B2B Marketing: When You Finally Achieve Thought Leadership, Don’t Let it Slip Away
True thought leadership is hard to achieve, not because it’s hard, but because some in B2B just can’t get out of their own way. Even those that achieve it…let it slip through their fingers with talent turnover. I got a...Read More
Geek Out with Meltwater on NLP and Sentiment Analysis for PR and Marketing; Off Script No. 48: Dr. Tim Furche
An expert at Meltwater says natural language processing (NLP) is getting better at understanding context, which can help PR assess large volumes of content Sometimes bad words can mean good things. For example, the word “bomb” might have different connotations...Read More
One IPO, One M&A and the Best Media Monitoring Solutions for 2021 [PR Tech Sum]
SEMrush goes IPO; Meltwater acquires Linkfluence; G2 names best media monitoring solutions; Critical Mention adds GA integration; Vetted is generally availability This time last year was the first PR Tech Sum published after the Coronavirus was declared a global pandemic....Read More
How 2,400 Journalists Use Social Media for Reporting [And Why PR Should Get Serious about Social]
Journalists say Twitter is the most valuable social media platform and they spend a lot of time there; if you want to improve media relations you should invest more time there too Business efforts on social media tends come in...Read More
Is Brand Building Becoming Cool in Marketing Again?
Strategic marketing initiatives like brand building are back in style because the pandemic and politics have put trust top-of-mind; zero-click searches are just adding to the business case Last year, 65% of Google searches did not result in a click,...Read More
Optimism Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels Among Marketing Leaders: 5 Statistics from a Survey of CMOs
CMOs say strategies performed well during the pandemic, both prestige and budgets have grown; inclusive decision-making is a blind spot “Marketers’ overall economic optimism has rebounded beyond mid-pandemic and even pre-pandemic levels,” according to a new survey. The CMO Survey,...Read More
PR Agency Owner Started Making Homegrown PR Software; Today it’s a VC-backed Startup; Off Script No. 47: Zach Cutler Co-founder and CEO at Propel
Zach Cutler says he built a $1 million PR agency by age 28 and when he couldn’t find a PR software product for managing the work that he liked, he started developing one The idea that PR software is like...Read More
Here we Go Again, Cision to Acquire Brandwatch; Top Reasons Why One Company Acquires Another [PR Tech Sum]
Cision announces plans to acquire Brandwatch; BuzzSumo introduces journalist profiles; Forbes contributor compares PR tech tools; PR tech vendor posts supporting Black History Month There are several reasons why one business would acquire another. The first reason is to acquire...Read More
PR Coverage May have a Bigger Influence on SEO than Links
Media coverage PR earns can drive searches for branded terms which technical SEO experts say can be more powerful than even links or keywords for search rankings We’ve long known that PR can have a significant impact on search rankings,...Read More
Trust: Business Tops Media and Government in Ethics and Competence, Finds Survey
The annual Edelman Trust Barometer found business is trusted more than government, media and NGOs; this presents an opportunity to build trust through content Businesses are increasingly viewed as more ethical and competent than government, media and non-governmental organizations (NGOs)....Read More
