Post by: IBA International in Monthly Roundup
As we enter the summer months many will be having holidays, looking forward to a few relaxing days off – and maybe staying in some new locations given the current international travel restrictions! Often working around annual leaves in the…
Post by: IBA International in Comment The Spin Bin
The coronavirus pandemic has forced us all to pause and take stock of our lives over the past few months. Socializing with friends, visiting family members and jetting off on holiday are things we’ve all taken for granted at some…
Post by: IBA International in Strategy
The traditional retainer and timesheet-based approach to PR and associated reporting is beginning to creak and will only continue to do so as marketing budgets come under pressure in the current global environment. Recent stats show only seven percent of…
Post by: IBA International in Strategy
Traditional bricks and mortar PR agencies just don’t get it. Their traditional line of ‘we know the journalist’ was falling down pre-COVID and has almost certainly jumped off a cliff post-COVID. These PR agencies lead with their ‘contacts’ first –…
Post by: IBA International in Strategy
Where Twitter and Facebook are today routinely used by Hollywood celebrities, politicians and activists to call out rivals and engage in ‘cancel culture’, this is in marked contrast to B2B social activities. B2B social media used across Twitter, LinkedIn and…
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Businesses have several key decisions to weigh up as countries around the world begin to relax lockdown measures and draw up plans to kickstart their economies – and that includes the approach they take to launch new marketing campaigns. For…
Post by: IBA International in Monthly Roundup
Whether lockdown has felt like a few weeks or a lifetime, the good news is that we seem to be coming into the exit phase – and it’s time to start capitalizing on opportunities and making up for those lost…
Post by: IBA International in Monthly Roundup
The last few months have provided one of the biggest global business shocks in the past half century, and in our 50+ year history IBA has seen a few. But one thing has never changed, our commitment to sharing knowledge,…
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How to navigate the marketing dilemma when every penny counts In this blog we examine how UK SMEs can expand into promising new markets after Brexit. Stay tuned as the series will next look into how the world can take…
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Focus on high UVPM and audience figures can mean missing key buying personas Digital marketing has transformed B2B PR and communications – and rightfully so. PR has increasingly had to become a lead generation tool and the C-suite want quantifiable…