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. What I want to do in this post is to identify 11 content marketing mistakes that you should avoid. Use headline formulas.

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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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Contently - Strategy

MAY 11, 2024

In 2022, the company updated its Search Quality Rater Guidelines to prioritize content that contains expert insights, firsthand experiences, and “genuinely helpful” advice. Earlier this year, Google announced a full-court press to reduce “low-quality, unoriginal content” in search results by as much as 40%.

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 12, 2023

One revolutionary tool that has recently transformed the content creation game, is artificial intelligence (AI). From streamlining design processes and making faster copy changes, to generating compelling written work such as blogs and press releases, and even Instagram captions. Don’t neglect brand guidelines.

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PR Fuel

MARCH 22, 2022

Nearly 80% of marketers are adding press releases to their content marketing strategies. Then, write your press release with that publication’s target audience in mind. If you want to ensure your release is picked up, dedicate time to the writing process. Make sure to follow their guidelines to the letter.

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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.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 22, 2024

Matt Cutts’ infamous blog post advised “sticking a fork in it” because guest posting for links was done. Methodology After compiling our list based on the sites’ guest post lists, we also added our own sites by using Ahref’s Content Explorer. So, you’ll also need to judge the quality of the writing itself.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MARCH 12, 2024

PR professionals typically have an extensive network and can help you build your brand quickly with email campaigns and content marketing that will make waves. You can build on the efforts of PR professionals by creating your own content writing strategy. To connect with Katie, you can follow her on Twitter.

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The Proactive Report

JULY 23, 2018

According to research from the Content Marketing Institute, 91 percent of B2B brands and 86 percent of B2C brands use it. But it’s still an emerging tactic and far too many companies are “flying blind” – just pumping out content without any strategy. Unique, original content. Google’s Aims.

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Beyond PR

MAY 9, 2017

You know that guest blogging on other authority websites is one way to establish your thought leadership and expertise. But did you also know that accepting guest bloggers on your business blog is a way to get great content that they’ll help you promote? Bloggers who did nothing to promote the content they published on my blog.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 5, 2018

And, bringing an earned-media sensibility to the effort increases the credibility for some content that is overly commercial, badly targeted, or stuffed with obvious keywords. Best Practices For PR Content. All good content marketing initiatives begin by getting everyone on the team in agreement with campaign goals.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Here’s a look at statistics across PR, marketing, and social media that were surfaced in the various reports and studies covered on this blog throughout 2020. Many of the blog posts published here are based on survey research, analytical studies or other sources of data. Content marketing statistics from 2020.

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Landis PR

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Note: This is a reposted blog by our Public Relations Global Network Partner, Katie Casciato – Roopco. For the original blog, please visit here. While we have only just scratched the surface when it comes to the potential of generative AI , this certainly does not mean that the human element of writing is dead.

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Contently - Strategy

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

A content marketer’s job is to create quality content that gets in front of readers organically. After all, what is content worth if you don’t access the readers who would most benefit from your writing? Google continuously updates its algorithms to rank blog posts and web pages.

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PR Fuel

MAY 27, 2021

Nearly 80% of content marketers incorporate press releases into their content marketing strategies. It’s not enough to learn how to write a press release, though. Our company will write, edit, and distribute the press release for you. Read Their Guidelines. Write a Submission Email.

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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. 5) Reach a different type of audience than your company blog.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The top problem in content creation probably comes from the fact that too many B2B marketers haven’t had a single conversation with a customer Most B2B marketers (57%) say creating the right content for their audience is their top content creation challenge in content marketing. How do you fix this?

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Rock the Status Quo

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

I would like to inform you that I am interested in contributing blog content on your blog “ rockthestatusquo.com “ So, kindly let me know how should I proceed ahead for contribution. All of the tips require just seconds looking at my blog and overall website before sending the pitch.

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The Proactive Report

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Can you measure the quality of your content? The quality of writing and visuals is very subjective. But there are several indicators that can tell you how well your content is doing: The Google Quality Guidelines. I may love something that you think is awful. See the checklist here>> 2. Facts and Figures.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 25, 2020

Here are some ideas for developing guidelines for the timely approvals of marketing content so you can drive business results A few years back, a client of mine was having trouble getting content published. Reports and long-form content would never see the light of day. Document content types.

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Contently - Strategy

MARCH 22, 2024

This means you have content that observes a set of best practices to improve the appearance, positioning, and usefulness of your various forms of content. This applies to all sorts of content, including blogs, videos, podcasts, and content offers like e-books. This helps your content gain recognition on SERPs.

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PR Fuel

JANUARY 24, 2021

There are a lot of online guides that can help you write a press release yourself. However, there’s no guarantee that it will produce the marketing results you want. It has unique writing conventions when presenting facts. Press release writing services will not only improve your brand’s image.

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Polaris

DECEMBER 14, 2014

For my money, there’s no better way to acknowledge the marketer in your life this holiday season than with a book. For help in deciding what books to put on my holiday list, I asked a dozen marketing pros to weigh in with their recommendations. Most useful offline reference resource: Epic Content Marketing by Joe Pulizzi.

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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. Use interlinking with powerful keywords.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

In an age of ad blocking, brands have to transition away from solely sponsoring or being associated with the content their customers or prospects want or need. Instead, brands have to also produce the desired content. 1) The Parallel between Product Placement and Content Marketing. It’s well worth a read as well.

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Critical Mention

JUNE 24, 2018

We’re here to provide you solutions and guidelines, preparing you to respond at a moment’s notice to any threat fake news poses to your company. According to Fred Garcia, head of Logos Consulting Group, companies need to write their responses in advance. So, as a PR pro, how do you even begin to combat this phenomenon?

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Cision

JANUARY 18, 2016

million posts per week) and other content platforms LinkedIn is still pretty small. So, in this post I want to explore five best practices that can help communication professionals and content marketers optimize their content for LinkedIn. Use proper blog structure. Use web links to cite sources for your content.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Lines between what constitutes PR and content marketing continue to blur. I’ve found that employers expect not just one skill like writing, but design skills as well.”. More value placed on communications due to the pandemic and guidelines changing so quickly.”. Through leadership and content. Jack of all trades.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 9, 2018

3) Surgically weave it into blog posts. This is easy fodder to write a blog post on the same topic from a different angle and yet also weave in the story you worked so hard to earn. Every time you blog about the topic or a related one, you should evaluate whether a reference to that story makes sense. It probably does.

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Beyond PR

AUGUST 18, 2016

When producing infographics, photography and video for content marketing or company news, a consistent look and feel is just as important as it is in your logo. Of course, developing brand guidelines is neither easy nor inexpensive. Visually consistent content can also help you convert. Save time and money. Consistency.

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Rock the Status Quo

MAY 4, 2015

Why do I write about backlink pitches in a PR blog? Because journalists complain about the quality of a pitch and attribute it to lazy PR pros when it isn’t actually coming from a PR professional ( not that we don’t screw up, too ), and PR pros scorn pitches on their client blogs mentioning money or compensation.

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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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Beyond PR

JUNE 27, 2017

What this means to PR professionals and content marketers is that Instagram can be an important platform to engage with and to educate your customers. Writing for TechRadar, Digital Camera Magazine describes ten guidelines for creating a great photo : Simplify the scene. Fill the frame. Experiment with the aspect ratio.

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PR in High Definition

OCTOBER 24, 2016

You will be extremely hard pressed to find any business executive that is able to take time out of their day to do their own written content (that’s not to say the thoughts and ideas aren’t theirs!). If they don’t say it, don’t write it. Now a straw poll – did I write this or was it ghost-written for me? Trick or treat?

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PR Fuel

MARCH 17, 2020

Most people focus on three main areas when trying to promote their business: advertising, content marketing , and public relations. A Long-Term Strategy: Content Marketing. Content marketing isn’t a new idea. Your goal with content marketing is not to sell directly to your audience.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 10, 2015

This way, you don’t have to go to design school to make a simple blog image or email newsletter header. You know how branding works in writing – promoting unity across a brand’s messaging creates a coherent identity. Quote graphics like this one are great for blog posts – call out an impactful line from the post using an image.

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Beyond PR

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

For content marketers, search engine optimization (SEO) should now be part of your regular vocabulary. Success of your website and content is very much determined by how well you follow guideline updates released by Google and other search engines. Don’t rely on syndication networks to save your bad content.

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