Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The good news is there’s no need for marketers to pivot careers just yet. With content marketing, brands can deliver personalized and relevant customer experiences that not only nurture them through the funnel but also provide value, build trust, and foster lasting connections. The result?

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The Hoyt Organization

JUNE 14, 2024

Google’s Helpful Content Update has changed how we approach SEO and impacted many travel sites positively and negatively. This update emphasizes creating people-first content that satisfies users’ curiosity. What can your travel brand do to meet these guidelines and rank high on search engines?

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 22, 2021

Google is shutting Feedburner-emails; viable FeedBurner alternatives to include FeedBlitz, follow.it, MailChimp and ConvertKit. Savvy marketers know email subscribers are crucial for success with any blog, news or content marketing program. The products for bloggers (and businesses with blogs) look good.

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Contently - Strategy

MAY 20, 2024

Most of us content marketers consider the content side of SEO at the very beginning of any project; we’ve become adept at marrying ideas with the right keywords, information, and heading structures so that the message and SEO go together harmoniously—like peanut butter and jelly. That’s where technical SEO comes in.

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Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Google Perspectives is bringing a fresh new angle to mobile search results. The new feature is part of Google’s ongoing efforts to shift its search algorithm away from a strict focus on keywords and toward a more nuanced understanding of search intent. Wait, What Is Google Perspectives? Not exactly.

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Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

When I started as an editorial intern at Contently, the first thing I realized was that I had a lot to learn about content marketing. Like many people entering the job market, I wanted to write and edit, and I was interested in exploring different ways to make a living with those skills.

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PR 20/20

JANUARY 16, 2023

Hence our obsession with keeping tabs on industry blogs and finding those articles and authors that impact our own ways of thinking. If like us, you’re always looking for new marketing resources, you’ve landed on the right blog post. Below is a guide to Ready North's favorite blogs and publications.

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ReimaginePR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

They say the only thing constant is change, and that’s certainly true in the world of content marketing. Every month, or so it seems, there’s a new must-do-or-you’re-toast trend in content marketing. So, how do you keep up, or better yet keep ahead, with your content marketing strategy?

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Prohibition

MARCH 16, 2021

We don’t need to sell you on the benefits of content marketing. If you didn’t believe it can drive sales, amplify brand awareness, build brand credibility and supercharge your SEO, then you wouldn’t be reading this would you? So, how do you get it right when it comes to content marketing?

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Contently - Strategy

MARCH 22, 2022

It seems simple at first—at least that’s what most brands think when it comes to SEO strategy. First, you find the lucrative keywords in your niche through a tool like Ahrefs, and then scan and skim the articles on the first page of Google. 3 ways your brand can level up its SEO strategy. Today that isn’t enough.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Those categories are: Content marketing statistics. Social media marketing statistics. Marketing measurement statistics. Search marketing and SEO statistics. Content Marketing Statistics. 1) How long should a blog post be? 2) Content marketing supports lead nurturing.

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Critical Mention

APRIL 5, 2019

Without great content, you lessen your chance of generating leads and conversions. Simply put, content marketing is an effective way to generate and nurture leads, as well as keep your brand relevant in today’s digital world. What is content marketing? Choose your content distribution channels.

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Polaris

DECEMBER 12, 2014

It’s easy to get the connection between content marketing and business-to-business brands. Blog posts, ebooks and webinars are tools well suited to moving a business customer through this type of sales cycle. The link between content marketing and consumer brands, on the other hand, is not as obvious.

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Cision

APRIL 20, 2015

If you’re developing digital content in any capacity, you’ve probably run across some of the following advice: Develop a content strategy. Write “good” content. You could develop content to entertain and never sell, but what if people really want to buy from you? Entertain, don’t sell.

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Cision

JULY 10, 2017

Feedback is huge when it comes to developing a successful content marketing strategy. Here, we identify five sources that can prove invaluable to you in crafting your content. Who better to listen to in order to develop more targeted content than the people that you are developing content for? Your Prospects.

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PR Fuel

JUNE 22, 2023

About 65% of marketers struggle with creating engaging or Google-loved content. Meanwhile, businesses with blogs generate 126% higher lead growth than brands without blogs. About 70% of US companies actively invest in content marketing.

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Journalistics

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Brands have never cared more about content marketing. It is the hot topic for 2013, as brands look to leverage great content to expand their reach, drive more engagement or improve their search engine rankings – to name a few. Before we called it content marketing, we called it marketing communications.

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Cision

DECEMBER 4, 2017

As much as social media followers love to praise your brand, they won’t hesitate to criticize your actions if they have a good reason. Thus, it has the potential to bring your marketing and branding strategy to its knees in just a few hours. In fact, you can turn a brand crisis into a PR success if you act fast swiftly.

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Cision

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Using keywords that will help the right people find your website is essential for every facet of your marketing strategy from search engine optimization to social media to blogging to PR. At Cision, our marketing team is all about working smarter. Start by Asking: Who Are We? Do Your Research.

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Cision

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Content marketing has the power to turn your brand into a driving force in your industry, but with so much competition in the marketplace, how can you ensure that your content makes an impact? What other challenges do you see brands facing in terms of content? A: It’s SO HARD to stand out.

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Communications Conversations

JANUARY 20, 2022

Consider the evidence: One in three content marketers use podcasts or other audio content. However, 53% of content marketers who leverage podcasts and other audio content say it is the most effective format they use. 2 – Audio isn’t as searchable as blog content. Really new.

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Onclusive

JUNE 17, 2020

Their statistics show that branded websites and other forms of owned media are the second-most trusted form of marketing, with 70% of global respondents saying they completely or somewhat trust these sources. Savvy brands are focusing on owned media and content marketing. A recent study from Backlink.io

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Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

The same could be asked about a blog: If a blog is written but has no readers, does it exist at all? Don’t let your blog fall into the cobwebs of your website. Content creation can be one of the hardest things to plan when you first begin blogging. Your readers are already on your website to read the blog.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 14, 2015

Content marketing is the new branding. Content marketing *is* PR. Content marketing is the new buyer’s journey. But for the vast majority of marketers, especially in large organizations, content marketing is still a new concept, it’s still seeping into the culture.

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Contently - Strategy

MAY 11, 2024

Naturally, we turned to our go-to expert on all things local and delicious: Google. As a frequent traveler, I type in Google searches like this all the time, whether I’m looking for a satisfying slice or a sweaty HIIT class (I’ve got two speeds) — and this is precisely why local SEO content strategy is so critical for businesses.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In fact, you must publish content in order for it to be indexed and returned in response to search. That’s the gist of a piece Michael Brenner wrote for the Content Marketing Institute last week titled The Best Reason to Do Content Marketing? b) Integrated marketing. b) Integrated marketing.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 2, 2018

You are drowning in emails, ads and brand messages – and so are your prospects and clients. The best way to stand out from the noisy crowd is by employing a few tricks of the content marketing trade. As you work on your content marketing strategy, keep these in mind: Talk to your audience, not at them.

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Contently - Strategy

APRIL 20, 2023

Content value is a superpower — and it’s not just because superpowers are few and far between. When you find the right metrics to prove the value of your content, you can showcase how important your work is to the organization. But to truly maximize content value, you need to have a way to measure your content’s impact.

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Contently - Strategy

JANUARY 26, 2023

The good news is that many companies have already cracked the thought leadership code using strategies that content marketers can emulate. We’ll walk through examples from organizations like Google, FedEx, Cigna, and more and break down the steps you can take to develop a thought leadership program of your own.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

PR practitioners understand that a brand or personal reputation built through bylined content, executive speeches, legitimate user reviews and media profiles will earn the credibility that comes from implied endorsement by recognized third parties. What is more valuable than a brand (or personal) reputation? Goodwill has value.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 23, 2016

It’s almost cliché, except the advice is sage: when it comes to content marketing , don’t make home improvements to a rental property. The site grew rapidly with a reported 4 million users spending more than an hour each day, according to a blog post published to Medium announcing the shutdown.

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Buzzstream

MARCH 3, 2020

If you consider yourself a subject matter expert, there are three main reasons why you should be incorporating podcast guesting into your content marketing mix, along with some considerations for once you get started with this strategy. This could be a personal website, LinkedIn page or author bio on an outlet or blog.

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Prohibition

JUNE 25, 2018

What a headline – as if you haven’t read that a thousand times before on social marketing sites. But this is actually a pretty useful list of different things we’re using right now to try and maximise engagement as part of our content marketing strategies. Business blog baby. All hail Twitter Business Blog.

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Polaris

DECEMBER 15, 2014

My binge blogging challenge is complete—this post is the final one in my 30-day challenge. You can read about why I decided to binge blog and some of the lessons I learned along the way HERE and HERE. So far, it has racked up 203 shares, mostly on Google + (go figure): The importance of syndicated content. The reason?

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Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

That’s where your content marketing efforts come into to play. On top of crafting compelling content, the most prominent challenge is driving engagement from targeted audiences. According to HubSpot’s 2017 State of Inbound, the top challenge marketing faces is generating more traffic and leads. Blog Posts.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

After you have built your initial campaign and chosen the messaging to use on your site, social pages, paid advertising and content marketing, it’s up to the PR team (or whoever is wearing that hat) to amplify your message with press coverage. Blog posts, press releases and status updates should carry your brand persona.

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Beyond PR

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

While more marketers than ever are embracing content marketing, a much smaller number of them are seeing tangible results — research shows that just 17 percent of content marketers report their content marketing efforts as much more successful. Does it even make much of a difference?

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