Business Wire

MAY 11, 2017

The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and the USC Center for Public Relations at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism have released a new report that offers a candid look at how marketers plan to tackle public relations in the upcoming years. The only question now is how far will marketing and PR grow together.

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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.

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B2B Study Blogging Survey 169

5W PR

MARCH 16, 2025

Preparing for a future without third-party cookies represents one of the biggest shifts in digital marketing since the rise of programmatic advertising. Marketing teams must adapt their strategies now to maintain effective digital campaigns while respecting user privacy and meeting compliance requirements.

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Contently - Strategy

AUGUST 30, 2024

But with endless ads and marketing noise, it’s hard to get your story heard, especially if you’re using the same marketing tactics and jargon as your competitors. According to a study from Oracle and Brent Leary, “ 80% of consumers have purchased products in direct response to social media content.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

On the other hand, measuring some PR activities, like earned media , is far more challenging than other forms of marketing and communications. That’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing Links [UML]. The study suggests announcements about financial transactions like funding or acquisitions didn’t convert.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 21, 2020

The marketing hasn’t been bad, but most of the marketing messages have been numbingly similar. And there’s bad news for PR people, too — a recent study by the Clyde Group found that 59 percent of consumers believe that companies’ pandemic responses are “mainly PR efforts.” As the U.S.

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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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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Already, Facebook parent company Meta has warned of an advertising slowdown. On the bright side, a Muck Rack study shows PR expenditures may rise in some sectors, including travel and energy. In the UK others speculate that businesses will “trade down” to PR by cutting more expensive marketing programs.

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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. 1) Content marketing benchmarks. Here are a few benchmarks that stood out for me: Content marketing teams remain small.

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Content Marketing Study Blogging Marketing 144

Buzzstream

MARCH 12, 2020

We click through to a website we know will interest us — whether it be a news article, a video, or a blog post — and we’re immediately confronted with some kind of marketing tactic. And as marketers, we often cite email as the best way to reach our customers. Social Media and Influencer Marketing . Would You Rather? Conclusion.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

An effective content marketing calendar will complement a PR campaign to help differentiate a brand and generate business growth. As audiences grow more accepting of sponsored content, brands are using it to shake up the marketing mix. Sponsored content is often confused with native advertising , but it’s actually a subset of it.

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Onclusive

DECEMBER 19, 2019

As a lifelong marketer currently leading a communications technology company, that phrase and concept really stuck with me. So many of us in marketing and advertising specialize in talking at our prospects, customers and consumers. Call it “marketing ventriloquism.” How could that be? The answer is control.

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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. Similarly, the same study showed that 70 percent of adults say their purchasing decision is affected by content they see shared on the web. Social media professionals agree.

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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. By contrast, 95% are not in the market currently.

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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

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The mobile craze, including a rise in mobile commerce (m-commerce), has advertisers and publishers trying to capitalize on consumerism. Riding The Mobile Advertising Wave Mobile shopping and streaming are at the forefront of mobile-centric advertising strategies. But what does this mean for public relations professionals?

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PR for Anyone

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

People often question the difference between public relations and marketing. This week I’m going to talk about publicity and marketing. So subscribe to the channel and now I will tell you about publicity and marketing. The post Public Relations in Marketing appeared first on Christina Daves.

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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.” Depending on your study of choice, click-through rates clock in around 0.2

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Shift Communications

JUNE 19, 2017

Marketers, advertisers, and public relations professionals are ill-informed and ill-equipped to manage the largest change in data and privacy in the last 20 years: GDPR. An EU citizen studying abroad in America applies for cable TV services in their apartment. How else will marketing and PR be affected? What is GDPR?

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Buzzstream

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Before I was at BuzzStream, I worked with The Grit Group , a fantastic digital marketing agency run by Alex Johnson. I recently saw Alex publish a fantastic LinkedIn post about why every SEO should study branding. (It’s Building and marketing those sites to generate leads. It’s a great read —check it out here.)

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Polaris

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

According to a 2013 Technorati study , blogs are one of the most important online sources of purchase influence. If you’re launching a new product or service, it therefore makes sense to include blogger outreach in the marketing mix. If your product falls into a niche, blogs are a terrific way to get the word out to your target market.

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Contently - Strategy

MARCH 11, 2020

At Ogilvy, I was a member of the four-person case study writing committee. Our main target was the Effies, the premier awards show celebrating advertising effectiveness. We won Most Effective Agency Office in New York relying on the tried and true case study framework: objective, strategy, results. Get permission first.

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Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Adobe Experience Cloud features myriad customer-generated case studies. When I searched for case studies for the Document Cloud product in the financial service industry, I was met with three hyper-relevant testimonials without having to waste time scrolling through case studies that may not apply to my search terms.

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B2B Branding Brand Case Study 98

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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Google Course Survey YouTube 157

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 27, 2021

Conferences represent a new avenue, and one that college students should be more aware of before they enter the job market. And that doesn’t mention studying reporters’ work when making briefing sheets, where we document their histories and interview style. PR is not marketing. So, they work together.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 20, 2021

To help PR/marketing execs succeed in earning awards, here are a few fundamentals and insider tips to know. Product awards confer invaluable third-party endorsements because they feature a real-world case study of the solution’s use in the field. For info on what makes up a great case study , see my earlier post.

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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. B2B tech companies are on the right track by investing in their marketing at launch, but in order for that marketing to be effective, they need to build a full content funnel for each stage of the buyer’s journey.

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Agility PR Solutions

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Only about a third (34 percent) of Asian consumers feel that they are seeing more brands going out of their way to market and advertise to their community, according to a new study from Horowitz Research. This points out a missed opportunity for brands, given that the study also finds that when it comes to […].

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NewsWhip

MARCH 31, 2021

What happens when influence outshines advertising? As the CIO Bryan Pedersen leads MSL’s digital and innovation center of excellence that includes developing new offerings and tools, as well bolstering core capabilities like storytelling and influencer marketing. MARCH 26, 2021. Watch webinar. Read transcript. Bryan: Yeah.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2017

It’s good to know where and how other marketers are finding success. We are after all forever students of marketing. Those categories are: Content marketing statistics. Social media marketing statistics. Paid media and advertising statistics. Marketing measurement statistics. B2B Content Marketing ).

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Cision

OCTOBER 4, 2017

From online articles to advertisements to blogs to social media posts — numerous mediums are competing for your audience’s attention. BuzzSumo , a content analysis company, also evaluated over 1 million articles in a study that revealed articles with an image every 75-100 words received double the shares versus articles with fewer images.

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How To Storytelling B2C Measurement 282

Onclusive

JUNE 14, 2017

In a perfect world, public relations and marketing teams would work together more often to achieve common goals. But let’s be honest: we’re all fighting an uphill battle in reducing organizational drag , and not everyone needs to be in your weekly marketing meeting. Marketing Goal 2: Better position your brand or product.

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Marketing Measurement Trends Web 170

Cision

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Check out this monster case study from AccessDirect. Because blocking many kinds of advertisements through browser-based tools is a common practice nowadays, it’s essential to feed content to your users in a way that comes across more naturally — through influencer marketing. Influencer Distribution. About Kayla Matthews.

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Strategy Case Study Instagram Print 251

5W PR

MARCH 21, 2025

The digital gaming landscape demands sophisticated PR strategies that go beyond traditional marketing approaches. This comprehensive guide examines proven PR techniques for launching online casinos , drawing from successful case studies and industry best practices. Social media serves as a primary channel for building anticipation.

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Case Study Measurement Reputation Study 78

5W PR

APRIL 12, 2025

Recent studies show that 73% of water park visitors research destinations online before visiting, making digital PR initiatives more important than ever. These shareable moments extend the park’s reach and create organic marketing opportunities. Wellness programming has become another successful marketing angle.

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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

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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