Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

As I’ve done in recent years, I’ve asked a whole bunch of smart people for their marketing predictions or PR predictions for the next year. And now on with the marketing and PR predictions for 2020. 1) Marketing embraces sustainability. 2) Marketing analytics enable better efficiency. “In 5) Marketers will slow down.

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Buzzstream

MARCH 13, 2024

This post will help you understand everything you need about digital PR to decide if it’s right for you and your brand. But the simplest explanation I’ve ever given is that digital PR is a marketing tactic used to earn high authority links from publications that drive rankings and site traffic. What is Digital PR? Product Creation.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Forty-five percent of executives think it’s okay to share other brands’ information as either digital or print paid content. After he sent a takedown notice, the website took down the photo and updated its post, however, the photographer alleges the photo had already spread virally to other websites without proper attribution.

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Cision

JUNE 13, 2017

We see it every day: fast food chains challenge devotees to gather retweets for “ nuggs ,” personal care products advocate for women’s equality and airlines get called out — for both successes and major fails — in viral videos. For more, see “ 3 Ways to Promote Content Marketing with Press Releases.”.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 4, 2017

It often takes decades to build a strong, respected brand. Innovations in technology and the rise of social media make it possible for bad press and controversy to spread virally. Read the infographic below to learn more about how much bad customer experiences can cost companies. It Only Takes One PR Disaster.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

It appears that most marketers do and reported gating “ 80% of their major content marketing assets ” according to a survey vetted by MarketingProfs. The same study points out there’s some content – infographics for example – is rarely gated. Gated Content Doesn’t Go Viral. Two in particular stood out for me.

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Cision

JULY 26, 2016

At his recent “ How to Monitor Anything ” webinar with the Public Relations Society of America, Cision Canada’s content marketing and social media manager James Rubec showed brands how they can dive deeper using real-time media monitoring. You need to listen to as many topics as you can that relate back to your brand.”.

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Cision

JUNE 2, 2017

This post is an excerpt from the e-book, Listen: 5 Social Audiences Brands Can’t Afford to Ignore. The global digital economy has produced an avalanche of content and the battle for mind and market share is no longer local. See how they market online. Are calls to action part of their marketing tactics?

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5W PR

AUGUST 12, 2020

The strategies should incorporate formats like infographics, short videos, or short posts through communication channels like intranet feeds, desktop, mobile apps, and emails. Thus, healthcare companies must evolve and adjust their marketing campaigns in order to build meaningful industry relationships.

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Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

However, by combining the creation of newsworthy content campaigns with the importance of building brand awareness, we are able to gain linked client coverage on these platforms. Building awareness of your brand/products/services and boosting your credibility. Improving their brand awareness and reputation. Supercharging SEO.

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Cision

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Learn how with Cision’s free Brand Journalism white paper! Include a video post or infographic in your blog lineup. That’s what I did with my recent post, “ If Twitter Removes Character Limit, How Will Marketers Benefit? You do that by first creating really awesome content, and then sharing it the right way.

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Beyond PR

AUGUST 18, 2016

It’s no secret that a great brand is built over time (in the case of some brands, centuries). Every decision a brand makes builds on the success that came before. Iconic brands, like Coca Cola, Apple and Pepsi, are immediately recognizable and carry with them certain expectations of quality. Save time and money.

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PR Fuel

MARCH 12, 2018

As more and more companies turn to content marketing to reach new clients, the time has come for existing marketing plans to get reworked in order to stay ahead of the competition. Creating an action plan for your marketing doesn’t have to be complicated. What do you hope to achieve by increasing your content marketing efforts?

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Cision

APRIL 6, 2016

Brand image is of paramount importance to a business. In fact, as all savvy marketers know, more than “what” you sell, “how” you sell creates a bigger emotional, and thus bankable, impact. Buyer personas have the potential to catapult businesses into the big league with personalized marketing wins. What would you rather read?

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Beyond PR

DECEMBER 5, 2017

That’s where your content marketing efforts come into to play. According to HubSpot’s 2017 State of Inbound, the top challenge marketing faces is generating more traffic and leads. Cision® asked hundreds of senior marketers and 81 percent agreed earned media is more effective than paid media. Infographics.

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Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

How to Balance Ethics and Reality in #Influencer #Marketing [link] pic.twitter.com/BWn4QG8m0s. — Branding, Social Media, Marketing, PR & Professional Coach. 68% Of Marketers Want To Know How To Create Better Visual Content [link]. Content marketing influencer, social media marketing strategist & speaker.

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Flatiron Communications

JANUARY 15, 2016

Nonetheless, an admittedly unscientific look at who or what really moves the needle nowadays will likely reveal that those carefully crafted pieces of branded content contributed to Huffington Post, sponsored on Buzzfeed, or promoted on Twitter are often too ephemeral to make a meaningful (and measurable) impact on public awareness and behavior.

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MaccaPR

AUGUST 20, 2014

I recently joined our agency’s VP Jean Hill in delivering a workshop on the data-driven science behind social media before more than 50 marketing executives for a Fortune 100 client. Encourage more prospects to download content such as a white paper, e-book or infographic. Way more often than you currently are).

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Buzzstream

MAY 19, 2022

I worked at a content marketing agency, Siege Media , for six years, and with every successful and failed campaign, I learned a new lesson. The keyword needs to be relevant to your brand so that the data and story make sense coming from you. (If If you are a dog grooming brand, you shouldn’t be covering politics.).

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Beyond PR

AUGUST 4, 2016

Of course, your competition and other brands have the same opportunities. That’s why it’s vital that your brand gets your social media strategy right. And with so much competition out there, it is imperative that your marketing and PR content follow social media best practices. Your branding should project consistency.

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Beyond PR

JUNE 13, 2017

We see it every day: fast food chains challenge devotees to gather retweets for “ nuggs ,” personal care products advocate for women’s equality and airlines get called out — for both successes and major fails — in viral videos. For more, see “ 3 Ways to Promote Content Marketing with Press Releases.”. About Jennifer Tolhurst.

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MaccaPR

JANUARY 6, 2015

Since MaccaPR first launched in late 2012, we''ve averaged a new blog post nearly every week for our loyal chief marketing and PR officer, corporate communication directors and marketing professional subscribers. His post features tips for how your brand can use YouTube and other social media channels to conquer your competition. #3.

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MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Welcome to your Taylor Swift Master Class in Social Media Marketing! Your teacher today will be America’s #1 Online Brand Strategist, Professor Taylor Swift (Cue: Insane, utterly-abandoned shrieking, evolving into wild explosive screaming and rhythmic chants of, ‘Taylor, We Love You!’) Source: Billboard ).

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Beyond PR

JUNE 2, 2017

This post is an excerpt from the e-book, Listen: 5 Social Audiences Brands Can’t Afford to Ignore. The global digital economy has produced an avalanche of content and the battle for mind and market share is no longer local. See how they market online. Are calls to action part of their marketing tactics?

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 14, 2022

93% of buyers “video builds trust in a brand” but success with video in B2B marketing requires a clear purpose, a plan to promote and measure results. A study by PathFactory found marketing videos on average cost $8,448 and earned 2:22 minutes of viewing time. Recent B2B marketing video statistics.

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Solo PR Pro

JUNE 9, 2015

If you’re heavily entrenched in the numbers-end of PR (like Google Analytics or mobile marketing growth stats), it’s easy to offer up your findings in a blog post. Telling a personal story not only engages people in an irresistible way, but it makes your “brand” more approachable. Infographics. Common Problem. Back to that data.

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PR 20/20

APRIL 7, 2016

JP is the Content Marketing Director & Audio/Visual Technician/Engineer of Interact , a place for creating entertaining and engaging quizzes that generate email leads. Have you ever wondered how certain brands outperform others by thousands or even millions of pageviews? Be honest about your marketing strategy.

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Norton's Notes

MARCH 26, 2015

One of those included was for the high street brand Interflora and we named it Verses for my Valentine , in this campaign we asked people when was the last time they received a love letter – it turned out that almost half of people never have. Here’s some of what we did….

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NewsWhip

MAY 27, 2021

Brand relevance versus brand reputation | Jump to text. Wellness brands during the pandemic | Jump to text. So, we’re focused on data-driven digital marketing and communications for companies who, just like us, want to reimagine healthcare. COVID changing healthcare storytelling | Jump to text. Paul: Brilliant.

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Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Sure, marketers in these industries deal with more regulations and bureaucracy than someone who works for Red Bull. million for their content marketing budgets in 2019, per Contently research. The second part explores tips and strategies marketers can use to stand out from their biggest competitors and create content that performs.

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Contently - Strategy

AUGUST 30, 2022

Or you can edit the same blog into an infographic or share pull quotes from the piece on social media. Each asset should serve a unique goal, audience, channel—or else all you’re doing is creating a lot of noise without a lot of value,” says Natalia Dinsmore, Senior Content Marketer at Balance. Blog posts to video content.

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Contently - Strategy

APRIL 24, 2019

This is an excerpt from The Content Marketer’s Playbook: Grow Your Content Program. Brands are creating more content than ever before. According to CMI’s 2019 benchmark report , a majority of both B2B and B2C marketers increased content creation budgets from 2018. Those are standard brand awareness goals.

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Contently - Strategy

JANUARY 23, 2019

“It’s worth thinking about what we actually want the standard fare of our data journalism—or explanatory journalism, if you prefer that more marketable description—to become,” he wrote. Did the Vox experiment, an entire media brand based around explainers, ultimately work out? ” The post-Vox explainer.

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