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Best of SHIFT: Top 3 Posts from Q2 2014

Shift Communications

Yet the New York Times, as revealed by the internal Innovation Report leaked to the public last May, is living proof that no matter how great your content is, content alone is no longer enough. When we examine the new social apps that gained traction in 2014, the trend is toward fragmentation, not consolidation. Marketing Analyst.

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The Perfect Tool to Ease PR and Other Marketing Types into the World of SEO

Ishmael's Corner

When it came time for the Endicia blog team to draft the annual shipping carriers’ rates comparison blog post, it was critical for this post to land high on the SERP (search engine results page). Total Links (internal and external). For example, we support the blog for a B2B company called Endicia (online shipping software).

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What’s in Your Fall 2014 Communications Toolkit?

Deirdre Breakenridge

There are SO many tools that I’ve “ Tech Tested ” in 2014. SumAll is a free tool that shows you how conversations progress and you can make comparisons over time. Yellowdig is an internal collaboration tool. The post What’s in Your Fall 2014 Communications Toolkit? I discovered.

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Can you Profit Directly from Content Marketing? Proceed with Caution

Sword and the Script

And here’s the benchmark for comparison: the company tried again the next year, this time made the event free with registration. I’m not completely knocking the idea wholesale – rather I think it’s something marketers should consider carefully internally before bringing it up with a broader set of stakeholders.

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4 Steps That Will Help You Sell Content Marketing to Your Boss

Contently - Strategy

But there was one part that I had to learn how to master as I got more experience: the art of the internal sell. 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. Instead, you want to focus on a few key results that your internal stakeholders care about.

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Hopes, Dreams and Sage Advice: 40+ Marketing and PR predictions for 2023

Sword and the Script

Internal comms takes center comms stage in hybrid work. With the new dynamics of hybrid work established worldwide, Public Relations – as a professional who builds and consolidates relationships – becomes an even more strategic professional regarding the internal audience. 2014: Focusing on a Few 2014 Content Marketing Predictions.

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3 Comparative Metrics if Organic Search is Your Raison D’etre for Content Marketing

Sword and the Script

When you run content marketing like a professional publication and program – and not a campaign – it becomes a natural point of integrated marketing that supports not just external communications, but also internal communications, sales enablement and market education. None of this is fast or quick: these results evolve over time.