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Pitching Kit: Cision’s 2016 Holiday Gift Guide PR Kit

Cision

Major lifestyle magazines and newspapers publish holiday gift guides to make it easy for shoppers to find the perfect gift. “If you want your pitch to be noticed in a flood of product releases, know when to send it,” writes Anna Marevska in our recent blog post How to Pitch Holiday Gift Guide Editors. News: 8/24/2016.

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Why Content Marketing and Public Relations Need Each Other

Sword and the Script

After several unsuccessful attempts, I re-worked my pitch into a blog post and published it on the company blog. This new trend some were calling content marketing had the hallmarks of a soft and subtle pitch. This new trend some were calling content marketing had the hallmarks of a soft and subtle pitch.

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Blogging vs. Press Releases vs. Coverage; Unscripted Marketing Links

Sword and the Script

Earlier this month, the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) was acquired by events company UBM for a reported $17.6 Aside from the well-deserved round of congratulations, it occurred to me the acquisition is an indication of a maturing industry for content marketing, which of course includes blogging.

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45 Marketing and PR Statistics that Recap the Year We Had in 2020

Sword and the Script

Here’s a look at statistics across PR, marketing, and social media that were surfaced in the various reports and studies covered on this blog throughout 2020. Many of the blog posts published here are based on survey research, analytical studies or other sources of data. Content marketing statistics from 2020.

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

Sword and the Script

Pay to pay, content grows; influencer marketing cools. “I a) Many community newspapers going away and hopefully still being available in some kind of online format. c) More companies create their own content and channels to reach audiences instead of traditional media channels. I see a few things.

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If Storytelling “Comes Naturally,” Why Is It So Hard?

Rock the Status Quo

We forget to set that tendency aside and it creeps into the content we create. Look at newspaper “stories” today? Carrie Morgan (@morgancarrie) April 7, 2016. Storytelling with Data and the StoryHow blog. WordPress, Mention or Wix – free blogging platforms. PRisUs @RonPloof #prprochat.

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If Storytelling “Comes Naturally,” Why Is It So Hard?

Rock the Status Quo

We forget to set that tendency aside and it creeps into the content we create. Look at newspaper “stories” today? Carrie Morgan (@morgancarrie) April 7, 2016. Storytelling with Data and the StoryHow blog. WordPress, Mention or Wix – free blogging platforms. PRisUs @RonPloof #prprochat.