Cision

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Quite obviously, the competition on the web has become fierce, forcing businesses and content marketers to become more creative than ever before in their content endeavors. Learn how to build a brand journalism program with Cision’s free white paper! Want to deliver valuable content in 2016? Interactive Storytelling.

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Beyond PR

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Product collateral, email, social media, demo videos, advertising, press releases and events are all common product marketing tactics. But what about thought leadership content like blog posts and white papers? The call to action in the first two blog posts directed readers to request a demo of the product.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 24, 2015

As a metric for content marketing, pageviews are flawed according to a white paper – Why Content Marketers Are Using All the Wrong Metrics – published by Contently. The white paper calls the pageview a “superficial impression of how people behave on the web.” Why Pageviews are a Weak Metric? Average finish.

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Cision

APRIL 7, 2015

Native advertising shows similar growth for many of the same reasons. Native video advertising builds on the premises found with video and native advertising. Native video advertising builds on the premises found with video and native advertising. Augment owned content with native video advertising.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 22, 2019

I suspect, given the company Kantar keeps, the survey sample is heavily weighted towards advertisers, but still, the thinking is useful. Often B2B marketers will use these to send white papers and pitch webinars but again thought leadership content is a good option here. 16% on marketing analytics. “As 66% said newspapers.

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Beyond PR

DECEMBER 5, 2017

You have two options: Promote through paid media (pay-per-click advertisements & sponsored posts). Blog Posts. Yes, I’m talking about blogging. Blogging is no longer an experimental trend that might be a waste of time. No, there is overwhelming evidence that shows maintaining a blog yields business results.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 24, 2018

This is what I call going from hello-to-marriage-proposal in a white paper download. They wanted the white paper. For many B2B marketing shops, content marketing just means putting stuff up on a website under the blog section. The Aesthetics of Text: Writing Readable Blog Posts. Guess which one wins?

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Marketwired

APRIL 21, 2016

When you think of content marketing today, the traditional way you see it in the marketplace is as a blog post, white paper, video, or some other piece of easily sharable digital content that can help you make your purchasing decisions. Hamburger Helper didn’t really advertise or force the mixtape on people.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

We attend webinars, dabble with Google Analytics and follow the latest blogs to learn how to move from traditional to relevant measurement. Learn how with Cision’s free white paper! Blog traffic. Images: redjar , Ken Teegardin , Rob , 401(K) 2012 ( Creative Commons ). Want to accurately measure PR?

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Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

Co-Founder of Status Creative, a leader in social media engagement. Social is branding, but unlike traditional advertising—it’s more human. We meet every Sunday night to discuss a different blogging topic, we welcome anyone that wants to learn or help others. Social strategy from NGO in El Salvador — love emoji on paper!

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Cision

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

White papers or blog posts that answer questions professionals you are targeting may be too embarrassed to ask. Register for Gini Dietrich’s “From A to Z: Blogging and Content for PR” webinar! Run pilot campaigns on a variety of advertising channels like Google, LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

When we look at what’s important to us from a solutions perspective—monetization, advertising, identity—all of our content is based off of those three pillars. In the early days, it was just blog posts and whitepapers. It’s huge for us and plays a key role in our marketing strategy.

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Beyond PR

MARCH 6, 2018

Considering the culmination of traditional advertisements (newspaper, TV, radio and billboards) and digital advertisements (banner ads, pop-ups and sponsored posts), how many advertisements a day do you think you’re exposed to? Annoyed and overwhelmed, consumers are fed up with intrusive advertising and sales tactics.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 10, 2019

My hypothesis is that PR agencies – and its siblings in marketing and advertising – are entering the early stages of a similar trend. As readers that read this blog regularly know, this one reason why I believe (true) content marketing has role to play in media relations. white papers (36%). content marketing (64%).

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Journalistics

JULY 3, 2013

The editorial calendar is primarily a vehicle to help the publishing staff of these publications to sell ad space for future issues since brands are most likely to advertise in an issue that focuses on a topic its core audiences will be most interested in. Organize your calendar by each place you will ultimately publish the content to (e.g.

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MaccaPR

OCTOBER 26, 2015

The near-collapse of much of US journalism employment and the seeming vulnerability of PR coincided with America’s top marketers who - smitten with digital advertising - diverted billions of dollars from their traditional ad budgets into online. Exhibit A: The Death Knell of “Advertising’?

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MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

In that rush of adrenaline to immediately promote your new e-book or video ASAP, content marketers risk the opportunity to be creative with promotion. Blog - If you maintain a blog, craft a post (or two) that relates to your new content offer with a call-to-action button at the end inviting readers to your landing page.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Simply roundup a handful of the best news articles and blog posts from other credible sources – that are relevant to your community – and weave a promotion for your webinar into the content. This becomes a theme or column for a monthly blog post. . — Jeff Perkins (@jeffperkins8) December 7, 2016. 1) Publish a monthly roundup post.

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Beyond PR

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

writes the author of our white paper How to Make Sure the Media Gets Your Story Straight. You’re not paying for coverage—that’s what advertising is for. Author Amanda Hicken is a senior marketing manager at Cision, where she directs the demand generation content strategy for PR Newswire’s and Cision’s blogs.

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PR Fuel

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

You must always focus on finding a creative news angle. It shouldn’t read like an advertisement for your product. Be creative. It might work for a white paper, but press releases need to be direct and up front with their intentions. Otherwise, what the heck are you writing about? Sucks, doesn’t it?

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Shift Communications

APRIL 2, 2015

It’s hard to miss all the articles and blog posts about how the PR industry is changing, how it’s integrating with new skill sets. It means it’s time to get creative. Creating content – whether it’s a white paper, an Infographic or original research – can help make news for us. The Moz Blog. The Wordstream Blog.

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Marketing Data-Driven PR Analytics Training 60

Doctor Spin

APRIL 17, 2023

Here’s a list of creative PR activities that can help your organisation stand out, engage customers, and encourage them to share their positive experiences with others. Write a white paper or research report on a topic related to your industry. Write a guest blog post for a popular industry publication or website.

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Stuart Bruce

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Too often what you see is fantastic, creative implementation, but I’m left with a sense of ‘why’? It’s also alarming that so many in-house and agency PR professionals claim to get their ‘training’ from expert blogs. These people didn’t learn it from a blog. Digital PR training.

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Beyond PR

JULY 21, 2016

It’s no longer about a single campaign, blog post, press release, or advertisement. Marketing can’t function without IT, customer service issues are broadcast in social media and internal memos about product launches or recalls are shared within nanoseconds to media outlets,” reads our latest white paper How Buyer 2.0

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Beyond PR

AUGUST 3, 2016

And, as our white paper Expanding Engagement & Inspiring Action with Your Next Product Launch explores, an opportunity to establish your company as a credible industry influencer. As my products’ champion, I use a combination of creativity, analytics and persistence to secure that support.”. Another challenge?

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Cision

MAY 21, 2015

Now, plug in those headphones because it’s time to learn together about online business, entrepreneurship, internet marketing, audience building, passive income, blogging, list building, virtual assistants, startups, search engine optimization, email marketing and so much more. 10) Amy Porterfield. Online Marketing Made Easy. 17) Mitch Joel.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 11, 2015

Odds are that you’ve heard someone say that PR can’t be quantified, or social media ROI can’t be measured, or that a media impression or social post generated an advertising value equivalent (AVE) of hundreds of thousands (or millions) of dollars. Do media impressions have a loftier purpose than advertising or marketing?

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ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

Your blog is just not working and you’re wondering why. And they all blog. His personal blog is PR Studies and he edits a magazine called Behind the Spin. Author of 27 Blogging from Paradise books. You have a belief in the essential goodness of human nature. Still reading? One Where Good Guys Win. I wrote: 1.

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Beyond PR

AUGUST 4, 2016

Instagram only allows links in a post when it’s a paid advertisement. Pin a blog post with a quote graphic. At PR Newswire (and especially for our senior creative manager Jamie Heckler!), We’ll collect your replies over the next few weeks and then select some of them to feature in a blog post on the Cision blog.

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PR Conversations

APRIL 21, 2016

As Kirstene Stewart states, “Homogeneity is a creativity killer.” Go ahead and laugh at my “creativity” because if you think too hard about it you might just cry instead.). I would suggest not just for employees, but also for communication teams. Stage-managing communications to internal performers and audiences.

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