Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 15, 2018

As communicators, we are sometimes holed up in self-imposed exile creating content for others to deliver on ever-shrinking budgets. A recent survey conducted by Ned Lundquist’s Job of the Week (JOTW) in partnership with Sword and the Script Media, LLC sought to find out the true status of our industry. Or are we? Let’s hit it.

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Survey Industry Communications Corporate 74

Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

For instance, let’s pretend we were trying to find writers willing to write about a nationwide charity race, like St. A writer who writes about “running” may only review running shoes. And, when they do, it’s a signal that you did a great job writing your subject line. Jude’s Walk/Run. They’re like, ‘I love your headlines.

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Pitching How To Digital PR Data 113

5W PR

MAY 6, 2020

For many marketers, the product, pricing and order pages are critical and indeed they are. But the About Us page is also important because that’s where more than half the respondents to a recent survey by KoMarketing, a social/content marketing firm, said they visit. The key focus should always be about the consumer.

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Survey Storytelling Consumer Analysis 88

PR 20/20

MARCH 12, 2019

The Marketing AI Institute was created and is powered by PR 20/20. No matter what content you write or what stories your brand tells, there’s a good chance a machine can help you do it better. Content marketing activities dominated the list of highest-rated use cases for AI in marketing.

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Content Marketing Company System Marketing 40

Sword and the Script

APRIL 22, 2017

Electronic communications have made writing so easy that we don’t put as much thought or effort into the task anymore. At least not to the degree we did when we had to sit in front of a typewriter or hand write a note with a bottle of white-out nearby. Email has made our writing lazy. 1) Words matter in communication.

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Writing B2B Analytics Reputation 62

Flack's Revenge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Many wish to continue to write off public relations and kick it to the curb – by coldly saying that the profession and/or its trappings are dead. And last I heard, the newswire business is doing well thank you, still a hearty institution supported by an ecosystem that generates, distributes and consumes the “news.”

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Writing Pitching Report Industry 177

Cision

JANUARY 3, 2018

Speculation runs rampant, but likely part of the cause of the budget crunch is the fact that it’s so difficult to measure results from content marketing. Know that there are tools that solve the content and earned media measurement challenge. Challenge #4: Disconnect Between Content and Real-World Behavior.

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Measurement Tools eBook Analytics 225

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

If you’re uncertain about what goals can inform your consumer engagement and event marketing strategy, asking some questions about the brand can help narrow this down. These might include: What is the brand currently missing that greater consumer engagement can address? You should also utilize technology.

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Community How To Marketing Data 92

Contently - Strategy

APRIL 6, 2023

The good news is that if you’re willing to invest the effort, the result will yield a powerful tool in your content toolbox. Marketers base these personas on research and data about their actual consumers and use them to understand their needs, pain points, goals, and behaviors. What Is a Buyer Persona?

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Survey Data Interviews Reddit 135

Deirdre Breakenridge

JANUARY 7, 2016

Content marketing will be more than just a trend to watch in 2016. Creating and distributing consistent and relevant content is considered a proven strategic marketing approach that attracts and retains an audience and drives customers to action. Here is my Q&A with Lisa Davis, Director, Marketing, at Marketwired.

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Survey Marketing Content Marketing Measurement 90

Barokas

MAY 31, 2019

Content must be on-brand and consistent, without being overtly promotional or repetitive. Half of B2B marketers say producing content consistently is a top marketing challenge (Content Marketing Institute) and 65 percent have trouble producing engaging content (Zazzle Media). It’s a tall order.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

For example, the 2019 JOTW Communications Survey posed this question to 223 PR and communications pros…and we received a wide variety of answers from respondents. The survey received 177 answers in total to this question. 1) “Make sure that employees, customers and the market understand our company, its services and goals.”.

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Employee Print Writing Survey 150

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

90% of comms pros surveyed say their work has changed some, and of those, 50% say communications work has changed significantly. That’s according to The 5th Annual JOTW Strategic Communications Survey for 2022 , which polled 483 communications professionals – mostly in the US. Dynamic content and regulations. Old and new tasks.

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Communications Crisis International Internal 124

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 17, 2019

For B2B companies, earned media and branded content ranked the highest. The survey found 30% of B2B respondents cited news coverage as the way they “people learn about new products online that they can use for their day jobs.” So, given the results which one is better – PR or content marketing ?

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Study Survey B2B Advertising 61

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

In fact, the top result is more than six years old at the time of this writing ( see this screenshot with the markup ). That leaves us with opinions or a tally of opinions through a survey. A couple of days ago, I posted this survey question to Twitter. blogs #bloggers #publicrelations #contentmarketing #content.

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Blogging Survey Google Engineering 119

Sword and the Script

MAY 6, 2017

1) Context marketing campaigns. The context in which marketing messages are presented influences audience perception. That’s according to new YouGov survey ( PDF results ) as reported by Ayaz Nanji for MarketingProfs : Are Ads Adjacent to Offensive Content Viewed as Endorsing That Content? 2) Context in mediums.

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Measurement Marketing Survey Advertising 66

Sword and the Script

JULY 10, 2018

Pearlstein is a long-time reporter and editor turned professor says he was looking to write about “well-run company.” He found Clorox appealing because it has won some awards recently and he was “intrigued by the challenge of writing about a company in a ‘boring’ industry like consumer-packaged goods rather than tech or finance.”.

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Media Relations Media Content Marketing Corporate 76

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

OCTOBER 24, 2023

That is, they have unprecedented and seemingly unlimited access to the voice of the consumer. But even the most successful leaders are only beginning to understand how to leverage the consumer’s voice in this brave new world of nearly infinite market data. Contact us to discuss your specific needs.

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Strategy Ethics Social Media Data 97

Sword and the Script

APRIL 29, 2017

Consumer packaged goods giant Procter & Gamble Co. is reportedly aiming to shave $2 billion from its marketing budget over the next five years. To that end, it’s really hard to sell more if you stop talking to your market. And that’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing links [UML].

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Marketing Measurement Content Marketing Survey 68

Cision

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Influencer Marketing. While consumer trust in advertisements and even in traditional media sources continues to decline, Twitter says we now trust influencers as much as our friends. This means, if you don’t have a strong influencer marketing program set for 2017, you will be way behind. Contributor Marketing.

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Trends Leadership Small Business Analytics 120

Cision

APRIL 4, 2016

If you’re like me, you probably greet articles about content virality with a healthy dose of skepticism. Of course anyone writing content or posting on social media hopes for the largest possible distribution, but the articles that purport to tell you how to make content go viral are oftentimes less useful than they intend to be.

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Beyond PR

MARCH 6, 2018

Annoyed and overwhelmed, consumers are fed up with intrusive advertising and sales tactics. It’s no surprise, 70 percent of society wants to learn about products and services through content and not advertisements. Content Marketing is no Longer a Shiny New Object. But What Makes Content Marketers Successful?

Strategy 67

Strategy How To B2C Content Marketing 67

Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Staying ahead of the game in a hyper-competitive market is vital to your company’s success. Your competitors are most likely already using influencers in their marketing strategy. According to a 2017 Choozle survey, only 7% of participants viewed online ads positively. SCHEDULE A DEMO.

Marketing 80

Marketing SEO Advertising Advertising 80

Critical Mention

OCTOBER 16, 2019

According to the Astound Commerce Global Brand survey 56% of millennials say they interact with brands weekly. Missed Opportunities to Expand your Content Opportunities. Plus, public opinion is highly valued by the majority of consumers. Priscilla is the marketing coordinator for Critical Mention. SCHEDULE A DEMO.

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Media Analysis Radio Sports 80

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Yet people like her influence consumer spending to the tune of $1.2 Such traditional marketing examples – the influence of young people on consumer sales – demonstrates that influence in the sense of marketing is highly contextual and therefore difficult to universally define. A List of Top Influencers.

Marketing 60

Marketing Study Survey Content Marketing 60

Beyond PR

JANUARY 4, 2018

Speculation runs rampant, but likely part of the cause of the budget crunch is the fact that it’s so difficult to measure results from content marketing. Know that there are tools that solve the content and earned media measurement challenge. Challenge #4: Disconnect Between Content and Real-World Behavior.

Measurement 75

Measurement Tools Journalism Content Marketing 75

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Content marketing is essential for any business in the modern age – it’s creating valuable and relevant resources that customers consume and use, in order to sway them towards then using your products and services. Are you receiving the full benefits which content marketing can offer? Guest Post by Aimee Laurence.

Content Marketing 8

Content Marketing Marketing Twitter Social Media 8

Contently - Strategy

APRIL 28, 2022

Your SMEs and other experts may be hesitant to participate in marketing because they’re not writers or marketers, so make it easy on them: offer to interview them and write up the draft. Here are a few ways to do that: Survey your customers to find out what content types they prefer.

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Product Launch Measurement Marketing Meeting 142

Critical Mention

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Doing so provides a higher rate of consumer interest and genuine credibility. “40% 40% of consumers say they have purchased something more expensive than they originally planned because their experience was personalised”. Priscilla is the marketing coordinator for Critical Mention. – Econsultancy. Analyze your Audience.

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Marketing Training Groups Radio 68

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In today’s digital landscape, content writing plays a pivotal role in attracting and engaging both human readers and search engines. This article presents eight practical and effective tips to help content writers strike the perfect balance between user-friendly content and search engine optimization (SEO) strategies.

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Engineering Writing Mobile SEO 100

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Many of the blog posts published here are based on survey research, analytical studies or other sources of data. Every entry links to both the article I originally wrote – and to the underlying source, report or survey. The list below is broken into four sections: Marketing statistics from 2020. Marketing Statistics from 2020.

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Survey Marketing B2B Study 177

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. Smart marketers pour some digital ad spend into PR.

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Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 193

Buzzstream

MAY 19, 2022

I set out trying to write a post about creating a successful survey campaign from start to finish. Here’s the thing: creating surveys is very expensive, and your success in pitching surveys for links is often heavily influenced by other news events of the day. Leverage keyword research. Or it can come from internal data.

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Survey How To Reddit Pitching 90

Contently - Strategy

MARCH 5, 2024

But finance content doesn’t have to be far from the excitement—after all, it takes budgeting know-how to afford those pricey shoes. Believe it or not, financial content for a bank can be fertile ground for creativity. On average, it takes a consumer seven points of contact to feel they have a relationship with a brand.

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Financial Content Marketing Examples Banking 52

Contently - Strategy

AUGUST 22, 2019

Believe it or not, the caution with which consumers approach money actually makes finance content into fertile ground for creativity. After all, the actual content of bank marketing stays largely the same from institution to institution—there are finite ways to approach writing about, say, a checking account or a credit card.

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Banking Content Marketing Examples Industry 111

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Many of the posts published here are heavily weighted with surveys and reports. It’s good to know where and how other marketers are finding success. Those categories are: Content marketing statistics. Social media marketing statistics. Marketing measurement statistics. Content Marketing Statistics.

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Content Marketing SEO Social Media Marketing 125

Stephen Waddington

MAY 23, 2018

My thanks to Canadian practitioner Jean Valin for leading this research project and writing the report on behalf of the CIPR #AIinPR panel. We’ll adapt as we have with social media, content marketing, influencer marketing and PESO. Today it’s much reduced like local media itself, reflecting changing consumer habits.

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Analysis Technology Tools Exercises 60