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May 15, 2018
15 May 2018

Our Industry, Your Answers: Breaking Down the 2018 JOTW Communications Survey

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communicationsGuest Post by Scott Kaminski

Corporate communications and PR can be a lonely business of sorts. As communicators, we are sometimes holed up in self-imposed exile creating content for others to deliver on ever-shrinking budgets. Or are we? 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.

Conducted in February 2018, the online survey solicited the thoughts and opinions of 5,500 JOTW newsletter subscribers, mainly consisting of senior in-house and corporate communications professionals across a variety of industries. Let’s hit it.

Let’s Talk Money

The idea of doing less with more is not uncommon to communicators. 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. As far as budgets increasing or decreasing, 51% expected their budgets to remain the same over the coming year. Read more →

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April 12, 2018
12 Apr 2018

Where Does the PESO Model Belong?

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PESO ModelGuest Post by Gini Dietrich

A few weeks ago, Brandon Andersen wrote here about the PESO model and how to use it in content distribution. As an example, he used the goal of producing 2,000 downloads that equate to marketing soft leads for sales.

He said, “This goal should be shared across the entire marketing/communications department. It’s not a content marketing goal or a PR goal. It’s a multi-department goal.”

And then he went on to outline how content, social and PR should work together to reach the goal of 2,000 downloads.

It’s very good and I recommend you read it, if you haven’t already. Go ahead. I’ll wait. Good, right?

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Jen began her career doing campaign work in Missouri during the 1992 election cycle. After two years of political party work, she joined the office of a Missouri state senator and served as his legislative aide for two years. In 1996, she joined the Missouri Chamber of Commerce as Research Director, where she lobbied the Missouri House and Senate on issues such as workforce development, welfare reform, and education policy. She was also responsible for the weekly newsletter highlighting key issues relevant to Missouri Chamber members.

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