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5 Tips for a Successful PR Agency RFP Process

Walker Sands

Choosing a new PR agency is hard. Can they achieve business and marketing objectives? A Request for Proposal (RFP) is often the first stage of the PR agency selection process and attempts to answer those questions in a simple and unified way, creating a level playing field for everyone involved. Make expectations clear.

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How to optimize your marketing budget: Do more with less

Sprout Social

Marketers are finding it increasingly difficult to set the right budget, optimize it and keep the leads flowing. Managing social media and other marketing channels in this economy can be challenging. Do your research You need to be aware of the market conditions to allocate the right marketing budget.

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How to Create a Communication Strategy [+ Free Templates]

Hubspot

If there's an issue about how a product or service is being advertised or sold, include a representative from your marketing or sales team. For instance, if you're addressing a major external communications crisis, you may consider contracting a PR agency. Brainstorm your ideal results, and then work backwards.

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10 Expert Tips for Getting Impactful Testimonials

ClearVoice

It may be just 10 impactful words or an entire page, but it demonstrates credibility, professional relationships and ability to execute on a proposal or pitch. Even among professional pitchers and marketers, some of us aren’t great at asking for testimonials. marketing Click To Tweet. marketing #branding Click To Tweet.

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Want to Master Your Next Creative Brief? 10 Key Sections to Cover

ClearVoice

Given shrinking bandwidth, tighter deadlines and the need to parse through research, analytics and strategy documents, the creative brief is often the first thing to suffer. In my day, I’ve seen enough range and variety to wonder: What elements do the best briefs possess that can make everyone in the marketing food chain’s life easier?

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The 27 Most Annoying Business Buzzwords of 2021

TrustRadius Marketing

For many of us, “let’s circle back” is a death knell to whatever idea, proposal, or project was being discussed. More often than not, “take this offline” simply means that the topic should be discussed outside the current group meeting—which is a fair and reasonable proposal. Nobody has the “bandwidth” for that!

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Unlocking org-wide impact: The benefits of a social media center of excellence

Sprout Social

“If significant stakeholders in social sit on other teams, which is often the case at enterprise companies, it’s essential to centralize your social media strategy,” says Kate Winick, former Senior Director of Social Media and Brand Marketing at Peloton. For example, do leaders want to know how people are talking about your company online?