ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Here are seven ways to maximize the power of social media as a brand visibility and lead generation tool. Along with other thought leadership initiatives , sharing educational content on a consistent basis helps establish the company as an authority in its industry. Build a community. Offer useful information and insights.

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Cision

OCTOBER 27, 2016

In fact, according to Edelman’s 2016 EARNED BRAND study , 86% of surveyed consumers rely on peer sources for learning about brands and 71% rely on peer sources for buying decisions. Meanwhile, brands have their own networks — both internally and externally. However, brand listening needs to go way past this.

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Cision

MARCH 29, 2016

But if you don’t understand how your brand fits into its specific market, you won’t be able to stand out. Kim Spear, director at Newgate Communications, has helped her clients build brands in China and also worked with sponsors during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. You’ve worked in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and more. If so, how?

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 11, 2019

It has contributed to research projects, and developed thought leadership content. It was deployed without any communication with the public partnering with Southampton Data Institute, led by Dame Wendy Hall on AIinPR 2020 is a pivotal year for AIinPR as if the profession does not upskill it will get left behind.

Data-Driven PR 79

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Sword and the Script

JULY 24, 2018

This is what I call going from hello-to-marriage-proposal in a white paper download. They wanted the white paper. If you’re going to just slap the introduction to a white paper up as a blog post with a lead form, save yourself the effort and forget the blog and just make the lead form.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The consulting community seized on this and published white papers, and reports, and diagrams all attempting to visualize the complexity of the buyer’s journey. Your Brand is Not the Hero…Your Customer is the Hero. If you enjoyed this post you might also like: B2B Underestimates Effects of Thought Leadership on Sales.

B2B 66

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Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Tell us about your new role and what being an “Employment Brand Manager” means? role in marketing and communications. In basic terms, employer brand is the reputation a company has as an employer. As Employment Brand Manager, I’m responsible for Room & Board’s employment brand strategy.

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Doctor Spin

APRIL 17, 2023

This policy encourages customers to try products without fear of commitment and builds trust with the brand. To create these “zombie loyalists,” Shankman recommends focusing on exceptional customer service, going above and beyond to ensure every customer has a positive experience with your brand. McGraw-Hill Education.

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Beyond PR

MARCH 3, 2016

Thought leadership: it’s vital to brands big and small, established and new. For instance, PR Newswire members who subscribe to ProfNet use its free community site ProfNet Connect to create custom expert profiles and interact with other users. This can be a LinkedIn profile or something similar.

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Beyond PR

MARCH 25, 2016

“Advocacy marketing” and “advocate marketing” have become popular buzzwords in the marketing community over the past few years. In my previous blog posts about advocacy marketing, I looked at how advocacy content can benefit your brand and how to start sharing your customers’ love. They yearn for community. Immediately.

Marketing 40

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 15, 2018

The most popular trends recognized by the survey for the next 12 months included storytelling at 79%, content marketing (71%) and thought leadership (67%). For myself, I wanted to show that the JOTW network was a valuable resource, and a way to engage with communication professionals.”. “For Anything is Easy if You Try Hard Enough.

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5W PR

APRIL 18, 2024

Here, social platforms like LinkedIn operate as the new arenas for generating leads and raising brand awareness. Thought leadership Post thought-provoking articles that shine a light on the company’s expertise and unique perspectives on industry trends and challenges. They crave a variety of engaging formats.

B2B 78

B2B Media LinkedIn Infographics 78

Stern + Associates

AUGUST 13, 2014

Thought leadership is critical to brand differentiation and business growth – and core to effective communications strategies, particularly in today’s complex, crowded and commoditized world. Sales Reps – Thought Leadership Rainmakers. But it’s also increasingly important to lead generation and sales. It’s education.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 28, 2017

A great PR campaign can generate positive brand awareness, which is clearly desirable. The brand may play only a small role in the coverage that drives awareness. That doesn’t mean public relations can’t build brand awareness; it can. Or consider today’s innovators – brands like Casper, Uber, and Amazon.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 5, 2018

The trick is how to create content that is “fire” and will fire up audiences about your brand. As with any PR or marketing campaign – leadership needs to know how it will impact the bottom line. For some brands, seeing content marketing as a way to reduce customer acquisition costs is a powerful motivator.

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Strategy Guidelines Content Marketing Small Business 159

Beyond PR

MARCH 17, 2016

As the best practices in Monitoring Your Brand Across the Web show, listening to conversations on social can help you identify which channels are the most popular with current and prospective customers and how to adapt your brand’s contributions, voice and style to each channel. Content Marketing.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 5, 2019

Brands need to have a direct involvement with the influencer, rather than through an agency proxy, otherwise, the relationship is with the agency, not the brand. Make sure your marketing leadership has time to exchange pleasantries with the influencers you’ve hired. 3) What are the goals of influence marketing?

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MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

For content marketers seeking to generate leads from that new blog post, white paper, case study, event, infographic, research report, or webinar, here are 33 ways to ensure that your content is found, downloaded, clicked-on and consumed. Here's how: 33 Content Marketing Promotion Ideas.

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Shift Communications

MAY 14, 2015

And as B2B brands prepare for the future, what does doing it “well” look like on the surface and how is “well” defined? In essence I wanted to know how they are using their most public face (their website) when marketing their brands. I combined that with a review of the newsroom portions of their sites and their social profiles.

B2B 60

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Landis PR

JANUARY 3, 2022

From a communications standpoint, this means that brands must continue to be thoughtful and authentic in their words and, most importantly, actions.”. I predict that brands that are able to evoke comfort, reassurance, normalcy and authenticity will excel this year. In the U.S., And we advisers must guide them in that path.

Trends 52

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Simply roundup a handful of the best news articles and blog posts from other credible sources – that are relevant to your community – and weave a promotion for your webinar into the content. Any social media community manager worth their paycheck should already have a list of Twitter hashtags to use. 1) Publish a monthly roundup post.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 23, 2020

For young practitioners especially, it’s heady to have bragging rights about working with brands like Starbucks, Apple, or Netflix. For many firms, consumer work typically offered lower margins, and the PR budget was at the end of the brand food chain, but the glamor factor made up for that, or so we thought.

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ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

. “I could envision the benefits, as a Canadian and a female (the outsized-represented gender in the PR industry workforce, but under-represented and appreciated in terms of formal senior roles, both in-house and agency, as well as thought leadership) in joining this initiative at the front end. ” #28: Ted Rubin (New York, US).

Communications 81

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PR Conversations

APRIL 21, 2016

To wit, including ethnic diversity and values, physical and mental health challenges and sensitivities, generational accommodation, and so on—embracing and respecting the human spectrum in its entirety within workplaces and communities at large, rather than marginalizing or patronizing with messaging and tokenism.

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