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Tips, Tools & Templates to Fuel Your 2018 Enterprise Marketing Strategy

PR 20/20

We get that annual planning is a beast, and marketers everywhere are wrought with expectation and reporting woes. You need an actionable, original marketing plan —driven by purposeful planning and backed by data—to truly gain executive buy-in. 7 Tips & Tools for Marketing Strategy & Performance. Marketing team.

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How to Overcome 7 Top Content Marketing Challenges

Cision

Content marketing has never been more important. A report from Content Marketing Institute (CMI) conducted in 2016 found that 47 percent of enterprise marketers planned to increase their budgets for content marketing over the following 12 months. Content Marketers Have Insufficient Resources.

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Content Marketing vs. Marketing Content: Analyst Firm Gartner Weighs In

Sword and the Script

The technology analyst firm Gartner recently weighed in on the difference between “content marketing” and “marketing content.”. Marketing content, according to Gartner, is “All content assets created by marketing teams.”. See these related posts: PR, Social Media and the Imperative of Content Marketing [UML].

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How Data-Driven Storytelling Drives PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Journalists look for pitches that are backed up by data in the form of charts, graphs, tables, or interactive infographics. Data-driven PR drives marketing engagement. Infographic from a 2017 article in MarTech Advisor. The overall PR/marketing trend is toward more content, and specifically more visual content.

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5 Ways PR Beats Paid Advertising

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

PR , advertising, and marketing should be working together as well-oiled gears in a powerful machine that propels a brand toward success. For smaller firms, PR can reduce marketing spend. Close behind are e-books (67%), infographics (66%), and blog posts (66%).” And solid reputation management creates a litany of benefits.

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Baseball, Beers and Statistics: Cubs vs. Cardinals

Cision

Today, professional communicators are looking for ways to tap into new audiences and mobilize them in support of their own goals through content marketing. Using enterprise social intelligence software , we tracked the fan personas of historic baseball rivalries — the first in our series is the Chicago Cubs against the St.

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Change Agent Spotlight: Marketer Proves Inbound Marketing Success in Manufacturing

PR 20/20

Inbound marketing requires a champion—those who believe in the power of inbound, and are willing to take a risk on a new direction, methodology and technology. A: I was first exposed to inbound marketing working at a small marketing agency from 2009 until 2011. Inbound marketing is not hard, but it’s complicated.