Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Professionals across the globe share analysis and perhaps, aspiration, in offering up PR and marketing predictions for 2022. As I’ve done for the last several years , I solicited and compiled a list of predictions from professionals across the PR and marketing community. Tom Pick , Digital Marketing Consultant, Webbiquity , LLC.

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Prohibition

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Meta gives advertisers access to influencer’s activity Meta’s Ad Library is a powerful tool that allows advertisers to look at what other brands and competitors are doing from a paid social perspective. Its new introduction, sees advertisers able to see influencer branded content.

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Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 12, 2018

I was thrilled when Neal Schaffer agreed to participate in my series about challenges facing social media marketing. Are the social media waters still safe for marketing? So, it’s still safe if it’s done right; I think the way to do it is to leverage other people, to incite word of mouth through influencer marketing.

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Instagram B2C YouTube Facebook 214

Cision

OCTOBER 4, 2017

From online articles to advertisements to blogs to social media posts — numerous mediums are competing for your audience’s attention. When it comes to content creation, B2B and B2C organizations face similar challenges and priorities. For marketing professionals — multimedia is a must have. . — Better understand efficacy.

How To 282

How To Storytelling B2C Measurement 282

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 11, 2020

For PR and marketing folks, it’s a key part of business communications. 71% of social media marketers say social media channels offer consumer insights that benefit other departments of their business, while 93% of all marketers cite more exposure for their business as its number one benefit. What about B2B marketers?

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Social Media Trends Media Instagram 272

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.

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Agility PR Solutions

JUNE 12, 2023

B2C communicators have long known that, when done authentically, influencer marketing is well worth the investment. But the indirect path from influence to purchase has been hard to quantify, and therefore often difficult to convince brand and marketing decision makers that those dollars are paying off.

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ReimaginePR

JULY 25, 2018

It’s the marketing discipline which helps visitors easily find your site in popular search engines like Google. 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. Unfamiliar?

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

3 statistics from the newest B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends report shows the “subscribed audience” is missing from most content marketing efforts. I had a chance to be a judge for the annual content marketing awards hosted by the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) this year. Not even a little bit.

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Cision

JANUARY 25, 2016

Last year, 90 percent of B2C marketers used content marketing, but only 34 percent felt they were successful. They can afford to ignore us,” says Joe Pulizzi, founder of Content Marketing Institute. The big budgets owned these channels, and consumers had to pay attention to those advertisements.”.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 29, 2020

Suddenly, most marketing was irrelevant, or worse. But most eyes were on marketing like print and TV ads that could be quickly adapted to the new situation. Marketers quickly moved to recontextualize campaigns to align with our new and unexpected circumstances. And email campaigns work. Images reflect social distancing.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Marketing and PR predictions aren’t merely forecasts, but often a reflection of our aspirations and perhaps advice – mistakes we’ve made we’d like to help others avoid. “Be Pay to pay, content grows; influencer marketing cools. “I d) Influencer marketing to cool off as far as the amounts of money companies are paying influencers.”.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

People will say they dislike advertisements because of the disruptive nature of them. This is why the event is so interesting for marketers: it’s a moment to study the marketing pitch, storytelling and irrational behavior. That’s why it’s the subject of this week’s Unscripted Marketing Links (UML).

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Cision

APRIL 7, 2015

Content marketing is a crucial piece of content strategies. And as the content competition heats up, brands need to find ways to distribute their content, often through paid means like syndication and native advertising. B2B and B2C marketers want to learn more about measurement, automation, video and visual storytelling.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 18, 2014

If you’re working with a data-driven PR firm, chances are at some point in your relationship you will be asked to grant access to a variety of marketing and data systems. Chances are you’ll be asked for any existing market research that’s you’ve done. Systems you may be asked about: market research, previous campaign performance data.

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Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

While some marketers may be concerned that AI could threaten their job security, the truth is that AI will more likely be a tool that makes it easier to deliver effective marketing campaigns. In this blog, we outline how AI is changing the face of marketing in 2019 and beyond. Marketers can now focus on the big picture.

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Prohibition

MARCH 11, 2024

Heading into another month of more social media updates that advertisers need to be aware of to achieve the best results. This is an interesting introduction as advertisers now have a way to promote their business on select content which can expose brands to a whole new audience quite easily.

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Flack's Revenge

JANUARY 10, 2019

Last month I interviewed top PR and social media experts about the challenges facing online marketing. Are the social media waters still safe for marketing? “Place” is one of the 4 P’s of marketing – and if the place has become a cesspool do you want your brand to be doing much there? (I

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Some marketing and communications predictions suggest AI will change the world; others see a tailspin of noise and and see humanity as a path for differentiation Most marketing and PR professionals have formed strong viewpoints on AI. That much is apparent I compiled this year’s list of marketing and communications predictions.

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Axia PR

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Guest: Susan Baier is the CEO of Audience Audit and has been a marketing strategist and researcher for more than 30 years. She crafts custom attitudinal segmentation research for agencies and marketers for B2C, B2B, and higher-ed organizations including Gap, AT&T, Jayco, Tufts University, and more.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 24, 2018

Still, a prime impediment to PR teams’ showing out-of-the-box creative chops is clients’ aversion to risk– something not so prevalent in the advertising field. Advertisements for travel metasearch sites usually involve a cutesy gnome (Travelocity) or a charismatic spokesperson (Trivago). 4 ways creative PR takes it up a notch.

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Prohibition

JUNE 23, 2023

Social media advertising is an ever growing and evolving part of social media. Month on month, there are new changes and updates to each platform when it comes to advertising. The first is a new discount code tool which will allow advertisers to have a specific discount code linked to an ad/account.

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Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

That’s where your content marketing efforts come into to play. According to HubSpot’s 2017 State of Inbound, the top challenge marketing faces is generating more traffic and leads. You have two options: Promote through paid media (pay-per-click advertisements & sponsored posts). Let’s start with my favorite.

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Prohibition

MAY 17, 2023

With Elon Musk taking over Twitter, there have been some updates that all social advertisers need to be aware of to ensure ad campaigns are up and running – and that results are maximised. How does Twitter Blue impact advertising? For most people, that means they need to sign-up to Twitter Blue or to be a Twitter Verified Organisation.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Anyone in B2B or B2C tech public relations knows that crowdfunding is an exciting part of the startup community and a key source of grassroots support for many pre-revenue business ventures. Once the campaign is up and running, PR teams need to push for more volume on the social media shareability and advertising front.

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Prohibition

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Here’s some insight into how you can be using the tool for your advertising. It has had plenty of time to learn now and Meta are pushing it to advertisers to use and improve the results of campaigns. Something to be aware of if you do advertise to the EU. Meta are also offering AI support, via its AI, Advantage+ tool.

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Prohibition

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Here’s some insight into how you can be using the tool for your advertising. It has had plenty of time to learn now and Meta are pushing it to advertisers to use and improve the results of campaigns. Something to be aware of if you do advertise to the EU. Meta are also offering AI support, via its AI, Advantage+ tool.

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Prohibition

AUGUST 8, 2024

AI continues to be pushed across all marketing platforms and a decline in budget being spent on TikTok advertising might make this the perfect time to start advertising on the platform. When adding a URL there will be an option to ‘review and confirm’ offers that can then be showcased as part of your social media advertising.

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Advertising Advertising Social Media Media 62

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. As it turns out, other Canadian marketers also found Hearn’s answers useful.

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PR 20/20

OCTOBER 14, 2021

As marketers, anything that is measurable and quantifiable should get our attention, and the week’s sessions were filled with interesting numbers. In 2017, Google had more than 7 million advertisers spend just over $10B on advertising on the platform. But on average, for every dollar spent, advertisers earned $8 in revenue.

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Prohibition

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Struggling to make your B2B marketing ‘sexy’? In our latest podcast episode, we have the pleasure of discussing this topic with seasoned growth marketing specialist, Tom Basgil. It’s one of the biggest struggles facing marketing directors today, with over 19% of marketers saying its their biggest hurdle.

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Prohibition

OCTOBER 10, 2023

From new verification options within Meta, new additions to Ads Manager for the festive period and new X/Twitter updates to its new job roles, we are here to keep you up to date on the ever-changing social media advertising world.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 10, 2020

For PR and marketing folks, it’s a key part of business communications. 71% of social media marketers say social media channels offer consumer insights that benefit other departments of their business, while 93% of all marketers cite more exposure for their business as its number one benefit. What about B2B marketers?

Social Media 156

Social Media Trends Media Instagram 156

Contently - Strategy

APRIL 19, 2021

Educational content also works, taking the form of basic advice for topics like writing resumes and learning about the stock market. The platform isn’t saturated with advertising, but many B2C companies are already active. But my tailored algorithm isn’t all cute cat clips and conspiracy theories. It depends.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 6, 2023

How does PR’s use of gAI compare to marketing? The results present a stark contrast to the number of marketers that are using AI. Nearly three-quarters (73%) say they are using gAI, according, to a survey of 1,000 B2B and B2C marketing professionals in March by Botco.AI. How is it being used? Top challenges facing PR.

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Prohibition

APRIL 3, 2024

Advertising comes in many different shapes and sizes and the traditional methods have their benefits, but so does paid social media advertisements. Here we are going to take a look at the differences between the two and pick out the benefits that social media marketing has over those traditional methods.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Some observations we noted: Marketing and PR aren’t making significant use of the new character limits. Of all the industries using the new format, B2C financial services – banking and retail investment brands – are using the most characters in the new format. Vice President, Marketing Technology. Christopher S.

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