Polaris

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Most useful offline reference resource: Epic Content Marketing by Joe Pulizzi. Joe Pulizzi, the godfather of content marketing, wrote this book in 2014. It’s an instant classic that helps us achieve improved results while marketing less by doing “epic content marketing.” 2 Kathi Kruse.

Marketing 251

Marketing Resources Content Marketing Leadership 251

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Social media is making marketing lazy. It’s created a “ cut and paste ” content marketing culture. So said Simms Jenkins speaking on a panel in Atlanta hosted by the team from the Oracle Marketing Cloud. That problem is an enormous gap in knowledge of strategic marketing including positioning and messaging.

Strategy 119

Strategy Crisis Marketing B2B 119

Polaris

MARCH 20, 2015

If you don’t, your company could be burned, as mine was when Google’s Penguin update came along in 2012. Before Penguin, Google ranked my company either at the top, or near the top, of search results for almost every public relations keyword: Toronto PR firm, Canadian public relations agency, top PR firm Ontario, and on.

SEO 100

SEO eBook Google Engineering 100

Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

How to Generate Media Referenceable B2B Customers with a Blog. 2) Earned media can drive sales. There are other studies that have shown a more direct correlation between earned media on sales. In media relations, media coverage begets media coverage because nobody watches the media like the media.

Study 144

Study Media Relations Media Measurement 144

Cision

APRIL 5, 2016

As a content marketer, you spend tremendous time and money to create content – be it brand awareness, thought leadership or lead generation pieces. Instead, we must now actively push our content out to our intended audience. Who doesn’t want an ad agency like that working for them? And then…no one sees it.

Advertising 120

Advertising Advertising Facebook B2C 120

PR 20/20

MAY 12, 2016

Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from The Marketing Performance Blueprint , and was also published on the HubSpot Agency Post. The marketing services industry is in a state of flux. SMBs need partners that can deliver fully integrated solutions and in essence function as outsourced inbound marketing teams.

Agency 40

Agency Marketing Financial System 40

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 22, 2019

16% on marketing analytics. Here’s the budget data gleaned from the report: Marketing budgets have grown 6.3% in the last 12 months; Senior marketers expect marketing budgets to grow 8.7% The full report shows some nuance between agency and in-house respondents (graphic and summary by Marketing Charts here and here ).

Marketing 66

Marketing Survey Study B2B 66

Cision

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

I often get asked about how to measure PR and what should be expected from PR in the form of results, especially when we meet with startups or brands who have been burned by a PR agency due to poor communication and reporting. Media coverage opportunities secured and completed. Social media following and engagement.

Measurement 120

Measurement Comparison Analytics Nonprofit 120

Shift Communications

MAY 4, 2016

My recent tour of the USC Annenberg School’s Center for Public Relations only confirmed my hunch that our formerly-hidebound industry has been radically transformed via social media, content marketing, visual storytelling, better analytics tools and processes, etc. – and that this process is speeding up, not slowing down.

Data-Driven PR 0

Data-Driven PR Agency Travel Meeting 0

Shift Communications

MARCH 10, 2015

No other social network can reach that many people on Earth. May 2012 : Facebook rolls out Promoted Posts for brand Pages. August 2013 : Facebook announces that it will feature more high-quality content, at the expense of content that isn’t as popular or well-liked. Vice President, Marketing Technology.

Facebook 60

Facebook Advertising Advertising Technology 60

Communications Conversations

MAY 5, 2016

Let’s hear about Andy Jacobson: You’ve spent the bulk of your career working on the agency side. You’ve worked for large agencies and smaller shops. I never worked for an agency that only did PR so was fortunate to experience public relations within the context of other agency disciplines.

LinkedIn 60

LinkedIn Education Agency Blogging 60

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 10, 2017

This blog was originally penned on Blogger beginning in 2009 and migrated to WordPress in 2012. A Simple Measure of Marketing Many Businesses Miss. Content Marketing: Don’t Make Home Improvements to Rental Property. Search and social as sources of traffic. Is your PR agency bring creative ideas to the table?

Survey 60

Survey Blogging Corporate Analytics 60

Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

As Cision’s social media manager, I use top 50 and top 100 lists for three purposes: To follow individuals who will help me stay in the loop when new trends and statistics emerge within my industry. For content generation and syndication. Every year, Cision creates a list of the top 50 social media influencers on Twitter.

Social Media 120

Social Media Twitter Media Nonprofit 120

Journalistics

JANUARY 24, 2016

In this age of content marketing we’re living in, it seems like every organization is blogging in hopes of capturing some inbound marketing magic (you can thank HubSpot for that). Did they share the post via social media? At other times, I was managing all marketing operations for startup technology ventures.

Blogging 69

Blogging Strategy How To Writing 69

Journalistics

JANUARY 24, 2016

In this age of content marketing we’re living in, it seems like every organization is blogging in hopes of capturing some inbound marketing magic (you can thank HubSpot for that). Did they share the post via social media? At other times, I was managing all marketing operations for startup technology ventures.

Blogging 40

Blogging Strategy How To Writing 40

Communications Conversations

JULY 23, 2019

HOWEVER… If you take a closer look at the 2019 list, you quickly realize almost the entire list is made up of agency folks. I only found THREE people who WEREN’T agency people on the list! What’s more, it wasn’t just agency people–it was one specific agency! ” – Shelli Lissick.

Transportation 122

Transportation Social Media Corporate Agency 122

MaccaPR

JANUARY 6, 2015

Since MaccaPR first launched in late 2012, we''ve averaged a new blog post nearly every week for our loyal chief marketing and PR officer, corporate communication directors and marketing professional subscribers. Top 10 MaccaPR Blog Posts of 2014. #1. Is it website or Web site? The verdict?

Blogging 48

Blogging Wikipedia YouTube Content Marketing 48

ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

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. You own a business and want to increase sales. I think so.

Communications 81

Communications How To Blogging Content Marketing 81

Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 9, 2012

I’ve been out for the last few days, attending (and speaking at) the 2012 PRSA Counselors Academy in New Orleans. I got to meet, as colleagues in the greater MSL Group, Mark McClennan (an SVP at Schwartz MSL in Boston, who I already knew because of social media, and Joan Cetera , an SVP at MSL Chicago). I learned so much.

Conference 70

Conference Meeting Hotels Groups 70

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

These are the questions we sought to answer in spring 2015 when I launched an internal initiative named Project Copyscale at my content marketing agency, PR 20/20. First presented during my Content Marketing World 2017 session on Machine-Assisted Narrative , it’s definitely a beta framework. Curate content.

Marketing 53

Marketing Software eBook Technology 53

Frederik Vincx

DECEMBER 11, 2015

The highest skills gaps were reported as measurement (53%), budget management (44%), crisis management (37%), and digital communications/social media (35%). Jim Hawker, Threepipe Digital Marketing and PR – #FuturePRoofing a Public Relations agency or a Communications team. Raf Weverbergh , founder of PR agency FINN.

How To 60

How To Software System Employee 60