Bianchi Biz Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Owen Cullen, Managing Director at Cullen Communications We are pleased to share the next post in a series of in-depth profiles of key international markets written by one of our PRGN partners. the rapid rise of influencer marketing) is one of the main challenges today. For PR practitioners, keeping pace with technology (e.g.

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5W PR

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

However, a well-crafted marketing strategy and a strong focus on recognition can be powerful tools to help hotels weather these storms and emerge stronger than before. Demonstrate a commitment to the local community through charitable initiatives or partnerships. Explore targeted advertising campaigns to reach the ideal customers.

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PR for Anyone

MARCH 30, 2022

It’s the age-old question… what is more impactful to a business – advertising or publicity? 1 – publicity is free – advertising you pay for. #2 2 – publicity is someone else telling the world how great you are – advertising is you telling the world how great you are. #3

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PRSay

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This year alone, 127 newspapers closed in the United States, an average of nearly two per week, according to Northwestern University’s Medill State of Local News Report 2024. Despite the demand for local news, news deserts “are counties with no newspaper, no digital-only news site, no ethic media, and no public radio,” Franklin said.

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Communications Conversations

JUNE 4, 2021

But, their local e-newsletters are infiltrating markets like MSP and changing the media landscape. The local MSP version is one of the few I read every single day. For me, it’s a super easy way to stay on top of the biggest local news in about 5 minutes. Just what a busy social media marketer needs.

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5W PR

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Influencer marketing and alcohol marketing agencies have become powerful tools for brands in the alcohol industry to reach and engage their target audience. How Influencer Marketing Can Benefit the Alcohol Industry There are many ways that influencer marketing can benefit the alcohol industry.

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PR for Anyone

MARCH 24, 2020

Now is the time to up-level your marketing plan by adding in free publicity. Be Newsworthy My biggest piece of advice when it comes to publicity is to start locally. Local media loves to cover stories about local businesses. Those are all topics that interest local media. Make your business newsworthy.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Stéphane Billiet, vice president of We change We are pleased to share the next post in a series of in-depth profiles of key international markets written by one of our PRGN partners. Faces and Markets of PRGN is a series of blog posts in 2024 that puts Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) member agencies and their markets in the spotlight.

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5W PR

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

There are plenty of things that go into successful local marketing campaigns, but we managed to boil them down to the few most important ones that businesses should be focusing on. Mobile-friendly landing pages are another essential when it comes to successful local marketing campaigns. Listing Management. Landing Pages.

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Cision

JUNE 6, 2017

Digital marketing success is fueled by creating great content and building a targeted audience, but there’s a third piece missing from that equation—ignition. The key idea here is that the economic value of content marketing does not come from content. Aligning a brand with a celebrity is the oldest type of influence marketing.

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Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The internet was new at the time, and the media and marketing industries expected websites to be a utopia for advertising. “The rest of advertising had been ruined and dammit, we weren’t going to let that happen this time.” Not bad for promoting a webinar that covers complex marketing issues.

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Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The data brands have collected from these interactions has allowed marketers to fine-tune their marketing tactics, and how they talk to their customers. But here’s the thing: Marketing budgets are increasingly shifting to focus on content marketing and other efforts that can show a concrete return-on-investment.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 21, 2025

Most of these are focused on marketing, communications, leadership and psychology. Bonus: I take the best of what Ive read about marketing and comms and add it to a monthly newsletter. I used to listen to a lot more marketing and PR podcasts, and while I still have some in the queue, Ive cut back in favor of other topics.

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5W PR

JANUARY 21, 2025

How Brands Are Using Micro and Nano-Influencers to Build Trust and Drive Results Social media marketing has shifted dramatically in recent years, with brands moving away from celebrity endorsements toward partnerships with smaller, more focused content creators. billion valuation while spending very little on traditional advertising.

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Konnect Agency

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

A strong brand message is essential for any successful marketing strategy. For local businesses, this message is even more critical, positioning the franchise as a trusted, indispensable part of the community. The combination of corporate oversight and local adaptability is key to franchise marketing success.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 14, 2021

In many cases they support a path to a market leadership position. A fundamental impacts of well-conceived PR program is differentiating from the competition; impact that advertising and marketing cannot do with the same potency. Plus, in today’s employment market, B2B companies are always fighting for tech talent.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 20, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended long-planned marketing and PR campaigns for nearly every major brand. The third phase of the pandemic has brought out the most substantive PR and marketing campaigns. Sure, what helps its advertisers helps Google, but it’s real money where it’s needed. Big Tech has stepped up. Self-serving?

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PRSay

JUNE 9, 2021

In early May, the state of Massachusetts filed a lawsuit against Publicis Health for its work with Purdue Pharma, claiming its “unfair and deceptive” marketing practices helped fuel the national opioid crisis. Publicis Health acted solely as an advertising agency. Publicis Health, part of Publicis Groupe S.A.,

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Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 5, 2018

I have been blogging about challenges confronting digital PR and social media marketing. Are the social media waters still safe for marketing? Despite all of the controversy around Facebook this year, usage levels are still extraordinarily high and marketers are still finding it to be a very effective advertising channel.

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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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Cision

AUGUST 23, 2017

Fractl, a digital marketing firm, carried out a surveyed of 400 people asking them to record their emotional responses to 100 of the top images from Reddit’s r/pics community. Samsung has used fear in their advertisement to talk about the serious issue of increasing selfie deaths. Humanize Your Brand. Share Relatable Stories.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 9, 2022

A private company or startup wanting to catch investor attention has different objectives than a public company looking to increase their customer base and market share. In B2B PR, you come across different audience segments, but the three main audience groups typically are: stakeholders, customers and reporters.

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Cision

JULY 5, 2016

This is an important development for communication and marketing professionals for sure: any consistent, free benefit of posting to Facebook is effectively nullified. What I want to do in this post is to share five insights around Facebook’s algorithm change that are important for communication and marketing professionals to know.

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PRSay

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

As internship season arrives, public relations and integrated marketing firms worldwide are opening applications for paid summer roles. Don’t be afraid to pitch yourself directly, even if the organization isn’t advertising openings. Look for internships on campus or with local small businesses, boutique firms and nonprofits.

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NewsWhip

JULY 29, 2020

We looked back at the local publishers that are seeing significant engagement in two different countries, looking at both the United States and the United Kingdom. . So we decided to analyze the local stories and publishers that are getting the most public interest. Local-national publishers. The top local U.S.

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Agility PR Solutions

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The firm’s new playbook, The Ultimate […] The post How comms firms can navigate the surge of in-house marketing agencies appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Virtually everything in marketing, advertising, and PR is measurable. For example, if I get a small mention in the local newspaper about SHIFT Communications that doesn’t have attribution, a clickstream, or a call to action, it would take an extensive research project to find out the true impact of that article.

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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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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.”. Find The Sweet Spot.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

As new markets keep reaching out and needing PR representation, her team is ready to jump in. What are some of the differences in building a communications strategy on a national level compared to a local level? The size and diversity of your audience is going to dictate how you approach local vs. national PR strategy development.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

The party room rivals any I’ve seen in the local area. I can personally attest to the fact the pricing is very competitive with other options for hosting parties in the local area. The party room is pure marketing – of the genius variety – both because it ignites word-of-mouth and because it pays for itself.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

As I’ve done in recent years, I’ve asked a whole bunch of smart people for their marketing predictions or PR predictions for the next year. And now on with the marketing and PR predictions for 2020. 1) Marketing embraces sustainability. 2) Marketing analytics enable better efficiency. “In 5) Marketers will slow down.

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Polaris

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Consider the stats: Close to two-thirds of consumers have made a purchase online as a result of receiving an email marketing message ( Direct Marketing Association ). For every $1 spent, the average ROI of email marketing is $44.25 ( ExactTarget ). You can’t email an invitation to a local speaking gig.

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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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Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

We are pleased to share the next post in a series of in-depth profiles of key international markets written by one of our PRGN partners. Faces and Markets of PRGN is a series of blog posts in 2024 that puts Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) member agencies and their markets in the spotlight.

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Marketing Local Crisis Management International 92

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 22, 2020

The Asia Pacific region contains many of the fastest-growing and lucrative business markets, especially for technology companies. Many APAC countries are still developing rapidly and offer an entrepreneurial mindset; the region has leapfrogged Western technology cycles and is racing head of other markets. Understand market tech trends.

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5W PR

DECEMBER 26, 2019

A study by Boston-based ecommerce company Databox shows what some marketers see as changes they’ll be implementing in 2020 to heighten their company’s visibility and revenue – and crucially to stay ahead of the competition. . marketers, Instagram reported that 96% said they plan on using Instagram stories ads in the next six months.

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