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.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Measurement Marketing Analytics 60

Onclusive

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

AirPR sat down with Mika and discussed unique communications strategies, moving from journalism to PR: AirPR: Tell us about TMI and how you help brands and organizations gain visibility and manage reputation. AirPR: When business are launching a PR or content marketing campaign, what are the key elements they should focus on?

Interviews 284

Interviews Radio Small Business Pitching 284

Communications Conversations

JANUARY 28, 2015

Each year, about this time, I write a post highlighting all the big PR and social media career moves here in Minnesota in the last twelve months. A lot of agency folks stay put in 2014–something I didn’t see coming. Regardless, there were a number of moves worth noting in 2014. Bob Ingrassia. David Folkens.

Social Media 60

Social Media Media Airlines Local 60

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.

Content Marketing 69

Content Marketing Marketing Employee Pinterest 69

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 4, 2015

Content marketing does much more for your brand than just aid your marketing. Effective content marketing shapes your brand by giving it a face to know, like, and trust. Content marketing and becoming human. Another excellent example from the mid-market is Twist Image and Mitch Joel.

Content Marketing 40

Content Marketing Marketing Engineering Advertising 40

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. Shared Media. Shared media is also known as social media.

Media Relations 331

Media Relations Newspapers Measurement Social Media 331

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Writers that report success with blogging share the following characteristics: They are more likely to write longer or more in-depth content; They tend to spend six or more hours writing a post; They are 2.5 But not everyone goes long: “Most bloggers (55%) write less than 1000 words per post. hours to write.”.

Blogging 107

Blogging Survey B2B Analysis 107

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 24, 2015

But it struck me that the Batman franchise offers some great takeaways for content marketing. He needs help solving the brand challenge – er crime. There’s always more than the male perspective to consider and some brands still overlook that. What can other comic franchises teach us about content marketing?

Content Marketing 40

Content Marketing Marketing Energy Media Training 40

The Proactive Report

DECEMBER 16, 2014

However, as content marketing gains popularity,SEO becomes more and more important. The more content there is on the web, the more difficult it is to find what you’re looking for. Content marketing isn’t a new idea for PR. All the hullabaloo about link-bait and great content leads right back to PR.

Digital PR 154

Digital PR Google SEO Content Marketing 154

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

To enhance empathy and connection with their teams and clients, organizations will foster employee brand ambassadors, highlight origin stories, show behind-the-scenes videos, and encourage user-generated content. Expanded brand collaboration “Partnership Paradise: 2024 will be the year of brand partnerships.

Writing 194

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 194

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 21, 2016

PR and CX go hand in hand, since it’s PR’s role to burnish a brand reputation and the job can only be done when the customer experience lives up to expectations. We’ve seen how powerful real-time marketing is for consumer brands that are active on social channels. B2B content will become more customized.

B2B 120

B2B Customer Service Software Technology 120

Buzzstream

JANUARY 22, 2024

Then, in 2014, Google warned about the potential harm of guest posting if its main purpose was solely link building. Methodology After compiling our list based on the sites’ guest post lists, we also added our own sites by using Ahref’s Content Explorer. So, you’ll also need to judge the quality of the writing itself.

Analysis 91

Analysis SEO Guidelines Google 91

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. How can you add value to them?

Community 120

Community Mobile Blogging Publicity 120

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. Until next time! Critical Mention.

SEO 71

SEO Strategy Guidelines Social Media 71

Polaris

DECEMBER 18, 2014

‘Tis the season when brands release heart-warming Christmas videos and marketing bloggers write about the best holiday gift ideas , new year’s resolutions and marketing trends for 2015. In addition, many are predicting the marketing developments we witnessed in 2014 will continue: 1.

Trends 135

Trends Marketing Pinterest Social Media 135

Flack's Revenge

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

I first learned of Stone Temple and their great work in SEO and digital marketing through an acquaintance, and interviewed CEO Eric Enge for a post on Maximize Social Business awhile back. By 2014 it was obvious that video was the rising star of content marketing. He agreed; see the Q and A below.

Video 153

Video B2B Film Marketing 153

Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Those guys preach “data-driven PR” so that PR professionals and brand marketers get smarter about how and what they measure when a campaign comes to a close. The term started taking off in 2014 when one of our investors, Bryan Stolle, wrote about it in VentureBeat. Did it drive traffic, engagement, or sales?

Data-Driven PR 150

Data-Driven PR Strategy Data Measurement 150

Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

Consider your audience – you know them better than anyone else – and write quality announcements about the things your company does that matter to them. Funding is a form of validation and acquisitions signal a strategy – those things impact the market. Additional reading: PR, Social Media and the Imperative of Content Marketing [UML].

Study 140

Study Media Relations Media Measurement 140

prTini

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

25 Ways to Tighten Your Writing. The Dangers of Cause Marketing. Brand Anonymity is Dead: Meet Community Manager 2.0. Brand Anonymity is Dead: Meet Community Manager 2.0. The List: Content Marketers’ Secret Weapon. TBT: Three Can’t-Miss Video Campaigns from Summer 2014. Want to Go Viral?

Media Relations 49

Media Relations Case Study Viral Instagram 49

Barokas

JANUARY 19, 2018

However, while Facebook and Instagram have been revolutionary marketing tools for brands, it seems like they both want to get back to their roots, shifting the focus of their feeds away from brands with new algorithm changes. Once upon a happy time, Facebook displayed a page’s posts to every one of its followers. Start a debate.

Instagram 84

Instagram Facebook How To Travel 84

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. In our brand new report, we set out to highlight tactics that could help your brand thrive.

B2B 85

B2B Content Marketing Trends Marketing 85

Critical Mention

MARCH 1, 2018

Takeaway: Be sure to keep the authenticity when you speak-or when you write or prepare a speech for someone else. The same goes for writing articles or scripts. If your brand isn’t known for something, use care when attempting to include it in your next campaign. People crave authenticity. Give them what they want.

Film 80

Film Social Media Storytelling Writing 80

Sword and the Script

APRIL 1, 2017

Use PR to build a brand and advertising to defend it. The point of that philosophy used to be that, while you can build a brand with advertising, it’s very expensive. But marketing is anything but stagnant. However, a new YouGov study may suggest you can buy credibility. “In In 2017, however, this number increased to 61%.”.

Advertising 62

Advertising Advertising Print Study 62

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. Distributing your PR content through that channel would be synonymous to taking one macro voice and turning it into (insert the number of your employees here) micro voices.

Employee 40

Employee Measurement Social Media Product Launch 40

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. be the year that some SaaS vendor figures out how to manage and market B2B influencer marketing at scale. PR has a bigger role in content. “I

Marketing 190

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 190

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2017

It’s good to know where and how other marketers are finding success. Writing is thinking, but more than that its the application of thinking; it transforms a passive activity into an active one. We are after all forever students of marketing. Those categories are: Content marketing statistics.

Content Marketing 124

Content Marketing SEO Social Media Marketing 124

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 13, 2019

Oh, sure, there are bits and pieces, but even the Wikipedia entry , at the time of this writing, is woefully incomplete. 1) February 18, 2014: Enter GTCR . 2) April 7, 2014: Vocus. 2a) June 2, 2014: Vocus + Cision. 2b) September 8, 2014: Outmarket. 3) September 15, 2014: Visible Technologies.

Technology 12

Technology Software Company Marketing 12

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In fact, you must publish content in order for it to be indexed and returned in response to search. That’s the gist of a piece Michael Brenner wrote for the Content Marketing Institute last week titled The Best Reason to Do Content Marketing? b) Integrated marketing. b) Integrated marketing.

Content Marketing 82

Content Marketing Marketing Comparison Measurement 82

ZudePR

JULY 20, 2016

In 2014, a whopping 581,000 businesses started up in the UK. When I’m not doing a good job for clients, I write about digital PR/marketing for publications including Social Media Examiner , SEMRush , PR Daily , PR Moment , MuckRack , and Business2Community. Take notes (yes, write in your book). 9: Read Books.

Digital PR 60

Digital PR SEO Small Business Blogging 60

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

3) Brands blur the lines between company and friend. We’re used to seeing communications and interactions with brands that are personalized. Similar to the algorithms which drive many of our online purchases, brands will begin to communicate with their customers as if they have personal connections with them.

Marketing 101

Marketing Content Marketing Advertising Advertising 101

Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In our brand new report, we set out to highlight tactics that could help your brand thrive. Interactive Tools Give Brands a Creative Edge—and Empower Buyers. “It’s Those types of tools are just as useful for Google’s marketing team as they are for its audience. All you have to do is fill out a form.

B2B 145

B2B Trends Video Course 145

Communications Conversations

JULY 23, 2019

Kayla’s exceptional work has established her as a go-to source for writing, corporate communications, integrated marketing campaigns and media relations counsel within Digi-Key. Kayla’s positive attitude, bright mind and standout writing capabilities have made her a valuable asset both to Digi-Key and our team.

Transportation 122

Transportation Social Media Corporate Agency 122

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.

Financial 111

Financial Industry Report Insurance 111

ZudePR

JUNE 6, 2016

I'm writing a blog post on how the best communicators "go deep" and get stuff done. my day is somewhat at the mercy of the marketing industry. Sometimes, I feel like it would be so much easier to stop writing my Weekly Marketing Skinnies, but I can't – it's addicting to be in the know :O). Here's the email.

Writing 114

Writing Social Media SEO Blogging 114

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. No surprises here every brand has a Facebook page and is on “the Twitter.”

Social Media 117

Social Media Study Blogging Company 117

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. “Writing makes me aware. I think so. Ask The Experts.

Communications 81

Communications How To Blogging Content Marketing 81

Buzzstream

JANUARY 17, 2018

An Infographic is a way of exposing your content to more readers. Your website visitors are more likely to view visual content than written content no matter how interesting and engaging your writing may be. With over 200 million monthly users , Pinterest is a great place to share your content.

eBook 108

eBook Infographics Pinterest How To 108