Contently - Strategy

JANUARY 26, 2023

The good news is that many companies have already cracked the thought leadership code using strategies that content marketers can emulate. We’ll walk through examples from organizations like Google, FedEx, Cigna, and more and break down the steps you can take to develop a thought leadership program of your own.

Leadership 126

Leadership Content Marketing Healthcare Google 126

Cision

JANUARY 11, 2018

There were also a lot of big changes here at Cision, including a complete rebrand , celebrating our 150-year heritage by going public and launching new technology that makes PR measurement possible. Use the included template to plan out your content calendar for the rest of this year. How Cision® Impact Measures Earned Media.

Communications 225

Communications Marketing Radio Airlines 225

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. Want to write for Cision®?

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How To Guidelines Content Marketing Video 177

Cision

APRIL 18, 2017

If you already have a list of vetted keywords from your marketing team to work from, skip ahead to step two. If not, complete the following exercise: Write down all of the questions you are asked in new business—aka sales—meetings. Write down all of the questions your customer service department is asked.

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Exercises Google Writing Blogging 198

Critical Mention

OCTOBER 25, 2021

He is left trying to write down individual tweets, which is both humorous and pathetic. But even a solution like Google Alerts, or a platform that does not provide access to all media types, is not enough in the most critical moments for a brand.

Media 162

Media Fashion Television Radio 162

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. I sure have.

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Content Marketing Marketing Measurement Writing 60

Buzzstream

JANUARY 22, 2024

Most link builders know that what Google says and what Google does can be two very different things. One practice sits squarely in Google’s gray area: guest posting sites. In the early days of Google, guest posting was seen as a legitimate SEO strategy, and Google didn’t publicly penalize it.

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Analysis SEO Guidelines Google 91

Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 5, 2015

But how many of us are effectively measuring it? Here are some tips on getting started measuring your storytelling efforts. 5 “W”s to Consider Before Starting PR Measurement. The other half involves measuring to prove ROI,” says Gina Joseph before she reveals the big “W”s. ” 4. Silverman.

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Storytelling Measurement Content Marketing Tools 40

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

Vendors are giving us reason to be optimistic about public relations technology – from AI that will predict your pitching success to more tangible PR measurement and attribution. Years ago, I had the opportunity to be a PR director for a publicly-traded company that developed and sold software to the PR market. Did you know?

Technology 169

Technology Publicity Software Pitching 169

The Proactive Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

This new report shows relative 2014 media coverage for ten top business-to-business (B2B) tech brands – Amazon, Cisco, Dell, EMC, Google, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, and Oracle. Microsoft leads on cloud computing – with Google and Amazon in second and third. Microsoft leads on data center – with Cisco and Google in second and third.

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Report Big Data Brand Branding 133

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Professionals across the globe share analysis and perhaps, aspiration, in offering up PR and marketing predictions for 2022. I believe when people write predictions, they aren’t just saying what they think will happen but revealing a reflection of sorts. Louis Gordon , Director of Content & PR, Perimeter 81 .

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Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 214

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. For Social Media, we like….

Blogging 52

Blogging Marketing Pinterest SEO 52

Cision

APRIL 25, 2015

You can, and should, write a press release and send it to your targeted media group to drum up publicity. Below are three steps to help you quickly determine the best ways to get your message to the masses through content amplification. Check Google Analytics to figure out what outlets drive most of your traffic.

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Film Content Marketing Analytics Measurement 120

The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

Check out this interview to begin to improve your measurement today. All models are wrong, but some are useful… Orin Puniello, part Ketchum Global Research & Analytics team shares why some PR measurement models will never tell you the whole truth. If you’re creating content in PR take note of hacks one and two especially.

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Tools Publicity SEO Measurement 136

Rock the Status Quo

APRIL 26, 2017

One of the reasons I appreciate the ability to measure so much is the insider’s view on what works and what doesn’t. “A great headline isn’t the magic bullet for content marketing; clarity is.” This I know: my goal for creating content is to drive website traffic that is ideally situated to convert.

SEO 133

SEO Community Writing Content Marketing 133

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

There’s no written playbook for navigating the PR challenges likely to arise, and smart marketers and comms pros will trust their judgment and past experiences in guiding strategy and providing counsel. By focusing on building trust, marketing and communications pros will also raise Google search algorithm ranking.

Writing 192

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 192

Barokas

MAY 31, 2019

Campaigns must be simultaneously creative, strategic and measurable. Content must be on-brand and consistent, without being overtly promotional or repetitive. Below is a roundup of the most common types of content today’s marketers need to produce. Your approach must spread across earned, owned and paid channels.

Case Study 100

Case Study B2B Resources Web 100

Critical Mention

JANUARY 9, 2019

John Hall writes in Forbes: “Too many companies see customers as gatekeepers to wallets; meanwhile, customers feel ignored at best–and insulted at worst–when the journey ends.”. Data drives marketing. To be a successful marketer, you must be able to measure your strategies. Optimize content for voice search.

Trends 108

Trends Marketing Mobile YouTube 108

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 13, 2016

“If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” ~ Peter Drucker. But I am smart enough to realize that a company’s marketing, advertising and public relations efforts—my efforts—have a direct and attributable effect to the bottom line of my company. THAT you can measure against. Find a way to measure engagement instead.

Measurement 40

Measurement Advertising Advertising Enterprise 40

Rock the Status Quo

APRIL 26, 2017

One of the reasons I appreciate the ability to measure so much is the insider’s view on what works and what doesn’t. “A great headline isn’t the magic bullet for content marketing; clarity is.” This I know: my goal for creating content is to drive website traffic that is ideally situated to convert.

SEO 100

SEO Community Writing Content Marketing 100

Cision

MAY 2, 2016

” – Emily Bell, writing for CJR. Fast forward a few months and with very little conscious thought I get much of my News briefs from the Apple News app, as well as from Facebook, Twitter, Amazon’s Alexa and (of course) Google. What this media consumption shift caused is a shift in how publishers view content marketing.

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Mobile LinkedIn Facebook Google 120

Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Content marketers often have difficulty getting executive buy-in for customer research. Not all companies have heavy pennies for product marketing—meaning content marketers are expected to do the humungous task of audience research on their own, along with their other responsibilities. Lack of buy-in.

B2B 94

B2B Company Survey Enterprise 94

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 26, 2019

There’s only so much time to spend on routine work like monitoring and measuring, yet these tasks are extremely important to any ongoing PR agency-client relationship. Needless to say, we couldn’t live without simple tools like Google Alerts and services like Cision. AI-generated content is picking up steam.

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Pitching Agency Tools Resources 136

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

They write quality posts. These habits are applicable to corporate blogging where a blog is a central platform in a content marketing strategy. 1) How long does it take to write a blog post? Don’t miss these related posts: B2B Blog Metrics: 4 Effective Categories to Measure Success. Can you write some short ones?

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Study B2B Marketing Survey 79

Cision

MARCH 30, 2015

Matt Heinz of Heinz Marketing writes that it is helpful to determine your “go-to” sources at the outset of your content curation planning: “Identify a core set of sources you can count on for both consistently good content as well as a variety of sources of similarly-themed content.

Google 120

Google Measurement Content Marketing Engineering 120

Cision

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

If left to my own devices I write in a passive voice, I habitually use compound sentences, and my vocabulary choice is less than ideal (humblebrag – I use too many syllables). On a weekly basis, I get a platform to the communications and marketing communities and need to write effectively for them.

Tools 120

Tools How To SEO Writing 120

The Resolution Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Fast forward seven years, and I wish I – and the rest of the public relations industry – had taken more of an interest in the evolution of search marketing. How many PRs write blogs and truly understand how to optimise them for Search? Incidentally, for journalists, content marketing is, in many respects, the new PR.

SEO 120

SEO Engineering Content Marketing Agency 120

Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 7, 2015

If you’ve bought into that, then how do you find smarter ways to measure authoritative content? So when the nature of authoritative content is changing so dramatically, how you measure the success of your content has to change as well. So how do you now measure the validity of this content?

Measurement 40

Measurement System Blogging Facebook 40

Cision

AUGUST 22, 2016

One of the biggest developments for content marketing may have been hidden in plain sight for the last year. While initially positioned as a feature for news, Google announced (somewhat predictably) that AMP will be displayed in general search results as well. Spoiler alert: AMP is all about speeding up your mobile pages.

Mobile 96

Mobile SEO Web Google 96

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I have to use Teams, Wrike, Kapost, Dropbox, Google Drive, Google Data Studio, Sharepoint, Salesforce, Oktopost and Slack to communicate with clients and teams. I have colleagues who also layer on Trello and other content management systems as well. Lines between what constitutes PR and content marketing continue to blur.

Communications 122

Communications Crisis Internal International 122

Flack's Revenge

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

By 2014 it was obvious that video was the rising star of content marketing. More people were showing a preference for video content, and we were hearing the first rumblings from major players like Facebook that they would be giving preferential treatment to video content. He agreed; see the Q and A below.

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Video B2B Film Marketing 153

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 11, 2019

If the agency you hired was only hired to write content, how hard would it be to switch them out with another agency? While we could argue that content writing is not a commodity (I don’t believe it is), many executives and bearers of big checkbooks may disagree. Strategy and measurement are hard.

Strategy 64

Strategy Analytics Agency Measurement 64

PR 20/20

JANUARY 17, 2023

A study from Google found that about 89% of B2B researchers start the process for a future business purchase on the internet. Additionally, three-quarters of companies using highly personalized marketing content report growing market share, according to McKinsey & Company. Create Purposeful Content For Each Stage.

Strategy 52

Strategy How To Technology B2B 52

Polaris

DECEMBER 18, 2014

‘Tis the season when brands release heart-warming Christmas videos and marketing bloggers write about the best holiday gift ideas , new year’s resolutions and marketing trends for 2015. In addition, many are predicting the marketing developments we witnessed in 2014 will continue: 1. How do we measure results?

Trends 135

Trends Marketing Pinterest Social Media 135

Solo PR Pro

JANUARY 7, 2019

Did you receive an Amazon Echo, Google Home, or other voice assistant device as a holiday gift? Increased reliance on these smart speakers — for news, listening to music, and searching for information — means PR pros need to incorporate “speakable content” into client communications plans. Content Marketing.

Trends 45

Trends Google Crisis Management Data 45

Sword and the Script

JUNE 25, 2016

Also see: In Content Marketing, Marketers Might be Losing Their Way. What Your Customers Think About Content Marketing. The daily time people spend w/ #digital media remains flat as content grows https://t.co/SJtgPBrMry But is quantity of content really the answer? Measuring content output is easy.

Marketing 61

Marketing Content Marketing Energy Measurement 61

Critical Mention

OCTOBER 21, 2018

They need to be placed strategically in your content. Google’s algorithm-driven ranking system uses search terms as contextual signals to show results. Click through rate is the best way to measure how your content is resonating with your audience more than any other measurement.

SEO 74

SEO Strategy Engineering Local 74