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The bedtime test of content marketing and PR

Shift Communications

If you need an acid test for compelling content, show it to a literate child at bedtime. Offer to read them a white paper or press release, listen to a webinar, show them an infographic. Vice President, Marketing Technology. Advertising Content Marketing Marketing Press Release Public Relations'

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Why Content Marketing and Public Relations Need Each Other

Sword and the Script

This new trend some were calling content marketing had the hallmarks of a soft and subtle pitch. Media Changes mean PR needs Content Marketing. Credibility: Why Content Marketing also needs PR . The same is true in print. PR: The Best Kept Secret in Content Marketing.

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Earned Media, Shared Media, and Owned Media: What’s the Difference?

5W PR

Owned media is any content or messaging platform the brand owns or exclusively controls. This may include print media, digital platforms, websites or social media pages, as well as all the content on those channels.

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3 Cases Studies of Augmented Reality in B2B Marketing [UML]

Sword and the Script

The first example comes from a white paper by the website B2B Marketing called 6 great examples of VR and AR in B2B marketing. Other readers liked these related posts: Does Blockchain Really Have Marketing Potential? Why You Can Run a Campaign Inside Content Marketing, but Not the Other Way.

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What’s the One Thing?

Cision

It even issued full-page print ads showing how its salaries compared to average ones in the region. Try the outside-the-box content marketing ideas from our free white paper! The company followed its story with an aggressive PR campaign that invited employees to come back to the company. Did it matter?

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Finding Leads: 6 Takes from the 2018 Chief Marketer B2B Lead Gen Report

Sword and the Script

Analysis: B2B marketing must develop its market. While lead generation specialists don’t like to spend money they can’t attribute to sales – investments in content marketing , education, awareness, and branding are inherently linked to finding prospects and cost of conversion. 44% say content marketing.

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2020 Marketing Budget Planning: Here’s How Marketers Say Spending is Shaping Up

Sword and the Script

Here’s the budget data gleaned from the report: Marketing budgets have grown 6.3% in the last 12 months; Senior marketers expect marketing budgets to grow 8.7% While the Gartner survey above provides marketing budgets as a percentage of revenue – this study provides a benchmark as a percentage of the overall budget.