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This Semrush Acquisition of Backlinko hits PR, SEO and Content Marketing Trifecta [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

In any case, both of these were “audience buys” and proved to be savvy PR, content marketing and SEO moves. Most of these come from registering for one-off gated content like white papers and webinars – these assets are expensive to create and promote. And I have a massive library of SEO and content marketing material.”.

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

Contently - Strategy

” Mint became one of content marketing’s first rags-to-riches story when Intuit acquired the company for $170 million in 2009, in large part because of how the blog had helped them establish a strong brand, acquire users, and earn their brand loyalty. As they put it: “The hardest keyword to compete for.

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Prezly

Frederik Vincx

Lead product design and marketing. The challenge Back in 2009, in an increasingly fragmented media landscape, brands needed more effective ways to share their stories. The challenge and opportunity was to create a PR toolkit that helped brands communicate effectively with media, bloggers, and stakeholders.

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Straight Talk for Laywers and Legal Marketers on Content Marketing

Sword and the Script

For some, the term content marketing seemed to come out of nowhere – and with such urgency. While it’s not new , this perception has created a lot of confusion among lawyers and legal marketers, and in the broad legal space, over what it is, what it isn’t, and how to do it effectively. 1) Content marketing is media you own.

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Priorities of B2B Marketing: Owned, Shared, Earned, Paid – in that Order

Sword and the Script

Because when marketing invests invest time and budget into owned media, you are building two assets. First, you are building a library of content. Second, if you are doing owned media, the content marketing way, which is the right way , you are building an audience of likely buyers. Image credit: Pixabay.

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In Content Marketing, Marketers Might be Losing Their Way

Sword and the Script

Content marketing is blending the functions of marketing and sales to the extent, marketing has lost its focus on creating demand. That’s my take after listening to Tom Webster evolve a concept over couple of podcasts on The Marketing Companion and finally rendered in a more polished format on Mark W.

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Don’t Miss The Gen-Z Driven PR Opportunity In 2024

The Hoyt Organization

The lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic changed their social behavior and interactions, and the great recession between 2007 and 2009 impacted their views of money and fiscal responsibility. Thus, they place a higher importance on brand ethics and corporate responsibility than millennials.