Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The most effective blogs in B2B marketing tend to publish longer posts, more frequently, with visuals, paid distribution and analytical measurement Blogging doesn’t have the appeal that voice search, personalization or influencer marketing do in B2B marketing, but when it’s done right, it’s surely effective, according to a new study.

B2B 168

B2B Study Blogging Survey 168

Sword and the Script

JULY 20, 2021

Some B2B tech companies, especially in early stages, are eager to make a splash in their respective markets. They’re raring to go with branded content about who they are and promotional materials about what makes their product great. This type of content simply isn’t relevant to their audience – at least not yet.

B2B 190

B2B Company Marketing SEO 190

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Fortunately, there are several new studies that have been published about content marketing, blogging and webinars that provide solid benchmarks. 1) Content marketing benchmarks. MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute published their 10 th Annual B2B Marketing report with benchmarks, budgets and trends.

Content Marketing 144

Content Marketing Study Blogging Marketing 144

Sword and the Script

APRIL 30, 2024

Sometimes statistics shared on social media take on a life of their own – that’s a problem if we don’t understand the source and methodology; here’s the source on the “95:5 rule” Only 5% of B2B prospects that vendors are trying to reach are in the market for a product. >>> Need an extra pair of hands?

B2B 158

B2B Marketing Advertising Advertising 158

B2B PR Sense

JANUARY 5, 2018

When it comes down to it, PR can be far less expensive than advertising and offer more benefits. B2B PR in particular creates a patina of thought leadership and generates interest and awareness. Handpicked Related Content. How to Pick the Right B2B PR Agency For You. Handpicked Related Content. Content marketing.

Crisis Management 238

Crisis Management B2B Reputation Advertising 238

Sword and the Script

APRIL 18, 2020

There’s an opportunity for content marketing as audiences become fatigued with Coronavirus news and marketers reallocate live event funding One of the goals of content marketing is attracting an audience of likely buyers to your web properties and giving them a reason – and the means – to return regularly.

Trade Shows 126

Trade Shows Content Marketing Conference Marketing 126

Sword and the Script

APRIL 27, 2021

To that end, and assuming there’s a business strategy and marketing strategy in place, those priorities should be as follows: Owned – website, blog, newsletter. Paid – any form of sponsorship or advertising. Because when marketing invests invest time and budget into owned media, you are building two assets.

B2B 148

B2B Marketing Course Content Marketing 148

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 21, 2025

Most of the social media platforms have courses you can take on their advertising products. Even if you dont manage Facebook ads, for example, taking the course will help you to be a better cross-functional collaborator with your peers in marketing. I started a blog to provide hands-on learning about content marketing and social media.

Google 156

Google Course Survey YouTube 156

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 21, 2020

One of the biggest mistakes I see in content marketing is when organizations and businesses do not treat it like a distinct channel. This boxes your approach to content marketing into a corner and removes options. >>> Related: Why Content Marketing and Public Relations Need Each Other.

Content Marketing 130

Content Marketing How To Marketing Leadership 130

Sword and the Script

JULY 28, 2020

Content marketing is about the audience. The same dynamic applies to content marketing too. >>> Looking for a consulting partner with the content chops to build a sound strategy and execute? The Content Marketing Shortcut: M&A There is a short cut: buy the audience through an M&A transaction.

Content Marketing 114

Content Marketing Marketing B2B Advertising 114

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

As outlined in my post on PR tips for effective bylines , bylined content is a powerful part of a B2B PR plan. But there are many types of content that build credibility and leadership as part of a strategic PR program. What does this mean for digital advertising? How can marketers cope? Call-to-Action.

Leadership 353

Leadership Insurance Insurance B2B 353

Cision

APRIL 5, 2016

As a content marketer, you spend tremendous time and money to create content – be it brand awareness, thought leadership or lead generation pieces. Instead, we must now actively push our content out to our intended audience. Facebook makes money by selling advertising. And then…no one sees it.

Advertising 120

Advertising Advertising Facebook B2C 120

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 29, 2023

Studies show B2B buyers are getting younger and want to engage with companies on social media; B2B marketers are finding social media supports both leads and revenue About one-third of respondents find new products and hear about brands for the first time on social media. Stay with me, I’ll bring this back to B2B in a moment.

B2B 145

B2B Social Media Marketing Media 145

Cision

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Last week, I attended MarketingProfs B2B Forum, a place specifically geared to educate business-to-business marketers. I decided to compile five of the best quotes from the forum for some B2B marketing inspiration. There were many great speakers who shared gems of information.

B2B 120

B2B Marketing Content Marketing Technology 120

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

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Many financial analysts believe advertising is an investment More financial analysts “perceive advertising as an investment (37%)” than those that believe it’s “a cost (24%).” Comment: This is an advertising association, so the question is naturally focused on advertising. Need an extra pair of B2B marketing and PR hands?

Financial 173

Financial Marketing Survey B2B 173

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. Whitepapers.

Infographics 235

Infographics Case Study Content Marketing Video 235

Cision

OCTOBER 4, 2017

To understand the impact of multimedia, we must acknowledge the fact that content is everywhere and there is no way to escape it. When you pair the 24/7 news cycle with always-on connectivity, you get consumers overwhelmed by a perpetual stream of content. Visual Content Impacts Your Performance. Better understand efficacy.

How To 282

How To Storytelling B2C Measurement 282

Onclusive

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

In recent market estimates, digital online and ad spending is expected to grow at approximately 11% per year through 2021. 1 Paid search, display ads, social media, online video advertising and email marketing will grow to 46% of advertising budgets 2. So what does digital marketing growth have to do with PR?

Measurement 231

Measurement Data-Driven PR Survey Storytelling 231

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

A survey by Spiceworks Ziff Davis found B2B tech marketing prospects say they consume 11 or more piece of vendor content Pieces of content. There are unpolished phrases the marketing community kicks around to describe the outsized role content marketing has in the sales cycle. Consumption.

B2B 117

B2B Consumer Marketing Survey 117

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 6, 2015

If content marketing was a self-evaluated college class, marketers would give themselves a “C.” That’s my sense after reading the new B2B Content Marketing 2016 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends – North America report. Content Marketing Effectiveness. B2B Customers Want Thought Leadership.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Survey B2B Marketing 60

Cision

DECEMBER 14, 2017

In the B2B space, on the other hand, finding the right voices — and assessing their true value — is getting increasingly complicated. In a new study called Earned Media Influential in Performance Marketing , for example, DemandGen Report partnered with Cision to survey close to 170 B2B marketers across North America.

B2B 120

B2B B2C Pitching Social Media 120

Polaris

JANUARY 2, 2015

Hopefully we learn a few content marketing lessons by reviewing the past year, then use that information to develop even more effective editorial calendars in 2015. Content Marketing Lesson #1: Make it useful and timely. Content Marketing Lesson #2: Showcase stellar examples.

Content Marketing 100

Content Marketing Blogging Marketing B2C 100

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 11, 2021

Though they’re typically created for advertising purposes, edcals give a PR team a topic guide for creation of press releases, blog posts and content marketing. By laying out what content to create, when to pitch and whom to pitch, editorial calendars make PR both easier and more effective. Planning Content.

Pitching 308

Pitching Content Marketing Measurement Social Media 308

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

B2B marketing should take a little slice of the display ad budget and invest in media relations, genuine content marketing (not marketing content) and paid distribution of related assets from both . Numbers like these from eMarketer make my head explode: “US B2B display ad spending on LinkedIn will total $3.01

B2B 91

B2B Marketing LinkedIn Content Marketing 91

Sword and the Script

JULY 16, 2016

Imagine managing an investment portfolio or a 401k this way…you’d miss the compounding returns and so too does the business when the marketing budget swings wildly in either direction. Measuring Marketing Returns. I often think marketing ROI is a bit of a paradox – both harder and easier at the same time. .

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing B2B Marketing Trends 60

Sword and the Script

JULY 24, 2018

There’s are several industry organizations that field annual surveys about content marketing and they are gearing up. Last year, the data overwhelmingly found every business says they are doing content marketing. This year, I predict satisfaction with content marketing will slide and many won’t understand why.

Content Marketing 66

Content Marketing B2B Marketing Exercises 66

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

My B2B clients are more open to sponsored content. I recently saw new research showing that brand purpose is even more important to B2B buyers than to B2C customers, which is surprising but probably makes sense given the longer selling cycle and relationship to corporate reputation. Slow decline of social media. Fast-vertising.

Marketing 216

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 216

Cision

APRIL 7, 2015

Content marketing is a crucial piece of content strategies. As technology becomes ever-present, content strategies should include video, podcasts, games, comics, events and more. Social media, e-newsletters, articles on owned websites and blogs make up the four most used content marketing tactics.

B2C 120

B2C Content Marketing B2B Mobile 120

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Marketing investment was redirected towards demand generation (content marketing, paid media) as startups looked for deal flow. As the market lifts, brands will need to raise awareness and will be ready to invest for the longer term as their horizons extend. It’s like trying to lay down pipe before you even dug a ditch.

Writing 211

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 211

Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

A tech PR firm recently published a study that showed promising effects media relations can have on the sales cycle for B2B marketing organizations. I have seen firsthand in my own analysis – across many B2B tech press releases – that readership has fallen precipitously. 1) Earned media is sales enablement. a) Results may vary.

Study 161

Study Media Relations Media B2B 161

5W PR

AUGUST 7, 2020

The B2B Marketing Exchange event has a goal to empower the community by highlighting all the innovations in the B2B space. Finally, SevenVentures Pitch Day and the Growth Marketing Conference are the places to be for any B2B and B2C growth marketers.

B2C 88

B2C B2B Pitching Conference 88

Sword and the Script

MAY 21, 2019

That led her down a series of paths including content marketing, ecommerce and today, in B2B marketing. 1) Why start a business focused on B2B paid social? BH: When I stepped into the world of content marketing to understand what was happening there, it was in healthcare. BH: We’re all consumers.

B2B 90

B2B Social Media Company Marketing 90

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In fact, you must publish content in order for it to be indexed and returned in response to search. That’s the gist of a piece Michael Brenner wrote for the Content Marketing Institute last week titled The Best Reason to Do Content Marketing? b) Integrated marketing. b) Integrated marketing.

Content Marketing 85

Content Marketing Marketing Comparison Measurement 85

Sword and the Script

JULY 3, 2018

Outbrain is one most recognizable brands in advertising technology (adtech). The online advertising firm Outbrain – accused in the past of spreading clickbait – wants video ads to lure people in with attractive content, rather than being seen as a necessary evil. Opt-in advertising? Would you opt-in to ads?

Content Marketing 67

Content Marketing Pitching Marketing Advertising 67

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Employers are more believable than government, media reporters with named sources, major corporations, media reports with anonymous sources, advertising and “my social media.”. Keep your content marketing separate and distinct. Overall, respondents indicated “my employer” was the most believable source of information.

Government 152

Government Survey Ethics Media 152

ReimaginePR

JULY 25, 2018

A couple of key terms that we’ll be using moving forwards: AdWords – The pay-per-click advertisement program that Google uses. This is the most popular and common way of advertising your Website. Analytics – Programs that gather data from your Website including usage and share insights to help you best market yourself.

SEO 211

SEO Tools Engineering Google 211