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  <title>Episode 140: 5 takes on Gartner’s new optimism for public relations in the age of artificial intelligence</title>
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  <title>Episode 133: Study quantifies the value of reputation</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 06:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Prioritizing business reputation can deliver an extra 4.78% in annual shareholder value, study finds</itunes:subtitle>
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And here's a link to the previous survey of financial analysts that see brand as a top measure of value, mentioned in this episode: https://www.swordandthescript.com/2023/11/marketing-is-an-investment-not-a-cost-2/ 
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<p>And here&#39;s a link to the previous survey of financial analysts that see brand as a top measure of value, mentioned in this episode: <a href="https://www.swordandthescript.com/2023/11/marketing-is-an-investment-not-a-cost-2/" rel="nofollow">https://www.swordandthescript.com/2023/11/marketing-is-an-investment-not-a-cost-2/</a></p>]]>
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<p>And here&#39;s a link to the previous survey of financial analysts that see brand as a top measure of value, mentioned in this episode: <a href="https://www.swordandthescript.com/2023/11/marketing-is-an-investment-not-a-cost-2/" rel="nofollow">https://www.swordandthescript.com/2023/11/marketing-is-an-investment-not-a-cost-2/</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 82: Study demonstrates that a trusted brand is a prerequisite for organic and paid search</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>You flood the market with paid search ads or dump money into SEO to rank on page one, but if you want people to click, you need them to trust you; the way you build trust is by building a trusted brand
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