Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Although visuals are important, the aesthetics of the text itself can influence how many people consume content and how long they spend engaged with it. 1) Write short sentences. Years ago, a marketing professor in my MBA program required students to use varied punctuation in writing assignments.

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Stern + Associates

MAY 6, 2024

Brandon shares his experience and insights on elevating online presence and driving business goals in the following Q&A: Can you discuss your background and how you came to lead Stern’s digital marketing capability?

Strategy 71

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PR Fuel

AUGUST 26, 2021

About 80% of consumers prefer to learn about a business through custom content. Without a content marketing strategy, you could miss a chance to reach customers. Instead, you can focus on consumers who already want or need your business. You can also use press releases to create an omnichannel marketing strategy.

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Prohibition

JULY 14, 2017

Consider the changing shape of the comms industry, and you will undoubtedly come across the phrase ‘content marketing’. Content has become the ‘buzz word’ for the industry – whether you specialise in SEO, digital marketing or indeed more traditional avenues such as online advertising and PR. But what does content mean?

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 2, 2018

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. That means you need to write messaging that’s completely client-concentric. Write like you talk.

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Contently - Strategy

MAY 11, 2024

Recent research suggests so—particularly if you care about reaching younger consumers. Local SEO Content Strategy: Designing for Success When analyzing content for local SEO, Google’s algorithm takes factors like relevance, distance, and prominence into account. Here’s what to know in 2024.

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Landis PR

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

A well-written press release helps you establish credibility and build trust with your consumers—a major factor consumers consider when buying. Search engines are partial to well-written content; a good press release can help you rank and index well on search engines like Google. Create Landing Pages. Conclusion.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 23, 2024

Your marketing and public relations (PR) campaigns are vital methods of connecting and communicating with consumers. Just as a turn of phrase can shift consumer trust in a brand’s favor, a misjudged tone in the brand voice can also derail your efforts. Where does psychology fit in?

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PR 20/20

MARCH 12, 2019

This post originally appeared on the Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute's blog. The Marketing AI Institute was created and is powered by PR 20/20. No matter what content you write or what stories your brand tells, there’s a good chance a machine can help you do it better. What Is AI for Content Marketing?

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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. 3) Search engine visibility. Tips for LinkedIn Pulse.

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PR Fuel

JUNE 24, 2021

About 69% of marketers with successful campaigns have a documented content marketing strategy. As part of your content strategy, you might consider drafting your own press releases. Writing in a journalistic style can take years of practice. Write in the inverted pyramid style. Use proper grammar and style.

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Bad Pitch Blog

APRIL 19, 2012

>screen does the blurry transition to note we''re considering the changes< Publishing: Content management platforms have decentralized publishing. This has changed the roles in publishing as consumers and brands can now participate in a world once reserved to the fourth estate. Consumers prefer sharing content to creating it.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In today’s digital landscape, content writing plays a pivotal role in attracting and engaging both human readers and search engines. This article presents eight practical and effective tips to help content writers strike the perfect balance between user-friendly content and search engine optimization (SEO) strategies.

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Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

It’s not news that social media has taken the business world by storm, changing the way consumers research their purchases and creating an unprecedented opportunity for brands to build one-to-one relationships with their brand’s biggest fans. This is the PR industry’s bread and butter, most often referred to as publicity or media relations.

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Cision

JULY 26, 2016

In this interview, David discusses the importance of good writing skills, how technology has transformed the industry and how to stand out in today’s crowded marketplace. From there, you still identify where those audiences consume information – it’s just that a lot more of it these days is digital or social.

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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. Then, write a fresh release for that publication.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Marketing investment was redirected towards demand generation (content marketing, paid media) as startups looked for deal flow. As the market lifts, brands will need to raise awareness and will be ready to invest for the longer term as their horizons extend. There will be a glut of AI-generated content as well.

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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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Critical Mention

JANUARY 9, 2019

Now, marketers realize they need to target niche audiences that will lead to a conversion. Reaching out to people that are more likely to be receptive to your brand is more cost efficient, less time consuming and more sustainable in the long run. Establishing relationships with these influencers is key to your marketing strategy.

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Cision

JUNE 5, 2017

Brands can be discovered in-store, through a search engine site, from a friend, or influencer, or on social media. Marketers need to ensure that the right experiences are surfacing to the right people. Write good, creative content. Brands can’t inspire their consumers if the content is not inspirational.

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PR Fuel

JULY 7, 2021

Search engine optimization (SEO) can help your website rank higher on search engine results pages (SERPs). A higher ranking can help consumers find your business with ease. Keep reading to discover everything you need to know about press release search engine optimization. Not sure where to start or why it matters?

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Buzzstream

MAY 16, 2024

I get email requests from guest bloggers who want to write on the BuzzStream blog daily. And yet, according to uSERP’s State of Backlinks for SEO report , guest posting is the third most popular link-building method behind content marketing and digital PR. I’ll be blunt: they are never good. What is Guest Blogging?

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PR Fuel

MARCH 8, 2022

Over 80% of marketers are actively investing in content marketing. In fact, 60% say content can help generate leads and demand. Content creation is the most outsourced content marketing activity among marketers, too. For example, perhaps you lack experience writing press releases.

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Polaris

MARCH 20, 2015

Every business owner needs to know something about search engine optimization. I knew that would be very time-consuming, and in many cases impossible, so I decided against it. The final option was to start building high quality links by writing useful content that interested others. I enjoy writing.

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PR Fuel

JUNE 9, 2021

Consumers might turn toward your competitors instead. These tips can set your press release and content marketing strategies up for success. Writing press releases can help you generate brand awareness and recognition. Writing press releases is also a cost-effective marketing strategy. Make a List.

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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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PR 20/20

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Each tool is sorted according to our 5Ps of marketing AI framework , a framework we devised to help visualize and organize use cases and the marketing AI technology landscape: Planning: Building intelligent strategies. Production: Creating intelligent content. Personalization: Powering intelligent consumer experiences.

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Critical Mention

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Whether it’s from social media, online publications or broadcast stations, today’s digital marketers must always take advantage of their earned media coverage. SEO plays a big part in today’s digital media marketing. To start, you’ll need to make sure you are writing with voice search in mind. Publish Evergreen Content.

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PR 20/20

JULY 11, 2019

At the heart of what we do, all marketers are storytellers. Through content marketing, we work hard to design narratives that inspire, inform, explain, and even challenge what our buyers might already believe. Luckily, new technologies are enabling marketers to deliver on smarter content marketing strategies.

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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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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

For example, in my search queries for “should you put a date on content,” just two among the top 10 results did not have a date. In fact, the top result is more than six years old at the time of this writing ( see this screenshot with the markup ). People won’t consume content without a date. User experience.

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Cision

JUNE 6, 2017

According to research by Boston Consulting Group, one ultraloyal customer who shares content can generate eight times his or her own consumption through their advocacy. The key idea here is that the economic value of content marketing does not come from content. It comes from the transmission of content.

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Beyond PR

MARCH 6, 2018

Annoyed and overwhelmed, consumers are fed up with intrusive advertising and sales tactics. It’s no surprise, 70 percent of society wants to learn about products and services through content and not advertisements. Content Marketing is no Longer a Shiny New Object. But What Makes Content Marketers Successful?

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Critical Mention

OCTOBER 21, 2018

To increase their search engine rankings, a lot of businesses try black hat SEO tactics, like stuffing keywords into their content or misleading consumers to visit their site. There is a lot more than what meets the eye when it comes to getting to the top of search engines. Spam links don’t fool search engines.

SEO 74

SEO Strategy Engineering Local 74

MaccaPR

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Clint is also co-founder of the Minnesota Search Engine Marketing Association , although his Facebook profile admits he’s actually “plotting world domination.” How did the ThinkSEM agency come to focus on search engine marketing and landing pages? Oh, and he’s a serious fan of Motley Crue and Metallica.

SEO 98

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ISEBOX

OCTOBER 25, 2016

When you wrote it, you took pains to write an interesting article you can use elsewhere. Say you’re Apple, and you are writing a press release about the new Apple Watch. The personas are: Journo Dylan who writes for product reviews. Journo Taylor who writes for Business Finance. You’ve written 3 press releases.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Avid podcast listeners consume an average of five a week – listening for four hours and 10 minutes (chart nearby used with permission by The Marketing Companion ). Not only is this a significant amount of time – but it’s quality time and so marketing has joined the crowd. 1) Marketing Audibles for Audio Search.

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