Beyond PR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Launching a product at a trade show can be a great way to focus on your event marketing strategy and spotlight a new product in front of a targeted audience. Avoid the tension by asking these four questions before unveiling a product at your next trade show. Will the product be ready for show time?

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Cision

MAY 23, 2017

Trade shows and events offer the perfect opportunity for companies to experiment. Even if you’re not creating a marketing campaign on this scale, The North Face illustrates how a brand can leverage other industries to create an authentic event experience. So how do you decide whether to take a risk? Know Your Audience.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

APRIL 16, 2024

When most people think about influencer marketing, they usually picture interactions between businesses and consumers. Business-to-consumer (B2C) influencer marketing tends to receive greater focus due to its potential for generating immediate sales.

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Beyond PR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Generating a stream of interesting and engaging ways to reach your audience through content marketing can be a pain. But a better strategy is to plan out your content several weeks or months — even quarters — ahead. This way you can better align it to whatever else you’re doing marketing-wise. Plan ahead of time.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 20, 2018

As the landscape stands today, I tend to be more bullish on augmented reality (AR) than virtual reality (VR) in B2B marketing. That fits more readily into the modern marketing and sales dynamic, which is still highly dependent on conversations and relationships. Help Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney Video.

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Garrett Public Relations

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Today’s manufacturing and industrial companies face a marketing challenge. Now, with the advent of digital marketing, some manufacturers are caught unprepared. They’ve done little or no content marketing, social media or […]. They’ve done little or no content marketing, social media or […].

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Creativity and risky marketing efforts don’t always find receptive purse strings in B2B, but it could well be the only thing left in “a sea of sameness.”. That sea of sameness is how the Cindy Klein Roche , the CMO for Cybereason, describe the competitive landscape in cybersecurity during an interview with the Marketing Smarts podcast.

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Cision

JULY 24, 2017

This renewed sense of purpose and drive is one of the many reasons companies choose to send employees to trade shows and conferences year in and year out. Event speakers are a beacon for events that amplify the overarching message and attract multifaceted trade show audiences.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

This effectively takes a substantial portion of the sales discovery and problem identification process out of the hands of sales – and squarely into the purview of B2B marketing. This could have a significant effect on lead conversion and the handoff between sales and marketing. B2B buyers require an omnichannel marketing approach.

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Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Kerel Cooper is not your average SVP of Marketing. In 2018, he and his good friend Erik Requidan started The Minority Report Podcast to create a platform where people of color, women, and LGBTQ individuals in marketing could tell their stories and have candid conversations. Disclosure: LiveIntent is a Contently customer.).

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 24, 2017

That’s my take on some of the data from the 2018 Chief Marketer B2B lead gen report. Analysis: B2B marketing must develop its market. A different study that Chief Marketer reported found B2B organizations are slow to follow up with leads. As I say in the introduction above, marketing doesn’t work in isolation.

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5W PR

JANUARY 31, 2024

Event PR: Manages public relations for tech-related events, conferences, and trade shows to maximize exposure and engagement. Event Management Organize and promote events, such as conferences, webinars, and trade shows, to showcase the company’s innovations and provide networking opportunities.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 27, 2018

For example, pick a trade publication in any vertical market and study the headlines. 4 Big Media Trends that have Upended PR and Marketing. How B2B Marketing Can Get More out of Trade Shows. Editors and PR people traded notes more frequently when advertising sales and marketing also traded notes.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 14, 2016

A cloud technology vendor told me that trade shows were the number one source of leads for his company. That sounds like sage advice for companies in the business-to-business market with a long sales cycle. Account-based marketing is a trendy new technique stemming from business development professionals.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

If you’re not using Facebook ads because you don’t think they work in B2B marketing , then you are among thin ranks. For example, a survey of 342 B2B marketers – the State of B2B Social Media Marketing 2016 (reg. These platforms show the best return on investment for social ad spend according to B2B marketers.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

It forced me to learn new skills in digital, it’s made me a better writer, I’ve met interesting people through writing that I’d have never met otherwise, and it’s enabled me to refine a skill that I believe is going very important to marketing over the next few years: audience development. This post just keeps coming up!

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Landis PR

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Do not let creating content become a chore. If all your employees feel empowered to collect funny stories or photos from that trade show and send them to the content team, you have engaged a content creation team of many. Leverage the content you create and distribute to inspire new opportunities.

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PR 20/20

MARCH 7, 2017

We’re in the thick of a new year, and like many professionals, marketers are searching for the next top trends to drive results in 2017. This and every year, we search for ways to break through the clutter to ensure our content reaches the right audience at the right time. 55% want to create more visual content.

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Strategy Marketing Infographics Trade Shows 46

PR 20/20

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Some marketers aren’t afraid to take a risk on new ideas, push leadership on new technology or champion an entirely new methodology. These marketers aren't afraid to take risks to make an impact. Read on to see how Ellie has helped to build marketing programs from startup to scale-up. We call these people change agents.

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Marketing SEO Trade Shows Technology 74

MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The latest content marketing trend our PR agency is seeing is the move toward less content creation and more content promotion. In that rush of adrenaline to immediately promote your new e-book or video ASAP, content marketers risk the opportunity to be creative with promotion.

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PR 20/20

AUGUST 2, 2018

This post originally appeared on the Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute's blog. The Marketing AI Institute was created and is powered by PR 20/20. This is one of the top questions we get from marketers. There is a lot of content out there on AI. Let's say I'm a marketing manager at a large manufacturing company.

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PR 20/20

MARCH 2, 2023

Plus, since subscribers have already opted in, they serve as the contacts you can market to in different ways when new campaigns are activated. If you aim to increase your subscriber base, publishing quality content (and more of it) is the first step toward understanding what resonates and what doesn’t.

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Blogging SEO Trade Shows Pinterest 79

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Sometimes, that means simple tweaks to make a generalization more specific, like when our digital publisher client wanted to share expertise on storytelling in healthcare marketing. We develop a content marketing strategy that encompasses: Expert commentary – weighing in on relevant news. Or it can be a complete overhaul.

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Flack's Revenge

MARCH 12, 2015

I share more of what I learned, and offer takeaways for B2B tech PR and marketers below. Aren’t our clients and employers expecting the investment (which increasingly also covers social media and content marketing) to deliver business results? Houston, we Have a Problem. ” and the following tweets. ” Ba dum.

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Cision

AUGUST 21, 2017

As the women of Game of Thrones continue to inspire us week after week, they can also give us guidance on everything from career moves to that creative spark we didn’t know our marketing campaign was missing. Below are 5 Game of Thrones women that can help articulate 5 crucial pillars of your content strategy. Content is here.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 24, 2018

Before jumping in, the PR and marketing teams should develop a detailed strategy, complete with goals and KPIs. Attending conferences and trade shows benefits young companies in many ways, not the least of which is the opportunity to network with various breeds of influencer. But where do PR teams find third-party influencers?

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PR Fuel

JUNE 9, 2021

These tips can set your press release and content marketing strategies up for success. Writing press releases is also a cost-effective marketing strategy. Nearly 80% of content marketers incorporate press releases as part of their content marketing strategy. Don’t let it come to that!

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Prohibition

JUNE 3, 2018

Tasked with owning the conversation, being one of the first to bring news from the show and positioning the brand as an industry leader throughout trade shows SIHH and Baselworld, the team were excited to board the plane to Switzerland!

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PR Fuel

JUNE 16, 2021

When generating leads, content marketing is considered three times more efficient than other strategies. Meanwhile, about 60% of marketers have developed a content marketing strategy. . Nearly 80% of content marketers incorporate press releases into their content marketing strategies, too.

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Content Marketing Trade Shows Product Launch Strategy 52

PR Fuel

MARCH 14, 2021

Although press releases may seem like they have nothing to do with online marketing, they actually have more overlap than you initially realize. Press releases are different than content marketing blog pieces in that they’re also written like a news story. It may be time to consider press releases.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 8, 2021

Despite growing optimism, it would still take a giant leap of faith for any B2B marketer to sign a contract for a live event, tradeshow or conference right now. Most events of a marketing nature will remain virtual for the foreseeable future. Need help with marketing or PR? Try our services. webinars last year.

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PR 20/20

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Which forces marketers to answer a vital question. Should you continue traditional marketing efforts to face inevitable irrelevancy? Chris Schmitt ( @ChrisSchmittEsq ), the Global Marketing Director at Pentair (formerly ERICO). Inbound Marketing Can Work In Any Industry.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 8, 2019

Media references tend to take a back seat to the mad pace that is often B2B marketing. In addition, the account management model many B2B shops follow means marketing has to lobby an enterprise account manager (AM) who would really prefer not to spend a favor asking for something that doesn’t advance a specific deal.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MARCH 5, 2024

This has led to less time for attending press events, trade shows, and covering stories, making B2B PR harder than ever. Here are the main reasons cited: Shrinking Pool of Reporters: The top reason cited for the difficulty in obtaining earned media coverage was the shrinking pool of reporters.

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Critical Mention

MARCH 12, 2018

For example, one of the things we learn early on in media relations is how far ahead some publications plan their editorial content. Is your brand exhibiting at the industry’s biggest trade show? Have you factored in content marketing? Want to be in holiday issues of popular magazines?

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

“Now need to produce videos and podcasts in-house – something that used to be a once-in-a-while activity and was outsourced – in addition to providing content for every social media platform and continuing all other ‘old school’ communication duties.”. Jack of all trades. Real effort into digital and social. Semi-controlled chaos.

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Communications Conversations

MARCH 3, 2015

I’m not sure I’m the right person to talk about “technology”, but I guess given my business and its connection points with digital marketing, I may know enough to be dangerous. I know it continues to be the dominant platform in social media marketing. The fall of content marketing tech.

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