PR 20/20

JUNE 25, 2019

Brands have the opportunity to do better marketing at scale, and in doing so, make the world a better place. The future of marketing is more intelligent and more human. Technology and data have supercharged consumer expectations for a personalized, connected experience. Source: Neilsen , 2013). And it’s not just B2C.

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Cision

MAY 2, 2016

adults use mobile to consume news. Of course this is disproportionate younger adults, which means that mobile content consumption is increasing as well. What this media consumption shift caused is a shift in how publishers view content marketing. should be able to influence how you consume media on them.

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Communications Conversations

JANUARY 26, 2016

I’m talking about the broader scope of PR here–media relations, content marketing, social media marketing, community relations, etc. But, a number of stats and reports lately (not to mention consumer behavior trends in general) have got me thinking: We may be well past the tipping point.

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PR 20/20

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Below is an excerpt from the new book, Killing Marketing: How Innovative Businesses Are Turning Marketing Cost Into Profit , written by Joe Pulizzi ( @JoePulizzi ) and Robert Rose ( @Robert_Rose ). Does What We Know Hold Us Back in Marketing? In each case, some part of their marketing and/or sales process was broken.

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MaccaPR

APRIL 2, 2015

Surrounded by podcasters, bloggers and marketers, I spent last week immersed in all things social at Social Media Marketing World. Here are top five takeaways from last week''s Social Media Marketing World ( #SMMW15 ) conference: 1. Every piece of your content needs a visual. Your brands'' consumers are no different.

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PR 20/20

MAY 22, 2018

Editor's note: This post was originally published in 2013 and has been updated to be more current and comprehensive. That world may be fictional, but doublethink is real—and it’s destroying your content creation efforts. We consume more. Ravenous crowds want more content. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”.

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Journalistics

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Brands have never cared more about content marketing. It is the hot topic for 2013, as brands look to leverage great content to expand their reach, drive more engagement or improve their search engine rankings – to name a few. Before we called it content marketing, we called it marketing communications.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Search engine optimization for content will become even more integral to media relations and PR and will emphasize metadata and schemas as much as the text and images. Want to make standout content? Click here for our free content marketing white paper! . As of 2013, 3 percent of the U.S.

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Prohibition

APRIL 17, 2017

So that involves lots of exciting things like online community building, social media listening, brand audits, online crisis management, content marketing and video seeding. While we do ‘the traditional stuff’ very well indeed, we’re constantly pushing the boundaries of what you would expect from a PR agency. Attending press launches.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

As I’ve done in recent years, I’ve asked a whole bunch of smart people for their marketing predictions or PR predictions for the next year. And now on with the marketing and PR predictions for 2020. 1) Marketing embraces sustainability. 2) Marketing analytics enable better efficiency. “In 5) Marketers will slow down.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 27, 2015

Thought leadership is content marketing that taps into the talent, experience and passion within your business to consistently answer the monumental questions on the minds of your target audience, on specific subject matter. Whole Foods has positioned itself as a leader; it’s not just the corner market and a place to buy food.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 26, 2018

While that’s not nearly as large as other segments of marketing spend (TV advertising is ~$70 billion ), podcasts continue to grow, slowly but steadily. In turn, this has opened what is perhaps the final market for attention: my hypothesis is that podcasts are different because the listening audience truly pays attention.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 22, 2014

The Role of PR in the Coming Content Marketing Collapse. As the New Year came and went, content marketing strategies were ramped up by businesses and brands all over the place. Amidst this barrage of content, Mark Schaefer published a blog on Content Shock. Marketing Analyst. Tori Sabourin.

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Critical Mention

MAY 22, 2019

As consumers, we’re switching to hands-free searches. Voice-shopping is expected to be a $40 billion consumer channel by 2022. Hummingbird released in 2013 and significantly changed the search landscape. There are many keyword tools marketers have been using for years. Voice search is the next frontier in online search.

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Contently - Strategy

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

According to marketing insights delivered at AdExchanger’s Industry Preview, Gen Z can be characterized in a few specific ways. Based on the insights I heard at AdExchanger’s Industry Preview, here are the four characteristics that content marketers should know. So who are these people?

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The Proactive Report

AUGUST 5, 2016

According to the 2013 State of the Media report from Pew Research Center, shrinking newsroom staff has opened the door for news content from nonprofits and brands to be included in news reporting: “With fewer specialized beats your press release has never been more important. Trend to Watch: Sharing News on Social.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 5, 2014

There’s an old saying in advertising that half of the budget is wasted, but marketers don’t know which half. Today, there are enough analytical tools today to avoid wasting half of the marketing spend. Eight-five percent of marketers said the pressure to demonstrate business value had increased this year over the previous year.

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prTini

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Trying new tools for the short free trail week is more often than not confusing and time-consuming. Started in 2013, BuzzSumo is an up-and-coming tool I’ve kept my eye on since the beginning. Their easy to use interface is brilliantly engineered to make content analysis and promotion a science. BuzzSumo Pro.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 17, 2018

Creating valuable evergreen content is hard. In fact, most entrepreneurs and online marketers don’t want the stress — so they outsource the workload to writers, who often don’t enjoy most aspects of it. It takes dedication, time, and commitment to creating content that will take the target audience from Point A to Point B.

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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. Michael blogs at B2B Marketing Insider. Adam is a digital marketer.

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Journalistics

MARCH 2, 2013

Three months from now, the class of 2013 will walk across the stage to collect their diplomas and immediately have a panic attack when they realize it’s time to look for that first job out of college. If you know how to use image editing software, this is an incredibly relevant skill for public relations and content marketing today.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Here we go…20 insightful PR and marketing predictions for 2018 follows below. Convenience’ (more of it) and ‘friction’ (less of it) are going to be critical terms for brand messaging in 2018, whether through marketing or PR efforts. 6) Finding a content marketing niche. 6) Finding a content marketing niche.

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ISEBOX

MARCH 3, 2016

The C&C Philosophy: Tom Martin spearheaded the notion of cornerstones and cobblestones at the inaugural Solo PR Conference in 2013. The theory goes that cornerstones are your foundational content pieces – a multimedia press release, whitepaper, ebook and the like. But they weren’t done there.

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Frederik Vincx

DECEMBER 11, 2015

PR teams need to adapt to the changing consumer. All communication teams are striving for the attention of the fickle consumer. And you are not just competing against other PR teams for budgets, but also against advertising, digital, and marketing. Or a marketing team that doesn’t use marketing automation software?

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

As I’m wont to do at year’s end, I ask many brilliant marketing and PR types for their take on what might transpire over the next twelve months. This year, more than 20 professionals – real people that do real marketing and PR work every day – responded and with high-quality ideas that I found to be invigorating and thought-provoking.

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MaccaPR

JULY 23, 2014

Welcome to the age of infobesity in which marketers struggle to separate themselves from online information overload and draw meaningful interest from current and potential customers. In your upcoming marketing content, consider incorporating more visuals to get noticed. Consumers love short and punchy. Ride the trends.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Dozens of marketing and PR professionals express aspirations for 2020 along with educated guesses about the future . I’ve grouped all predictions this year into categories, which is an effort to make it easier to read: Marketing predictions. Marketing predictions. Efficient marketing execution and measurement.

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