Branded video views increased 73 percent from Q3 2013 to Q3 2014. Is your content strategy keeping pace? Get the latest video best practices, from creation and distribution to platform customization and measurement.
The New PR: Integration Strategies That WorkCision
Social marketing, native advertising, content marketing and brand journalism are fueling radical changes in communication. To succeed, PR pros need a truly integrated strategy.
Big Data, Big Opportunity: Making Sense of Big Data for PRCision
Big Data creates big brand-building opportunities. Do you know how to use it effectively? It’s as easy as tapping into social media intelligence and doesn’t require an additional investment in IT resources.
Heidi Sullivan of Cision and Mike Maziarka of Visible Technologies explore the basics of Big Data and how to leverage it to positively impact your brand.
Big data—that ever-expanding universe of digital influencers and exploding number of social media conversations—can be a big brand-building opportunity for PR professionals, but only if you have the know-how and technology to use it to your advantage.
Join Cision’s Heidi Sullivan and Dave Lundstrom for a complimentary webinar that explores the basics of big data and how to leverage it to positively impact your brand.
Jerod Morris of Copyblogger gives reasons why brands should be utilizing podcasting in a big way at the 2015 SEJ Summit Dallas, sponsored by Searchmetrics.
Summary:
Copyblogger knows all too well the power of text content, yet recently they’ve shifted a significant portion of its media strategy to podcasting. Jerod will demonstrate why on-demand audio content is the present and the future of content marketing, and how this represents a land grab opportunity for big brands who in general have been slow to capitalize on this trend. He'll explain how brands can participate by either jumping into audio content creation or leveraging the best of what's already out there.
Lissa Duty tells us how big brands can handle fires, as well as the importance of setting a social media policy, at SEJ Summit Dallas 2015.
Summary: Large business entities can have multiple product lines, marketing groups and a global presence. Lissa shows us how to use social media to enhance and drive cross-department initiatives such as customer support, acquisition and marketing. Lissa Duty VP of Community Management at Advice Interactive
SEJ's chief social media strategist, Brent Csutoras, talks about why brands should be be active on Reddit at the 2015 SEJ Summit in Dallas, as sponsored by Searchmetrics.
Summary:
With over 150 million visitors viewing over 6 billion pages a month,Reddit is simply one of the best opportunities to connect directlywith your brand’s target audience. As a Redditor for over 8 years whohas run thousands of successful campaigns, Brent will break downrecent examples of big brand successes on this hyper-engaged socialplatform, and run through ideas for your own brand's Reddit strategy.
The New PR: Integration Strategies That WorkCision
Social marketing, native advertising, content marketing and brand journalism are fueling radical changes in communication. To succeed, PR pros need a truly integrated strategy.
Big Data, Big Opportunity: Making Sense of Big Data for PRCision
Big Data creates big brand-building opportunities. Do you know how to use it effectively? It’s as easy as tapping into social media intelligence and doesn’t require an additional investment in IT resources.
Heidi Sullivan of Cision and Mike Maziarka of Visible Technologies explore the basics of Big Data and how to leverage it to positively impact your brand.
Big data—that ever-expanding universe of digital influencers and exploding number of social media conversations—can be a big brand-building opportunity for PR professionals, but only if you have the know-how and technology to use it to your advantage.
Join Cision’s Heidi Sullivan and Dave Lundstrom for a complimentary webinar that explores the basics of big data and how to leverage it to positively impact your brand.
Jerod Morris of Copyblogger gives reasons why brands should be utilizing podcasting in a big way at the 2015 SEJ Summit Dallas, sponsored by Searchmetrics.
Summary:
Copyblogger knows all too well the power of text content, yet recently they’ve shifted a significant portion of its media strategy to podcasting. Jerod will demonstrate why on-demand audio content is the present and the future of content marketing, and how this represents a land grab opportunity for big brands who in general have been slow to capitalize on this trend. He'll explain how brands can participate by either jumping into audio content creation or leveraging the best of what's already out there.
Lissa Duty tells us how big brands can handle fires, as well as the importance of setting a social media policy, at SEJ Summit Dallas 2015.
Summary: Large business entities can have multiple product lines, marketing groups and a global presence. Lissa shows us how to use social media to enhance and drive cross-department initiatives such as customer support, acquisition and marketing. Lissa Duty VP of Community Management at Advice Interactive
SEJ's chief social media strategist, Brent Csutoras, talks about why brands should be be active on Reddit at the 2015 SEJ Summit in Dallas, as sponsored by Searchmetrics.
Summary:
With over 150 million visitors viewing over 6 billion pages a month,Reddit is simply one of the best opportunities to connect directlywith your brand’s target audience. As a Redditor for over 8 years whohas run thousands of successful campaigns, Brent will break downrecent examples of big brand successes on this hyper-engaged socialplatform, and run through ideas for your own brand's Reddit strategy.
Michelle Lowery's SEJ Summit Presentation discussing content creation and strategy at SEJ Summit Dallas 2015, sponsored by Searchmetrics.
Summary:
Michelle will walks us through what it takes to pull off an effective content strategy, from cultivating a rockstar content team to building content models and governance that will empower your brand's voice and reach.
Social Media Marketing Trends 2017 by SocialbakersJeraldine Phneah
Social media marketing trends in 2017 backed with data and case studies:
1. Social media adspend on the rise
2. The growth and adoption of Social Video
3. Brands adopting media house approach to content
4. Working with influencers & leveraging user generated content
5. Increased involvement of brands in social activism & politics
The Ultimate Guide to using Social Media Media AnalyticsSocialmetrix
How to get insights from quantitative data to improve your
social media performance.
-How do you measure social media?
-How to use quantitative data to improve your Audience.
-How to use your social analytics to create a Content MKT Strategy for social media.
-How to use quantitative data to improve your engagement.
-How to get valuable insights from your Competitors Analytics.
-How to get valuable insights from your Campaign Analytics.
Presentation for Social Day UK
What is Social Media Intelligence and how can you use it?
Covering: Social Listening, Social Media Monitoring, Social Analytics and Social Engagements.
The social internet is big, noisy, and always in flux — which makes it really hard to know where your audience is spending their time and how to reach them there.
So, we've done the research for you. (You're welcome.)
In this deck, you'll learn:
- How to create your ideal social media mix
- The most up-to-date audience demographics from Facebook, Instragram, Twitter, Linkedin, etc.
- When to adopt new networks (and when to ignore)
- Where companies like yours spend time on social media (and where the missed opportunities are)
Greg Jarboe's presentation of "The future of SEO in the UAE lies in the 'messy middle' of the purchase journey" to the New Media Academy on December 16, 2020.
Social Media Marketing: UNF Entrepreneurship Class 9.28.11Jessica Thomas
This presentation was shared with an undergraduate, senior level Entrepreneurship course at the University of North Florida. The topic was designed to cover social media marketing as a component of the marketing plan for small to medium sized businesses.
This presentation was delivered at Third Tech Tuesday, a monthly meeting of entrepreneurs and small business owners in Castle Rock. It is a high overview of what could be measured when using social media and a brief overview of how to create a measuring campaign.
In association with The Wall Street Journal and GoToWebinar, Ogilvy's Asia-Pacific social media team presented this deck on how to use social networks for business.
Social data intelligence, presented by Susan EtlingerSocialMedia.org
In her Brands-Only Summit presentation, Altimeter Group's Industry Analyst, Susan Etlinger, talks about how leading organizations are deriving actionable intelligence from a holistic view of social enterprise data.
She discusses the challenges, opportunities, and the criteria required to achieve social intelligence maturity.
Making the most of the media | Small charities communications conference | 12...CharityComms
Sophie Lilley, editor and Rachel Veevers, lead publisher, Bottle PR
Visit the CharityComms website to view slides from past events, see what events we have coming up and to check out what else we do: www.charitycomms.org.uk
How Nonprofits Can Leverage Social To Drive Donations, Awareness and Engagementtracx
Everyone’s heard about the success of the #IceBucketChallenge. Now the #22pushupchallenge is storming social media across the globe. Has your nonprofit been able to capture attention by replicating these types of viral campaigns? It’s not easy.
Take a look at our slides to see some of the data behind these campaigns and more!
The right PR tool increases efficiency and effectiveness. But with so many services vying for attention, how do you choose the ones that fit your needs?
Equip yourself for success in 2015 with an unbiased analysis of the industry’s top solutions from Kellye Crane.
Listen, Engage, Grow: How to Construct Social CommunitiesCision
You have fans and followers, but what about real business results? Drive social PR success by turning your audience into an engaged community.
Discover how to cultivate community across the social networks you rely on with Cision’s Senior Social Media and Media Relations Manager Stacey Miller and Account Manager Blake Baker.
See how to:
• Drive real business results using social lists and other segmentations
• Increase brand awareness by cultivating media and influencer communities
• Understand what makes your target audience tick, and how to engage them
• Develop and visualize KPIs to assess results with Cision social monitoring
Michelle Lowery's SEJ Summit Presentation discussing content creation and strategy at SEJ Summit Dallas 2015, sponsored by Searchmetrics.
Summary:
Michelle will walks us through what it takes to pull off an effective content strategy, from cultivating a rockstar content team to building content models and governance that will empower your brand's voice and reach.
Social Media Marketing Trends 2017 by SocialbakersJeraldine Phneah
Social media marketing trends in 2017 backed with data and case studies:
1. Social media adspend on the rise
2. The growth and adoption of Social Video
3. Brands adopting media house approach to content
4. Working with influencers & leveraging user generated content
5. Increased involvement of brands in social activism & politics
The Ultimate Guide to using Social Media Media AnalyticsSocialmetrix
How to get insights from quantitative data to improve your
social media performance.
-How do you measure social media?
-How to use quantitative data to improve your Audience.
-How to use your social analytics to create a Content MKT Strategy for social media.
-How to use quantitative data to improve your engagement.
-How to get valuable insights from your Competitors Analytics.
-How to get valuable insights from your Campaign Analytics.
Presentation for Social Day UK
What is Social Media Intelligence and how can you use it?
Covering: Social Listening, Social Media Monitoring, Social Analytics and Social Engagements.
The social internet is big, noisy, and always in flux — which makes it really hard to know where your audience is spending their time and how to reach them there.
So, we've done the research for you. (You're welcome.)
In this deck, you'll learn:
- How to create your ideal social media mix
- The most up-to-date audience demographics from Facebook, Instragram, Twitter, Linkedin, etc.
- When to adopt new networks (and when to ignore)
- Where companies like yours spend time on social media (and where the missed opportunities are)
Greg Jarboe's presentation of "The future of SEO in the UAE lies in the 'messy middle' of the purchase journey" to the New Media Academy on December 16, 2020.
Social Media Marketing: UNF Entrepreneurship Class 9.28.11Jessica Thomas
This presentation was shared with an undergraduate, senior level Entrepreneurship course at the University of North Florida. The topic was designed to cover social media marketing as a component of the marketing plan for small to medium sized businesses.
This presentation was delivered at Third Tech Tuesday, a monthly meeting of entrepreneurs and small business owners in Castle Rock. It is a high overview of what could be measured when using social media and a brief overview of how to create a measuring campaign.
In association with The Wall Street Journal and GoToWebinar, Ogilvy's Asia-Pacific social media team presented this deck on how to use social networks for business.
Social data intelligence, presented by Susan EtlingerSocialMedia.org
In her Brands-Only Summit presentation, Altimeter Group's Industry Analyst, Susan Etlinger, talks about how leading organizations are deriving actionable intelligence from a holistic view of social enterprise data.
She discusses the challenges, opportunities, and the criteria required to achieve social intelligence maturity.
Making the most of the media | Small charities communications conference | 12...CharityComms
Sophie Lilley, editor and Rachel Veevers, lead publisher, Bottle PR
Visit the CharityComms website to view slides from past events, see what events we have coming up and to check out what else we do: www.charitycomms.org.uk
How Nonprofits Can Leverage Social To Drive Donations, Awareness and Engagementtracx
Everyone’s heard about the success of the #IceBucketChallenge. Now the #22pushupchallenge is storming social media across the globe. Has your nonprofit been able to capture attention by replicating these types of viral campaigns? It’s not easy.
Take a look at our slides to see some of the data behind these campaigns and more!
The right PR tool increases efficiency and effectiveness. But with so many services vying for attention, how do you choose the ones that fit your needs?
Equip yourself for success in 2015 with an unbiased analysis of the industry’s top solutions from Kellye Crane.
Listen, Engage, Grow: How to Construct Social CommunitiesCision
You have fans and followers, but what about real business results? Drive social PR success by turning your audience into an engaged community.
Discover how to cultivate community across the social networks you rely on with Cision’s Senior Social Media and Media Relations Manager Stacey Miller and Account Manager Blake Baker.
See how to:
• Drive real business results using social lists and other segmentations
• Increase brand awareness by cultivating media and influencer communities
• Understand what makes your target audience tick, and how to engage them
• Develop and visualize KPIs to assess results with Cision social monitoring
Want to pitch reporters and understand audience passion points better? With Pinterest, you can do that and more!
See “Pinterest Marketing: An Hour a Day” author Jennifer Cario's presentation about why Pinterest's inherent traits and new year updates make it a must for PR pros.
Two-thirds of brand crises go international within 24 hours. Can you quickly quell trouble? Preparation starts now, says crisis management expert Peter LaMotte.
Zombie Loyalists: Mobilizing Advocates to Benefit Your Brand Cision
With so many brands jockeying for consumer attention, how can yours stand out? Build a loyal customer following that does PR and marketing for you.
See “Zombie Loyalists” author and HARO founder Peter Shankman's presentation that shows how to turn customers into fervent fans who will increase your brand awareness, deliver new prospects and, ultimately, raise revenues.
You'll learn how to:
- Build a raving fan base through astounding customer service
- Win attention by generating word-of-mouth marketing for your brand
- Drive sales using loyalty tactics employed by top brands and more!
The New Kid on the Block is Back: Why Earned Media is Back in the Driver’s Seat Cision
Learn more about the cloud here: http://bit.ly/2g0cdlU
Marketers must adapt to the changing consumer – when, where and how they consume content – or they will be left behind. Earned media is essential to your communications program success!
Join Cision’s Senior Vice President of Marketing, Ken Wincko and Sodexo’s Vice President of Public Relations, Steve Cox as they discuss how you can utilize earned media to enhance your marketing and communications programs and drive organizational growth.
Ken and Steve will show you how to:
- Uncover key trends and emerging topics to create an effective
content strategy
- Enhance your results by applying the power of earned media,
integrated with paid and owned
- Improve the measurability of your programs and deliver true
business ROI
Practice Listening: From Competitors to CustomersCision
Conversations about your brand are happening every day on social media. You may hear what your audience has to say, but are you truly listening? Social media influencers Jay Baer, Jeff Bullas, Mark Schaefer, Neal Schaffer and Scott Stratten come together to share how to listen to competitors, influencers, prospects, customers and employees.
Could Your Brand Handle A Shark Attack? Prepare For Crises Lurking Beneath Yo...Cision
If you don’t have the right resources, your brand can’t defend itself. So how can you quickly and confidently take control of a developing crisis?
Learn how Visit North Carolina’s Scott Peacock used crisis communication best practices and Cision Global Insights to keep the state’s tourism afloat during a crisis-filled summer.
View our free, on-demand webinar at http://www.cision.com/us/resources/webinars-events/can-your-brand-handle-a-crisis/.
9 Tools & Tips to Drive Content Marketing ResultsCision
Creating content takes a lot of time and effort, so how can you get the biggest return on your investment? It takes the right tools and tactics.
Marketing technology expert Ian Cleary shares nine tools and tips that will save you valuable time, solve your biggest content challenges and drive bigger results.
You’ll see how the latest technology can help you:
• Drive more organic blog traffic with compelling visuals…no designer required
• Build your social presence by attracting engaged Twitter followers fast
• Identify content topics guaranteed to be a success
• Grow email lists and turn reads into an abundance of leads
Racking up Facebook Likes looks great, but those Likes are useless unless they drive leads and sales. So how do you turn Facebook fans into paying customers?
Facebook partner and top social media thought leader Mari Smith reveals seven proven tactics for growing a fiercely loyal customer base on Facebook.
Advanced Analytics: Are your campaigns effective?Cision
Most communicators know the importance of measurement, but few know how to do it correctly. Do you?
Cision PR Edition helps you prove the value of your communication by giving you a 360-degree view of your campaigns through easy-to-understand reporting and advanced analytics.
Join Cision’s Shawn Dooley for a free webinar to learn how to report on the impact of your campaigns. Shawn will show you how to:
- Measure your impact through competitive analysis
- Better understand your brand with performance metrics
- Create targeted communication with key message analysis
- Showcase your efforts through illustrated reports
Instagram is growing rapidly, with 26 percent of adults now using the social media network. Yet, only a few brands include Instagram in their social media strategy…and even fewer use it properly.
6 Steps to Developing a Content-First Marketing StrategyCision
Does your content impact the bottom line?
If your content doesn’t provide value, your target audience won’t buy.
In this webinar, Content Marketing Institute founder Joe Pulizzi will discuss how to develop content that builds an audience, influences customers and drives sales.
Joe will show you how to:
-Develop a “content-first” business model in six steps
- Attract a loyal audience by creating valuable content
- Convert followers and subscribers into customers
- Deliver impactful communication through paid, earned,
shared and owned media
Start preparing now for 2017!
Brands looking to make an impact in 2017 must begin preparing now…or risk getting left behind. With information on key dates and events, as well as insights on media outlets’ deadlines and pitching preferences, brands can better plan, create and target their content marketing.
Join Cision’s Senior Manager, Content Marketing Annemaria Nicholson and MarketingProfs’ Senior Program Manager Kerry O’Shea Gorgone and find out how to:
- Better plan outreach initiatives with a centralized content plan
- Maximize engagement through strategic content distribution
- Avoid legal pitfalls and what you can do with your content
- Increase online discoverability through content promotion
Don’t get left behind – start preparing for 2017 now.
Meerkat and Periscope are experiencing exponential growth. Since their launch in March, the two apps have seen over 1.5 million live streams. We detail best practices for video streaming so that you can get the most benefit out from these two growing social platforms.
Cision Study: Gig Economy Media Reporting Disconnected from Worker RealityCision
Media coverage of America’s independent workers leans more positively than the conversation that actual workers have on social media, a new media analysis by Cision has found. The analysis found that while the media discusses growth in the independent workforce and its benefits for employers, workers discuss the difficulty in finding work, fears about their retirement and even loneliness.
To learn more about Cision software, visit Cision.com.
How can data guide you to success? Do influencers truly influence the masses? What does all this mean to you as a communicator?
Social media has the answers, and Cision’s SVP of Digital Content Heidi Sullivan and SVP of Product Management Tom Ritchie can help you find them.
Helping vs. Telling - the press release's next chapterMalcolm Atherton
The obituary of the press release has been written time and time again, and with good reason. The days of lengthy, superlative-filled releases written by a company for the company should be over. Consumers of information - media and B2B/B2C consumers - want information that is useful and helpful to aid them in their journalistic endeavors or guide them towards a more informed purchasing decision.
Join PR Newswire and AZTC to learn about:
Changes in how content is found and consumed online
The major shift towards "content marketing" and the use of thought leadership as a marketing & advertising channel
How is the press release evolving, and how can it be used to support marketing, advertising, and public relations pros?
What are the benefits of syndication?
Five tips for crafting an evolved release or "content advisory"
Who Should Attend
Marketers, advertising, content, public relations, corporate communicators, or anyone responsible for promoting an organization.
Lecture at Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication, Pune and introductory lesson on Indian Social Media Marketing and how it falls under Digital Marketing.
What's Your Content IQ? Strategies to Solve Real-World Brand ChallengesMcMurry/TMG
Quality content can outperform any other marketing spend over time by growing reach, building brand engagement and loyalty, and serving your business objectives. Find out how in this presentation by Kim Caviness, TMG Custom Media’s SVP of Content, and Andrew Hanelly, TMG’s VP of Digital Experience. Kim and Andrew presented this in a workshop at the iStrategy 2012 conference in Chicago. Attendees got tips and tricks on how to solve the challenges that brands face in the constantly evolving media environment. Plus real-world data to help guide their strategy.
What's Your Content IQ? Strategies to Solve Real-World Brand ChallengesAndrew Hanelly
Andrew Hanelly, TMG's VP, Digital Experience, and Kim Caviness, SVP, Content, co-presented this interactive workshop at IStrategy 2012 in Chicago, challenging attendees to test their content IQ with 3 real-world brand marketing challenges. Discover how more and more brands are taking advantage of the content marketing revolution, and find out how quality content can outperform any other marketing spend over time by growing reach, building brand engagement and loyalty, and serving your business objectives.
Illusions of Empowerment: Re-interpreting the Social Media Dream. Paper presented to the Human Communication and Technology Division/Critical & Cultural Studies Division at the 2010 Annual Convention of the National Communication Association.
eMarketer Webinar: Dealing with the Media Trust MeltdownDaniel Caridi
eMarketer’s chief content officer and co-founder, Geoff Ramsey, discuss one of the most serious challenges the digital industry has ever faced: consumers’ disintegrating trust in brands, media companies and social platforms.
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Back-to-school shopping spend is anticipated to surpass $825 million this year. Do you understand how parents and students use mobile and digital to research, plan and purchase education necessities?
Cision’s Caitlin Jamali and Michelle Vangel share findings from our study of social discussion among various shopper personas. Join us to learn how digital affects shopper behaviors and what drives them to make a purchase.
Find out how you can:
-Capture back-to-school shopping wallet share
-Understand purchase motivations based on shopper
personas
-Better drive purchase decisions with relevant messaging and
content
Are Your Grassroots Efforts Generating Enough Buzz?Cision
With so much noise online today, competition for your audience’s attention is fierce. So how can you make your grassroots message heard?
You need to fortify your communication using the right tools and technology.
Join public affairs campaign strategist Mike Panetta of Beekeeper Group and Cision’s Mark Reilly to learn how to cut through the clutter and take advantage of mobile applications, social media and other tools to reach your target audience.
They’ll show you how to:
-Motivate your audience with compelling calls to action
-Recruit and educate activists by engaging them online
-Mobilize your supporters to take action in the real world
It doesn’t matter if your pitch is well-written and your story is exciting. If you aren’t meeting the reporter’s and publication’s needs, you won’t get coverage.
But how can you make your pitch stand out from the 38,000 emails top-tier reporters receive every year? Use editorial calendars to target your pitching efforts.
Cision’s Anna Marevska will give you an in-depth look at how editorial calendars can shape your media relations strategy and improve its effectiveness.
Anna will show you how to:
- Uncover opportunities by searching editorial calendars
- Target key media outlets based on scheduling information
- Plan ahead with access to lead times and deadlines
- Connect with media contacts at the right time
Your audience doesn’t trust brand messaging. So how can you truly engage with them?
Social media provides a conduit to engage with trustworthy influencers who can relay your brand messages, reach your target audience and make your story resonate.
Join Cision’s Natalia Dykyj and Stacey Miller to learn how to use social media to build mutually-beneficial relationships with the influencers your audience trusts.
They’ll show you how to:
- Grow closer to your audience by targeting key influencers
- Identify relevant contacts using the right tools
- Build rapport with social media best practices
- Get on influencers’ radars by engaging across mediums
How to Monitor Anything Social: 2016 Federal Budget AnalysisCision
100,000 Canadians is a Huge Sample Size …
In 2015 we monitored social media mentions about the federal budget release and found that 100,000 Canadians engaged in the conversation. We’re doing it again this year to find out what they think about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s debut budget. Join us to learn how to monitor events like this yourself in real time and pull actionable insights your team needs.
Register today to find out:
-Why social media makes a great focus group
-How to collect and scrub social data for insights analysis
-How news media impacts a social conversation
-What makes the difference between a viral comment and a
dud
How to Launch an Enterprise-Wide Content StrategyCision
Is your organization providing valuable resources – or are you committing “random acts of content?”
If different teams across your enterprise business are creating content without any central coordination, you’re not only wasting time and energy – you’re confusing customers, perpetuating inefficiencies and leaving money on the table.
So how can you create quality content that meets each department’s needs while supporting the organization’s core message and strategic goals?
Join Bernie Borges, CEO of Find and Convert; Carlos Abler, leader of content marketing and strategy at 3M, and Cision’s Caitlin Jamali to learn how to create a central content strategy for your entire enterprise organization.
See how you can:
- Become effective at content delivery organization-wide by learning the keys to success
- Further content excellence through change management
- Reach the right audience by understanding and collaborating to meet their needs
- Influence audience behavior with creative content that offers a solution
To keep customers coming back for more, you need to provide a variety of engaging content through your blog, social channels, press releases and more. View Jeff Barrett's "Convert More Customers With Video + Social" webinar presented by Cision and Social Fresh Conference.
In this transformative election year, you need to do more than just get people to read your PAC communication.
You need to convince them why your PAC is important, not just for your organization but for them as a member or employee. But how?
The answer is strong, strategic communication.
Turn your annual solicitations into targeted outreach with tips and best practices from noted PAC consultant Amie Adams. Amie will teach you how to create effective messaging that drives engagement and ultimately increases donations to your PAC.
See how you can:
- Ensure your message resonates with email solicitation best
practices
- Capture your audience’s attention using visual
communication
- Add context to your message by relating to the 2016
elections
- Get specific tips and see examples of successful messages
Are your pitches getting the silent treatment?
Avoid the cold shoulder and become an indispensable source by adhering to the new rules of media pitching.
At his webinar acclaimed pitching coach Michael Smart will provide today’s top pitching tips, including word-for-word examples of pitches that landed top-tier coverage.
Michael will show you how to:
- Plug holes in your media list that you didn’t know existed
- Warm up cold emails through influencer outreach on social
- Flesh out pitches with a novel approach to using HARO
queries
Sway coverage decisions by adding in the new factor that’s currently costing you placements
With the Nevada caucus approaching, learn how Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders stack up nationally and in the Silver State. Find out which topics each candidate leads on and learn more about their policies on issues like the economy, immigration and healthcare.
How 10 Minutes Using Cision led to a 5 Minute Segment on NBC's "Today"Cision
Rafe Gomez, owner of VC Inc. Marketing, will share how he used Cision influencer search to get one his clients a segment on NBC’s “Today.”
● Target the right influencers and earn more placements
● Expand your reach by building relationships with influencers
● Grab journalists’ attention with standout media pitches
● Gain media coverage using pitching best practices
Do you resolve to drive better content marketing results in the new year?
You will need a killer content plan.
Get help creating your plan from Gini Dietrich, CEO of Arment Dietrich and author of Spin Sucks. Find out how to create strong content that positions your brand as a leader in its industry.
In the webinar, Gini will teach you how to:
Develop a comprehensive content plan from A to Z
- Choose the right types of content for an effective plan
- Drive results through content distribution
- Earn mindshare and valuable links using media relations
If your pitches don’t turn into the coverage your brand needs, it’s time to switch how you pitch.
Ian Greenleigh, “The Social Media Side Door” author, will help you leverage social media to grab journalists’ attention, bypass media gatekeepers and get the coverage your brand deserves.
Ian will show you how to:
-Skip the line and reach news organizations with social ads
-Build rapport and trust with journalists across social channels
-Become indispensable through content and data sharing
Cision PR Edition: Uncover Your Audience's Influencers! Cision
Media contacts are increasingly present on social media. Does your brand know how to reach them? Cision PR Edition can help. Learn how Cision PR Edition allows users to listen to niche conversations in real time, discover top influencers and engage on social platforms.
Media Training: How to Prep Execs for the Big InterviewCision
Media coverage is a great opportunity for your brand, but it’s important your senior leaders put their best foot forward in the interview. How can you make sure the next interview with an executive runs smoothly?
Brad will teach you how to train your execs to:
Transform your media coverage with one simple technique
Showcase your brand’s best traits with effective media responses
Portray your organization positively when answering challenging questions
Avoid repetition but keep messaging consistent
Your audience craves content, and they don’t always have time to sit down and read a blog or watch a video. Podcasts give your audience an easily accessible, on-the-go option. Discover the best podcasting strategies for your brand with the host of MarketingProfs’ Marketing Smarts podcast Kerry O'Shea Gorgone.
Financial curveballs sent many American families reeling in 2023. Household budgets were squeezed by rising interest rates, surging prices on everyday goods, and a stagnating housing market. Consumers were feeling strapped. That sentiment, however, appears to be waning. The question is, to what extent?
To take the pulse of consumers’ feelings about their financial well-being ahead of a highly anticipated election, ThinkNow conducted a nationally representative quantitative survey. The survey highlights consumers’ hopes and anxieties as we move into 2024. Let's unpack the key findings to gain insights about where we stand.
The Secret to Engaging Modern Consumers: Journey Mapping and Personalization
In today's digital landscape, understanding the customer's journey and delivering personalized experiences are paramount. This masterclass delves into the art of consumer journey mapping, a powerful technique that visualizes the entire customer experience across touchpoints. Attendees will learn how to create detailed journey maps, identify pain points, and uncover opportunities for optimization. The presentation also explores personalization strategies that leverage data and technology to tailor content, products, and experiences to individual customers. From real-time personalization to predictive analytics, attendees will gain insights into cutting-edge approaches that drive engagement and loyalty.
Key Takeaways:
Current consumer landscape; Steps to mapping an effective consumer journey; Understanding the value of personalization; Integrating mapping and personalization for success; Brands that are getting It right!; Best Practices; Future Trends
Is AI-Generated Content the Future of Content Creation?Cut-the-SaaS
Discover the transformative power of AI in content creation with our presentation, "Is AI-Generated Content the Future of Content Creation?" by Puran Parsani, CEO & Editor of Cut-The-SaaS. Learn how AI-generated content is revolutionizing marketing, publishing, education, healthcare, and finance by offering unprecedented efficiency, creativity, and scalability.
Understanding
AI-Generated Content:
AI-generated content includes text, images, videos, and audio produced by AI without direct human involvement. This technology leverages large datasets to create contextually relevant and coherent material, streamlining content production.
Key Benefits:
Content Creation: Rapidly generate high-quality content for blogs, articles, and social media.
Brainstorming: AI simulates conversations to inspire creative ideas.
Research Assistance: Efficiently summarize and research information.
Market Insights:
The content marketing industry is projected to grow to $17.6 billion by 2032, with AI-generated content expected to dominate over 55% of the market.
Case Study: CNET’s AI Content Controversy:
CNET’s use of AI for news articles led to public scrutiny due to factual inaccuracies, highlighting the need for transparency and human oversight.
Benefits Across Industries:
Marketing: Personalize content at scale and optimize engagement with predictive analytics.
Publishing: Automate content creation for faster publication cycles.
Education: Efficiently generate educational materials.
Healthcare: Create accurate content for patients and professionals.
Finance: Produce timely financial content for decision-making.
Challenges and Ethical Considerations:
Transparency: Disclose AI use to maintain trust.
Bias: Address potential AI biases with diverse datasets.
SEO: Ensure AI content meets SEO standards.
Quality: Maintain high standards to prevent misinformation.
Conclusion:
AI-generated content offers significant benefits in efficiency, personalization, and scalability. However, ethical considerations and quality assurance are crucial for responsible use. Explore the future of content creation with us and see how AI is transforming various industries.
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In today’s era of AI, personalization is more than just a trend—it’s a fundamental strategy that unlocks numerous opportunities.
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Join us as Sarjak Patel and Naitry Saggu from 3rd Eye Consulting unveil a transformative framework. This approach seamlessly integrates your unique context, consumer insights, and conversion goals, paving the way for unparalleled success in personalization.
Most small businesses struggle to see marketing results. In this session, we will eliminate any confusion about what to do next, solving your marketing problems so your business can thrive. You’ll learn how to create a foundational marketing OS (operating system) based on neuroscience and backed by real-world results. You’ll be taught how to develop deep customer connections, and how to have your CRM dynamically segment and sell at any stage in the customer’s journey. By the end of the session, you’ll remove confusion and chaos and replace it with clarity and confidence for long-term marketing success.
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Videos are more engaging, more memorable, and more popular than any other type of content out there. That’s why it’s estimated that 82% of consumer traffic will come from videos by 2025.
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1. Film School:
How to Use Video for PR
Matthew Schwartz, Group Editor, PR News, @mpsjourno1
Heidi Sullivan, SVP, Digital Content, Cision @hksully
#cisionwebinar
2. Matthew Schwartz, Group Editor,
PR News
• Leads the editorial strategy for PR
News’ premium content products—
including its weekly newsletter—
and for its digital presence
• Editor of PR News from 2003-2005
• Formerly a reporter for Crain’s BtoB
and Media Business magazines,
editor of BMA Buzz, contributing
writer to Advertising Age Custom
and writer/producer for CNN/Fox
News Channel.
4. Website visitors are
64% more likely to
buy a product
after viewing an online video ad
than the ones who have not
watched the video.
(Source: Quicksprout)
#cisionwebinar
5. 90% of information transmitted to
the brain is visual, and
visuals are processed
60,000 times faster
in the brain than text
(source: 3M Corporation and Zabisco)
#cisionwebinar
6. In 2014, mobile internet usage
surpassed desktop. By 2018,
mobile video will
represent 69%
of mobile traffic
(source: Cisco Systems and comScore)
#cisionwebinar
7. Appeal of
Online Video
1. Easy to entertain and keep attention.
2. Appeals to the heart and the head.
3. Creates better brand recall.
4. Budget-friendly.
8. Video as Part of Overall
Marketing Strategy
1. Producing the
video
2. Making your
video relevant
3. Audience
Goals
4. Video
Objectives
18. Sharing content outside your circles
My mom
My coworkers
My friends
Their friends
My fans
My customers
The people I
don’t even
know yet
19. Is your content reaching
your intended audience?
Google increased
the importance of
original content
when they
determine Search
Engine Results Page
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20. “If the news is
that important, it
will find me.”
- A college student in an article by Brian Stelter in the New York
Times, March 2008
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21. 2121
am·pli·fy: to increase the strength or
amount of; especially:
to make louder.”
- Merriam-Webster
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23. 2323
The tip of the iceberg
1% of any population will be active content creators
9% will be participants
90% will simply "consume" that content online
- Rohit Bhargava, Influential Marketing Blog
24. The Devil is in the Details
General 23%
Specific 77%
Source: Cision Media Research
25. 2525
Influencers Talk to Each Other
Once you find one or two influencers in your space, see who
they are talking to and who they reference
27. 2727
Male
35-44 years old
Income $50K+
Married
Some College
Chicago
Volleyball Player
Starbucks Coffee
Drinker
Liberal
Sox/Bears Fan
Avid Fisherman
YouTube Viewer
Food Blogger
Tweets 3x/day on
average
100+ Brand/Movie
Likes on Facebook
DEMOGRAPHICS PSYCHOGRAPHICS SOCIALGRAPHICS
Deeper understanding of end-users
30. Continue Learning
• How to grab the attention of
online video viewers
• How to make a marketing
video for mobile devices
• Why cheap YouTube videos
are a bad idea
• How to prepare for a corporate
video interview
• How long should my corporate
video be?
• https://www.youtube.com/playli
st?list=PLJxdQEkxmHFwL_Avx0L9
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Matthew Schwartz is group editor of PR News, the leading source of trends, how-to content and best practices for PR professionals. Matthew leads the editorial strategy for PR News’ premium content products—including its weekly newsletter—and for its digital presence. Matthew was editor of PR News from 2003-2005. Prior to returning to PR News, Matthew was a reporter for Crain’s BtoB and Media Business magazines, where he covered business marketers and media companies. He was also editor of BMA Buzz, a biweekly email newsletter covering B2B marketing, advertising and social media, and contributing writer to Advertising Age Custom. Matthew has helped to launch blogs on behalf of ZoomInfo and direct marketing agency The Kern Organization. He also spent a few years in cable-news precincts, working as a writer/producer at CNN and Fox News Channel.
APPEAL OF ONLINE VIDEO
Online video programming is fast becoming an integral aspect of PR and marketing communications.
It’s popular among brand managers of all stripes because:
1. It is easier to entertain and capture people’s attention in the form of a video than text
2. It’s an emotional medium: appeals to the heart and the head
3. It creates better brand recall among customers and prospects
4. It’s not an expensive undertaking, won’t break a LOT OF BUDGET
VIDEO AS PART OF THE OVERALL MARKETING STRATEGY
1. How will we produce this video?
· In-house? (In-house talent)
· Outsource? (RFP process)
· How much budget? (Equipment, space, talent, production)
2. How does video programming fit within our overall marketing strategy and how will it be relevant to our audience?
3. What are the goals of the video and how will we repurpose it across our various marketing channels, and particularly on social platforms? What is our link and SEO strategies related to the video?
4. What is the purpose of the specific video? Longevity of content?
A. Build an online video catalog to distribute via website, Vine, YouTube channels, etc.?
B. Brand building?
C. Lead-generation?
D. Promote executive leadership, employee program (CSR)?
STORYBOARDING
How to get started with producing online video that will reflect well on your brand and enhance your value as a PR and marketing professional
1. Put the video in script/narrative format, with a beginning, middle and end. Decide the number of people who are cast in the video (the fewer the better, when first starting off)
2. Create a story arc that you can adhere to the actual shooting
3. Populate the video with the various elements you intend to use (sets, lighting)
4. Schedule; How long do you wan the shoot to be? Does the content you’re providing have a shelf life, in terms of how long it’s going to stay fresh/relevant?
B-ROLL
> B-roll is essentially any footage that isn’t of your primary subject
> Snippets of B-roll used to insert into your video to illustrate the story
> B-roll footage might include shots of satisfied customers using your product, or external/internal shots of your offices, for example, production facilities.
5 LOCATION / STUDIO
1. Check the acoustics/make sure there’s no ambient/background noise that’s going to disrupt the shoot
2. Make sure you choose an environment/set that’s relevant to your audience
3. Make sure the executives, employees appearing in the video are familiar with the environment
LIGHTING
1. Ensure that your primary light source is even and consistent
2. Make sure the wardrobe of the people appearing the in the video doesn’t clash with the color scheme of the room
3. If you shoot indoors, avoid rooms with windows (or rooms where the windows are far off) to avoid the daylight interfering with your shot.
SHOOTING
1. Budget for amount of time you want to spend shooting
2. Try and do several takes
3. Take more B-roll during the shoot, to possibly repurpose for future marketing efforts/campaigns
LIVE STREAM VIDEO PRODUCTION
> Live streaming video production is a type of video production where live video is sent online in a compressed form.
> These are then immediately viewed as they arrive to the viewer. Live stream is a cost-effective way for organizations and businesses to market their services and products online.
Source: D Mak Production
POST-PRODUCTION
Create an Edit Bay in your office
1. Editing is crucial (insert B-roll footage, soundtrack, graphics, crawlers); hire professional editors either for in-house or freelance
2. Produce multiple packages, with varying running times, to distribute throughout your online network; “niche” the programming for your various stakeholders.
DISTRIBUTION AND PROMOTION
*Shoot once, distribute many model
1. Website; partner sites; email campaigns
2. Social channels/Web TV; niche programming
3. Various video distribution channels such as YouTube and Vimeo
Presumed and fixed characteristics. Observable characteristics
ONLINE VIDEO TIPS AND TRAICKS
Here is a terrific link featuring roughly 60-second tips on corporate video production.
The link features video tips, including:
How to grab the attention of online video viewers
How to make a marketing video for mobile devices
Why cheap YouTube videos are a bad idea
How to prepare for a corporate video interview
How long should my corporate video be?