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3 Studies with Benchmarks for Content Marketing, Blogging and Webinars [UML]

Sword and the Script

Fortunately, there are several new studies that have been published about content marketing, blogging and webinars that provide solid benchmarks. 1) Content marketing benchmarks. MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute published their 10 th Annual B2B Marketing report with benchmarks, budgets and trends.

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This Semrush Acquisition of Backlinko hits PR, SEO and Content Marketing Trifecta [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

HARO, as it’s known colloquially, was an ad-support email newsletter that sent media opportunities from 30,000 reporters and bloggers to a subscriber list of 100,000 PR pros and small businesses. In any case, both of these were “audience buys” and proved to be savvy PR, content marketing and SEO moves. PR tech mentions.

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Big Brands: Content Marketing isn’t a Campaign, It’s a Culture

Sword and the Script

Content marketing is the new branding. Content marketing *is* PR. Content marketing is the new buyer’s journey. But for the vast majority of marketers, especially in large organizations, content marketing is still a new concept, it’s still seeping into the culture. Almost passé.

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How to Leverage Emotions to Boost Digital PR

Cision

From your corporate leaders to your average employees, involve the people behind your company in your digital PR campaign. Lendistry , a firm providing funding for small businesses located in southern California, is an excellent example of how to humanize a brand. He specializes in SEO and Content Marketing activities.

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Seeing Around Corners: 30 Marketing and PR Predictions for 2021

Sword and the Script

Marketing be nimble. Rather than having year-long editorial calendars for opportunities and content, marketing and communications professionals are will have to work in a much more agile, phased approach: creating evergreen content per quarter and making room for ‘rapid-response’ type communications based on what 2021 might throw at us.

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Three Positive Earned Media Stories in the COVID-19 Era

Critical Mention

Federico’s Pizza Takes Out Loan to Pay Employees. The restaurant is owned by two brothers who decided they would do everything in their power to take care of their 20 employees: that included taking out a $50,000 line of credit to pay the staff even as business slowed.

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The two brands leading the way with brand journalism during COVID might surprise you

Communications Conversations

But, they haven’t exactly been well-known for groundbreaking social media marketing or content marketing in the past. ” According to Salesforce, this is a “series for senior executives, small business leaders, and those in between.” Now, the video episodes are a little long.