Cision

JUNE 2, 2015

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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Cision

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Content marketing has the power to turn your brand into a driving force in your industry, but with so much competition in the marketplace, how can you ensure that your content makes an impact? What other challenges do you see brands facing in terms of content? Q: How has content marketing changed in recent years?

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The Resolution Blog

AUGUST 11, 2015

Getting a brand to appear in Google’s organic search results is big business. Millions of people turn to Google to search for their next loan, dress, luxury holiday, car, wedding dress…the list is endless. They want to short-cut and let Google help choose for them. You are Influencing Consumer Behavior in Google.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Whether it’s web or social media or mobile apps, it’s still the content that dominates every digital space. With the proliferation of digital channels, there’s been an increased demand for content marketing. Simultaneous to this growth in demand, marketers also have made a lot of mistakes that pull down content marketing output.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Did you know that 47% of B2B marketers and 34% of B2C marketers don’t measure content marketing ROI? Another reason why marketers don’t measure content marketing ROI is that they simply don’t know how to do it. Following is a list of 15 content marketing metrics that you should measure: 1.

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Prohibition

JUNE 25, 2018

But this is actually a pretty useful list of different things we’re using right now to try and maximise engagement as part of our content marketing strategies. This is basically a fail safe list of handy tools to use when you have the inevitable marketeers mind block and you need to make good content. Gift of the Gif.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 20, 2020

Slack’s long list of integration partners, like Google Drive, Zoom and Outlook, can help nearly any team work smarter. . For content marketers, Hubspot or a competitor is a must-have. It’s an effective content marketing platform for any industry but especially for PR people.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 20, 2016

In other words, we spend lots of time mapping what content is needed, for what persona, at what stage – and then wind up sending more emails offering discounts. It’s been a trend in content marketing too. B2B marketers seem to think that buying content by the pound and then throwing it at Google is the path to scale.

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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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Frederik Vincx

JULY 25, 2023

Role As a co-founder, my role was broad, mostly focussed on the creative aspects. And later creating an inbound sales engine via content marketing and conversion optimization. Frederik’s diverse creative skills, resourcefulness, and honest feedback make him a vital team member.

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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. If your content can’t be indexed and found online, you’re wasting time and money. Use keywords.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Content marketing is blending the functions of marketing and sales to the extent, marketing has lost its focus on creating demand. That’s my take after listening to Tom Webster evolve a concept over couple of podcasts on The Marketing Companion and finally rendered in a more polished format on Mark W.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 14, 2015

Copyright law governs content, and failing to understand copyright law can expose your company to significant legal damages. At a former company I was at, an intern used a photo from a major stock photo service that they found via Google Images on the company website. Vice President, Marketing Technology. Christopher S.

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Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In a digital age where audience behaviors shift with each new trend and technological advance, it’s paramount for marketers to introduce their content campaigns directly into the spaces where their target audiences are most engaged. Now, content marketing boundaries are stretching far beyond these traditional confines.

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Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Each day, the Internet becomes increasingly crowded with content. Consequently, content marketers are finding it harder to get their content to stand out and receive recognition for their efforts. With such an informative webinar, many attendees posed questions on the process of content creation. Create an e-book.

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Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

That’s where your content marketing efforts come into to play. On top of crafting compelling content, the most prominent challenge is driving engagement from targeted audiences. According to HubSpot’s 2017 State of Inbound, the top challenge marketing faces is generating more traffic and leads. Ah, video.

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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. Google Doc?

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Buzzstream

MAY 2, 2024

You need to be internally linking to pages you care about on your site, which sends an important signal to Google that this page is important and matters, and it should rank. Google only cares about three, but five is twice as good as three. I, on the, I think it was 12 brands that basically own Google search.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 4, 2023

In this blog, we’re going to be looking at how to integrate digital PR campaigns into your wider digital marketing strategy such as influencer marketing, social media, website content, and content marketing to make your campaigns work harder. Influencer marketing. Website Content/Content Marketing.

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Prohibition

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Digital PR involves creating content campaigns around unique data pieces, interactive content onsite, newsjacking techniques, and other strategies to increase awareness and gain high-quality backlinks. Combining SEO and content marketing will increase your online presence, as the reach is much greater from higher rankings.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

government will finally get serious about the social media monopolies and start by breaking up Meta/Facebook, Google, etc. In addition, we’ll finally see legislation removing the blanket immunity of social media monopolies for content under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996.”. Social media breakup.

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ReimaginePR

JULY 25, 2018

It’s the marketing discipline which helps visitors easily find your site in popular search engines like Google. SEO leverages creative elements and technical elements which help your rankings, spread awareness about your product or brand and ultimately drive traffic to your site. and the almighty Google.

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Beyond PR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

If you’re only partially committed to creating and distributing content, Content Marketing Institute founder Joe Pulizzi would rather you do no content marketing at all. This may not have been the message Content Marketing World attendees were expecting to hear during Joe’s welcome address.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

This year, more than 20 professionals – real people that do real marketing and PR work every day – responded and with high-quality ideas that I found to be invigorating and thought-provoking. 8) Creativity over productivity. 12) More dramatic platform changes will challenge marketing. 7: Lou Hoffman. 32: Rachael Wolensky of ALM.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 24, 2015

But it struck me that the Batman franchise offers some great takeaways for content marketing. And like many writers, he’s a loner who believes the world needs nothing more than his textually-active method of bringing a creative problem to its knees. What can other comic franchises teach us about content marketing?

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Measuring genuine ROI and a marketing campaign’s long-term contribution to revenue takes time, and marketers need to slow down to do it.”. Sean Callahan , Senior Manager, Content Marketing | LinkedIn. 6) Relationships with people who have the ear of your target market. “It’s Craig Dekshenieks | Aderant.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 1, 2019

6) Is Creativity a Skill or Talent? It seems to me if creativity is a talent it can be fine-tuned, like a natural athlete trains to compete in professional football. This is another good piece from the Unscripted Marketing series focused on creativity. Let Google Hold the Football for You [Google+].

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MaccaPR

MARCH 18, 2015

Remember when public relations required you to persuade gatekeepers – news editors, TV and radio producers and reporters – to carry your company or client''s content to their audiences? Now, brands from Red Bull to Google are becoming publishers and broadcasters themselves. But, definitions vary by marketer.

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Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

As this new landscape unfolds, understanding the interplay between human creativity and the precision of AI SEO tools becomes pivotal for success. Google has been astutely observant of the AI wave sweeping over content creation. The burning question is: Does Google endorse AI-generated content?

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Flatiron Communications

JANUARY 15, 2016

We also were led to believe that the creation of a compelling piece of content (text, images, infographics, video) stood a chance of going viral. Now that CGM has morphed in name to UGC (user generated content), marketers want a guarantee — in the form of a ready-made audience — to drive awareness and action. Michelle Phan (8.2M

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PR 20/20

JANUARY 16, 2023

The Ready North RSS: Must-Reads for Marketers. For Content Marketing, we like…. Content Marketing Institute blog ( @CMIContent ): Insight from top names in our industry. Founded by Joe Pulizzi ( @JoePulizzi ), CMI is a powerhouse for content marketing advice. These are just a few of our favorites.

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Prohibition

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

While it may have felt like the longest month in existence, it didn’t stop the creative minds of marketers around the world. Combining the use of its classic slogan and the current conversation around AI, KitKat Canada came up with a creative video campaign encouraging us to give AI tools a bit of breathing room. You did it.

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Cision

MAY 26, 2016

A few of my favorite examples of content that delights, in no particular order, are: PNR with This Old Marketing – This is a great content marketing podcast hosted by Joe Pulizzi and Robert Rose. That’s where the final stage of crafting delightful content enters the picture. It’s, well, delightful.

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Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

In case you aren’t convinced you should consider working with influencers just yet, here are a few other reasons this type of creative partnership can bring value to your business. Some companies have even seen upwards of $18 in earned media value. Reach a Wider Audience. Based on the influencer’s stats (i.e. Trust in your Brand.

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Buzzstream

MAY 2, 2024

We’ll use X’s Advanced Search feature, which allows you to be a little more creative with your searches. Some like to go a different route to find interested journalists and seek websites or articles via Google search. So, continuing our farming example, let’s perform a Google search for farming news. Ah, much better.

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Cision

JUNE 2, 2017

What must also be kept in mind is that creativity and innovation don’t come in a vacuum. Step 1: Google Your Competitors. Despite its 1990s appearance, Google is still the “go-to” site to start the competition sleuthing. Implement viral marketing tactics. ” – Henry Ford. How did Movoto do it?

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Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Are the social media waters still safe for marketing? My best advice for Marketing PRs and CMOs looking to bond with, and move social consumers to action is to adopt the content marketing approach I like to call our Strategic Objectives 4 H Club: Be Human. Be Helpful. Face it, embrace it, change is good!

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