Sword and the Script

JULY 24, 2018

There’s are several industry organizations that field annual surveys about content marketing and they are gearing up. Last year, the data overwhelmingly found every business says they are doing content marketing. This year, I predict satisfaction with content marketing will slide and many won’t understand why.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 29, 2019

I began to realize there are many good reasons for PR and HR to work together beyond internal communications. To that end, here are a few creative PR ideas to help the recruiting shop out. There’s a clear benefit for the employer, but what’s the benefit to talent in a market that’s 96% employed?

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

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 20, 2021

More than a proactive partner: an extension of your marketing and PR team. A blog with B2B sales attribution. Years ago, I championed a blog for this exact organization. It was the center of its content marketing, media relations and social media efforts. And that blog just deteriorated. I didn’t pitch it.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Creativity and risky marketing efforts don’t always find receptive purse strings in B2B, but it could well be the only thing left in “a sea of sameness.”. 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.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

When you invite internal and external subject matter experts to contribute to your content marketing program, it’s important to have guidelines for them to follow. The less time you need to spend editing content and following up with contributors, the more time you have for strategy and optimization.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Creating good content is just half the content marketing equation. The other half is content distribution. First, for many marketers, so much effort is poured into the creation that distribution becomes an afterthought. What’s the open rate in email marketing? 4) Pitch your content for a roundup.

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wiredPRworks

APRIL 20, 2022

In 2007, David mentioned my fledgling blog wiredPRworks in his book, “ The New Rules of Marketing and PR.”. In a stroke of marketing brilliance, David included over 160 bloggers/contributors in the first edition. Fifteen years ago, David’s ideas seemed radical, creative, and wonderful. Connect with David Meerman Scott.

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Barokas

MAY 31, 2019

Campaigns must be simultaneously creative, strategic and measurable. Content must be on-brand and consistent, without being overtly promotional or repetitive. Internal resources can quickly be tapped. Unlike thought leadership content, these materials are allowed to be promotional in nature. It’s a tall order.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Blogging isn’t going out of style any time soon; with the ascent of content marketing, blogging, podcasting and video are on the minds of marketers and PR professionals all the time. Beginner's Guide to Blogging Series: Part 1: Blog Core Values. Part 10: How To Get Blogging Ideas. In Media Res.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

Internal communications: PR practitioners may also be responsible for communicating with employees and stakeholders within an organization. Creativity: PR practitioners must be able to think creatively and come up with new and innovative ideas for campaigns and projects.

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Beyond PR

AUGUST 3, 2016

There are times when product managers and content marketers don’t see eye to eye. Feedback about an internal process not working. If a last minute marketing request comes in (for instance, this senior marketing manager asking Alexa to contribute to a blog post), expectations may need to be set and a middle ground found.

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Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

According to WordPress, users create 70 million blog posts per month through its platform. Add to that all the content created across other platforms, and you’ve got a world saturated with content. Helping your brand stand out requires not just creativity but also strategic alignment.

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PR in High Definition

DECEMBER 17, 2020

With every crisis comes creativity, new thinking and differing outlooks on life, and so I wanted to share some of our best pieces of content. Unrestricted creative thinking in an ever more restricted world. must-read for any internal comms departments! The COVID-19 casebook.

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prTini

DECEMBER 14, 2015

PR pros are often encouraged to think outside the box, but that doesn’t mean creative ideas just come pouring out of our brains all the time. Last month, I spoke at PRSA International / PRSSA National Conference about creative PR. During both panels, questions came up about what PR pros can do to get creative juices flowing.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

With that in mind here is a refresher on ways that PR teams can use content marketing assets to drive PR results and ideas. Sometimes research already exists through specific market-research initiatives, or it may simply be floating around within the organization. Short-form content. Data and research.

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The Proactive Report

JUNE 17, 2018

91 percent of B2B brands and 86 percent of B2C brands use content as part of their marketing efforts. Source: Content Marketing Institute 2018) That’s a lot of content being dumped online every day. Why are these brands so content focused? They know that content powers the customer journey.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

It’s also a key reason why blogging and content marketing has become an important tool in the media relations toolkit. Also, see these related posts: How to Generate Media Referenceable B2B Customers with a Blog. based reporters said, “ensuring content is 100 percent accurate is the most important” in their organization.

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Cision

AUGUST 2, 2016

Today, it isn’t enough to just create a piece of content, publish it and hope for the best. You need to take action and be creative in how you distribute and promote that content to ensure you get eyes on it. Here are five ways to promote your content that may not yet be part of your strategy: 1. Look internally.

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Cision

JANUARY 10, 2017

Not only does content marketing drive three times as many leads as traditional marketing, but it also costs more than 60 percent less. We turned to Cision’s Senior Content Manager Annemaria Nicholson and MarketingProfs’ Senior Program Manager Kerry O’Shea Gorgone for tips and best practices.

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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 14, 2014

As more companies join the content marketing arena, one of the bigger issues these companies face is this: How do we source all this content? Many organizations just aren’t set up to create an ongoing dribble (let alone a firehose) of online content. Yes, these companies have smart marketers.

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Solo PR Pro

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

It can be highly effective to find new and creative ways for cultivating relationships – particularly over the long-term – with the key decision-makers in our target markets. He was looking to expand on this and reach schools focused on public policy and international relations. Kevin Anselmo, Experiential Communications.

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Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

What role has content marketing played for you at LiveIntent? It’s huge for us and plays a key role in our marketing strategy. It’s a lot of what we do on the marketing side. We leverage our weekly marketing and product marketing newsletters as the main vehicles to distribute the content.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

wtf) are gaining momentum as one of the hottest digital trends because they allow you to design a website URL that is more creative, meaningful and memorable. Get tips that will help you drive more revenue in the new year with Cision and PR Newswire’s free guide Finding Your Blog’s Voice and Keeping the Conversation Fresh.

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Buzzstream

MAY 2, 2024

Resources Mentioned: Glenn Allsopp’s article on who controls search Cyrus Shepard’s Study on Internal Linking Nate’s LinkedIn Nate’s Twitter Main Takeaways 1. Internal linking is one of the least appreciated jobs in SEO. You don’t want to use the exact same anchor text on every internal link. Positional is now live!

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Social media is making marketing lazy. It’s created a “ cut and paste ” content marketing culture. So said Simms Jenkins speaking on a panel in Atlanta hosted by the team from the Oracle Marketing Cloud. That problem is an enormous gap in knowledge of strategic marketing including positioning and messaging.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

“The premier gathering of digital marketers on planet Earth!”. Traffic & Conversion Summit 2020 will feature seven tracks including: big ideas, agencies only, digital retailers, digital advertisers, content marketers, conversational marketers and growth hackers. SiriusDecisions Summit. May 3 - 6, 2020 | Austin, TX.

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Contently - Strategy

MAY 7, 2020

But there was one part that I had to learn how to master as I got more experience: the art of the internal sell. When you’re working in a larger organization that has dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of employees, you can develop a brilliant content marketing strategy that will absolutely delight your customers.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 11, 2017

This is an opportunity for PR to the extent internal experts can help a reporter and their audience break down and understand an emerging issue. Owned media channels, such as corporate blogging , are excellent alternatives. How to Generate Media Referenceable B2B Customers with a Blog. See these related posts: . Talk to Us!

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PR 20/20

JANUARY 15, 2019

Marketing Account Management Software. Forbes: Benefit-Driven Content. We’ve repeatedly heard that due to the explosion of low-quality blog writing, content marketing is dead. In 2019, having a blog or creating premium content may no longer be enough, but we believe content marketing is still going strong.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 3, 2016

Agile is one of those phrases everyone in marketing seems to be talking about, but with very different ideas about what precisely constitutes “agile.”. This isn’t unusual for a profession where both creativity and data are important. 1) What is Agile Marketing Again? The Struggle is Real in B2B Content Marketing [UML].

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wiredPRworks

JUNE 17, 2016

In my session, “WIRED Social Selling: Elevating Association Experiences via Creativity and Innovation RN [Right Now!], attendees will learn to leverage social selling and multichannel marketing for associations. WIRED Social Selling: Elevating Association Experiences via Creativity and Innovation RN [Right Now!].

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Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

Writing on the company’s blog , Lindsey Woodward , who leads the client support team said, “Whether jumping on a call to assist in creating an internal newsletter or report for your boss or setting up new employees on the Meltwater platform, we want our clients to have personal and open communication with Meltwater.”.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

“Data and the use of data will become the great divide between marketers producing content and content marketing. Those companies that can take data, do a deep dive, and understand what the data tells them will see more success in achieving their goals from content than those who look at simple analytics.

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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.

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PR 20/20

MARCH 21, 2017

Editor's note: This post originally appeared on the Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute's blog. Marketing automation platforms have transformed the industry over the last decade, making marketers more efficient, productive and successful. Check out more posts like it here.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 23, 2017

As such, I’ve written this review from the perspective of its usefulness to a PR and for those that may not be search marketing experts. Many PR pros use Google Alerts to monitor and get email notifications of news or blog mentions of clients or employers. Repurpose Does Not Mean Regurgitate in Content Marketing.

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