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

Sword and the Script

In 2010, Vocus acquired the Help a Reporter. 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. Case in point?

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How the New York Public Library’s Blog Mobilizes Communities

Cision

The term “content marketing” casts a wide net when it comes to ways to promote and publicize a brand or organization. However, blogging is one of the leading tools in any brand’s content marketing strategy. However, blogging is one of the leading tools in any brand’s content marketing strategy.

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How to Get the B2B Marketing Persona Right [UML]

Sword and the Script

Simply stated this in good keeping with proper sales and marketing alignment. The eMarketer report drew from surveys conducted by Pan Communications , the B2B Technology Marketing Community on LinkedIn, and the Atlanta-based demand generation firm, Annuitas. Market Research Mistake: Falling in Love with an Idea.

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Use “Smartcuts” to Build Your Business and Improve the World

Polaris

A former journalist turned content marketing entrepreneur, Snow has an undeniable talent for compelling story telling. Then in 2010, he co-founded Contently to help brands produce audience building content. He joined tech-themed networking groups, meeting founders and inventors of world-changing companies.

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Monday Roundup: #WUL Over the Years

Waxing UnLyrical

It took me about 4 hours to write, I think; it’s almost 2,000 words long. I had a lot of fun writing this post. The Changing Face of Authoritative Content. And as it’s morphed into heaven-knows-what, so has what we consider authoritative content, who creates it, and how it gets disseminated. Hence this post.

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The Old “New Media” and Marketing Tools with Novel Twists [UML]

Sword and the Script

Graphic used with permission from The Marketing Companion, a podcast with a co-host employed by Edison Research; see link nearby. 1) Marketing Audibles for Audio Search. Audio in marketing doesn’t just mean podcasts writes David Kirkpatrick for Marketing Dive – The call for audio content marketing gets louder.

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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

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Oh, sure, there are bits and pieces, but even the Wikipedia entry , at the time of this writing, is woefully incomplete. 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.