Contently - Strategy

APRIL 1, 2024

It’s time to bid farewell to the dark ages of keyword stuffing and create a content marketing strategy that feels like a digital treasure chest for your target customer. For enterprise B2B companies, the math gets even worse. Are they seeking customers, or do the customers find them (hunting vs. gathering)?

SEO 52

SEO Engineering Writing How To 52

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Marketing conferences have shaped my top team memories. To share the knowledge wealth, below is my list of the 20 coolest marketing events in 2020 (coming to a venue somewhere in the U.S.). Social Media Marketing World. Discover the best social media marketing techniques from the world’s top experts.”. Tech industry.

Conference 97

Conference Marketing Case Study Content Marketing 97

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

This post originally appeared on the Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute's blog. The Marketing AI Institute was created and is powered by PR 20/20. Artificial intelligence has reached peak hype stage, but is it possible that its potential to transform marketing, and your career , is even greater than advertised?

Conference 40

Conference Marketing Analytics Case Study 40

Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 15, 2020

Most brands have learnt that the customer service or reputational impact of the occasion rogue tweet isn’t worth the cost of 24/7 social media management. Technology firms such as Microsoft with Teams and Facebook with Workplace are taking a keen interest in the market. Time served is the typical measure of competence of PR.

Storytelling 78

Storytelling Social Media Internal International 78

PR 20/20

AUGUST 22, 2017

At times, working in a marketing department can feel like being on trial. HubSpot’s 2017 State of Inbound Marketing annual report asked marketing teams about their top challenges. The primary reason I’ve seen inbound marketing programs get squashed is not lack of resources, lack of data or lack of success, but lack of buy-in.

Marketing 87

Marketing Resources Technology Internal 87

Sword and the Script

JUNE 3, 2020

It’s too much, too fast and too convenient for enterprises motivated by profit. to push real-time, actionable alerts to market-moving news as it breaks. Let’s say you’re a software company with dozens of competitors in each of your markets globally. Out of respect, yesterday, I did not publish. My instinct?

Product Launch 96

Product Launch Survey Banking Pharmaceuticals 96

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Every month when I go to write this PR technology summary, I’m surprised at just how many new tools and features are being brought to market. Talkwalker has introduced a new feature it’s calling Customer Data +. SocialChorus has rolled out a new analytics tool for measuring the impact of internal communications.

Internal 64

Internal International Data Media 64

Cision

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Each month we’ll hear from c-suite level communicators and marketers as they discuss challenges and opportunities facing companies in an ever-changing business climate. Previously, Chris ran product marketing and go-to-market strategy for Oracle’s Marketing Cloud business. Chris welcome to the Earned Media Rising podcast.

Media 202

Media Storytelling Technology Data 202

Solo PR Pro

AUGUST 2, 2016

We are an industry that measures, predicts and attempts to stay ahead of the next big thing. With social, businesses got away from making sure they had good processes in place in favor of customer service. The problem is in order to provide quality customer service you must deliver on what you promised.

Industry 40

Industry Trends Customer Service Internal 40

Solo PR Pro

AUGUST 2, 2016

We are an industry that measures, predicts and attempts to stay ahead of the next big thing. With social, businesses got away from making sure they had good processes in place in favor of customer service. The problem is in order to provide quality customer service you must deliver on what you promised.

Industry 40

Industry Trends Customer Service Internal 40

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Marketing and PR predictions aren’t merely forecasts, but often a reflection of our aspirations and perhaps advice – mistakes we’ve made we’d like to help others avoid. “Be Pay to pay, content grows; influencer marketing cools. “I d) Influencer marketing to cool off as far as the amounts of money companies are paying influencers.”.

Marketing 192

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 192

Cision

MARCH 28, 2016

Enterprise businesses are going through a digital transformation and executives are demanding measurable returns. Traditional marketing functions are no longer set up to win. The cross-functional contribution of ideas should come from sales, customer service, research, product development and any other departments.

Enterprise 120

Enterprise Strategy Storytelling Content Marketing 120

Cision

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Nobody can deny that market share is a crucial metric for business success. When we marketers ignore it, we confuse shifts in industry demand with the results of our own actions. Still, market share obsession can also afflict us with a kind of tunnel vision. Focus On Your Core Market. Leverage the “Underdog Effect”.

Marketing 180

Marketing Skype Customer Service Brand 180

Rock the Status Quo

JANUARY 22, 2015

Social media is stealing their value away as the first source of breaking news and content marketing has exploded into a rich source of fresh perspectives, opinions and expertise in an unprecedented volume. and credibility around the company, it’s products and services. It measures and indicates activity, not influence.

Agency 100

Agency Survey Customer Service Engineering 100

Journalistics

MARCH 24, 2015

Content marketing? Influence marketing? What outcomes will you measure? – what do you want to measure? User generated content or influencer marketing-generated content may be more valuable. If you can’t measure performance against your goals and KPIs, you need to adjust them. All of the above?

Strategy 72

Strategy How To Measurement Analytics 72

Shift Communications

AUGUST 24, 2016

However described, PR and Marketing is awash is data. This mindset ignores more cutting edge analysis such as customer journeys, and even more “traditional” marketing funnel aspects related to PR. Data could uncover underperformance in key areas or significant blind spots that PR and Marketing “should” have identified.

Data 60

Data Marketing System Google 60