Cision

APRIL 27, 2017

Communicators need to learn a new language: One of the biggest themes was addressing the elephant in the room: earned media (PR/communications/media relations) budgets do not get as much money allocated to them as owned media or paid media (internal content or advertising) do – despite the fact consumers trust earned media the most.

Data 264

Data Leadership Tools Advertising 264

Onclusive

DECEMBER 6, 2017

For example, if a PR pro gained coverage for their brand in Forbes, they may report the circulation of Forbes as the potential audience size that saw the message. The methods they use to attribute business achievements and even revenue back to marketing efforts have given birth to bigger budgets and new skills. Quantify the buzz.

Strategy 294

Strategy Data-Driven PR Measurement Enterprise 294

Cision

JANUARY 5, 2017

Did you, like me, spend the holidays thinking about what you’d like to accomplish in 2017? Sometimes, despite our very best efforts to write down our goals, we tend to skip over creating a documented PR content strategy. Why are these two factors so important in your content’s success? Defining Brand Personas.

Strategy 298

Strategy Measurement Content Marketing Meeting 298

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 21, 2016

As almost 200,000 folks get ready for their annual excursion to Las Vegas for CES (Consumer Electronics Show) , those of us who toil in B2B tech public relations will be looking for 2017 trends to better take advantage of industry moves and stake out positions for clients. B2B content will become more customized.

B2B 120

B2B Customer Service Software Technology 120

Contently - Strategy

JUNE 25, 2020

In 2017, I shared a stage at Collision Conference with Alicia Hatch, the CMO of Deloitte Digital, when she captured the biggest problem plaguing most marketing teams. ” Over the past few years, I’ve found that this problem plagues most organizations when it comes to content strategy. That promise was flawed.

Content Marketing 143

Content Marketing Data Strategy Marketing 143

Cision

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

It continues a thought leading series based on Agency and Client-side workplace issues, and is the basis of a forthcoming coaching and mentoring book to be published in 2017 alongside the 15th anniversary of the agency. Most businesses rely not only on their brand equity, but market reputation and repeat clients.

Creativity 120

Creativity SEO Mobile Journalism 120

PR 20/20

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

As content marketing continues to evolve, businesses across the globe have adopted it at a rapid pace. And that’s not stopping in 2017. So what’s predicted to become of content marketing this year? Visual content. Video content. User-generated content. Content Marketing Institute.

Content Marketing 65

Content Marketing Trends Marketing Mobile 65

Cision

OCTOBER 4, 2017

This post, however, is aimed to put visual content on the pedestal. As you look through an interrogative lens — analyzing brands, consumers and the media’s relationship with multimedia, it’s easy to see that visual content is the engine that steers the narrative. Visual Content Impacts Your Performance. About Seth Gilpin.

How To 282

How To Storytelling B2C Measurement 282

Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

By 2017, he’d built a billion-dollar brand. How Dubin pulled it off is the stuff of marketing legend. It established Dollar Shave Club as a funny, irreverent, bold, and most importantly, helpful brand. Brands love to talk about going viral; Dubin actually did it. doing improv comedy on the side.

Leadership 106

Leadership Brand Branding How To 106

Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

That’s where your content marketing efforts come into to play. On top of crafting compelling content, the most prominent challenge is driving engagement from targeted audiences. According to HubSpot’s 2017 State of Inbound, the top challenge marketing faces is generating more traffic and leads. Case Studies.

Infographics 235

Infographics Case Study Content Marketing Video 235

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Our guest for the October chat was Angie Jeffrey , APR, ABX’s Vice President of Brand Management. ABX and ANA AFE were recently awarded the prestigious 2017 ESOMAR Research Effectiveness Award for their work. Angela Jeffrey (@ajeffrey1) October 12, 2017. Angela Jeffrey (@ajeffrey1) October 12, 2017.

Measurement 85

Measurement Advertising Advertising Community 85

Beyond PR

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Do you know that at least 70 percent of B2B marketers will create more content in 2017 compared to 2016? Creating more content is usually always a good thing, but successful content marketers know that it takes more than just creating more content to get results from content marketing.

Content Marketing 93

Content Marketing Strategy Infographics Marketing 93

Contently - Strategy

JULY 31, 2019

For all you media folks out there who are planning a switch to marketing , we’ve put together an introductory translation dictionary for you. You can also use this dictionary as a lead tool, if you’re a marketing exec who wants to hire a team of Pulitzer Prize-winning writers for your brand’s blog.

Content Marketing 100

Content Marketing Marketing Media SEO 100

Sword and the Script

APRIL 8, 2017

Why would any publication accept a story pitch, aside from respecting its readership, if they know another brand will pay for the same space? The future of earned media will be reserved for only the sexiest of brands, and preferably those with a budget for sponsored posts. 1) Marketing content vs. content marketing.

Content Marketing 83

Content Marketing Social Media Marketing Media 83

Cision

JANUARY 3, 2018

In Cision’s 2017 Global Comms Report: Challenges and Trends , we talked to communications professionals around the world to understand the issues they face. Speculation runs rampant, but likely part of the cause of the budget crunch is the fact that it’s so difficult to measure results from content marketing.

Measurement 225

Measurement Tools eBook Content Marketing 225

Cision

APRIL 13, 2017

And that’s exactly where the goals of journalists and brand communicators intersect. According to Cision’s 2017 State of the Media Report , journalists continue to experience shrinking news teams and constricting budgets. But it’s important to keep in mind that their audience, the media, also has a job to do. Target your audience.

Media 210

Media Automotive Resources Product Launch 210

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

The 7 Best Performing Blog Posts in 2017. What is clearer was the sort of topics that attracted readers in 2017. Note: This top post was published in February 2017 and some of the metrics were updated in November and those can be found here: 3 Habits of Highly Successful Bloggers B2B Marketing can Borrow [Study].

Blogging 82

Blogging B2B Content Marketing Trade Shows 82

Cision

OCTOBER 10, 2017

This practice is also useful after launching a press release to track what’s being said about your brand and the recent news development. . It’s no secret that successful content is shareable. Keeping that in mind, it’s easy to see why the people who enjoy your content can be the same individuals who promote it. .

Strategy 251

Strategy Case Study Instagram Print 251

Cision

JANUARY 9, 2018

Content, content and more content. Brands are investing more time, resources and budget into publishing high-quality content with the goal of attracting, engaging and converting customers throughout the buyer’s journey. We learned a lot about the viability of visual content in the 2017 State of the Media.

Case Study 210

Case Study How To Infographics SEO 210

Critical Mention

OCTOBER 27, 2018

With thousands of brands competing against each other to win over customers, event-based campaigns are becoming an essential part of public relations today. billion between 2016 and 2017. Many brands are taking advantage of this spooky time of the year by launching their own Halloween campaigns to draw in customers.

Film 131

Film Viral YouTube eBook 131

Cision

JUNE 26, 2017

What this means to PR professionals and content marketers is that Instagram can be an important platform to engage with and to educate your customers. Which means pretty much all marketing pros who want to stay on top in 2017.) A post shared by Cision (@cisionglobal) on Feb 16, 2017 at 9:34am PST.

Instagram 109

Instagram How To Mobile Community 109

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Here are my predictions for PR , content marketing and social media ; one each. 1) Predictions for PR in 2017. In 2017, PR professionals will be increasingly viewed as strategic business advisors championing integrated communications across the silos of digital marketing, PR and social media.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Social Media Marketing Media 60

Cision

MAY 22, 2017

In fact, 81 percent of senior marketers believe that earned media is more effective than paid media. New trends arise every year, advising how to make the most of your content marketing tactics. Beyond that, social media users are more likely to share content that includes multimedia.

Case Study 210

Case Study Study Trends Web 210

Cision

JANUARY 11, 2017

According to research from the Content Marketing Institute , 70 percent of B2B marketers plan to create more content in 2017 compared to 2016. However, the same study revealed that only a measly 17 percent of content marketers report their content marketing efforts as much more successful.

Strategy 120

Strategy Infographics Content Marketing Study 120

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

If the B2B community feels overwhelmed by the volume of content, then B2B marketing might feel overwhelmed by the volume of content marketing studies. The trends suggest to me that content is still very much a form of currency bartered in exchange for attention. 1) Content Requirements at Every Stage of the Sale.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Study Marketing B2B 60

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2016

Businesses will increase investments in marketing for the third year in a row according to the Gartner CMO Spend Survey for 2016- 2017. Sixty-five percent of marketing leaders said they plan to increase their spending on digital advertising, with 23% expecting a significant increase and 42% anticipating a slight increase.”.

Marketing 60

Marketing Survey B2B Study 60

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Everyone is doing content marketing these days. In fact, some 80% of respondents say they are doing content marketing according to 2017 survey data. You can also think about these in stages of content marketing maturity, though I’d caution, you never done with any given stage.

Engineering 68

Engineering Content Marketing Marketing Analytics 68

Prohibition

DECEMBER 1, 2021

As an integrated PR consultancy based in Leeds, we advise big brands on how to use public relations, social media, and content marketing effectively helping them to increase online engagement, raise their profiles and in turn improve their overall business performance. For a full list of our awards visit here.

B2C 133

B2C Healthcare Training Agency 133

Sword and the Script

MARCH 6, 2018

I’ve reviewed this salary survey and others , for many years including detailed looks at the 2016 and 2017 results. This is more or less flat with the $91,000 median reported in 2017 and the $92,125 reported in 2016 (see caveats below). Don’t miss these related posts: 20 Golden PR and Content Marketing Ideas that will Outlive 2017.

Survey 124

Survey Agency Report Corporate 124

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In 2017, I shared a stage at Collision Conference with Alicia Hatch, the CMO of Deloitte Digital, when she captured the biggest problem plaguing most marketing teams. ” Over the past few years, I’ve found that this problem plagues most organizations when it comes to content strategy. That promise was flawed.

Content Marketing 65

Content Marketing Data Strategy Marketing 65

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. 14) Most respondents say brands should stay clear of politics.

Survey 107

Survey Marketing B2B Content Marketing 107

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

To enhance empathy and connection with their teams and clients, organizations will foster employee brand ambassadors, highlight origin stories, show behind-the-scenes videos, and encourage user-generated content. Expanded brand collaboration “Partnership Paradise: 2024 will be the year of brand partnerships.

Writing 211

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 211

PRSay

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Learn more about a specific area such as content marketing or big data by attending a local Meetup If you don’t see a Meetup meeting on a topic that you’d like to know more about, then start one yourself. © Stephen Dupont, 2017. Network outside your company. Network inside your company.

Nonprofit 160

Nonprofit Local LinkedIn Big Data 160

Buzzstream

JUNE 20, 2018

From January 1, 2017 until April 26, 2018, our editorial team has earned over 700 links to our websites and content that our bloggers told us about. While a wide variety of content earned us links this year, we discovered three strategies that consistently brought in high-quality, long-standing links. Links We Earned This Year.

Retail 70

Retail Case Study Examples Community 70

The Proactive Report

MAY 12, 2017

Marketing and PR are two important components of growing a business. As marketing and branding expert Al Ries said, “PR starts the fire, marketing fans the flames.” 64% of marketers identify developing a comprehensive content strategy as a top challenge.( DivvyHQ Content Challenges Report).

Knowledge Base 113

Knowledge Base SEO Strategy Digital PR 113

Cision

JULY 24, 2017

To stand out, trying including a headshot that shows off your brand or gives insight into the speaker’s personality. Pro-tip: Great content comes out of conference speeches, and great content is inherently sharable. Include an Engaging Headshot.

Trade Shows 209

Trade Shows How To Conference Examples 209

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 21, 2018

For many B2B technology brands, data is not only a business asset, but a PR tool. Data-driven PR drives marketing engagement. Infographic from a 2017 article in MarTech Advisor. The overall PR/marketing trend is toward more content, and specifically more visual content.

Storytelling 189

Storytelling Data Data-Driven PR Infographics 189