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Here’s Why Finance Brands Need to Care About Cryptocurrency Content

Contently - Strategy

In 2006, a small company called Mint came on the scene with a plan to make personal finance easier for everyone. Mint was building a budgeting app that could track spending and help with financial planning. But their secret sauce was content. You should always aim to provide sound advice. Only about 17 percent of U.S.

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LinkedIn Social Selling for MDRT Financial Services and Insurance Pros

wiredPRworks

I'm excited to present LinkedIn social selling marketing strategies for financial services and insurance pros at MDRT's annual conference in Vancouver!! My ties to the life insurance and financial services industry run deep – going back to being a national sales trainer for a life insurance company. About MDRT via MDRT.org.

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The Talking Points #39between35and49

Communications Conversations

Ryan Arnholt, director-content marketing, Optum. He’s also been a big PRSA supporter over the years, going back to 2006 when I worked on the programming committee with him. Brooke is far more successful than I will ever be–serving as SVP of Weber’s financial services practices here in Minneapolis.

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The Making of Cision: A Brief History of 15 M&A Transactions that Consolidated a Sizable Chunk of the PR Technology Market into One Company

Sword and the Script

Vocus had, in years prior, acquired brands including PRWeb for $28 million in 2006, Help a Reporter Out, aka HARO, for an undisclosed sum in 2010 , and iContact, for $169 million in 2012. Vocus , a provider of cloud-based PR software announces it will be acquired by GTCR for $447 million. 2a) June 2, 2014: Vocus + Cision.

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Point Pricing: The Story of How We (Finally) Eliminated Hours from Marketing Agency Pricing

PR 20/20

How would I build an entirely new financial model and productize a service business? As I wrote in The Marketing Agency Blueprint , the guiding principle was that prices had to be value based, meaning they were to be determined based on perceived and actual value rather than the number of billable hours something takes to complete.

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How to Get On in New Communications: Be Nice

ZudePR

You work in public relations, SEO, content marketing or social media marketing. You’re thinking of completely overhauling how you market your company. So I jotted down a list of PR/digital/SEO/content marketing influencers. Derek is a copywriter and content marketer. I think so.