Sword and the Script

MAY 10, 2016

As a result, the refrain “content marketing is better than advertising” is bounced around the marketing echo chamber. Though a seasoned PR professional, I am also a serious advocate of content marketing. There’s a large body of work on these pages dedicated to content marketing. balance scales.”

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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. Almost passé.

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PR 20/20

OCTOBER 9, 2018

In this spotlight, we’ve featured Cathy McPhillips ( @cmcphillips ), Vice President of Marketing at Content Marketing Institute ( @CMIContent ). This includes all PR, video, audience development, and social and community management that my team handles. Q: How would you describe your inbound approach with CMI?

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Critical Mention

OCTOBER 24, 2019

While we certainly encourage PR and communications pros to follow our insightful Critical Mention blog , we also want to share a few of our other favorite PR blogs. PR Daily is a news site that delivers news, advice, and opinions on the public relations, marketing, social media, and media worlds. Share Tweet Share.

Blogging 68

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Onclusive

AUGUST 30, 2023

As the guardians of a company’s image and narrative, PR, comms, and marketing professionals have the unique power to shape perceptions , amplify awareness, and cultivate customer loyalty. You can create and share insightful content such as articles, whitepapers, and webinars that showcase your brand’s expertise in its field.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Businesses that engage corporate blogging with professionalism and process can boost visibility, grow a community, and ultimately, have a meaningful influence on sales. For example, I once worked for a company that found visitors that engaged the blog were 50% more likely to make a purchase. Can people find your content?

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 18, 2015

Content marketing surveys consistently demonstrate the biggest barrier facing marketer is feeding the content monster. In one example , the company says it made “122 separate content assets from one eBook.” These range from blog posts to videos, and from webinars to social media updates.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Regular readers know I bought into the concept of “ content marketing ” many years ago. It was in effect the coining of a term that characterized a strategy my team and I was already working on across traditional PR, digital marketing and social media. 3 Studies that Challenge Marketing Assumptions.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

If you’re looking for a short and easy answer to blogging questions, here you go: How long should a blog post be? How long should it take to write a blog post? How often should I publish blog posts? In corporate blogging and more broadly, in B2B content marketing , it’s not so simple.

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PR 20/20

AUGUST 9, 2016

Editor's note: This post was originally published by Content Marketing Institute and has been edited for comprehensiveness. A blog post: Your team has written an engaging blog post, featuring key takeaways and a call-to-action (CTA) to download your eBook. Personas have been defined. Databases have been segmented.

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Cision

APRIL 3, 2015

Throughout March, we provided tons of content centered around using word-of-mouth to raise brand awareness, earn trust and, ultimately, make sales, including a webinar, white paper, tip sheet and numerous blog posts. How to Build & Evangelize Your Community With Word-of-Mouth Marketing. Blog Posts.

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Landis PR

JULY 31, 2023

Photo courtesy of Pixabay Note: This is a reposted blog by Kristen Dunleavy – Muck Rack. For the original blog, please visit here. This has created both an opportunity and a potential point of concern for professional marketers and communicators who are wondering: Do the benefits of AI outweigh the threats?

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Drilldown to see marketing’s direct and indirect contribution to the sales pipeline; and. Make your team members track everything that matters within your marketing department – blog views, cost per lead, conversion rates at every stage, webinar attendance rate, paid search efficiency… and report their own KPIs up to you.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 12, 2022

The PR community needs the competition. In an interview on this blog in 2021 , Propel Co-Founder and CEO Zach Cutler said as a former PR agency owner, he couldn’t find software that met his agency’s growth needs. Content picks from around PR . Michael Smart is offering a webinar examining media pitch subject lines that work.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 4, 2017

The channels that produce the most leads for B2B marketers are as follows: Email: 62%. Content marketing: 51%. That brings us to content marketing and the adjacent reference to lead generation in this study, which I think can be confusing. In part, this is why content marketing has become so important.

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MaccaPR

MARCH 2, 2017

To satisfy the info hunger of those ravenous students, I curated this list of the most vital sources on social media strategy, video marketing and online communication: Best Social Media Blogs. Buffer Blog – Produced by the social media firm Buffer, this blog is especially strong on advice for success with YouTube and Instagram.

Blogging 48

Blogging Marketing YouTube Content Marketing 48

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As I’ve done for the last several years , I solicited and compiled a list of predictions from professionals across the PR and marketing community. As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. My B2B clients are more open to sponsored content. Happy New Year!

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PRSay

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Consider obtaining your MBA, or at the very least consume books and articles, watch videos, go to seminars, participate in webinars and meet with other communications professionals on a regular basis. Contact him at stephen.dupont@pockethercules.com or visit his blog at www.stephendupont.co. Network outside your company.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

JANUARY 7, 2016

Content marketing will be more than just a trend to watch in 2016. Creating and distributing consistent and relevant content is considered a proven strategic marketing approach that attracts and retains an audience and drives customers to action. Here is my Q&A with Lisa Davis, Director, Marketing, at Marketwired.

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5W PR

JANUARY 31, 2024

Community Relations: Involves engaging with local communities, demonstrating corporate social responsibility, and building positive relationships beyond business interests. Content Creation: Creating compelling and informative content is crucial for conveying the company’s message and capturing the attention of key audiences.

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Technology Product Launch Crisis Management Case Study 78

MaccaPR

MARCH 18, 2015

In this brave new world, marketers are creating their own content – infographics, podcasts, webinars, YouTube videos and more – that are distributed for free via their digital channels. Brian Enderlein , Digital Media, Interactive Marketing & Analytics, 3M. Content enhances and supports our brands.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 26, 2020

>>> Ned and I will be presenting a custom webinar on this survey for the IABC Heritage Region on June 18, 2020, at 12:00 p.m. Keep an eye on their webinar announcement for registration details. If your organization is interested in a custom webinar that assesses the findings please contact one of us.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

To that end, I do think B2B organizations should be investing moderately in Facebook ads, with one caveat: These should be done as an effort to augment a content marketing approach, rather than solely for lead generation. If people on Facebook engage your content, Facebook will show it to more people.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

MARCH 23, 2016

The following article originally appeared on the AirPR blog. . Sure, CEOs are far less likely to be wooed than a Tinder date, but there are certain steps you can take to put the odds in your favor when communicating PR results, why they’re important, and how you’ll evolve your strategy based on those findings. Owned (company blogs).

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Communications How To Analytics Public Affairs 150

MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The latest content marketing trend our PR agency is seeing is the move toward less content creation and more content promotion. 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.

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Marketing Content Marketing Pinterest LinkedIn 48

PRSay

AUGUST 3, 2016

To really see results you need to build a community. and founder of the #MeasurePR Twitter chat, joined Cision on a webinar to share her strategy for growing brands on social media. In her latest Cision webinar, “ Unleashing the Power of Social PR ,” Burke outlined two fundamental rules for effective social media engagement.

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Social Media Media Twitter Tools 60

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

That sea of sameness is how the Cindy Klein Roche , the CMO for Cybereason, describe the competitive landscape in cybersecurity during an interview with the Marketing Smarts podcast. From white papers to the trade press, the entire community is fixated on the next exploit, hack or breach. Takeaways Applicable to Any Vertical Market.

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B2B Creativity Film Trade Shows 67

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Measuring genuine ROI and a marketing campaign’s long-term contribution to revenue takes time, and marketers need to slow down to do it.”. Sean Callahan , Senior Manager, Content Marketing | LinkedIn. 6) Relationships with people who have the ear of your target market. “It’s How can they do that?

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Marketing Content Marketing Advertising Advertising 108

The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

The 3 Behaviors Driving the Most Creative Content Marketers Using a lovely ice cream analogy Jay Acunzo, founder of Unthinkable explains the behaviours that are helping the best in content marketing succeed. I hosted a PRSA webinar back in July providing actionable steps to take. Don’t miss out download now.

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PR 20/20

MAY 23, 2017

We originally published a blog in 2015 listing 40+ inbound marketing resources. We’ve added even more to the list, so read below for an update with even more resources for marketers. As marketers, we spend hours researching the top trends and tactics to prove top-notch ROI and success. even a free marketing course).

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Resources Marketing SEO Engineering 53

Sword and the Script

APRIL 25, 2017

Most of these ideas are good substance for blog posts and social media. Certainly, there are more traditional PR methods that could be used – an online press release or even contributed content could work. The point is more than ever, PR and content need each other and ideally, you’ll use a mix of owned, shared and earned media.

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PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Look for all-encompassing platforms, such as HubSpot, that bundle sales, marketing automation, blogging, CMS, email, and more into one solution. To make any marketing campaign successful, you must understand the goals, pain points, influencers, and preferences of each target buyer persona your company is targeting.

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Marketing Technology Internal International 52

Cision

MAY 29, 2015

Click here to check out Shonali’s on-demand webinar now! This article was written by Leta Soza, the PR Engineer at AirPR where she specializes in PR strategy, content marketing, community cultivation and analytics. Soza holds BA in Marketing and a BS in Psychology from Loyola University of Chicago.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 8, 2015

In a 5-minute webinar titled Why Podcasting Might be Bigger than you Think (video embedded nearby), the research firm says podcast listeners consume upwards of 5.5 Schaefer and market researcher Tom Webster. Mr. Schaefer also pens the popular {Grow} blog. PNR: This Old Marketing. (~60 hours of podcasts a day.

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Radio Content Marketing Marketing Education 60

Buzzstream

JUNE 20, 2018

From January 1, 2017 until April 26, 2018, our editorial team has earned over 700 links to our websites and content that our bloggers told us about. For the purposes of this blog post I examined the incoming links to the 6 top sites. Consider creating content about your users and customers. How it Could Work for Other Brands.

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Scott Public Relations

JULY 19, 2019

If you collect customer data on demographics and purchasing history, make sure to use that data to inform your content as well as your marketing to avoid alienating your base. If these tools don’t produce those results, a change in your outreach strategy may be needed to secure your audience.

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Healthcare Insurance Insurance Pinterest 40

Scott Public Relations

JULY 19, 2019

If you collect customer data on demographics and purchasing history, make sure to use that data to inform your content as well as your marketing to avoid alienating your base. If these tools don’t produce those results, a change in your outreach strategy may be needed to secure your audience.

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Insurance Insurance Healthcare Pinterest 40