Sword and the Script

MAY 2, 2023

Short PR pitches – 150 words or less – had a better response rate (5.89%) than long pitches (1.46%) – 500 pitches or more, according to data analyzed by Propel. Short pitches – 150 words or less – had a better response rate (5.89%) than long pitches (1.46%) – 500 pitches or more. We might be all AI-ed out.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 2, 2024

In 2023, the 14 th year of publishing, I published 50 blog posts. 3 benchmarks for your B2B marketing budget as a percentage of revenue Several credible studies conducted in 2023 put the average benchmark for B2B marketing budgets at about 10% of revenue. Here are the top 10 most-read posts from the last 12 months. How has PR Changed?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

However, most of the journalists attending these events are more consumer-product-oriented, and these receptions tend to lend themselves to smaller, table-top type product displays, rather than active vehicle technology demonstrations. A combined 4,815 media representatives attended CES 2023. domestic and 35.5% international.

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PRSay

JULY 12, 2024

As digital technology continues to evolve and the media morphs, the PR profession is also quickly transforming. The top uses of AI are all content-centric, such as creating media pitches and copy. When using the technology, practitioners must diligently double-check all sources for truth, accuracy and copyright considerations.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2024

And that growth also pertains to the vehicle technology and advanced mobility segment of the annual show. In fact, respected veteran auto journalist and analyst John McElroy calls CES the world’s best auto technology show.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 8, 2022

I’m the Technology Editor at IndustryWeek magazine. I write for the C-suite and technology leaders in the manufacturing industry about technologies and their practical benefits. I think it’s essential to make clear that technology initiatives are not the exclusive purview of huge companies with matching budgets.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 22, 2023

Crenshaw Communications, an award-winning B2B PR firm representing high-growth technology companies and leading ad tech brands, recently welcomed former ad tech journalist Mez Ambachew and PR agency professional Elana Warshavsky to the team. Before Adweek, she served as a media technology analyst at Digitas North America.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2024

Top stories in today’s summary of PR news: Cision shutters the HARO brand; Agility adds “Intelligent Insights”; PR tech company replaces employees with AI On the first Tuesday of every month, I sort through all the news I can find on PR technology or comms tech and present it in a summary post like this one. It was a very humbling experience.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 6, 2023

Just 28% of 1,034 PR professionals surveyed by Muck Rack in March and April 2023 say they are using generative AI (gAI). The survey found: 57% are crafting pitches; 48% are writing copy for social media; 48% are writing press releases; 44% are using it for research; and 25% say they are using it for strategy and planning.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

After another pandemic-impacted CES in 2022 that upended plans and turned the show into a half-virtual event, the show is primed for a big in-person comeback in 2023. So, with the addition of a new exhibit hall since then, assuming the pandemic will subside, CES 2023 could be the biggest ever version of this event.

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5W PR

JANUARY 31, 2024

Technology Public Relations (Tech PR) involves managing and enhancing the public image of technology-related companies and products. Tech PR professionals work to generate favorable publicity, manage crises, and position technology brands as industry leaders. This is especially effective for consumer technology products.

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PRSay

JUNE 28, 2023

Consider the following findings from Cision’s 2023 State of the Media Report , a survey of more than 3,000 journalists worldwide: Press releases are cited as the resource journalists want to receive the most from brands and PR professionals Journalists ranked press releases No. To read the 2023 State of the Media report, visit Cision.

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Shift Communications

MAY 9, 2023

Last week, two SHIFTers were among the thousands of attendees at the blockchain world’s marquee event: Consensus 2023, a web3 marketing frenzy. Though most of the industry has come to terms with the chill, large web3 brands whose logos and execs were spread all over last year’s event were largely absent from 2023’s conference.

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PRSay

JUNE 16, 2023

Technology’s continuous advance is affecting every profession, including public relations. In recent years, especially in 2023, all the talk has been about generative artificial intelligence (AI). But the AI technology is not just about automation. Content generated by AI should be clearly labeled as such.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The company is also thinking about reducing off-topic PR pitches, which is a good thing because many PR software companies do not mention this when launching new products. We have used keyboards and touch screens to interface with technology ever since the Graphical User Interface (GUI) was created. Propel launches 2.0

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Authenticity tops metrics bloat and hope “The Merriam-Webster word of the year for 2023 is ‘authentic.’ But it’s easy to imagine this technology being used in more subtle but dangerous ways, such as politicians ‘saying’ things that are not totally out of character but more extreme or subversive than anything they would really say.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 3, 2023

I’ve been writing this monthly column about PR technology companies for nearly five years – and I’m still continuously reminded that while these companies make software for communicators, they are not typically communication experts. The database also has built-in features for list-building and a generative AI feature for pitching.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

For example, Intelligent Relations said in a PR pitch emailed last month that it had an “auto-gen pitch writing for users” in market. One of the key differences is that Intelligent Relations very openly pitches itself as a replacement for PR people. The pitches I’ve received are all highly automated.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 11, 2022

People usually think of media pitching and press releases when they think about public relations. Put this one on your calendar for 2023! Almost anyone who operates in the broader technology industry will flock to the many different TECHSPO events hosted around the world each year. AdExchanger Programmatic I/O.

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The Hoffman Agency

AUGUST 23, 2023

Mastering Photography in Tech Communications So how do you incorporate images and photography into pitches, press releases and any other piece of content to ensure the effectiveness of the communication effort? The post World Photography Day 2023: Framing Tech Stories appeared first on The Hoffman Agency.

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Stern + Associates

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

ChatGPT’s sudden emergence into the limelight was enough to shock the world, giving observers a glimpse of the awesome power of novel technologies. The emerging technology media landscape is fluid, with new inventions and subsequently new questions and considerations arising each day.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The 2023 Informa Tech Trust in Marketing Index by Informa Tech found that “B2B technology buying decision makers’ trust in marketers is at a 61 on a scale of 1 to 100.” The full report covers much more and is available for download here: 2023 Informa Tech Trust in Marketing Index.

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Prowly

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Our respondents said that the use of sales metrics in PR measurement has increased from 13% in 2023 to 19% in 2024. GET THE FULL STATE OF PR 2024 REPORT #2 Data-driven decisions require PR tools Budget constraints aren’t stopping the rise of PR technology adoption. Tool usage is up to 67.4%

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Onclusive

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

But as we mentioned, journalists receive numerous pitches every day. Address Potential Concerns If a journalist expressed reservations or concerns in response to your initial pitch, always address them in your follow-up. So leverage this as immediate evidence that backs up your narrative and makes your pitch more enticing.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

CES 2024 – the largest in-person independently audited tech event in the world – continues to gain momentum and is on track to surpass the 2023 version of the show in terms of the number of attendees, exhibitors and global media. And that includes the vehicle technology and advanced mobility segment of the annual show.

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Landis PR

JULY 31, 2023

Now, more than a half century since the birth of artificial intelligence, mass interest and adoption of the technology has accelerated in recent months, thanks to publicly available software like ChatGPT and Character.ai. The other day, I asked ChatGPT to do a pitch for me, and it gave me this four paragraph long pitch.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2024

The team was so smart, and they understood PR, so I could always get 20 minutes to brainstorm or work out a pitch. It was great for media pitching, and we landed a ton of interviews. I’ve worked recently with a company that, in part, analyzes churn in SaaS, and they were calling this out in early 2023.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

APRIL 2, 2024

Print media (magazine) consumption rose in 2023 , and this trend should continue in 2024, according to a study by Pew Research Center (via MediaPost). They are focusing on news content that’s adaptable to broadcast or digital subscriptions and news-based podcast products — which can all be pitched and monitored.

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Konnect Agency

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Platforms and technologies that appear to be promising fizzle out quickly, and new rules and regulations seem to emerge daily. In 2022, you can expect to see hybrid events become the next “new norm,” with some even going as far as adopting VR and AR technologies to drop at-home attendees right into the live experience. Final Thoughts.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 9, 2024

Today’s PR pros must not only navigate, research and pitch in an increasingly complex media environment but also track (monitor) and measure the results in a way that resonates with stakeholders. Here are some (but not all) updates, improvements, and additions we launched in 2023 to help you and your PR team succeed in 2024.

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The Hoyt Organization

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Now that we are in the fourth quarter of 2023, it’s time to ask yourself if your PR strategy is up-to-date with the latest pr trends and technology. As the PR industry’s worth grows, so do analytics and PR reporting technology. Personalized PR Pitches For a long time, personalization has been the focus of marketing.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 14, 2023

Former PR agency leader is a building software product focused on improving PR pitches with two different types of artificial intelligence I’ve started to use ChatGPT to rewrite and suggest alternate headlines. In March of 2023, it added generative AI to its software. I’ll dig into that more in a moment. So how does it work?

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Newsfile

JANUARY 30, 2024

McKinsey & Company, 2023 By all accounts, PR pros are increasingly using generative AI in their roles and this is expected to steadily increase over the next year. AI research In 2023, 58% of PR pros surveyed tapped into AI to conduct research. 74% of PR pros report an increase in work quality when using AI. Eapen, Daniel J.

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Wadds Inc.

OCTOBER 12, 2023

New technologies become embedded into workflow over time. Roy Amara, a Stanford computer scientist, noted in the 1960s that we exaggerate the impact of technology in the short term but underestimate it in the long term. It enables practitioners to understand stakeholder interests and make better-informed pitches.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JULY 17, 2023

Media relations and PR pros must heed Godin’s advice or suffer the consequences of being ignored, or worse, getting blocked by a journalist when trying to pitch them. Journalists already have to juggle and master information management – especially when you consider that many are receiving over 100 pitches a day. Watch word counts.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The two companies first partnered up in December 2023. Reddit) Business leaders are reading thought leadership content on weekends Making a good case for the long PR pitch * * * Here’s the list of companies I’m watching and here’s how to get on my radar if you are a vendor. >>> Gobble-gobble. Mind the gap. Let’s talk.

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Landis PR

MARCH 20, 2023

Photo courtesy of Pixabay The highly anticipated Muck Rack 2023 State of Journalism Report , which the company released at SXSW on March 15, 2023, provides valuable insight into the ever-changing media landscape and how journalists perceive their work. Conducted with over 2,200 journalists worldwide, the survey results are fascinating.

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