Sword and the Script

MAY 21, 2024

Top channels include search (13.6%), social advertising (12.2%) and digital display advertising (10.7%). These are usually rolled out with a white paper or manifesto – mapping the introduction of a new technologies. According to the survey: “Digital dominates a growing share of paid media spend, taking 57.1%

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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Consultants, agencies, thought leaders, bloggers. Figure out what content you have within your organization that you’re NOT using (white papers, employee profiles on the intranet, etc.). From there, we talked about the following steps: * How to resource your content (in-house vs. agency vs. solo consultant vs. robots). *

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Cision

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Why should your company or agency use social influencers and native content in your PR strategy? Changing media habits coupled with massive pushes in ad blocking, including iOS9 ( TechCrunch ), are increasing the importance of organic content and native advertising. Get Cision’s free white paper now!

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MaccaPR

DECEMBER 10, 2014

based Internet marketing agency that caught our eye with its savvy pay-per-click advertising management, Web development and digital design services. How did the ThinkSEM agency come to focus on search engine marketing and landing pages? A marketing department or agency cannot just recycle other people’s content.

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5W PR

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Other effective forms of owned media could include white papers, presentations, e-Books or other forms of brand-controlled content. Paid media is any way the brand purchases advertising, marketing, or messaging space, whether it’s in print, online, digital or broadcast.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

This blog is just a cover story for an incredible marketing and PR agency serving B2B tech. If you work for a big agency or even a large corporate communications shop, you can designate one person as a relationship owner so that pitches are filtered through that person. Did you know? Check out our services.].

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Cision

APRIL 6, 2016

They’re bombarded every day with content, advertisements and information. Learn top tactics with Cision’s free white paper! This is due to lack of budget, internal resources and in many cases, not having the right internal teams and agencies to execute correctly. So how can you set your brand apart? Paid media.

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Shift Communications

AUGUST 25, 2017

From blog posts to white papers, most companies create some form of owned content but not all are utilizing it to its fullest potential – or even know how it performs on its own. Marketers, PR Pros, and Advertisers are in a daily battle to remove opinion from decision making and tactical execution. Owned content. The Solution.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

This experience could be why, as PR Moment states, those working in marketing, PR and advertising are more likely to let their online and IRL (aka ‘in real life’) lives merge, while also being more adept at maintaining a perspective that positions both aspects favorably. Social media can be a tremendous asset to leverage for global awareness.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 10, 2019

It’s a trend that mirrors similar patterns seen broadly in the marketing for the last several years, where CMOs have slashed agencies in favor of in-house teams. Reasons for Hiring or Firing an Outside Agency. Understanding why agencies get fired is just as important as why they get hired. white papers (36%).

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

This post will review a number of tangible opportunities to measure PR beyond traditional media impressions and advertising equivalencies (AVEs) with the goal of empowering you to feel confident and creative the next time you’re asked about measurement. Learn how with Cision’s free white paper!

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5W PR

JUNE 27, 2022

In the last couple of years, the tools and software in the advertising industry have been rapidly evolving to the point where companies can now utilize a large number of platforms to create highly targeted ad campaigns that are completely automated.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

There’s an old saying in marketing that half of the advertising budget is wasted, we just don’t know which half. Advertising spots for the big football game this year grew to $5,000,000 for a mere 30 seconds of airtime. Most marketers have dabbled in native advertising – upwards of 90%. And that’s the theme for this week.

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Prohibition

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Tom is award winning international B2B specialist, Editor, and Director of Sticky Tactics, a data-driven digital marketing and advertising consultancy focused on real ROI. Advertising, for instance, can provide quick returns but these tend to evaporate once the campaign ends. Contact us for our podcast services !

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Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

Social is branding, but unlike traditional advertising—it’s more human. Digital Marketing Agency. Co-CEO of V3 Broadsuite, a marketing agency specialising in the digital space. Skill up your brain w/ Marketing White Belt: Basics of Digital Marketing: [link] pic.twitter.com/4HqL4LZWiS — Christopher Penn (@cspenn) March 13, 2015.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 9, 2016

Perhaps there’s a better way to nurture or otherwise engage the chap who registered to downloaded a white paper than three ( and often more) touches by sales within 24 hours. Why then, does marketing need more white papers, landing pages and registrations? And maybe there isn’t.

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5W PR

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

But when paired with other advertising methods, PR is a great way to leverage those marketing efforts. However, a news story, well-written white paper, or a relevant infographic will remain posted on credible sites and circulated for many years, each time driving shoppers back to your business.

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Shift Communications

JUNE 30, 2015

S ocial advertising is still cost effective, and budgeting for Twitter/LinkedIn/Facebook advertising (with images please!) Consider: What if your prospect, after months of nurturing, needs a final tech spec hurdle overcome and can’t find the right specs page or white paper to convince their senior team? Derek Lyons.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Both in-house and agency marketing teams will be defending the year’s work, planning for 2016 and securing (or hopefully expanding!) Figure out where your audience is and don’t be afraid to remind them with targeted advertising. Have a great but technical white paper? Think about the content/funnel relationship.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

I started in Apple’s Marcom in a coordinator role doing brochures, tradeshows, direct mail, advertising, budgeting, and working with PR. While I was meeting with one prominent agency principle, I asked her what else I needed to do to fill out my skill sets for my career path. I quit my job went to work at a PR agency.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 24, 2018

This is what I call going from hello-to-marriage-proposal in a white paper download. They wanted the white paper. If you’re going to just slap the introduction to a white paper up as a blog post with a lead form, save yourself the effort and forget the blog and just make the lead form. Talk to Us !

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Content Marketing B2B Marketing Exercises 66

Journalistics

JULY 3, 2013

The editorial calendar is primarily a vehicle to help the publishing staff of these publications to sell ad space for future issues since brands are most likely to advertise in an issue that focuses on a topic its core audiences will be most interested in. I’m not a big fan of multiple calendars. Determine Themes for Your Content.

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Shift Communications

MAY 14, 2015

We’re constantly pushing clients and prospects to embrace elements such as Google Analytics, Twitter advertising, measurement beyond pure clicks and the like. Using a variety of tools like Ghostery and BuiltWith, I took a look at the advertising and analytics tools these companies use on their sites. Derek Lyons. Vice President.

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Stuart Bruce

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

The Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) has revealed the findings of its Digital PR Report 2015, with insights across the following key areas: In-house budgeting for blogger outreach continues to grow and PR agencies increasingly entrusted with this work. Unfortunately, it’s also where many agencies PR are weak.

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Digital PR Training Report Social Media 60

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Most often, what I’ve found to be effective, is to essentially be an “advertiser” in your own publication with use of the white space, distinct calls to action and event carefully managed content. Tips for inviting raised hands: Advertising on your own platform. Can your agency bring big ideas and execute? Use it here.

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Engineering Content Marketing Marketing Analytics 68

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. Future Email Campaigns - In addition to your initial, out-of-the-gate email blast, consider how your e-book or white paper could be incorporated into future email campaigns.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 2, 2015

The Agency had just sprouted a marketing technology team arm, and I had been itching to learn more in that area for some time. Creating content – whether it’s a white paper, an Infographic or original research – can help make news for us. Digital Advertising – Specifically starting with paid social media promotion.

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Marketing Data-Driven PR Analytics Training 60

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2017

Like the famous Rolls Royce advertisement: ‘At 60 miles per hour the loudest sound was the ticking of the electric clock.’ Agencies know it, but they’re pushed to lower costs by CMOs that want to pretend cheaper is always possible and desirable. And yet, there are problems. Erik Sherman, freelance journalist and writer.

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Journalism Content Marketing Creativity Leadership 65

Journalistics

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The outputs were typically annual reports, brochures, newsletters, case studies, datasheets, and white papers – to name a few. You started with target audiences and determined what needed to be communicated to those audiences on an annual, quarterly, or monthly basis. It’s great, isn’t it?

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Content Marketing Marketing Analytics Resources 52

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 11, 2015

Odds are that you’ve heard someone say that PR can’t be quantified, or social media ROI can’t be measured, or that a media impression or social post generated an advertising value equivalent (AVE) of hundreds of thousands (or millions) of dollars. Do media impressions have a loftier purpose than advertising or marketing?

Measurement 40

Measurement How To Analytics Customer Service 40

PR Conversations

APRIL 21, 2016

Omar, on the advice of our social media marketing guru consultant and the contracted software vendor company [which pays him to write white papers extolling company benefits of its software program], internal communications thinks your team and you are the right audience for messaging and implementation of our new employ ee advocacy program.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 20, 2018

The most common trigger for hiring a PR agency is a hot new product or service. Relatively simple items like white papers, explainer videos, bylined articles, and op-ed pieces can help educate prospects in a less commercial and more credible way than advertising or SEM. You have news. Perception lags reality.

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Education B2B Employee Crisis 178

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 22, 2019

I suspect, given the company Kantar keeps, the survey sample is heavily weighted towards advertisers, but still, the thinking is useful. The full report shows some nuance between agency and in-house respondents (graphic and summary by Marketing Charts here and here ). 16% on marketing analytics. 66% said newspapers.

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Marketing Survey Study B2B 72

Sword and the Script

MARCH 19, 2018

Those were press releases (34%), white papers (35%) and award programs (39%). For any agency – marketing, advertising, PR, creative or otherwise – the message behind the data is pretty clear: clients value results not your awards. Top reasons to hire or fire a PR agency. Additional Findings from the JOTW Survey.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 27, 2019

59% said manual research; 18% said through a list they built; 15% said through PR agencies, and 8% said through a platform or commercial database. In B2B technology businesses, I encourage clients to define a project – a study, white paper, or webinar to test the waters. 2% said “personal safety and security issues.”.

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ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

An experienced PR agency CEO, Jeff is a publisher, editor, and blogger at The PR Coach. Sarah Hall is managing director of PR and marketing agency Sarah Hall Consulting. And if another agency wants to follow our lead, that’s fine too! He runs personal PR and creative campaign specialist agency Rich Leigh & Company.

Communications 81

Communications How To Blogging Content Marketing 81

5W PR

MARCH 24, 2025

Public relations stands as a defining force in the advertising technology sector, where technical innovation meets market perception. Their communications strategy positioned them as a leader in privacy-first advertising solutions, rather than a company reacting to external changes.

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