Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

A survey by Spiceworks Ziff Davis found B2B tech marketing prospects say they consume 11 or more piece of vendor content Pieces of content. There are unpolished phrases the marketing community kicks around to describe the outsized role content marketing has in the sales cycle. Consumption. But it can and continues to rise.

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Cision

APRIL 23, 2015

This post is based on our white paper “ Outside-The-Box Content Marketing for PR.” ” A week into 2014, Mark Schaefer published a blog post that questioned whether content marketing – which he termed “the hottest marketing trend around” – was a sustainable strategy for businesses.

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Presspage

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Though it should be obvious your PR practices play a vital role in promoting your organization and its products and services, you probably have a significantly harder time determining the actual value than your colleagues at the marketing and sales departments do. Still, there are several ways to quantitatively measure the ROI of PR.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 7, 2019

In today’s hi-tech, fast-moving, cluttered digital world, content marketing is one of the most practical, effective and useful marketing strategies to date. It’s an essential aspect of today’s digital marketing landscape. So what does content marketing mean? White papers. Infographics.

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Cision

AUGUST 6, 2015

Read Cision Global Insight’s free “Integrating Travel Technology Into the Customer Experience” white paper today! Get the latest white paper now! Read the full-length white paper or check out the infographic below! Want to learn how travel technology impacts your brand?

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 11, 2019

Marketing is sometimes like politics. Marketers tend to be for it or against it – and passion may sometimes cloud new perspective. Gates provide marketing justification. You want to build your email marketing list. This is useful for email marketing and also retargeting and custom audience campaigns for paid social media.

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Stern + Associates

AUGUST 13, 2014

Yet the sales community generally views thought leadership as a fancy name for marketing, outside their job to court new customers and close deals. Creating compelling and convincing content – from articles and interviews, blogs and videos, presentations and events, white papers and newsletters – is the first step.

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Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

How to Balance Ethics and Reality in #Influencer #Marketing [link] pic.twitter.com/BWn4QG8m0s. — Branding, Social Media, Marketing, PR & Professional Coach. 68% Of Marketers Want To Know How To Create Better Visual Content [link]. Content marketing influencer, social media marketing strategist & speaker.

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Shift Communications

MAY 14, 2015

We’re constantly pushing clients and prospects to embrace elements such as Google Analytics, Twitter advertising, measurement beyond pure clicks and the like. I n other words, when it comes to marketing, what are more “traditional” B2B companies doing these days? Here are my findings: Marketing Technology.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 6, 2015

If content marketing was a self-evaluated college class, marketers would give themselves a “C.” That’s my sense after reading the new B2B Content Marketing 2016 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends – North America report. The annual report is a joint effort between MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute.

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Cision

APRIL 16, 2015

Visual media and storytelling may be some of the big trends, but you still have to measure your work and provide results to your stakeholders. Don’t neglect the basic plot; exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution can play a role in designing a visual story or an asset like an infographic. Decide on the format.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 2, 2015

The Agency had just sprouted a marketing technology team arm, and I had been itching to learn more in that area for some time. I was already starting to see the need to integrate our traditional PR practices with marketing tech. I’m on the frontlines of seeing how marketing and PR can work together. Hubspot’s Marketing Blog.

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PRSay

APRIL 19, 2016

A successful integrated marketing communications (IMC) practice incorporates concepts like core strategy statements, cross-platform strategies, and iterative measurement practices. But the real heart of IMC is not in the planning or measurement stages. Register by April 22 and save $100. .

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Stuart Bruce

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

I very much doubt that the in-house communications team that are confident they can measure the ROI of traditional PR activities are actually right. I very much doubt that the in-house communications team that are confident they can measure the ROI of traditional PR activities are actually right. Digital PR training. Methodology.

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MaccaPR

OCTOBER 5, 2015

It may go without saying that content marketing is one of the most discussed topics among public relations professional and marketers this year, a practice which centers on really great, high-quality content. As proof, a Content Marketing Institute survey found 70% of B2B marketers are creating more content than they did one year ago.

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MaccaPR

AUGUST 20, 2014

I recently joined our agency’s VP Jean Hill in delivering a workshop on the data-driven science behind social media before more than 50 marketing executives for a Fortune 100 client. Encourage more prospects to download content such as a white paper, e-book or infographic. Way more often than you currently are).

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Cision

OCTOBER 19, 2015

You don’t need to look further than most infographics to find statistics whose datapoints contradict each other. Looking for new ways to measure your PR efforts? Learn how with our recent white paper! You might ask what Beyes’ theorem has to do with social media communication and marketing. Hopefully a lot.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 19, 2018

Respondents said storytelling, content marketing and thought leadership will be more important over the next 12 months. Specifically, the survey found storytelling, content marketing and thought leadership topped the list of more than 20 tactics or trends related to PR in terms of importance. 67% said thought leadership.

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Mindful Marketing

APRIL 18, 2016

They create content – everything from award and speaking submissions to infographics, videos, photos, bylines and white papers – as well as train executives on speaking and presentation skills, assist HR with creative ad copy, manage crisis situations and even manage social media channels for brands and executives.

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Beyond PR

MAY 12, 2016

Photos, short infographics, videos and other visuals create a stronger emotional connection than words alone. Bringing journalists and prospective customers to your client’s website can lead to greater ROI and insights, which is important as agencies are more often tasked with metrics that were once asked only of marketers.

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Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

That’s where your content marketing efforts come into to play. According to HubSpot’s 2017 State of Inbound, the top challenge marketing faces is generating more traffic and leads. Cision® asked hundreds of senior marketers and 81 percent agreed earned media is more effective than paid media. Infographics.

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Beyond PR

DECEMBER 5, 2017

That’s where your content marketing efforts come into to play. According to HubSpot’s 2017 State of Inbound, the top challenge marketing faces is generating more traffic and leads. Cision® asked hundreds of senior marketers and 81 percent agreed earned media is more effective than paid media. Infographics.

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Bad Pitch Blog

AUGUST 18, 2011

A professional association in the online industry sent me a white paper -- via postal mail. What was the white paper about? Reflex Marketing. My issue is with Pavlovian Marketing. There are planning rules and guidelines worth their weight in gold (audience/goals/measureable objectives/strategy and tatics).

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Beyond PR

AUGUST 4, 2016

And with so much competition out there, it is imperative that your marketing and PR content follow social media best practices. Track your links: This can be done with various marketing automation tools, or use Google URL parameters, which gives you an in-depth view of performance in Google Analytics. Instagram is a visual channel.

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