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Interview Series: CMO of UL Discusses How PR & Content Marketing Are Evolving in 2018

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. Kathy Seegebrecht is SVP and Chief Marketing Officer for UL (Underwriters Laboratories). Kathy: I am the SVP, Chief Marketing Officer at UL. When I joined UL three years ago, corporate marketing was a small central function. We are fortunate to have a CEO that believes in marketing and communications.

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Why Content Marketers Shouldn’t Ignore Traditional Media

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Traditional media holds several advantages over online media: greater credibility, ability to decide what information is presented, geographic specificity, built-in content promotion and reliable, predictable distribution. ” Consequently, publishers of online media struggle to control the promotion of specific content over others.

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11 Content Marketing Mistakes to Avoid

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Write “good” content. You could develop a content marketing strategy , but that doesn’t mean that it will be a good strategy, or that it is related to the corporate goals in any meaningful way. You could develop content to entertain and never sell, but what if people really want to buy from you?

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Survey Finds Improving Optimism in Content Marketing

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Marketers are reporting better results stemming from content marketing. That’s according to a recent survey published by Ascend2 titled 2016 State of Content Marketing Survey Summary Report. Click Here to Subscribe to Sword and the Script by Email.

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Is Content Marketing Better than Advertising?

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billion in ad spend waste in 2015, according to a new report.”. billion in ad spend waste in 2015, according to a new report.”. As a result, the refrain “content marketing is better than advertising” is bounced around the marketing echo chamber. The post Is Content Marketing Better than Advertising?

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General Electric Theater: Reagan met Content Marketing in 1954

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Long before product placements and sponsored content, one iconic American brand placed a big bet in creating its own television program – another example of an early content marketing initiative – at the urging of its public relations department. Actor, Spokesperson, Content Marketer. households (56%) owned a TV.

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Monday Roundup: PRSA 2015 International Conference

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I’m here for the 2015 PRSA International Conference where there’s absolutely no shortage of awesome speakers this year. Content Forecast Calls for Users, Search Engines, Customization, and More. Why: “Content marketers need to be more like meteorologists than fortune tellers. Good morning from Atlanta!