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3 Studies with Benchmarks for Content Marketing, Blogging and Webinars [UML]

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Fortunately, there are several new studies that have been published about content marketing, blogging and webinars that provide solid benchmarks. 1) Content marketing benchmarks. MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute published their 10 th Annual B2B Marketing report with benchmarks, budgets and trends.

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Scale Content Marketing: Employees are the Secret

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The top challenges and goals identified in the survey – producing quality content consumers find engaging – are consistent with other content marketing studies. Yet the paper also surfaces the underlying driver of the shift to content marketing. The Secret to Scale is Employees. Drop “going viral” as a goal.

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33 Statistics Summarizing the Year in Public Relations, Content Marketing, Social Media and SEO

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Those categories are: Content marketing statistics. Social media marketing statistics. Paid media and advertising statistics. Marketing measurement statistics. Search marketing and SEO statistics. Content Marketing Statistics. 2) Content marketing supports lead nurturing.

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Financial analysts say marketing is an investment, not a cost

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All the other factors considered – leadership, innovation, profitability, sustainability, and employees – all influence the awareness and strength of a brand. In other words, it takes a good company and good marketing to build a valuable brand. What did marketing spend to obtain those email addresses? 100 per email?

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20 PR and Marketing Predictions for 2022

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Tom Pick , Digital Marketing Consultant, Webbiquity , LLC. Year of the employee. 2022 is going to be known as the year of the employee. The first is the tight market for talent. Qualified employees are scarce, and companies recognize that they need to be seen as great places to work and thrive as well as strong brands.

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Improved Social PR via the Employee Advocacy Route

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Employee advocacy can help you make that possible. All that’s necessary to run an effective PR campaign via employee advocacy is strategic PR content, a comprehensive employee advocacy guide , and a reliable employee advocacy platform. What does “employee advocacy” mean anyway?

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Why CEOs Should Invest in PR Attribution and PR Measurement

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In recent market estimates, digital online and ad spending is expected to grow at approximately 11% per year through 2021. 1 Paid search, display ads, social media, online video advertising and email marketing will grow to 46% of advertising budgets 2. So what does digital marketing growth have to do with PR?