Sword and the Script

AUGUST 1, 2022

The volume of comms work has grown and changed, according to the 482 respondents to the fifth annual JOTW Strategic Communications Survey, which is being released today. We were joined in fielding and analyzing the survey this year by five contributors including: Gini Dietrich , Founder & CEO, Spin Sucks. Comms budgets are up.

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Survey Communications Measurement Internal 129

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

It also surveyed 1,500 respondents in the U.S. survey respondents said the following: 61% trust business. According to the survey, business was the only institution that respondents classified as both ethical and competent. Both media and government were labeled – by survey responses – as unethical and less competent.

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Government Survey Ethics Media 136

Sword and the Script

APRIL 23, 2024

The two organizations teamed up to survey “sales and marketing executives at about 1,100 US software and cloud hosting companies.” Sword and the Script Media can help with B2B marketing, PR and social media. Sword and the Script Media can help with B2B marketing, PR and social media.

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Software B2B Company Marketing 117

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The “Brand Finance Investment Analyst Survey” polled more than 200 financial analysts who “cover publicly listed companies in the United States and United Kingdom.” To understand how analysts factor marketing into their assessment and valuation of the companies they cover. The survey had three findings that stood out to me: 1.

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Financial Marketing Survey B2B 141

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

I’ve spent the past few weeks breaking down the survey results from The 5th Annual JOTW Strategic Communications Survey for 2022 (see these posts covering the executive summary , top challenges , organizational trust in media and views on media bias ). So says a 2022 survey conducted by PRWeek for ICR.

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Survey Corporate Communications Financial 81

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The top problem in content creation probably comes from the fact that too many B2B marketers haven’t had a single conversation with a customer Most B2B marketers (57%) say creating the right content for their audience is their top content creation challenge in content marketing. This is a marketing leadership problem.

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Content Marketing B2B Marketing How To 179

The Proactive Report

OCTOBER 30, 2023

It’s time to start thinking about your 2024 marketing and PR strategies. Now is not the time to pull back on PR and marketing efforts. The more you know about your customers, clients, employees, and competitors, the better your planning will be. These PR and marketing trends can help you thrive in 2024.

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Trends Marketing Wikipedia Reddit 182

Sword and the Script

JUNE 30, 2021

Following a tumultuous year, 80% of PR and comms professionals say organizations place a greater value on comms, according to the 2021 JOTW Strategic Communications Survey. When asked about specific functions, respondents overwhelmingly said employee communications (93%) grew in importance compared to pre-pandemic times.

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Survey Communications Ethics Measurement 117

The Proactive Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

A new year always brings unknowns, but this year preparing your digital PR and marketing strategy is more important than ever. This isnot theitme for PR and marketing folk to pull back. This isnot theitme for PR and marketing folk to pull back. These six Digital PR and marketing trends can help you thrive in 2023.

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Digital PR Marketing Infographics Video 264

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Brands that emphasize employee experience (EX) and customer experience (CX) achieve business growth nearly 2x faster If you take care of your employees, they’ll take care of your customers, and everything else will fall in place. Finally, a survey probed the views business leaders have as to the effects of EX and CX on growth.

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Employee Study Survey Leadership 98

Agility PR Solutions

MARCH 16, 2022

One-third of all employees surveyed in marketing and creative fields say they are considering switching employers in the next year, according to the 2022 Job Market Pulse Report, an annual resource highlighting key hiring, compensation and overall job market trends from specialized marketing and creative recruitment agency 24 Seven.

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Creativity Trends Report Industry 146

Agility PR Solutions

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Half of marketing and advertising hiring decision makers (50 percent) surveyed feel productivity would increase if their company instituted a compressed schedule, where employees work four 10-hour days. The post New study explores getting better performance from marketing employees appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

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Employee Study Marketing Survey 74

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Surveys show earned media is still the most credible; exec appreciation and collaboration with PR improved during the Coronavirus Regular readers know these pages are filled with surveys and statistics. Recently I went back through all the write-ups I’ve published on surveys and boiled the results down to these ten.

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Survey Industry Leadership Study 94

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Here’s a look at statistics across PR, marketing, and social media that were surfaced in the various reports and studies covered on this blog throughout 2020. Many of the blog posts published here are based on survey research, analytical studies or other sources of data. Content marketing statistics from 2020.

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Survey Marketing B2B Study 172

Bianchi Biz Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Taru Tujunen, Ellun Kanat – Finland We are pleased to share the next post in a series of in-depth profiles of key international markets written by one of our PRGN partners. Faces and Markets of PRGN is a series of blog posts in 2024 that puts Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) member agencies and their markets in the spotlight.

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Marketing Radio Automotive Television 99

Sword and the Script

JUNE 21, 2022

When the economy goes south, that room goes quiet which offers a marked advantage for businesses that maintain their marketing and PR budgets. . Seventy percent of academic economists surveyed by the Financial Times and 60% of CEOs surveyed by the Conference Board. Influence of the Pandemic on Marketing Budgets in a Recesssion.

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Marketing Survey Financial B2B 134

5W PR

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Prioritizing customer needs and providing exceptional experiences allows hospitality brands to differentiate themselves in a competitive market and achieve long-term success. Employee advocacy can help in generating brand ambassadors. Engaged and passionate employees serving as powerful brand ambassadors.

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Branding Brand Storytelling Employee 78

Sword and the Script

JUNE 27, 2023

A survey by the sales consultancy The Bridge Group found SDRs in B2B average 104 outreach activities leading to 3.6 A survey by the sales consultancy The Bridge Group found SDRs in B2B average 104 outreach activities leading to 3.6 With that in mind, it’s worth examining the relationship your own marketing shop has with the SDR team.

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B2B Marketing Survey Groups 81

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Studies show the average email marketing campaign has a 20% open rate and 2% CTR. Top metrics for marcom and PR vary The top metric for marketing communication (marcom) leaders is leads generated while the top metric for PR is stories placed. PR agencies Additional findings from the survey I found interesting are: Generative AI.

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Report Publicity Marketing Pitching 104

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Fortunately, there are several new studies that have been published about content marketing, blogging and webinars that provide solid benchmarks. 1) Content marketing benchmarks. MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute published their 10 th Annual B2B Marketing report with benchmarks, budgets and trends.

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Content Marketing Study Blogging Marketing 135

Onclusive

AUGUST 10, 2021

Great content lies at the heart of everything communications does, including employee and leadership communications and PR. What do your key stakeholders, including employees, customers, shareholders and analysts, care about the most? Elizabeth Barrett. VP Research, Gartner. Another effective strategy is localizing your content.

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Strategy Survey Automotive Data 418

Communications Conversations

MARCH 6, 2020

Employees hold all the cards. Employers need to adapt in terms of what employees really want in the new economy. According to Ragan’s 2020 Salary and Workplace Culture Survey , employers seem to be going through the motions when it comes to attracting and retaining key talent. We’re facing a shortage of talent.

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Employee Insurance Insurance Real Estate 78

Sword and the Script

JULY 19, 2016

Marketers are reporting better results stemming from content marketing. That’s according to a recent survey published by Ascend2 titled 2016 State of Content Marketing Survey Summary Report. The survey demographics suggest the respondents were fairly senior with 57% holding director titles or above.

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Survey Content Marketing Marketing B2B 60

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 30, 2022

Time was, we’d have a full-blown PR strategy meeting, and employee recruitment would be in an internal comms section, reduced to a single bullet point in a slide deck. For any organization that prizes an engaged workforce and recruitment of talented and committed employees, their image as an employer is a make-or-break proposition.

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Branding Brand Employee Engineering 333

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Communicators found their influence grew with executives, even as the functions they performed evolved in 2022; PR and marketing alike battled to win trust amid clutter, noise and skepticism. Every year I read and write about dozens of reports on B2B marketing and PR. 12% say competing go-to-market strategy or goals (KPIs).

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B2B Marketing Survey Software 113

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

This B2B marketing pitfall risks wasting your spend on influencers – and may have implications for social advertising, email marketing and even internal communications The use of influencers is on the rise in B2B marketing. If you pick your influencers correctly, you can accelerate awareness and leadgen.

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Social Media Study B2B Media 150

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 9, 2022

3) lack of employee experience (25%). Those findings stem from the recently released fifth annual JOTW Strategic Communications Survey for 2022. Karen was one of five contributors to this year’s survey – helping to both draft questions and analyze the results. Lack of employee experience”. 25% lack of employee experience.

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Communications Survey Employee Measurement 145

Sword and the Script

JUNE 4, 2022

It was a nascent consulting firm I had joined just four months earlier as the second or third employee (I can’t remember which). Nearly two decades later, Ned and I would team up to survey his subscribers for the annual JOTW Communications survey. Now in its fifth year, the survey is open to respondents.

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Survey Public Affairs Government Community 78

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Marketing and PR predictions aren’t merely forecasts, but often a reflection of our aspirations and perhaps advice – mistakes we’ve made we’d like to help others avoid. “Be Pay to pay, content grows; influencer marketing cools. “I d) Influencer marketing to cool off as far as the amounts of money companies are paying influencers.”.

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Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 187

Sword and the Script

MARCH 5, 2019

Influencer marketing has been around a while , but it’s largely shuffled along as an experiment. For a savvy company with smart relationship driven marketers, there’s an opportunity to cut through a very big problem today: noise and clutter. 1) What departments are managing influencer marketing? Communications: 16%. Other: 11%.

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Survey Trends Marketing B2B 60

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

It also bears a warning sign for B2B marketers: buyers don’t understand how your product is different. For example, the study found that 71% of B2B marketers poll believe their marketing is “communicating a distinct brand position” or strong unique selling proposition (USP). It’s an employer’s market right now.

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B2B Software Ethics Leadership 144

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

One of the ways to achieve this is by harnessing the power of in-person community engagement and event marketing. Not to mention that brand employees can gain emotional benefits from community interactions, which can feed into greater worker engagement and retention. Employees are vital contributors to what the brand stands for.

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Community How To Marketing Data 92

5W PR

MARCH 4, 2022

Inbound marketing aims to create content that is relevant to target audiences. The non-intrusive elements that make up inbound marketing are crucial. Inbound marketing automates the process of marketing and as a result, conversions happen quicker. Platform for Marketing Automation. Analyze Customer Personas.

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Strategy Marketing Survey Consumer 88

Sword and the Script

JUNE 9, 2015

“The biggest challenge is that we are moving from an industry that could create one amazing commercial to reach consumers to an ecosystem with a diversified channel structure,” according to Mike Scafidi , marketing operations with PepsiCo. Yet the paper also surfaces the underlying driver of the shift to content marketing.

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Content Marketing Employee Marketing Viral 60

Reputation Us

AUGUST 9, 2023

According to Global Finance magazine, a World Economic Forum study estimated that reputation accounted for more than 25 percent of a company’s market value. A recent a global survey of 2,000 executives put that share at 63 percent. A damaged image may also lead to difficulties in attracting skilled employees.

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Reputation Us

MAY 15, 2024

Employees who feel valued and secure in their positions are more likely to exhibit higher levels of job satisfaction and commitment, leading to increased productivity and quality of work. Employee turnover is financially burdensome and can be detrimental to your company’s reputation. A solid reputation reduces the cost of turnover.

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Reputation Financial Employee Survey 78

Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 15, 2018

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. And 63% of survey respondents cited budget as their top challenge – even as business and employers expected them to do more with a rapidly increasing list of things to do.

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Survey Industry Communications Corporate 80