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Media Relations: Proven Ways to Get More Out of It

Sword and the Script

However, Mother Nature had other plans on that fateful morning in 2003. That’s just the way it was in 2003. These are still valid reasons, but content marketing affords all the more reason: Use the content the reporter doesn’t. The Soft and Subtle PR Pitch of Content Marketing.

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Highlights from the State of Blogging in 2017 Survey

Sword and the Script

It was interesting to see that a relatively new player like Squarespace ranked second while Blogger, which was acquired by Google in 2003, for a rumored $20 million trails further behind. Google hasn’t updated the Blogger platform to maintain parity with modern content management systems. Lackluster Consistency and Frequency.

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The Secret to Online Copywriting? Make it Look Like a Kid’s Book

Polaris

One of my most recent revelations is I’m writing my posts all wrong. So the secret to better online copywriting isn’t to write shorter copy. It’s to write text that’s easily scannable and includes the use of headlines, sub-heads, bolding, a larger font size, bullet lists and so forth. And I’m still learning.

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