Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 3, 2017

B2B marketing has overwhelmingly adopted the concept of content marketing, according to the 2018 B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets & Trends survey. That may mean content marketing is maturing, but that also means competition for an audience will heat up. Measuring ROI is hard.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Overall, the study found roughly one-fifth (22%) of 1,102 B2B marketers based in North America that answered the annual survey described their content marketing as “extremely successful” or “very successful.” Page 4 shows us why these B2B content marketers are successful. 88% measure content marketing ROI.

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Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

But here’s the thing: Marketing budgets are increasingly shifting to focus on content marketing and other efforts that can show a concrete return-on-investment. Owned media, aka content, is content you produce that lives on your website or blog. Why Owned Media is Key to the Future of PR.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. We are going to see more journalists build their own paid content channels – with or without backing from media outlets. An abbreviated version of this prediction was published by the Content Marketing Institute (see below). * * *.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

“Data and the use of data will become the great divide between marketers producing content and content marketing. Those companies that can take data, do a deep dive, and understand what the data tells them will see more success in achieving their goals from content than those who look at simple analytics.

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Cision

APRIL 7, 2015

Content marketing is a crucial piece of content strategies. As technology becomes ever-present, content strategies should include video, podcasts, games, comics, events and more. Social media, e-newsletters, articles on owned websites and blogs make up the four most used content marketing tactics.

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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?

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Rock the Status Quo

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Freshen up your skills with metrics: CyberAlert created a wonderful resource called The 2014 Measurement Handbook for PR, Marketing and Social Media. It has three parts, but if time is short, start with Part Three: Marketing Measurement: Implementing Metrics That Matter. Good stuff, Cyberalert! It’s a keeper.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

PR measurement can be a bit like a self-fulfilling prophecy. On one hand, it gets dinged for a lack of measurement. On the other hand, measuring some PR activities, like earned media , is far more challenging than other forms of marketing and communications. If you want blogs, you don’t want press releases.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Marketing predictions. Efficient marketing execution and measurement. Too often marketers become enamored with the latest trends and tools. Drilldown to see marketing’s direct and indirect contribution to the sales pipeline; and. Marketing be nimble. Do you blog regularly? Test, test, test.

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

As marketers, PR professionals, and advertisers begin to wind down the year (save for those in retail who are firing on all cylinders right now), one of the top things you’ll focus on in 2014 is reviewing the numbers. Are they part and parcel of your content marketing strategy? Can this be repeated?

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 7, 2015

If you’ve bought into that, then how do you find smarter ways to measure authoritative content? So when the nature of authoritative content is changing so dramatically, how you measure the success of your content has to change as well. Does blogging still matter? in July 2014: 61 comments.

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Cision

MAY 29, 2017

Content discovery has become even more important for brands as consumers prefer information on their mobile devices rather than on their PCs and laptops. billion in 2014 to 2.17 Here are some quick tips that will help marketers present the most relevant content in front of their targeted audience: 1. billion in 2016.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

“The Internet moves at breakneck speed, but that doesn’t mean that we as marketers have to do the same. We can measure the initial impacts of marketing and advertising efforts almost immediately, but that doesn’t mean we should. Sean Callahan , Senior Manager, Content Marketing | LinkedIn.

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Polaris

DECEMBER 18, 2014

In the latter category, they’re talking about the conversion of paid, owned, earned and shared media, content amplification and visual story telling. In addition, many are predicting the marketing developments we witnessed in 2014 will continue: 1. How do we measure results? So here is my big prediction for next year.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Fittingly, I asked a whole bunch of folks for predictions to include in a blog post here (if you want to be invited next year, you can sign up here ). 6) Finding a content marketing niche. Continued drive toward niche content and blogs, such as cybersecurity for the hospitality industry, or regulatory law for marijuana growers.

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Flack's Revenge

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

I had to learn more, and asked Mark if he’d entertain some questions for the blog. By 2014 it was obvious that video was the rising star of content marketing. Kiki helps with acquiring props and costumes, prepping the scripts for the teleprompters, and creating the blog posts and YouTube uploads.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

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. With more brands and industries getting comfortable with digital communications (social, blog, e-blast, etc.) 7: Lou Hoffman.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 26, 2015

Serial , the This American Life spin-off podcast phenomenon, debuted in October 2014 and went viral. Edison Research’s Fall 2014 Share of Ear study shows that podcasting’s popularity continues to surge. That close relationship has many businesses wondering whether to add podcasting to their content marketing mix.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2016

When doing my due diligence for this post, I came across a transcript of the #PRprochat that happened in July 2014. Shonali Burke (@shonali) July 10, 2014. In today’s scenario, employee advocacy means enlisting the support of your workforce in pushing out strategic content to enable your business goals.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 22, 2024

Then, in 2014, Google warned about the potential harm of guest posting if its main purpose was solely link building. Matt Cutts’ infamous blog post advised “sticking a fork in it” because guest posting for links was done. Today, Guest posting and guest posting sites continue to climb in popularity.

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Contently - Strategy

MAY 7, 2020

When you’re working in a larger organization that has dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of employees, you can develop a brilliant content marketing strategy that will absolutely delight your customers. But, if you fail to make an internal case for your content, your plan will never get the buy-in or budget it needs to succeed.

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PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

E ditor's note: This post was originally published in 2014 and has been updated to be more current and comprehensive. The proliferation of marketing channels, apps, mobile devices, social networks, and content has given consumers more choices and greater control while increasing complexity for marketers. CRM optimization.

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MaccaPR

APRIL 2, 2015

Without a doubt, the top trend I heard reiterated time and time again at SMMW15 was that every piece of content your brand or company generates needs some sort of visual. This includes all social posts and blog posts. Embrace data and deliver measurable ROI results. Deliver content targeted to your brand''s audience.

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Barokas

JANUARY 19, 2018

Here is what you can expect from Facebook and Instagram’s new algorithms and how you can increase your content’s visibility: Facebook. That changed in 2014, when Facebook adjusted its algorithm to only display content it felt was relevant to its users, drastically reducing organic post reach. Use Appropriate Hashtags.

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Beyond PR

MAY 30, 2017

Content discovery has become even more important for brands as consumers prefer information on their mobile devices rather than on their PCs and laptops. billion in 2014 to 2.17 Here are some quick tips that will help marketers present the most relevant content in front of their targeted audience: 1. billion in 2016.

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Communications Conversations

JULY 23, 2019

By regularly communicating with marketing teams at 100 Renewal by Andersen locations across the country, she’s constantly working to identify and develop great story ideas to feed our earned media, public relations, influencer and content marketing strategies. Laura Jollie , content operations manager, Life Time.

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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. Your blog is just not working and you’re wondering why. So I jotted down a list of PR/digital/SEO/content marketing influencers.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

The irony is, like many GCs, in-house communications and marketing people often grow up in an agency. But that’s a talent supply issue for a different blog post. The important point here is, it added to what Michael Porter called the “threat of new entrants” to the legal market. Enter the Big Four into Legal and Marketing.

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PR Breakfast Club

JULY 31, 2014

A good database is only a starting point; the best PR pros take the time to check search engines and blog directories such as AllTop to further refine and research their media contacts, ensuring each contact meets their need. What metrics do you use to measure an outlet ’ s relevance? Nine times out of ten it pays off.

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ZudePR

JULY 20, 2016

In 2014, a whopping 581,000 businesses started up in the UK. I think that was because I was doing the same races year-on-year, and starting to measure myself against others in my locale; a self-limiting pastime. Blogs contain the latest thinking from some of the best writers and trailblazers in the world. As well as blogs.

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ZudePR

JUNE 6, 2016

Links out to the 10 best blog posts I've read (on getting stuff done) during five months of exhaustive research. If you'd rather download a pdf of this 9,000-word post to read later, and want some bonus content (my top 51 deep work productivity tips) click this link. Such are the risks of blogging and email. My favourite seven.

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Frederik Vincx

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Hence, this isn’t a typical 500-word blog post with 10 tips to ( insert random PR activity ). Long form blog posts? And you are not just competing against other PR teams for budgets, but also against advertising, digital, and marketing. In 2014, turnover rates reached over 55 percent in PR agencies in the United States.

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Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 5, 2019

million for their content marketing budgets in 2019, per Contently research. This number includes content creation, distribution, technology, and talent. To help marketers be more efficient and effective, Contently created this new report that examines the state of financial services content marketing.

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