article thumbnail

Can you Profit Directly from Content Marketing? Proceed with Caution

Sword and the Script

Regular readers know I bought into the concept of “ content marketing ” many years ago. It was in effect the coining of a term that characterized a strategy my team and I was already working on across traditional PR, digital marketing and social media. 3 Studies that Challenge Marketing Assumptions.

article thumbnail

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

The Hoyt Organization

This means that the oldest members of this generation are currently in their early twenties, comprising a rising generation of consumers. Over half of Gen Z consumers are over the age of 18. These events have greatly influenced Gen Z’s attitudes towards higher education, consumer products and professional services.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Public relations struggling with the content avalanche

Shift Communications

In 2009 did we exceed 18 million stories per year. We might be able to get a story about our company placed in a publication, but in that vast sea of content, no one is paying attention. Schaefer’s content shock , in which marketers create more content than humans can possibly consume.

Publicity 110
article thumbnail

Influence or Popularity? Examining Influencer Marketing

Sword and the Script

Yet people like her influence consumer spending to the tune of $1.2 Such traditional marketing examples – the influence of young people on consumer sales – demonstrates that influence in the sense of marketing is highly contextual and therefore difficult to universally define. A List of Top Influencers.

article thumbnail

Social Media Rock Stars: Toro’s Christian Plewacki

Communications Conversations

As someone who’s been in social media marketing your entire career so far, and someone who has worked his way up the social media ranks, what do you think of social media as a career path? What do you see as the biggest mistake most brands make when it comes to content marketing? That’s content marketing.

article thumbnail

Paid Social Media as Surround Sound in B2B Marketing; Off Script No. 39: Betsy Hindman of the Hindman Company

Sword and the Script

That led her down a series of paths including content marketing, ecommerce and today, in B2B marketing. BH: When I stepped into the world of content marketing to understand what was happening there, it was in healthcare. BH: We’re all consumers. 1) Why start a business focused on B2B paid social?

B2B 81
article thumbnail

Landing Page, SEO and Blog Secrets: An Interview with Clint Danks of ThinkSEM

MaccaPR

When I first started our agency, I relied solely on PPC and SEO to market ThinkSEM, because I didn’t think blogs, social media or content marketing would do anything for us! The moral of the story for marketers: SEO, PPC, social media – it’s all tied together. Well, I was sorely mistaken.

SEO 98