Cision

APRIL 18, 2017

If you already have a list of vetted keywords from your marketing team to work from, skip ahead to step two. If not, complete the following exercise: Write down all of the questions you are asked in new business—aka sales—meetings. Write down all of the questions your customer service department is asked.

Exercises 198

Exercises Google Writing Blogging 198

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 20, 2016

In other words, we spend lots of time mapping what content is needed, for what persona, at what stage – and then wind up sending more emails offering discounts. It’s been a trend in content marketing too. B2B marketers seem to think that buying content by the pound and then throwing it at Google is the path to scale.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Marketing B2B Small Business 60

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 company provides the combination of a talent marketplace and content marketing software to manage projects and campaigns.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Measurement Marketing Analytics 60

Buzzstream

MAY 15, 2024

It’s generally OK to pitch to sites that accept guest posts or contributors, but avoid sites that advertise “write for us” all over the site (e.g., Aaron prefers (and recommends) that you invest in building links to pages that Google is already ranking at least on the first few pages of the SERP.

Google 62

Google SEO Tools Pitching 62

Cision

JULY 5, 2017

How can a brand like yours be authentic, especially in its content marketing ? . Your content shouldn’t be thinly-veiled advertising, but instead, should provide useful information to your audience. You stay true to your company values and impart them through your content. Yes, you want more customers.

Content Marketing 247

Content Marketing Advertising Advertising Google 247

Prohibition

JULY 14, 2017

Consider the changing shape of the comms industry, and you will undoubtedly come across the phrase ‘content marketing’. Content has become the ‘buzz word’ for the industry – whether you specialise in SEO, digital marketing or indeed more traditional avenues such as online advertising and PR. Well yes and no.

Content Marketing 48

Content Marketing Marketing B2C SEO 48

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Professionals across the globe share analysis and perhaps, aspiration, in offering up PR and marketing predictions for 2022. I believe when people write predictions, they aren’t just saying what they think will happen but revealing a reflection of sorts. Louis Gordon , Director of Content & PR, Perimeter 81 .

Marketing 215

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 215

Buzzstream

JANUARY 22, 2024

Most link builders know that what Google says and what Google does can be two very different things. One practice sits squarely in Google’s gray area: guest posting sites. In the early days of Google, guest posting was seen as a legitimate SEO strategy, and Google didn’t publicly penalize it.

Analysis 91

Analysis SEO Guidelines Google 91

The Proactive Report

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Google Penguin and Panda have changed thr face of search forever. Google is severely penalizing sites that are buying links or are invested in private blog networks. Site Optimization : There is a lot more to this now than just keyword research and writing good content. It’s worth it!

SEO 100

SEO Google Pinterest LinkedIn 100

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 4, 2015

Content marketing does much more for your brand than just aid your marketing. Effective content marketing shapes your brand by giving it a face to know, like, and trust. Content marketing and becoming human. Put more succinctly, your customers know your content before they know your business.

Content Marketing 40

Content Marketing Marketing Engineering Advertising 40

Critical Mention

JANUARY 9, 2019

Now, marketers realize they need to target niche audiences that will lead to a conversion. John Hall writes in Forbes: “Too many companies see customers as gatekeepers to wallets; meanwhile, customers feel ignored at best–and insulted at worst–when the journey ends.”. Rise of native advertising. SEO goes mobile.

Trends 108

Trends Marketing Mobile YouTube 108

MaccaPR

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Rebranding to “LinkedIn Pulse” in late 2013 , the app has quickly become a key part of making LinkedIn a content marketing machine. LinkedIn Pulse takes your ability to promote your company’s content to a new level by sharing your knowledge in highly targeted way s. Be authentic and let your voice show when writing.

LinkedIn 48

LinkedIn Content Marketing Marketing Engineering 48

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

So, I started tracking the community and publishing three different writing series on PR technology ( PR Tech Sums , PR Tech Briefing s, and Product Reviews ). This blog is just a cover story for an incredible marketing and PR agency serving B2B tech. Integration with Google Analytics for referrals. Did you know?

Technology 170

Technology Publicity Software Pitching 170

Cision

MAY 2, 2016

” – Emily Bell, writing for CJR. Fast forward a few months and with very little conscious thought I get much of my News briefs from the Apple News app, as well as from Facebook, Twitter, Amazon’s Alexa and (of course) Google. What this media consumption shift caused is a shift in how publishers view content marketing.

Mobile 120

Mobile LinkedIn Facebook Google 120

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

By focusing on building trust, marketing and communications pros will also raise Google search algorithm ranking. Marketing investment was redirected towards demand generation (content marketing, paid media) as startups looked for deal flow. There will be a glut of AI-generated content as well.

Writing 194

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 194

Critical Mention

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Advertise Strategically. Promoting your site on Google Ads can be a great way to boost clicks and site traffic. Here are a few visual advertising techniques to help get you started: Advertising Color Schemes: Different colors evoke particular emotions out of people. Start by establishing your organization’s budget.

Brand 100

Brand Branding Advertising Advertising 100

Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Content creation can be one of the hardest things to plan when you first begin blogging. It’s all too easy to write about yourself and your company in a favorable light– it’s your blog after all. Check your social networks and Google Analytics. Google Analytics can provide demographic and location data about your site visitors.

Blogging 161

Blogging How To SEO Analytics 161

Doctor Spin

APRIL 6, 2023

Here goes: Table of Contents What Is a Superhero Solution? Superhero Solution Case Study: Inbox Zero The Challenges of Devising a Superhero Solution PR Resource: How To Write a 1-Page Strategy What Is a Superhero Solution? In 2006, Mann introduced the Inbox Zero concept during a Google Tech Talk.

Strategy 52

Strategy Real Estate Case Study System 52

Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

In smaller markets, like where I live, there has long been a tendency for media professionals to seek corporate roles when they become available. It’s interesting to me that the digital world is still very different than the traditional when it comes to revealing what is “advertising” and what is “news.”

Pitching 174

Pitching Journalism Video Advertising 174

Flack's Revenge

AUGUST 9, 2016

Those featured, however, didn’t go into detail on the role of advertising to boost reach. Geetu Ambwani, Principal Data Scientist at Huffington Post, recalled the days when their editors monitored searches trending on Google to inform content creation and curation. Do you want to achieve data-driven content marketing success?

Viral 120

Viral Data Web Trends 120

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

The report didn’t break out numbers for the remaining challenges of “fake news, blurred lines between editorial and advertising, and issues around freedom of the press.”. It’s also a key reason why blogging and content marketing has become an important tool in the media relations toolkit. 4) Emphasis on professional journalism.

Survey 102

Survey Report Media B2B 102

PR 20/20

JANUARY 14, 2021

BuzzSumo : I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: BuzzSumo is a must-have for every content marketer, and it just keeps getting better with age. In addition to content discovery and research, BuzzSumo is my go-to tool to track what’s happening on social media and which influencers have the most pull. See for yourself.

Technology 65

Technology Marketing Tools Google 65

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I have to use Teams, Wrike, Kapost, Dropbox, Google Drive, Google Data Studio, Sharepoint, Salesforce, Oktopost and Slack to communicate with clients and teams. I have colleagues who also layer on Trello and other content management systems as well. Lines between what constitutes PR and content marketing continue to blur.

Communications 124

Communications Crisis Internal International 124

Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 24, 2019

A popular email newsletter is the holy grail for content marketers. When you send content straight to your reader’s inbox, you bypass Google’s search algorithm and the changing whims of social media platforms. Curate your content into segments for specific audiences.

Financial 79

Financial Banking Content Marketing Writing 79

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.

Strategy 67

Strategy How To B2C Content Marketing 67

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Social media sites dislike external links because it takes people away from the platform which disrupts the advertising business model. As these so-called content snacks zip around the social web, the marketing brain is squirting dopamine with every like and share, but it’s not moving the needle for your business. Two billion?

Social Media 117

Social Media Brand Branding Media 117

Rock the Status Quo

JUNE 30, 2015

If you do anything in the digital space – PR, content marketing, search engine optimization, social media – the one thing that matters most is experience. In our industry, writing is one of those skills that can make or break career advancement. You only get this by writing. A lot of writing.

LinkedIn 100

LinkedIn Brand Branding SEO 100

Tribe Builder Media

JULY 13, 2019

Guest posting is one of the most effective tools in the world of search engine optimization, content marketing and thought leadership development. By writing a well-thought-out article for another site, you get the chance to share your expertise with an entirely new audience. Search on Google. Search on Google.

How To 40

How To Writing Google Twitter 40

Tribe Builder Media

JULY 13, 2019

Guest posting is one of the most effective tools in the world of search engine optimization, content marketing and thought leadership development. By writing a well-thought-out article for another site, you get the chance to share your expertise with an entirely new audience. Search on Google. Search on Google.

How To 40

How To Writing Google Twitter 40

The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

More ways to view the world’s questions AnswerThePublic.com, our tool that demonstrates the way people ask questions on Google has had a refresh! If you’re creating content in PR take note of hacks one and two especially. Google has just announced one the biggest changes to the search engine in recent years.

Tools 136

Tools Publicity Measurement SEO 136

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Graphic used with permission from The Marketing Companion, a podcast with a co-host employed by Edison Research; see link nearby. 1) Marketing Audibles for Audio Search. Audio in marketing doesn’t just mean podcasts writes David Kirkpatrick for Marketing Dive – The call for audio content marketing gets louder.

Tools 60

Tools Pinterest Marketing Media 60

Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Staying ahead of the game in a hyper-competitive market is vital to your company’s success. Your competitors are most likely already using influencers in their marketing strategy. And in a 2017 TINT article, only 4% of consumers declared trust in marketing in advertising in general. They create fresh content.

Marketing 80

Marketing SEO Advertising Advertising 80

Cision

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Google has gone on the record saying they treat these domain options in search no differently than oldies such as ‘dot-com’ (.com) Influencer Marketing. While consumer trust in advertisements and even in traditional media sources continues to decline, Twitter says we now trust influencers as much as our friends.

Trends 120

Trends Leadership Small Business Analytics 120

Critical Mention

DECEMBER 2, 2018

To keep you in the know, we have 10 of the best SEO techniques to make your 2019 marketing strategy epic. Optimize your content. Effectively optimizing your content for search engines using a keyword strategy is a critical part of your content marketing strategy. Share other bloggers’ content.

SEO 71

SEO Strategy Guidelines Social Media 71

MaccaPR

DECEMBER 10, 2014

If the world of SEO, inbound marketing, optimized content and landing pages thrills you as a marketer, then the following interview with Clint Danks is going to be your cup of Lipton. How did the ThinkSEM agency come to focus on search engine marketing and landing pages? How dominant is Google now in search?

SEO 98

SEO Interviews Blogging Engineering 98

PR 20/20

OCTOBER 11, 2018

MarketMuse is an AI-driven assistant for building content strategies. Pathmatics is a digital advertising intelligence solution used by brands, agencies, ad tech companies, and publishers to build competitive advantages in their brand management, advertising, and business development activities. Production. Personalization.

Tools 71

Tools Marketing Enterprise Software 71

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

There’s something similar at play in those B2B organizations facing challenges in content marketing. Certainly, the most successful content marketing is very deliberate. 1) Random Acts of Content. 1) Random Acts of Content. Why does content marketing fail? What is Native Advertising? –

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing B2B Web Small Business 60