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Meltwater adds X / Twitter “resyndication rights”; Muck Rack pitches a “hit score” in latest release; mentions and recommended reading When I first started compiling these monthly summaries – back in April of 2019 – it was because no one was covering the PR software community. Coverage was scant and inconsistent. Let’s talk.
Integrating Storytelling Across PR, Blogs, and Branded Content Public relations and contentmarketing share a common foundation: storytelling that connects with audiences and builds lasting relationships.
If marketing and PR have a superpower – that’s it – it’s the ability to train your mind to put what you think aside and look at things from your audience’s perspective. When we get down to the fundamentals of psychology around marketing and PR for technology products and SaaS software isn’t different politics.
Summary of news from PR software vendors: SignalAI rolls out a chatbot; Dazzle unveils 2.0; PRophet adds influencer marketing PRophet, which develops software for public relations that centers on pitching, said it added influencer marketing to its tool. PR pros are getting into publishing with contentmarketing.
Vendors are giving us reason to be optimistic about public relations technology – from AI that will predict your pitching success to more tangible PR measurement and attribution. Years ago, I had the opportunity to be a PR director for a publicly-traded company that developed and sold software to the PR market.
SEO vendor that dabbles in PR technology buys an audience and adds an influencer to their team. It doesn’t happen often, but we’ve seen software companies in the PR space run this play before. In any case, both of these were “audience buys” and proved to be savvy PR, contentmarketing and SEO moves. Case in point?
While generative AI is enjoying all the limelight recently there many different varieties of AI in use in PR software already. I reached out to a dozen or so PR software solution providers by email to ask for their perspective – and details some their answers below. Yet the PR software community has been taking this to new levels.
The world of marketing and PR evolves rapidly. It’s critical to keep up with the latest trends, technologies, and methodologies so that your company doesn’t miss opportunities and get left behind. . ContentMarketing World. Dates: October 13 – 16, 2020. Location: Cleveland, OH.
With the explosion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, an increased focus from the C-suite on business- and metrics-driven KPIs, and a new trend toward Growth PR , PR & contentmarketing measurement is changing – radically and rapidly. Millennials leading the charge!
It breaks the market it into two segments PR, marketing and communications ($26b) and lead generation, risk management and customer relations ($14b). The research firm Burson Taylor puts the PR softwaremarket at $4 billion , but it’s an educated guess. I also welcome new competition to the market because we need it.
Fortunately, there are several new studies that have been published about contentmarketing, blogging and webinars that provide solid benchmarks. 1) Contentmarketing benchmarks. MarketingProfs and the ContentMarketing Institute published their 10 th Annual B2B Marketing report with benchmarks, budgets and trends.
Public relations and contentmarketing are powerful when they work together, particularly for B2B PR programs designed to educate prospective customers and push them down the funnel to a point of purchase. But when they work in concert, PR and contentmarketing are a 1+1+3 situation. Never discount earned media.
Contentmarketing is about the audience. Ask any product manager at a software company for a new feature and these choices are liable to come up: Speed, quality but not cost. The same dynamic applies to contentmarketing too. Speed, quality, or cost – pick two. Give our services a try. Give our services a try.
Content that explains a new or emerging trend is among the most valuable for business customers because it helps educate prospects. Educational content is particularly useful for any category with a long purchase cycle and steep learning curve, like software or insurance. Personal/Lessons Learned. Call-to-Action.
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. It was hard to use. Everything required extra clicks.
Legal technology (legal tech) is a vertical market in which I specialize from a marketing and PR perspective. It addresses a unique confluence of big ideas around technology, data, finance, economics, leadership, cybersecurity and change management. market alone. The space is also attracting a lot of investment.
It’s been pretty quiet this month in PR software; that’s starting to look like it’s going to be characteristic for the year On the first Tuesday of every month, I sort through the news from the PR software community in a summary post like this one. Sword and the Script Media can help with B2B marketing, PR and social media.
Some sellers know their companies have a library of content but don’t put in the effort to find and study it. As Contently’s co-founder and CTO, I’m always thinking about new ways software can help people. The post ContentMarketing and the Future of Sales Enablement appeared first on Contently.
In today’s hi-tech, fast-moving, cluttered digital world, contentmarketing is one of the most practical, effective and useful marketing strategies to date. It’s an essential aspect of today’s digital marketing landscape. So what does contentmarketing mean? Is contentmarketing important?
Many of the top-performing posts are from the monthly roundup post on the PR and comms technologysoftware vendors. That roundup, and some of the reviews I’ve written, stem from the observation that the trade publications in PR don’t consistently cover technology. Spending on PR Software Growing Again, Study Finds [PR Tech Sum].
However, the cadence of publishing still meets one absolute requirement of contentmarketing : consistency in publishing matters as much as anything else. If you want contentmarketing to augment PR, social media and other marketing activities…. 8 Innovations in Public Relations Technology to Watch.
Against that backdrop, I’ve organized this year’s prediction roundup into the following categories: Predictions that have little or nothing to do with AI; Predictions that express caution about AI; Predictions that are enthusiastic about AI; Predictions from PR software executives; and One prediction from ChatGPT.
Over 2,400 years later, technology, science, and medicine have evolved exponentially, but many words in the oath are still remarkably relevant: “I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon’s knife or the chemist’s drug.
Last week, AirPR hosted the webinar “How AI Will Be a PR Pro’s Dream Come True” with industry leaders Wendy Marx, President of Marx Communications, Sharam Fouladgar-Mercer, CEO of AirPR Software, and Heidi Sullivan, President of HKSully Consulting. How AI will impact the role of PR and contentmarketing professionals.
That’s where your contentmarketing efforts come into to play. On top of crafting compelling content, the most prominent challenge is driving engagement from targeted audiences. According to HubSpot’s 2017 State of Inbound, the top challenge marketing faces is generating more traffic and leads. Case Studies.
I’ve seen a number of articles recently that have focused on a growing–and increasingly troublesome–trend in our industry: Our complete over-reliance on tools and technology. Brands don’t need to be purchasing more technology–they need to be purchasing less. I would almost under-invest in technology.
Good CX combines people, process and technology to understand, anticipate and consistently deliver a high-quality experience across all of a product or service brand’s touch points, from website to customer service. And there’s also the defensive side of real-time marketing. B2B content will become more customized.
I believe technology gives us leverage, but like Peter Thiel says in his book Zero to One , it works best when it compliments or augments humanity rather than replaces it. Also see: The Shocking Beef about Feeding the Content Monster . 3) Why I’m Killing the Marketing Qualified Lead. More, More and Still More.
Financial analysts say brand strength is a top factor According to the report, “Strength of brand/marketing” is the factor most frequently cited by analysts (at 79%) when asked how they appraise and analyze the companies they cover. This is cited ahead of leadership quality (76%) and technological innovation (72%).”
At times, technology PR can feel like a shape-shifting beast — large, fast-moving, and even a little intimidating. Like many companies, PR firms need to ensure that our contentmarketing and other campaigns are compliant with the new regs. Though the applied technology is still in its early days, its future is huge.
If we were to compare Aesop’s The Tortoise and the Hare to contentmarketing, podcasting would be the slow but steady-paced tortoise. Additionally, by having a few pre-recorded episodes stored away, you’ll be prepared if a guest cancels last minute or technology glitches arise. Get the Right Recording Tools.
When you invite internal and external subject matter experts to contribute to your contentmarketing program, it’s important to have guidelines for them to follow. The less time you need to spend editing content and following up with contributors, the more time you have for strategy and optimization. increase brand awareness.
Author Intelligence helps PR, communication, and contentmarketing teams understand how to connect with those authors in the most meaningful way by providing a detailed profile of each author, including their publication activity, social amplification, and social sentiment.
The authentic content consumers are actually interested in is barely seeing the light of day, meaning she and her company are losing out on the free research and development that comes from customer feedback. Owned media, like contentmarketing, may be more of a long-term game, but that doesn’t mean the game isn’t worth playing.
In the course of putting together the monthly PR technology summary ( PR Tech Sum ), I’ve realized that no news site has compiled a complete list of all the acquisitions around Cision. Vocus , a provider of cloud-based PR software announces it will be acquired by GTCR for $447 million. 3) September 15, 2014: Visible Technologies.
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. Data and the use of data will become the great divide between marketers producing content and contentmarketing.
Technology never sleeps! But your data is only of value if you can use it to plan and create better content or refine strategy. The founders tout the software’s “data storytelling at machine scale” to add value to sharing intel – including product news, financial data or analytics.
Everyone is doing contentmarketing these days. In fact, some 80% of respondents say they are doing contentmarketing according to 2017 survey data. You can also think about these in stages of contentmarketing maturity, though I’d caution, you never done with any given stage. Analyze, but experiment.
A few weeks ago, the MN PRSA folks asked me to present at the local APR study session on “technology.” 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.
Their Spike and Analytics solutions provide a wealth of data that can shed light on social media buzz and content performance. But after seeing demos, and even playing around the software, it was unclear exactly how to put Newswhip to work to support media relations. But what actually happens to the article when it goes live?
For many B2B technology brands, data is not only a business asset, but a PR tool. Whatever the case, B2B and technology-based businesses are in an excellent position to use data-driven storytelling as part of a PR strategy. On the other end, rich visual content driven by data can help convert the lead.
Marketingtechnology (martech) is not marketing. Or consider these comparisons: Graphic design software is not creativity. Because if martech is marketing, then businesses merely need to buy some technology. Technology is the practical application of science. Martech is not marketing.
Contentmarketing is the new branding. Contentmarketing *is* PR. Contentmarketing is the new buyer’s journey. But for the vast majority of marketers, especially in large organizations, contentmarketing is still a new concept, it’s still seeping into the culture. Almost passé.
We’re excited to realize the next step in our ongoing mission to innovate the contentmarketing, social and PR spaces with the release of two new products: the Cision PR Edition and Cision Social Edition. Let’s jump right into some of the new ways these platforms will help you meet your communication goals: Cision Social Edition.
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