Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 8, 2022

I’m the Technology Editor at IndustryWeek magazine. I write for the C-suite and technology leaders in the manufacturing industry about technologies and their practical benefits. I think it’s essential to make clear that technology initiatives are not the exclusive purview of huge companies with matching budgets.

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The Hoffman Agency

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Copyright : [link] , Christopher Burns (@christopher__burns) As the landscape continues to evolve and new trends and technologies redefine industry standards, we invite you to join us as we explore the frontiers of the marketing and communications world in 2024. I think a lot could happen here, especially in B2B technology media.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 13, 2021

Crenshaw Communications, a New York-based public relations agency specializing in B2B technology PR, is seeking an Assistant Account Executive (AAE) to join our dynamic B2B technology team. Undergraduate degree or equivalent ideally in the field of PR, Communications, Marketing, Business or Journalism.

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B2B Policies Case Study Enterprise 203

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 2, 2024

It’s worked out splendidly because it perfectly characterizes the approach to B2B marketing and PR I profess to clients. 3 benchmarks for your B2B marketing budget as a percentage of revenue Several credible studies conducted in 2023 put the average benchmark for B2B marketing budgets at about 10% of revenue.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 22, 2018

Every B2B tech PR person dreams of the splashy feature that will help make their company brand instantly recognizable. The B2B buyers’ journey has been evolving rapidly, with research indicating that “decision makers don’t just go to a website, add a data center to their shopping cart and check out. How trade coverage wins.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

From business to technology to media, Axios delivers the news in a way that’s quick and painless for PR pros to take in. Muck Rack Daily Muck Rack is already a valuable tool for anyone in PR, and their newsletter is perfect for not only daily industry insights/trends, but also keeping tabs on moves in the journalism and media world.

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Company Case Study Trends Crisis Management 203

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 6, 2024

New product features from GlobeNewswire and Prowly; Dow Jones sues Cision, mentions: Stagewell, Staffbase, TrueScope and Meltwater; farewell Hanson & Hunt Regular readers might be interested to know I quietly started a podcast a few months back – The B2B Marketing and PR podcast. Let me know what you think about that. Let’s talk.

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Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

I work on the B2B tech team, and leveraging Google metrics and analytics to dig deeper into a media hit has helped show our clients the value of securing mentions in niche technology publications. Here are some steps to keep in mind when thinking about measuring and reporting on the success of a B2B tech hit through Google analytics.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 21, 2018

For many B2B technology brands, data is not only a business asset, but a PR tool. What we call a “data bureau” – the ongoing release of fresh and relevant information as part of a B2B PR program – can generate strong media interest in the absence of hard news. Data-driven journalism is the future.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

B2B marketing relooks brand marketing and awareness “The building of an actual pipeline doesn’t start with merely laying the pipe in the ground. Something similar has happened in B2B marketing over the last 20 years. So, more companies are chasing fewer in-market customers in B2B and doing so at the expense of brand.

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5W PR

MAY 10, 2023

After 20 years of delivering best in class communications and integrated services to clients across the B2B and B2C landscape, the agency is launching HOW as an extension of its existing digital team. ” Learn more about HOW at howagency.co and follow us on Instagram , Twitter and TikTok.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 30, 2024

The fast-paced changes in the world are also affecting today’s traditional public relations and media environment … and the ability to generate coverage, especially for automotive and mobility technology suppliers. NOTE: ©PESO is a copyright of Arment Dietrich, Inc. dba Spin Sucks. Click here for more info on the PESO model.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 23, 2019

In B2B tech PR , an infusion of new capital is one of the best opportunities to drive quality media coverage at scale. Here’s how B2B tech companies can develop a standout funding PR strategy for their next round. Key business outlets like The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and Forbes generally wont touch anything under $20 million.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 27, 2021

Trade publications can be just as important as top outlets like The New York Times or Wall Street Journal. InfoWorld is published for IT leaders who hope to bring their companies a competitive edge through understanding emerging technologies and advances. They often break news before anyone else. Dark Reading. CyberSecurity Dive.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 15, 2017

Recently, I received notice from the publisher of a local business journal that the “People on the Move” section is up for sale. It looks to me like this change will take place at many, if not all, of the weeklies in the American City Business Journals (ACBJ) network. This is what the trend in content marketing is about.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 6, 2023

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. PR has a reputation for being notoriously slow to adopt technology – so if you want an easy way to get ahead of your peers – try experimenting with this stuff a little bit. How is it being used?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Take my agency; we focus on tech PR, with a particular focus in B2B technology. With that in mind, here are five questions that anyone interested in tech PR — especially B2B tech PR — should be able to address in a job interview. In technology PR work, there is no shortage of land mines. Where do you get your news?

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 13, 2016

If you’ve worked with or for a PR agency, chances are you understand the difference between consumer PR and B2B PR. As someone who has worked with both consumer, consumer technology and B2B companies, I can hopefully provide some useful insight – with one key caveat: I switched over to the B2B side 2.5

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 3, 2017

B2B marketing has overwhelmingly adopted the concept of content marketing, according to the 2018 B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets & Trends survey. It looked at the 870 responses from B2B organizations in North America out of the 2,190 worldwide that took the survey. B2B marketers are also claiming success.

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Flack's Revenge

OCTOBER 27, 2021

So what do you do, if you are in enterprise tech or some gorpy B2B space? Aaron Zamost’s Medium post rang eerily true to those in the tech marketing, journalism and PR worlds. It is the one that follows the inexorable march of technology evolution and disruption. What’s your Silicon Valley Time? Wikimedia Commons.

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Flack's Revenge

OCTOBER 27, 2021

So what do you do, if you are in enterprise tech or some gorpy B2B space? Aaron Zamost’s Medium post rang eerily true for those in the tech marketing, journalism and PR worlds. It is the one that follows the inexorable march of technology evolution and disruption. What’s your Silicon Valley Time? Wikimedia Commons.

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Enterprise Big Data Technology Analysis 156

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The Pew Research article refers to this as a decline in “bothsidesism” in journalism, which sounds to me like a euphemism coined in PR circles. Politics, bias and B2B tech. It has less of an impact in my focus areas of B2B technology – but it’s not zero. Responsibility to stay informed about technology.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 16, 2022

On the electrification side, it has been interesting to see how it is being integrated with so-called traditional technologies like hydraulics as well as how those technologies are continuing to advance and remain a vital source of power even as electrification increases. Describe the craziest or most fun story you have written.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Among a few of the eccentric companies, even pseudo competitors – those with a bit of overlapping technology – were persona non grata on company pages, blogs, press releases, reports and so on. Is this applicable in B2B marketing as well? A few that take this to the other extreme in the hopes of capturing branded search traffic.

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Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Source: Journal of Communication 1 Botan, C., & Taylor, M. Journal of Communication, 54, 645–661. Source: Journal of Accounting and Economics 5 Brown, L., Journal of Accounting and Economics. Source: International Journal of Business Communication 9 Mishra, K., Journal of Marketing, 80, 122 – 145.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 18, 2021

30% said, “new technologies that are helping businesses and consumers.”. It found that Forbes , Business Insider and The Wall Street Journal are the most pitched publications in the U.S. The Wall Street Journal 80%. Some of the story angles they are looking for this year include: 46% said, “new angles for COVID-19 coverage.”.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 31, 2023

These podcasts range widely in length and topic focus, but together, they can keep supplier executives informed on the latest industry news, technologies and trends. Fuller Speed Ahead: FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller’s deep dive interview show features top thought leaders in trucking, freight, supply chain and technology.

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Transportation Automotive Mobile Interviews 86

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 1, 2023

Meltwater’s generative AI capabilities are built on OpenAI technology, though the company has made it’s own investments in AI. Notified enhances investor relations platform Notified said it has “made significant investments” in its investor relations event technology and services team. The product is only available in the UK presently.

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Cision

JANUARY 2, 2018

People with a background in journalism understand what type of content will grab readers’ attention; they also know how to build a compelling brand voice and how to tell a story in a few words. Journalism teaches writers to pivot and learn quickly when new technologies or angles change a story. About Dan Curran.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JUNE 6, 2022

Sure, there are short terms issues like strained supply chains and parts shortages that we talk about today, but the on-going conversation continues to focus on truck equipment, technology and services that bolster sustainability efforts. Every B2B story is about people putting their time and energy into solving someone else’s problem.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

I recently took over the role as editor of Fleet Maintenance , a B2B magazine and website focused on providing commercial vehicle fleets and shops with the latest information on tools and maintenance trends. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? That’s a great message for any leader. I used the G.I.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. be the year that some SaaS vendor figures out how to manage and market B2B influencer marketing at scale. Local news and indy journalism more trusted. “I

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

It’s great to see how safety technologies and creature comforts have evolved in the vehicles that we ultimately rely on to bring us our goods. Our Commercial Vehicle Group also won editorial excellence awards for investigative journalism, a technology article on hydrogen trucks, and editorial use of data.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

While the shrinking number of media outlets affects the potential pitch opportunities for all PR people, the negative impact is less pronounced for the business-to-business front, where trade journals are generally faring better than newspapers. Media Relations, Earned Media & the PESO© Model. dba Spin Sucks.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JULY 10, 2023

No offense to those in that arena, but I think we have an overabundance of journalism aimed at investors or B2B audiences; I don’t think we have enough for the people who aren’t ready for all the changes coming their way soon, like EV charging or subscription features.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

4) Emphasis on professional journalism. Also, see these related posts: How to Generate Media Referenceable B2B Customers with a Blog. 10 Fundamentals for Successful B2B Media Interviews. 6) Technology that will change reporting. 26% said “better and cheaper video production technology;”. Comment: Amen.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2019

For B2B product companies that number came in at 7.1% and for B2B services it was 10.1%. Read more: 6 Benchmarks from a Survey of CMOs through the Lenses of B2B Marketing. Most people find independent journalism and earned media to be the most credible source of information. 9) Senior marketers expect budgets to grow.

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