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3 Studies to Help You Keep Your Marketing Budget and Fend Off Reactionary Cuts [UML]

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11 Apr 2020
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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You can’t control the constraints imposed by the Coronavirus, but you can make a case to keep your marketing budget It’s a challenging time to be a marketer. You’ve got more constraints than ever. Examples? First, there’s a clear need...
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Pragmatic Marketing and PR Predictions for 2020

30 Pragmatic Marketing and PR Predictions for 2020

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10 Dec 2019
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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Predictions reflect facts, experience, and often a bit of hope for the future. Even pessimistic predictions are hopeful. It’s as if by saying it out loud, we’ll ward off an undesirable outcome. As I’ve done in recent years, I’ve asked...
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Two Reasons PR Needs to Budget a Little Paid Social Budget Next Year

Two Reasons PR Needs to Budget a Little Paid Social Budget

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15 Oct 2019
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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About 18% of PR pros would invest in social media next year if money weren’t an issue. That’s according to a poll by PR Daily of about 300 communications pros (hat tip Arik Hanson). The survey doesn’t get into how...
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Paid Social Media as Surround Sound in B2B Marketing; Off Script No. 39: Betsy Hindman of the Hindman Company

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21 May 2019
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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When you think enterprise sales, it’s probably not Disney that comes to mind. Yet that’s what she did – and she managed a book of business worth somewhere north of $180 million. While the brand and the stint in sales...
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26+ Thoughtful Marketing Predictions that Could Actually Happen in 2019 Across PR, Content, Digital, Social Media and Customer Success

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11 Dec 2018
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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Prediction posts have their critics that often rightly cite hyperbole and nonsense – but this post isn’t one of those by any stretch. Instead, what you’ll find here are well-considered ideas that equal parts analysis and aspiration. As I’m wont...
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Pubs Pushing PR to Native Ads is Another Reason to Build Your Own Audience

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28 Aug 2018
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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For a long time, the venerable contributed article has been a mechanism for surfacing new or big ideas. These ideas were usually of the variety that deserved attention but perhaps not beat coverage. You can’t buy good ideas, and for...
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12 Things You Should do to Amplify a Media Mention Once You’ve Earned It

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09 Jan 2018
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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What you do with a mention in the media is every bit as important as getting it in the first place. Several studies suggest businesses plan to invest in public relations in 2018. Specifically, media relations, or earned media, is...
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Earned Media Poised for New Prominence in 2018 [UML]

Earned Media Poised for New Prominence Several Studies Find [UML]

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16 Dec 2017
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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If there’s one theme that plagued digital advertising throughout 2017, it was controversy. Fraud, questionable metrics, and brand safety to name a few. It amazes me that one of the big debates in programmatic is how many seconds of video...
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Earning Attention Cold Calls Content and Ads; Unscripted Marketing

Earning Attention: Cold Calls, Content and Ads; Unscripted Marketing

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25 Jun 2016
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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There’s an old maxim about that says, “Never chase love, affection or attention.  If it isn’t given freely by another person, it isn’t worth having.” It seems true for personal relationships, but it may be at odds with some aspects of...
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A PR Firm Excellent Pitch for Paid Earned Owned and Shared

A PR Firm’s Excellent Pitch for Paid, Earned, Owned and Shared

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27 Jan 2015
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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  “It’s one thing to pitch an eBook, but it’s a well-executed marketing initiative to exemplify the very concepts described in the eBook during the process of pitching it.” That’s my take on a marketing campaign that Shift Communications is...
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