ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Corporate CEOs rallied to aid those affected by the administration’s suddenly announced travel ban. Mainstream marketers are gradually losing their reluctance to advocate for politically and socially charged issues in their paid content and corporate social responsibility positions. Visual storytelling will be better and easier.

Trends 185

Trends Storytelling Corporate Leadership 185

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 20, 2014

If they manage to stay engaged for more than a minute, then you’ve clearly got the hang of good storytelling. If they’re immediately bored, then your storytelling isn’t compelling. Think you can’t apply compelling storytelling to “boring industries”? Other great examples of this?

Content Marketing 167

Content Marketing Marketing Storytelling B2B 167

Cision

DECEMBER 6, 2017

When the same PR executives from USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism’s 2017 Global Communications Report were asked about the future of PR — 88 percent believe digital storytelling is the most salient trend. Digital Storytelling: The Future of PR. The Earned Media Paradox. Brands vote with their dollars.

How To 223

How To Marketing Storytelling Measurement 223

5W PR

JANUARY 26, 2025

Beyond their well-known flavors, they consistently use their platform to support causes like racial justice and climate action across social media, advertising, and corporate communications. Employee Activation and Internal Communications Employees serve as powerful ambassadors for corporate social responsibility efforts.

Strategy 78

Strategy Brand Branding Employee 78

Ishmael's Corner

MAY 13, 2018

The Art Of Storytelling In Business Communications And Public Relations. The post Communications at Its Best Serves as the Conscience of the Company appeared first on Ishmael's Corner ~ Storytelling Techniques For Business Communications. Techniques For Effective Business Communications.

Company 167

Company Communications Storytelling Facebook 167

PR Job Coach

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

In close to four decades in the communications business, Patti has held senior leadership positions in four different areas of the industry: PR, Advertising Corporate and Start-up. Craft a Narrative to Make People Feel Something As Patti and Scott both emphasized, we are all storytellers.

Corporate 274

Corporate Leadership Advertising Advertising 274

PRSay

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

A participant in one of my storytelling workshops once shared this advice: “If you’re writing about seeing a snake at a picnic, for gosh sake, start with the snake. As “the father of advertising” David Ogilvy said: “When you advertise fire extinguishers, open with the flames.”. Master the Art of Storytelling.

Storytelling 149

Storytelling Case Study Writing Banking 149

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 18, 2018

While top-tier marketing and advertising are valuable, associated PR campaigns can help propel a brand to the next level of emotional attachment. For companies looking to differentiate themselves from the pack, PR (integrated with advertising and marketing) can help build a foundation of brand love. Storytelling brings brands to life.

Brand 149

Brand Branding Storytelling B2B 149

Konnect Agency

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The combination of corporate oversight and local adaptability is key to franchise marketing success. Additionally, analyzing the return on investment (ROI) for paid advertising helps optimize budget allocation. Engaging storytelling captures attention and encourages customer interaction, making your brand more relatable and appealing.

Marketing 52

Marketing Storytelling Local Measurement 52

Stuart Bruce

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Paul Holmes, founder of the eponymous The Holmes Report, has a great line about how advertising people are brilliant at making up stories and telling them well and PR people are fantastic at finding real stories, but aren’t good enough at telling them. John Cleese said “Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating.”

Corporate 60

Corporate Storytelling Public Affairs Creativity 60

Onclusive

JUNE 15, 2022

Director, Global Corporate Communications, Mimecast What’s the secret to success? Including publicity into your marketing mix allows you to proactively put your positive stories in front of your audience with more credibility and relevance than traditional advertising, which can be viewed by consumers as irrelevant and suspect.

Marketing 195

Marketing Measurement Advertising Advertising 195

Onclusive

JUNE 15, 2022

Director, Global Corporate Communications, Mimecast. Including publicity into your marketing mix allows you to proactively put your positive stories in front of your audience with more credibility and relevance than traditional advertising, which can be viewed by consumers as irrelevant and suspect. What’s the secret to success?

Marketing 195

Marketing Measurement Advertising Advertising 195

Sword and the Script

MARCH 10, 2019

Corporate communications departments are taking more work in-house. My hypothesis is that PR agencies – and its siblings in marketing and advertising – are entering the early stages of a similar trend. 1) Storytelling, analytics and thought leadership are the top PR tactics and trends. content marketing (64%).

Survey 117

Survey Media Relations Corporate Communications 117

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

It’s not hard to envision the rows of self-checkouts in stores, corporate chatbots, and fleets of driverless trucks, because it’s already happening. That means creative work, like generating innovative ideas for programs, and like — storytelling. And the heart of public relations is in storytelling.

Marketing 173

Marketing Creativity Storytelling Privacy 173

Prowly

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

From press releases, to earned, organic attention Yes, press releases serve a purpose like no other, but they do little in terms of creating the type of storytelling, collaborations, and initiatives that digital public relations can create. 3 brands winning with invisible digital PR Notion - did you know they barely did any advertising?

Digital PR 104

Digital PR Case Study SEO Measurement 104

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

As much as video content has grown in advertising, marketing, and PR , data shows that it continues to expand. As noted in our post on long-form content , a CEO can help influence a corporate image as well as build a personal brand through regular video communications. An expression of corporate values. A public-facing CEO.

Video 149

Video Case Study Agriculture B2B 149

PRSay

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Through the years, the PR and comms fields have been attractive landing spots for journalists with their writing and storytelling skills and media prowess. They both are storytellers. Buzzy news site The Messenger abruptly shuttered , leaving 300 people without jobs or any severance.

Communications 190

Communications Sports Journalism Fashion 190

Cision

AUGUST 23, 2017

Samsung has used fear in their advertisement to talk about the serious issue of increasing selfie deaths. From your corporate leaders to your average employees, involve the people behind your company in your digital PR campaign. As a PR pro, you must have heard a thousand times about emotional storytelling. Humanize Your Brand.

Digital PR 251

Digital PR How To Small Business Analysis 251

Sword and the Script

MAY 29, 2018

It’s not just about content, or search, or conferences, or advertising, or a webinar. 9) “That reporters don’t write corporate profiles, they cover NEWS.”. It’s not just about content, or search, or conferences, or advertising, or a webinar, etc. 26) “I wish they understood the value of storytelling the way I do.”.

Corporate 92

Corporate Communications Survey Employee 92

Prowly

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Unlike advertising, which relies on paid media channels, PR campaigns focus on earning media coverage, building relationships with media professionals and target audiences, and influencing public perception through engagement and storytelling. The end result is (ideally) an increase in revenue as well.

Examples 104

Examples How To Product Launch Print 104

Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Powell Tate partners with organizations across sectors — global corporations, advocacy groups, nonprofits and foundations, coalitions, national trade associations and government agencies. Several popular topics covered in their news & views section of their site are advertising, digital, diverse, creative and awards news.

Public Affairs 172

Public Affairs Creativity Nonprofit Radio 172

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The boom comes thanks to data privacy concerns and the call from major advertisers for greater transparency and control over their digital advertising. As channels, Connected TV (CTV) and streaming media (over-the-top, or OTT) surged this year, with more advertisers investing in these platforms than ever before.

Privacy 156

Privacy Advertising Advertising Data 156

Onclusive

MARCH 6, 2019

I got an MBA and went into advertising back when we basically had general advertising agencies that did your research, media planning and buying, and creative, and we had direct marketing agencies. Becky Saeger, Board of Directors, E*Trade Financial. “I Analytics was still at the early stage.

Banking 199

Banking Marketing Measurement Meeting 199

Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

For example, The Wall Street Journal reported McDonald’s has created a loyalty program and advertised a series of combo meals that were backed by top artists such as Travis Scott, BTS and Saweetie to increase sales and attract more customers. Perfect the Art of Storytelling.

Brand 126

Brand Branding Storytelling Analytics 126

Ishmael's Corner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

With the story “ The Invasion of Corporate News , The Financial Times became the latest publication to skewer brand journalism. In fact, I wrote a post on this very topic, “ Journalists Accept Apple’s Storytelling Candy.”. Uncategorized brand journalism business storytelling public relations The Financial Times on brand journalism'

Journalism 150

Journalism Brand Branding Publicity 150

Ishmael's Corner

APRIL 14, 2015

This could be fresh fodder for our storytelling workshops, explaining to executives that corporate speak is actually bad for their health. Will Advertising Disappear? So we’re switching toward what we call thought leadership, which is we sell sponsorship of conferences, with white papers, with online advertising as well.

Advertising 60

Advertising Advertising Storytelling Journalism 60

Masters in Communications

OCTOBER 30, 2018

As Harrison Monarth writes in The Harvard Business Review : Storytelling evokes a strong neurological response. Here's why storytelling is such a powerful tool: The Power of Synchronicity. Storytelling creates a certain synchronicity between the teller and the listener. Storytelling is also a powerful tool for persuasion.

Storytelling 61

Storytelling Chemicals Advertising Advertising 61

MaccaPR

AUGUST 26, 2015

Your brand can share storytelling moments from its company history with your key stakeholders, too. Corporate histories are important to customers, employees, business partners, and community members. Legos' Corporate History Video. Legos' Corporate History Video. Source: Unzipped ). Branded History Museums.

Corporate 48

Corporate Examples Storytelling Brand 48

PRSay

JANUARY 3, 2018

Digital storytelling, social listening and native advertising will all dramatically increase in significance as well, even as blogs maintain an important role in disseminating information. Artificial intelligence also has the potential to revolutionize journalism.

Publicity 167

Publicity Social Media Television Big Data 167

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This will contribute to even more noise, and it will make high-quality corporate content both more appreciated and harder to find.”. This type of authentic, transparent storytelling will likely help organizations standout from their competitors, win over customers and investors, and keep regulators in good graces.”. ~

Marketing 212

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 212

Cision

OCTOBER 16, 2017

So, if you look at certain industries where marketing is such a beast from a paid media perspective, and in terms of the millions and millions that are getting pushed in monthly around advertising, in a lot of cases communications might be managed as somewhat of a discrete function because the discipline is very different.

Media 202

Media Storytelling Technology Data 202

Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 25, 2017

It means thinking about how you use your corporate blog (or, starting a corporate blog). It means thinking about ways to use paid social advertising to distribute your messages. It even means thinking about influencers as a conduit to your audiences when it comes to corporate storytelling. Radically.

YouTube 121

YouTube Television Banking Corporate 121

Cision

MARCH 30, 2016

Prior to the recent announcement, Instagram had previously let advertisers extend videos to 60 seconds, but now it’s anyone’s game. Billboards, people, advertisements, your friend, your boss. People are constantly trying to put information in front of us,” Steve Clayton, Chief Storyteller, Microsoft. Longer Videos.

Instagram 120

Instagram Video Brand Branding 120

Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

The PRTech ecosystem only included a small swarm of companies when we first started AirPR, and now it spans more than 80 , including things like corporate newsroom publishing platforms (Pressvine), visual storytelling tools (Canva), and measurement and analytics tools (what we do). SFM: Yes, exactly.

Data-Driven PR 150

Data-Driven PR Strategy Data Measurement 150

Cision

JANUARY 6, 2017

Adrienne Weiss Corporation, or AWC, is a branding think tank that has been building successful brands since 1986. That is how we created the three pillars of storytelling, country building and club making. It is profound to step back and witness the storytelling that we have created over 30 years and for so many companies.

Retail 225

Retail Consumer Brand Branding 225

Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

What is for sure is that a solid PR team is versatile and can expertly cover down on a broad number of functions: internal comms, external comms, executive comms, media relations, analyst relations, corporate social responsibility, thought leadership and marcom, and as I’ve long proposed, content marketing, among many others.

Employee 153

Employee Print Writing Survey 153

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Brad Marley , Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media . 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. PR grows more in demand. Fast-vertising.

Marketing 215

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 215