let’s hear about Andy Jacobson: You’ve spent the bulk of your career working on the agency side. You’ve worked for large agencies and smaller shops. What do you see as the pros and cons of each?

LinkedIn 60

LinkedIn Education Agency Blogging 60

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Artificial intelligence is forecast to have trillions of dollars in annual impact, yet most marketers still struggle to understand what AI is and how to pilot it in their organizations. As a marketing agency, we realized our business and our clients were going to be affected by AI, as would the marketing industry.

Case Study 92

Case Study Study Brand Branding 92

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 1, 2019

This was flat with the $91,000 median originally reported in 2017 and the $92,125 originally reported in 2016. Across segments, the median for 2018 came in like this: corporate: $132,000; agency $88,000; non-profit: $78,300. 5) Did Outbrain Try to Pitch Content Marketing at Cannes? Native ads are not content marketing.

Content Marketing 61

Content Marketing Survey B2B Google 61

MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The latest content marketing trend our PR agency is seeing is the move toward less content creation and more content promotion. In that rush of adrenaline to immediately promote your new e-book or video ASAP, content marketers risk the opportunity to be creative with promotion.

Marketing 48

Marketing Content Marketing Pinterest LinkedIn 48

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 3, 2016

Yet descriptions of agile, which I have seen instituted as a very precise software development process (see graphic below), are all over the map in marketing. In fact, one of the sources included below cites The State of Agile Marketing in 2016 , which concludes as much. The report identifies seven barriers to agile marketing.

Marketing 60

Marketing B2B Content Marketing Training 60

Journalistics

JANUARY 24, 2016

This posts was the first step in my journey to blog more in 2016. In this age of content marketing we’re living in, it seems like every organization is blogging in hopes of capturing some inbound marketing magic (you can thank HubSpot for that). How is this relevant?

Blogging 69

Blogging Strategy How To Writing 69

Sword and the Script

MAY 5, 2016

This PR agency will focus on the business-to-business (B2B) marketplace and provide professional services in public relations, content marketing and social media. We are practicing what we preach because this content marketing trend is not a fad. Content is talking.”. To existing PR agency owners.

Blogging 60

Blogging Content Marketing B2B Social Media 60