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Private equity gets creative: What’s behind PR and content marketing firm acquisitions

Agility PR Solutions

The intersection between private equity (PE) firms and creative agencies presents a study in contrasts. The burgeoning trend of PE investments in this sector sheds light on the strategic allure these creative entities hold for investors keen on unlocking value through digital transformation and data-driven strategies.

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3 Data-Driven Content Strategy Solutions for the Next Era of Content Marketing

Contently - Strategy

. “They’ve got all this data at their fingertips,” Hatch said. ” Over the past few years, I’ve found that this problem plagues most organizations when it comes to content strategy. What brands get wrong about data-driven content. Data-driven content marketing isn’t a two-step process.

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Does Your Content Marketing Strategy Tell a Data-Driven Story?

Cision

Content marketing boils down to one simple question: what story is your brand telling? According to CMI’s 2015 Benchmark Report , 55 percent of B2B marketers plan to increase their content marketing budget in the next 12 months—essentially, pouring more money into telling their brands’ stories.

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3 Data-Driven Content Strategy Solutions for the Next Era of Content Marketing

Contently - Strategy

In 2017, I shared a stage at Collision Conference with Alicia Hatch, the CMO of Deloitte Digital, when she captured the biggest problem plaguing most marketing teams. They’ve got all this data at their fingertips,” Hatch said. What brands get wrong about data-driven content. That promise was flawed.

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The Most Underrated Skill in Content Marketing? Fact-Checking

Contently - Strategy

This piece originally appeared on Contently’s The Freelance Creative. In a recent piece I wrote on abortion , the editor required that I verify every statistic, claim, or data point with a news source or expert. When it comes to freelance content marketing , however, the parameters are often less clear.

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Building better relationships with content marketing

Prohibition

We don’t need to sell you on the benefits of content marketing. When compared with other forms of marketing, content marketing has the potential to form a meaningful and long-lasting relationship with your customer or prospect. So, how do you get it right when it comes to content marketing?

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AirPR Interview Series: Content Marketing and PR Experts share measurement predictions for 2018

Onclusive

With the explosion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, an increased focus from the C-suite on business- and metrics-driven KPIs, and a new trend toward Growth PR , PR & content marketing measurement is changing – radically and rapidly. I want marketers to think more creatively and broadly about what to measure.