Sword and the Script

JANUARY 26, 2016

Long before product placements and sponsored content, one iconic American brand placed a big bet in creating its own television program – another example of an early content marketing initiative – at the urging of its public relations department. Actor, Spokesperson, Content Marketer. households (56%) owned a TV.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 24, 2015

As a metric for content marketing, pageviews are flawed according to a white paper – Why Content Marketers Are Using All the Wrong Metrics – published by Contently. The company provides the combination of a talent marketplace and content marketing software to manage projects and campaigns.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

So began The Economist’s obituary for Daniel Edelman in January 2013, a sharp eulogy commemorating the life of a public relations giant. Thoughtful content-marketing paired social media scales. PR, when it hits, scales.

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MaccaPR

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Preceding its $90 million acquisition by LinkedIn back in 2013, Pulse was a news-aggregator app that curated your favorite publications and news sources and presented them in a Flipboard-type manner. Rebranding to “LinkedIn Pulse” in late 2013 , the app has quickly become a key part of making LinkedIn a content marketing machine.

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Polaris

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Here are 5 brilliant ideas from Content Marketing World held in Cleveland last September. content marketing. Andy Crestodina of Orbit Media, a Chicago-based web design company, created a “video chain letter” to make connections at Content Marketing World. Content Marketing'

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 7, 2020

It’s also a great platform for relationship-building for anyone in public relations or content marketing. At Digiday, Anna covers retail and internet marketing focusing on digital strategies of big-box retailers and DTC startups. . Twitter is an invaluable resource for both PR pros as well as top media and influencers.

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Critical Mention

OCTOBER 27, 2018

In 2013, to promote “Carrie,” a remake of the original 1976 version, its distribution company MGM Films created a Halloween surprise for customers who were taking a coffee break at a local coffee shop in New York. ContentAdore’s goal is to increase web traffic and leads through valuable content marketing strategies.

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Cision

APRIL 4, 2016

For me, Berger’s research is far more actionable and thoughtful than 99 percent of the stuff that’s been written about viral content, so I wanted to find out who else is researching virality and what we can learn from their insight. Viral Content Has a Distinctive (Extended) Distribution. What Makes Online Content Viral?

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PR in High Definition

MAY 26, 2020

We’ve reprised our ‘comms brain’ – originally contributed to PR Moment in 2013 and 2017, but now for Just.Marketing in the midst of Covid-19. Communications staff are continually having to adapt to new circumstances, tools, platforms and approaches – but Covid-19 has presented a significantly different set of challenges to pivot around!

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The Proactive Report

JULY 4, 2014

Most people don’t have enough time to see them all,” wrote Facebook engineer Lars Backstrom in a blog post in August 2013. The more we see content we don’t care for and find intrusive, the less we’ll use Facebook. Content Marketing Social Media Marketing Tips ads algorithm facebook News Feed' 626 793 4911.

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Polaris

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Its signature event is the Global Cardboard Challenge, held in 2013 and 2014 on the Saturday closest to the anniversary of the 2012 flash mob. Content Marketing' “The idea is to give kids not only the tools to build the things that they can imagine, but to also imagine the world that they can build,” says Mullick.

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Cision

APRIL 21, 2015

Branded video views increased 73 percent from Q3 of 2013 to Q3 of 2014. It’s nothing short of the “cinemazation” of PR and marketing. Best Practices Featured Content Marketing video' Here are some of Matthew’s thoughts about the importance of video now and moving forward. Register now!

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Cision

JUNE 10, 2016

According to a 2013 study by ThinkGoogle , the average consumer consults 12 sources before making a purchasing decision. What content can you create that will become one of those 12, and how can you make sure your product or service is the end result? Until then, no one cares. The Networking Model.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Are they things that were coincidental, are they things that were real-time marketing (and thus cannot be relied on to occur again), or are they things that you have control over and thus can revisit or build upon? The first was our Top 50 Most Overused Words in Press Releases for 2013. The second was a Super Bowl ad.

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Solo PR Pro

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Lynn Harris Medcalf, MA, APR with her client Adrenaline was recognized by PRSA Georgia for exceptional work in the program category with a Phoenix Award for their Content Marketing entry “Believe in Banking: Supporting an Essential Sector.” Congratulations to all!

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The Proactive Report

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Over the past couple of years companies have been spending more of their marketing and communication budgets on digital and social media. In 2013 87% of US companies were already using social media marketing. 28% of marketers have reduced their advertising budget to fund more digital marketing (Gartner).

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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. Consider the following: Investments in content marketing continue to rise. Content partnerships with major media outlets are taking off.

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PR in High Definition

MAY 26, 2020

We’ve reprised our ‘comms brain’ – originally contributed to PR Moment in 2013 and 2017, but now for Just.Marketing in the midst of Covid-19. Communications staff are continually having to adapt to new circumstances, tools, platforms and approaches – but Covid-19 has presented a significantly different set of challenges to pivot around!

Skype 48

Skype Mobile Interviews Tools 48

Cision

MAY 2, 2016

What this media consumption shift caused is a shift in how publishers view content marketing. Termed “distributed content” ( a term coined by BuzzFeed ), this is a strategy of content distribution that no longer relies on native websites to host and distribute content. Twitter Cards.

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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. That requires a sincere commitment from content marketers everywhere to raise their game. Plagiarisma.

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Cision

APRIL 24, 2015

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.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 28, 2020

Content marketing is about the audience. The same dynamic applies to content marketing too. >>> Looking for a consulting partner with the content chops to build a sound strategy and execute? The Content Marketing Shortcut: M&A There is a short cut: buy the audience through an M&A transaction.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2014

Content Shock: Why content marketing is not a sustainable strategy. Why: Content marketing may be one of the hottest marketing trends around, but that is slowly changing. Mark Schaefer offers insight into the future of content marketing and what you need to know to be prepared for the future.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Marketing Newsletters: The Moz Blog, Marketing Land, Digiday, SHIFT Happens. Marketing Analyst. Originally published January 15, 2013; updated October 19, 2018. Tech Newsletters: Bloomberg Technology, ZDNet Tech Today. What do you do to get ahead of the news? Jordyn Danielson.

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Shift Communications

MARCH 10, 2015

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. Content Marketing Facebook Marketing Social Media Technology' Let’s look backwards for a bit of context.

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wiredPRworks

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

A digital marketing pioneer, Barbara launched her first site in 1996, produced Chicago’s first sold out writing for the web conference in 2002, began blogging in 2006 at [link] , co-founded Social Media Club’s Chicago chapter in 2008 and was selected by Nokia as one of two social media experts to represent the U.S.

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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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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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Critical Mention

AUGUST 5, 2018

Named Forbes top 50 social media influencer in 2013–among many other awards–Steve Farnsworth now heads his business, Demand Marketing which drives lead generation and content marketing for B2B in the tech industry. Steve Farnsworth. Steveology.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 21, 2017

She uses a series of case studies to illustrate the impact of monitoring and metric can have in shaping a crisis communications response: “Remember the Rutgers University debacle in 2013? Don’t miss these posts: How to Get the B2B Marketing Persona Right [UML]. Looking for a digital PR firm that knows how to measure? Talk to Us!

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Stuart Bruce

MAY 29, 2015

Until 2013 Dell was a publicly listed company, when it became privately owned again. Private companies face no such obligations and indeed frequently want to be secretive about disclosing financial and business information that they don’t legally have to. Get in touch if you’d like help with yours.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Far before that in fact – our 2013 research showed that a range between 7am to 9am was ideal. Ah, the question on every PR pro’s mind. What publishing time gives a press release the maximum visibility? No surprise, it’s before 5:30pm on a business day.

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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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wiredPRworks

JUNE 17, 2016

A digital marketing pioneer, Barbara launched her first site in 1996, produced Chicago’s first sold out writing for the web conference in 2002, began blogging in 2006 at [link] , co-founded Social Media Club’s Chicago chapter in 2008 and was selected by Nokia as one of two social media experts to represent the U.S.

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Cision

OCTOBER 12, 2015

What this means to you is that you will no longer see the number of times that people have shared your content on Twitter. This might seem like an innocuous announcement, but it could be a huge disruptor for content, marketing and communication plans everywhere. And most people trust reviews quite a bit.

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wiredPRworks

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

at Social Media Week Berlin in 2013. She is a member of MPI Chicago Area Chapter, Business Marketing Association Chicago, Social Media Club Chicago, and the National Speakers Association. Named one of the top 50 content marketing influencers on Twitter, Barbara’s digital brand is @wiredPRworks.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 23, 2016

It’s almost cliché, except the advice is sage: when it comes to content marketing , don’t make home improvements to a rental property. Having once lost some 200+ posts created over a couple years when a site called Posterous shuttered in 2013, I couldn’t agree more. Survey Finds Improving Optimism in Content Marketing.

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