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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Rock the Status Quo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

At three credits for a low-res image suitable for blogging, it was my go-to resource for stock photography. I also like Canva quite a bit – instead of a simple stock photography site, Canva is an image editing tool designed to be used for social media, content marketing and other uses. Not too bad.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

I looked at the footnotes of the Broadview post and saw my clue: despite the reference to 2015 in the headline and dateline, the revenue comparison was based on 2014 data. Indeed, by the end of the fiscal year in 2014, Apple posted revenues of $182 billion and Chevron posted revenue of $200 billion.

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Onclusive

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Our plan is to think outside the box for earned media. I believe each client begins at a different point on the PR spectrum … some need to start with blogs, online magazines and trades publications to perfect their narrative before moving to mainstream radio and television media outlets. Mika: Nail the elevator pitch.

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Beyond PR

JULY 10, 2017

Feedback is huge when it comes to developing a successful content marketing strategy. Here, we identify five sources that can prove invaluable to you in crafting your content. Who better to listen to in order to develop more targeted content than the people that you are developing content for? Your Prospects.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Regular readers know I bought into the concept of “ content marketing ” many years ago. It was in effect the coining of a term that characterized a strategy my team and I was already working on across traditional PR, digital marketing and social media. 3 Studies that Challenge Marketing Assumptions.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Instant Timeline promises to offer greater content variety to new users and perhaps existing users who opt into it. In a look at traditional media coverage, blogs, and forums, SHIFT found that in 2014, Twitter gained on Facebook consistently throughout 2014. What should marketers and communicators pay attention to?

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Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

It’s not news that social media has taken the business world by storm, changing the way consumers research their purchases and creating an unprecedented opportunity for brands to build one-to-one relationships with their brand’s biggest fans. Paid Media. Earned Media. Shared Media. Owned Media.

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MaccaPR

OCTOBER 22, 2014

social media stuff, that is!?. social media network, Ello, which I’ll share below. From Ello to SnapChat and Whisper to Path, it seems like there are so many social channels to consider in our marketing strategies. Oh wait, that quote was actually: "Never build your content ship on rented land.").

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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. It began with an insightful keynote presentation on the top trends in social media in 2015 from Michael Stelzner of Social Media Examiner, the conference host.

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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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Journalistics

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

I’ve written a lot this past month about how to develop an editorial strategy for your blog – and I’ve shared some additional thoughts about how to create a broader content strategy for all your other channels.

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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. So yes, Facebook has once again tweaked their News Feed algorithm and your organic content is reaching fewer fans.

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Critical Mention

DECEMBER 2, 2018

To keep you in the know, we have 10 of the best SEO techniques to make your 2019 marketing strategy epic. Optimize your content. Effectively optimizing your content for search engines using a keyword strategy is a critical part of your content marketing strategy. Use social media. Use cookies.

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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. Yet many brands operate in highly competitive markets.

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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.”

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2014

Why: The social media landscape is changing and we have two choices, adapt or perish. 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. Blogging goals for 2014.

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Journalistics

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

I’ve written a lot this past month about how to develop an editorial strategy for your blog – and I’ve shared some additional thoughts about how to create a broader content strategy for all your other channels.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

In recent years, the trend has been for website templates that blend news, press releases, blogs and resources together. When you want to see press releases for the record, you don’t want blogs. If you want blogs, you don’t want press releases. Earned Media Poised for New Prominence Several Studies Find [UML].

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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. January 2014 : Pure text status updates from brand Pages will be seen less frequently in users’ News Feeds, in favor of more updates from friends. Vice President, Marketing Technology.

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Critical Mention

OCTOBER 27, 2018

Agency life can be tough, but [L]earned Media’s CEO Sam Zises has got it down to a science. In our interview with Sam, he offered powerful insights into the world of content marketing, social media and “cutting through the clutter.” Q: What’s your day-to-day like as the Founder & CEO of [L]earned media?

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Communications Conversations

JULY 10, 2018

Today, I wanted to take a stab at sharing a list of “social media power brokers” in the Twin Cities. After all, I’ve been working in the social media marketing field for almost as long as that discipline has been around (almost 10 years now; 20+ years in the marketing/comms industry).

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Polaris

MARCH 31, 2015

The report, called Social Insights: CMO Edition, How CMOs Engage with People Brands and Content on Twitter , examines how marketing executives use social media to connect with their peers and learn about marketing strategies, as well as best practices. Social Media' tposbe | Show: cxo-talk.com.

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ZudePR

JANUARY 21, 2016

But the overriding one – and the one that concerns me here in this blog post – is the amount I have read. Content Curation. So, back in early 2014, I plunged headlong into content curation. I’d even started a running blog to practice. These authors were blogging all the latest information.

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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. On average, each employee connects with at least 300 people through social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and other platforms included). How does it figure in PR?

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Prohibition

APRIL 29, 2017

So that involves lots of exciting things like online community building, social media listening, brand audits, online crisis management, content marketing and video creation and seeding. You need to have solid media relations skills, have managed talented PR executives before. Solid knowledge of social media.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Those categories are: Content marketing statistics. PR and media relations statistics. Social media marketing statistics. Paid media and advertising statistics. Marketing measurement statistics. Search marketing and SEO statistics. Content Marketing Statistics.

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Critical Mention

MARCH 1, 2018

Takeaway: Sometimes it’s fun to use humor in your marketing efforts, on social media and so on – but it IS a risk. Takeaway: When you shoot videos and create social media posts, be brief and get to the point – otherwise, you may lose your audience. Be prepared for the unexpected .

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Brands will look to public relations professionals to help them not only write compelling content but also place it in industry trade publications and other media outlets that may be a fit. Once coverage appears, it can then be shared via social media and clients can also leverage paid media to boost it even further if they choose.”.

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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. Find Quality Comment Pods.

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Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Great content marketing has the power to do that. Today’s audiences come across so much mediocre content that looks and sounds the same. Lately, innovative marketing teams have been thinking beyond the standard blog post. Something that’ll convince potential customers to learn more.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

I still can’t believe that when I started my blog, I was arrogant enough to think that words were enough and didn’t want to use images. And D S Simon’s 2015 Media Influencers Report found that 75% of producers, online editors and bloggers will use video on their sites. And in many ways it still is. Pretty pictures.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 22, 2014

When devising a content strategy for a new year, it’s important to take note of what worked (and why) to plan what’s to come next year. Want to see how to do this for your blog? Our top posts from the first quarter of 2014 focused on social media and content. Marketing Analyst. Here’s how.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 7, 2015

Back in the day – and I’m talking not that long ago – the number of comments you got on your blog were a big deal. An “engaged” blog was one that drew a lot of attention, comments, back links, etc. My point is that they (still) have killer content, yet the behavior of their audience has changed.

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Cision

APRIL 23, 2015

This post is based on our white paper “ Outside-The-Box Content Marketing for PR.” ” A week into 2014, Mark Schaefer published a blog post that questioned whether content marketing – which he termed “the hottest marketing trend around” – was a sustainable strategy for businesses.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Barnes to forgive me the editorial liberty I’ve taken with this headline, but that’s my takeaway after finally reading the UMASS Dartmouth Study: The 2014 Fortune 500 and Social Media: LinkedIn Dominates As Use of Newer Tools Explodes. 500 Social Media Study. Infographic: Millennials and Social Commerce.

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PR Breakfast Club

JULY 31, 2014

I can’t tell you how many complaints we’ve heard of ‘blast’ or ‘ spammy’ pitching from folks who pull media lists from databases (such as ours, CisionPoint ) without doing their research. Effective PR pros take the time to carefully search for media contacts that best fit their target angles.

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