Agility PR Solutions

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

For marketers, B2B has always been a different animal—it’s a challenge that requires sharper focus as it’s typically a higher-end product marketed to a much narrower group of well-informed prospects.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 13, 2020

Much of the news was about new gadgets and Big Tech announcements, but there was plenty of PR from B2B tech brands, too. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) was a hot topic in Las Vegas. What streaming business model will consumers ultimately prefer — subscription or free and ad-supported? CCPA has an impact.

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B2B Trends Retail Privacy 208

Sword and the Script

APRIL 18, 2023

A study including behavioral data and a poll of 38,000 B2B professionals finds the more B2B content your “audience consumes, the more likely they are to be closing in on a purchase decision.” million B2B professionals that downloaded and engaged content on its syndication and leadgen platform. I have a few observations.

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B2B Study Consumer Report 178

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

58% spending more time researching products before making purchasing decisions; social media has become increasingly important in B2B marketing The consumerization of business technology is probably one of the biggest driving forces in the development of B2B software. This shouldn’t be a surprise.

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B2B Leadership Marketing Software 191

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 24, 2022

With its splashy headlines and viral tweets, consumer PR gets all the attention. But a well crafted PR program can have a powerful impact on B2B businesses, too. And it’s often very cost-effective relative to consumer public relations. Here’s how B2B PR supports sales. B2B PR educates customers.

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B2B Branding Brand Education 170

Sword and the Script

MARCH 19, 2024

Much of the content B2B marketing produces overpromises and underdelivers – and that happens when we consider company needs before customers “Caring, when it comes to marketing, is respecting one’s time,” says Gary Vaynerchuk. “I I think we don’t respect consumers’ time.” It’s especially true in B2B marketing.

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B2B Marketing eBook YouTube 168

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

A renewed focus on customer relationships and B2B video content are among the most commonly cited aspects of marketing that those in the trenches say are yielding success B2B marketing has seen better economic times. The challenge of the current environment is stirring debate about what works in B2B marketing and what does not.

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B2B Marketing LinkedIn Video 180

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 8, 2018

We associate social media platforms with splashy consumer campaigns, but social is increasingly important in B2B public relations. B2B buyers are often looking for as much information as possible on vendors and products before they buy, and they rarely buy on impulse. For B2B companies, an educated customer is like gold.

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B2B Social Media Media Education 170

Sword and the Script

JULY 30, 2024

News coverage fuels social media; but increasingly, social media fuels the news; shaping opinion on social media boils down to authenticity, experience and customer service More consumers trust social media for information than other conventional sources, including traditional news, business and government. Again, it was by a long shot.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Crenshaw Communications, an award-winning B2B PR firm representing leading ad tech brands, recently welcomed Patrice Gamble as PR account director and Anna Julow Roolf as chief of staff. Anna brings over a decade of experience in the B2B PR industry, including leadership roles in agency and SaaS startup environments.

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Onclusive

MAY 12, 2022

One of the biggest challenges for communications professionals is understanding how their efforts influence consumer behavior so they can optimize media strategy and demonstrate tangible business value. Join Onclusive for the How Earned Media Drives Consumer Behavior: A Quantitative Analysis webinar on June 8th. Want more insights?

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Consumer Publicity Media Analysis 195

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. According to a survey by Spiceworks Ziff Davis, about half (47%) of B2B technology decision-makers say they consumed 11 or more piece of vendor content over one year. Consumption.

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B2B Consumer Marketing Survey 117

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

For B2B companies, this presents a massive PR opportunity. To meet media demand, B2B tech brands in particular can build out their own research assets. To be successful, here are three best practices that B2B tech companies and startups need to keep in mind. But, more often than not, internal data doesn’t work for B2B PR.

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B2B Data Retail Survey 147

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 22, 2023

From Presidents’ Day furniture sales to tech deals on July 4th — and all the mattress sales in between — holiday marketing is a hallmark of consumer brand strategy in the U.S. And while B2C brands are quick to build events around holidays, for B2B brands, holiday marketing can feel forced. But there’s a catch.

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B2B How To Conference B2C 156

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 18, 2021

Here’s a look at the most reliable ways to generate content that supports a B2B brand outside of earned media. One form of content that works particularly well for B2B brands is the white paper. Another excellent way to generate topical content, particularly for a B2B brand, is through a customized event.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 1, 2020

That’s because social media plays a large role in most consumer and B2B PR programs. Fully 86% of B2B marketers combine paid and organic social tactics. B2B companies can use audience targeting to reach industry decision-makers . Here’s why. Its benefits are obvious. Integrating paid and organic social programs .

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Social Media Media B2B Leadership 344

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 2, 2020

A fast news cycle invites B2B newsjacking. For us in the B2B tech space, riding a news wave can be very successful. The announcement may mean nothing to most consumers, but for our clients in media, ad tech, data privacy, and digital security, it’s a big deal. Here’s how to take advantage of newsjacking for B2B companies.

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B2B How To Pitching Conference 156

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 16, 2023

Timing is everything, even in B2B Tech PR. Peg your pitch to the right occasion The B2B tech sector offers unique opportunities to make the most out of holidays, events and occasions in PR strategies. There are scores of potential dates that B2B tech brands can use to generate high-impact coverage.

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B2B How To Privacy Retail 156

Cision

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

When the communicator builds their campaign — with the goal of driving end-consumer behavior that generates business impact — that comms message must travel an indirect path to the consumer. Audience Insights — Understand who is actually consuming the content. Demographics (B2C) and Firmographics (B2B).

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Holidays like Black Friday, Cyber Monday and holiday shopping (for example) present both B2B and B2C PR teams with strong earned media opportunities. For example, we worked with a smart home device company and the goal was consumer media placements on the day of launch. Who doesn’t love a news cycle that invites timely story ideas?

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Agency B2B B2C Pitching 310

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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B2B Marketing Advertising Advertising 158

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 26, 2021

A year ago, our B2B Tech PR clients were finalizing their 2020 conference speaking strategies, looking forward to sponsoring or winning speaking gigs at tech stalwarts like Cannes Lion, DreamForce, and Hubspot INBOUND. The scramble to salvage vital pieces of the B2B marketing mix has produced a positive by-product. That was then.

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Conference B2B Meeting Fashion 299

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.

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B2B Social Media Marketing Media 145

Business Wire

AUGUST 16, 2023

Whether you’re selling IT management services or consumer packaged goods, an ever-increasing shift to online purchasing habits (both B2B and B2C ) and the resulting competition for audience attention are changing the game for industries of all types and sizes.

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B2C B2B Consumer Industry 270

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Similarly, in the B2B sector, this guest piece by our client Verizon Media is a perfect example of what good sponsored content should look like. . Reviews have transformed the way consumers make purchase decisions. The biggest drawback of sponsored content is that it has the least impact on consumer purchasing behavior.

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Advertising Advertising B2B SEO 334

Cision

APRIL 27, 2017

Despite advances in machine-learning and automated content development, great stories that have major economic or social impact are still consumed by real people. For consumer B2C brands and retailers, Instagram and Facebook reign supreme. B2B marketers are starting to glean a lot of insights of this kind from LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Storytelling Data B2C B2B 146

Cision

OCTOBER 26, 2015

For B2B marketers, the struggle is real. Those Snapchat and Instagram tactics look fun, but they often don’t make sense for B2B companies. Last week, around 1,000 people attended MarketingProfs’ B2B Marketing Forum , a conference aimed to teach the latest B2B marketing best practices.

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B2B Marketing B2C Employee 120

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Every year I read and write about dozens of reports on B2B marketing and PR. Trusted sources of B2B information. What sources of information do B2B buyers trust? Read more: “Skepticism” is the “New Normal;” Survey Finds B2B Tech Has Trust Issues. B2B prospects want published pricing. Start there at first.

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B2B Marketing Survey Software 146

Prowly

JANUARY 23, 2025

In B2B PR, you want to impact the decision-makers: executives, managers, C-suite Theres no better feeling than proving to your stakeholders that your media placements shortened the sales cycle. This feature is especially useful for targeting B2B bloggers, whose traffic and audience data are usually shrouded in mystery.

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Pitching How To Media B2B 104

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 21, 2025

I find fiction reading really improves my writing because, in the course of being entertained, Im consuming examples of how published authors describe abstract concepts. You can get all these posts on audio one week after they publish on the B2B Marketing and PR podcast and its on all the key platforms like Apple , Amazon and Spotify.

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Google Course Survey YouTube 156

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 11, 2020

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? Before you dismiss the idea, remember that many B2B decision-makers are millennials.

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Social Media Trends Media Instagram 272

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 10, 2024

The way we consume media – in terms of formats, channels, platforms, and more – is in a state of constant evolution. PR and other media professionals think in terms of paid versus earned media – but consumers don’t. As we all know, seamless UX just isn’t a given across all the industry publications where B2B brands want to be heard.

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Agility PR Solutions

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

B2B (business-to-business) marketing refers to the strategies and practices businesses use to promote services or products to other businesses. Unlike B2C (business-to-consumer) marketing, which targets individual customers, B2B marketing involves constructing relationships with different companies.

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B2B B2C How To Construction 96

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

APRIL 16, 2024

The term “influencer” has become synonymous with consumer brands, lifestyle trends, and social media aesthetics. When most people think about influencer marketing, they usually picture interactions between businesses and consumers. B2B influence isn’t about that.

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B2B Marketing Measurement Social Media 94

Cision

MAY 5, 2015

The same holds true with your B2B brand. To “spice up” your B2B content creation , consider these five tips: 1. Make content easy to find, consume and share. How do they consume and share content? They’re easy to create, share and consume. Some quality is essential to you and you alone. Try something new.

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Content Marketing B2B Marketing Instagram 120

Sword and the Script

APRIL 26, 2022

Research reports, cases studies and webinars are among the content formats B2B executives say are most helpful to them when researching a purchase. Nearly three-quarters (72%) of B2B buyers say they consume three or more pieces of content before engaging a salesperson, according to a survey by Demand Gen Report. 34% said ebooks.

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Agility PR Solutions

JANUARY 7, 2024

’ Influence is surely taking the lead today in the B2B space through influencer marketing. Every day, consumers and corporate decision-makers are […] The post 7 steps for creating successful influencer marketing campaigns for B2B brands appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

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