Mindful Marketing

JUNE 15, 2015

Drew McLellan has worked in advertising for 25+ years and started his own agency, McLellan Marketing Group, in 1995 after a five-year stint at Y&R. Random Acts of Marketing, was published in 2003 and Drew and Australian marketer Gavin Heaton created the Age of Conversation series of crowdsourced books in 2007. By Seedepth.

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Cision

APRIL 21, 2015

Google receives 4 million search queries per minute , about twice the number it received in 2012. Smartphone adoption surpassed 1 billion in 2012 and was projected to reach 1.75 At the risk of hyperbole, we’re on the cusp of a golden age of visual storytelling. Best Practices Featured Content Marketing video'

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Marketing conferences have shaped my top team memories. To share the knowledge wealth, below is my list of the 20 coolest marketing events in 2020 (coming to a venue somewhere in the U.S.). Social Media Marketing World. Discover the best social media marketing techniques from the world’s top experts.”. Tech industry.

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Conference Marketing Case Study Content Marketing 97

Marketwired

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

And so is Penguin, Google’s back-link algorithm (combined in 2012). As evidence of the increasing importance of content marketing, according to the CMO Council , 90% of consumers find custom content useful, while 78% believe organizations providing content are interested in building good relationships with them.

Trends 105

Trends How To SEO Google 105

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 18, 2020

LinkedIn acquired SlideShare in 2012. Too many comms professionals are too willing to bend to a marketing-driven version of events.” I don’t want to believe that comms people blatantly lie, but I think they may sometimes cherry-pick statistics that are more beneficial or be selective in their storytelling.”

Ethics 101

Ethics Communications Survey Public Affairs 101

Ishmael's Corner

MAY 5, 2015

operation back in the 2011/2012 timeframe. Every PR company with a pulse touts storytelling expertise, but it tends to be a squishy concept. One of the more visible efforts comes out in SlideShare and decks like “ Return of Storytelling vs. Corporate Speak ” and “ The Blurring Line Between Digital Marketing and PR.”.

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Stephen Waddington

JUNE 23, 2019

The report is packed with insights on internet adoption, devices and platforms; the internet ad market; content formats; and observations on disruptive business models and markets. 4 Auto advertising The use of programmatic ad buying has grown from 10% of digital display advertising revenue in 2012 to 62% in 2018.

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Presspage

APRIL 12, 2018

It serves an important social need and legacy media like the Washington Post are showing that really good journalism can make a publication viable even in today’s fragmented market. Brands who understand these two sides of the same storytelling coin are going to prosper. How does a digital newsroom differ from content marketing?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Marketing and Communications are converging as PR is poised to evolve radically over the next decade. Thanks to the latest technologies, PR now has the potential to be a data-driven powerhouse that maps to real business results, earning a seat at the table alongside Marketing generally, or, at least, other important marketing activities.

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Measurement Storytelling Data Technology 56

Onclusive

MARCH 21, 2018

Breaking down silos between Paid, Earned & Owned media through continuous storytelling. In December 2009, Forrester defined what it called the three new media options for interactive marketers: “paid, earned and owned.” The new continuous storytelling cycle. We are all familiar now with the PESO model. Its own function?

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Storytelling Media Infographics Advertising 281

MaccaPR

JUNE 1, 2016

This format is the result of an intersection of news and content marketing, a completely unprecedented space in the media landscape in which online users are perusing articles, sending snaps and sharing memes that often are riddled with brand messaging. What inspired your transition from news broadcasting to content creation and distribution?

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Brand Branding Storytelling Healthcare 48

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.

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PR Conversations

JANUARY 20, 2015

Where they excel, however, is at storytelling—and this can offer tempting opportunities as the market for corporate or brand journalism grows, thanks to the explosion of organizations using “owned media” strategies. Journalists often have steep learning curves in PR, as most have not had to develop their skills as business counsellors.

Journalism 40

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PR Conversations

JANUARY 20, 2015

Where they excel, however, is at storytelling—and this can offer tempting opportunities as the market for corporate or brand journalism grows, thanks to the explosion of organizations using “owned media” strategies. Journalists often have steep learning curves in PR, as most have not had to develop their skills as business counsellors.

Journalism 40

Journalism Reputation Ethics Corporate 40

PR Job Coach

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

With another decade of experience in communications and marketing agencies, Scott has advised clients that include Walmart, McDonalds, IBM, Coca-Cola, and Google, among others, and The Economist ranked him as #1 atop the list of 25 Social Business Leaders. Alan Mulally, the CEO of Ford Motor Company, called him "a visionary."

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Corporate Leadership Advertising Advertising 274

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 23, 2017

The unofficial kickoff of the digital PR industry goes back to late 2011 and early 2012, when Google’s Panda and Penguin algorithm updates turned the SEO category upside down. Today we’re challenged to use digital storytelling techniques where visual impact is even more important than persuasive writing.

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Digital PR SEO Storytelling Analytics 168

PR 20/20

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Based on our own analytic data, the vast majority of you reading this are marketers, sales pros, service professionals, and business executives. In other words, we are creatives, strategists, communicators, and storytellers. Yet here we are, working in the digital age of marketing. Everything is trackable. Salesforce).

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Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

How Dubin pulled it off is the stuff of marketing legend. His company, Dollar Shave Club, rose from obscurity in 2012 after he created a YouTube video called “Our Blades Are F ing Great.” Content marketers in all industries can learn from these examples. In 2010, Michael Dubin used to work at Time Inc.,

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

As much as video content has grown in advertising, marketing, and PR , data shows that it continues to expand. Zendesk’s “This is Zendesk” corporate video from 2012 still holds up, because it shows a playful, subtle humor, conveying an egalitarian, socially responsible, and fun environment. It’s pure storytelling.

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Ishmael's Corner

AUGUST 26, 2014

In a video published back in October 2012 he said that “really high-quality guest posting is worthwhile” though he mutters the three-word caveat “in some cases” (appears in sec 20 in video below). Anyone with a fresh take that fits at the intersection of storytelling, PR and digital marketing? Here’s what I mean.

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Blogging Analysis SEO Enterprise 121

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

This post originally appeared on the Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute's blog. The Marketing AI Institute was created and is powered by PR 20/20. 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.

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Marketing Software eBook Technology 53

Communications Conversations

AUGUST 31, 2018

Let’s hear from four former media people–Vineeta Sawkar (formerly of KSTP-TV), Jay Olstad (formerly of KARE-11), Lynn Melling (former anchor in the Des Moines market), and Dan DeBaun (formerly of the Minneapolis/St. I had a non-compete clause so I couldn’t work in this market in TV. What’s surprised you so far?

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Media Journalism Report Video 112

The Hoffman Agency

MAY 1, 2017

The ultra-competitive Silicon Valley PR market tends to reward two types of firm: the titans that have ruled with their seemingly unbreakable networks and, of course, the hot boutiques of the moment. Here’s the finalist write-up on us: The Hoffman Agency (independent). In 2016, U.S. That year, Hoffman had declined to $2.3m

Industry 28

Industry Storytelling Agency SEO 28

Contently - Strategy

JUNE 11, 2020

We’ve extracted the most important healthcare content marketing trends using a combination of quantitative and qualitative data. We also identified common challenges while explaining ways healthcare marketers could overcome them. But if you work in healthcare marketing, life might not look all that different.

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Healthcare Content Marketing Industry Trends 93

ZudePR

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Quite simply the best marketing book I’ve ever read (and I’ve read a few). Their lasting power lies in the fresh, imaginative, daring, surprising storytelling of their creators. If you’re an entrepreneur, own a business, or are interested in digital marketing, this book’s a must. #4: Cialdini PH.D.

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Writing Google Meeting Airlines 84

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

We’ve extracted the most important healthcare content marketing trends using a combination of quantitative and qualitative data. We also identified common challenges while explaining ways healthcare marketers could overcome them. But if you work in healthcare marketing, life might not look all that different.

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Healthcare Content Marketing Industry Trends 52