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4 Takeaways from Content Marketing World 2014

PR 20/20

“When you strip everything away, we are all striving toward the same goal, and that is connecting with our audiences,” proclaimed Kevin Spacey on stage to close Content Marketing World 2014 , the largest content marketing event on the planet held in PR 20/20’s backyard of Cleveland, Ohio.

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What to Know Before Creating a Content Marketing Strategy

Cision

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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5 Places to Listen to Ensure Your Content Marketing is Spot-On

Cision

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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33 Statistics Summarizing the Year in Public Relations, Content Marketing, Social Media and SEO

Sword and the Script

First, I think data provides a wide canvas of the happenings in the industry. It’s good to know where and how other marketers are finding success. Those categories are: Content marketing statistics. Social media marketing statistics. Marketing measurement statistics. Content Marketing Statistics.

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Rethink Your Content in 2015 [Content Marketing Institute Report]

PR 20/20

As 2014 winds down, content marketers are reassessing budgets and planning for an impactful 2015. Strategy Content Industry' It’s that time of year again. But, a lot has changed during the past ten months.

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Survey Analysis: Competition in B2B Content Marketing Heats Up

Sword and the Script

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. 50% say improved distribution.

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Can you Profit Directly from Content Marketing? Proceed with Caution

Sword and the Script

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.