Contently - Strategy

APRIL 17, 2019

It sounds like an off-brand Dilbert that Xerox created in the ’90s to connect with Gen X. (It’s Growing your content marketing program across the org is just as much about efficiency as it is about expansion. Producing more content without clear goals or objectives isn’t an accomplishment.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

JANUARY 7, 2016

Content marketing will be more than just a trend to watch in 2016. Creating and distributing consistent and relevant content is considered a proven strategic marketing approach that attracts and retains an audience and drives customers to action. Is it brand awareness, thought-leadership, lead generation, etc.?

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

With just one statistic, Joe Pulizzi delivered a stark wake-up call to this year’s Content Marketing World attendees. When we asked global enterprise marketers how committed they are to their content marketing approach, 20 percent said they’re fully committed,” said Joe during Day 1’s welcome address.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 19, 2016

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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Cision

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

What I want to do in this post is make a five-point argument that email is one of the most important communications channels in 2016. You may see 10 to 20 percent of things that your friends post on Facebook, and 1-3 percent of organic brand content on Facebook. People prefer email to social communication (for brands).

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Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Wouldn’t it be much easier if someone told them what content their audience craves, and how to stand out from their competition? What brands get wrong about data-driven content. As marketers, we tend to view data as a magic wand that’ll solve everything. Brinker’s supergraphic is at 8,000 companies now.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Our top posts from the third quarter of 2016 focused on Google Analytics, digital ethnography, and content overload. Google introduced its Google Analytics™ Demo Account in August 2016. Public Relations Struggling with the Content Avalanche. Marketing Analyst. Want to see how to do this for your blog? Here’s how.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

If the B2B community feels overwhelmed by the volume of content, then B2B marketing might feel overwhelmed by the volume of content marketing studies. The trends suggest to me that content is still very much a form of currency bartered in exchange for attention. 1) Content Requirements at Every Stage of the Sale.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Now more than ever, brands are understanding the importance of building trust and being transparent with their audiences, not to mention the value of clear communication. This year, we’ve seen brands and agencies alike trying – and struggling – to find and hire strong PR pros. . ~ Brad Marley , Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media .

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 26, 2016

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.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Content Marketing World or as others may know it, #CMWorld , is an incredible event for marketers, journalists and techies from across the globe to gather and share niche content knowledge. We have to get people to take action, and break through the immense volume of content. Long Form Content for the Win at REI.

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Onclusive

DECEMBER 6, 2017

A 2016 survey from Narrative Science found that 58 percent of enterprise business executives are already using predictive analytics within their organization. For example, if a PR pro gained coverage for their brand in Forbes, they may report the circulation of Forbes as the potential audience size that saw the message.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The important lesson here is that context matters in content marketing. To that end, the average citizen isn’t going to fact check or even apply critical thinking to the content they share. To that end, the average citizen isn’t going to fact check or even apply critical thinking to the content they share.

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PR 20/20

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Content marketing has drastically altered the consumer-to-brand connection—from in-your-face advertising to a mutually beneficial relationship. But, as we approach 2016, we’ve hit a crossroads. According to the newly released CMI 2016 B2B Content Marketing Research Report , 88% of organizations use content marketing.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 3, 2016

Aly Saxe (@Aly_Saxe) July 12, 2016. Aly Saxe (@Aly_Saxe) July 12, 2016. Heather Whaling (@prtini) July 12, 2016. Heather Whaling (@prtini) July 12, 2016. Heather Whaling (@prtini) July 12, 2016. SU Social Commerce (@SocCommSU) July 12, 2016. Aly Saxe (@Aly_Saxe) July 12, 2016. measurePR. —

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Frederik Vincx

JULY 25, 2023

The challenge Back in 2009, in an increasingly fragmented media landscape, brands needed more effective ways to share their stories. The challenge and opportunity was to create a PR toolkit that helped brands communicate effectively with media, bloggers, and stakeholders. Driving around the country to sell it to brands.

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Cision

OCTOBER 4, 2017

This post, however, is aimed to put visual content on the pedestal. As you look through an interrogative lens — analyzing brands, consumers and the media’s relationship with multimedia, it’s easy to see that visual content is the engine that steers the narrative. Visual Content Impacts Your Performance. About Seth Gilpin.

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Cision

JANUARY 19, 2016

ET, Joe Pulizzi, founder of Content Marketing Institute, will discuss how to attract a loyal audience and impact the bottom line with content. The best content creators – and Joe is definitely one of them – are acutely aware of what an audience wants and needs even before they realize it. Tomorrow at 2 p.m.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Brands will need to become more human. Communicating why it matters to marketers was the first step in unpacking the challenge. So how do you get marketers to really understand AI , explore new concepts and take action? Early posts on Marketing AI Institute’s blog. The Solution: Content Strategy That Drives Growth.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

1) Improving CX is the best way to distinguish your brand. The top way marketers say they can distinguish their brands this year is by improving the customer experience (CX). That’s according to the State of Branding Report 2020 by Bynder. 12% said increasing market share. 11% said emerging channels. Hey, Google!

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 24, 2018

According to PageFair , use of ad blockers grew by 30 percent in 2016, accounting for 11 percent of web users and more than 600 million devices. Established publications that link or even mention a brand will boost search listings due to the sheer power of their digital domains. Earned coverage can’t be blocked.

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Beyond PR

AUGUST 31, 2016

Content marketing is all grown up. With 88% of B2B and 76% of B2C marketers saying their organization uses it, the art and science of content marketing have exploded over the past few years. “Content marketing is sometimes ineffective because people don’t realize what it’s intended to do.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

In an age of ad blocking, brands have to transition away from solely sponsoring or being associated with the content their customers or prospects want or need. Instead, brands have to also produce the desired content. 1) The Parallel between Product Placement and Content Marketing.

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The Proactive Report

MARCH 29, 2016

The next #DigitalPR chat on Twitter is Friday April 1, 2016. Topic: Content Marketing Challenges- strategy, planning, content creation and distribution. Previously Marketing Director for Cision. Q2: How does a brand set goals for their content? Time: 10 am Pacific and 1 pm Eastern. andersenology.

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The Proactive Report

MARCH 29, 2016

The next #DigitalPR chat on Twitter is Friday April 1, 2016. Topic: Content Marketing Challenges- strategy, planning, content creation and distribution. Previously Marketing Director for Cision. Q2: How does a brand set goals for their content? Time: 10 am Pacific and 1 pm Eastern. andersenology.

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The Proactive Report

JULY 23, 2017

A new report from BrightEdge reveals that although marketers at B2C and B2B Fortune 500 brands recognize the AI, voice and hyper-local revolution is here, most are not yet planning to adapt their marketing strategies to these new ideas. IMPROVE YOUR CONTENT STRATEGY. IMPROVE YOUR CONTENT STRATEGY. Altimeter ).

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Critical Mention

OCTOBER 27, 2018

With thousands of brands competing against each other to win over customers, event-based campaigns are becoming an essential part of public relations today. billion between 2016 and 2017. Many brands are taking advantage of this spooky time of the year by launching their own Halloween campaigns to draw in customers.

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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.

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PRSay

JANUARY 29, 2019

When Graham joined Amazon Web Services in 2016, there were 10,000 employees. One of Graham’s favorite example of this: KFC’s apologetic response to a chicken shortage, when the brand rearranged its name to spell “FCK” on a bucket of chicken. Focus on making, not just curating, content that’s sticky — and invest in those efforts.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The statistics selected can be grouped are heavily weighted along the following topics: Statistics about – or for – the CMO ; Statistics about digital and B2B marketing ; Statistics about PR or media relations ; and. Statistics about content marketing. 14) Most respondents say brands should stay clear of politics.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 21, 2018

Like many companies, PR firms need to ensure that our content marketing and other campaigns are compliant with the new regs. The 2016 election and the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal accelerated what has been a gradual erosion of Big Tech’s reputation. Artificial intelligence.

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Flack's Revenge

OCTOBER 25, 2017

I enjoyed attending my third consecutive Social Tools Summit event in Boston last week, where I moderated a panel on branding and thought leadership. Branding and Thought Leadership. My panel covered areas ranging from video, to engaging people with live events and products, and influencer and content marketing.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 15, 2015

You may be wondering what these little video snippets can do for your brand, or why you should invest into a Vine profile of your own. Vine is great when it comes to capturing a younger audience, and attracting them to your brand. But Vine is great for: • Quick how-tos, including recipes if you’re a food-related brand.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 5, 2016

The volume of PR and marketing predictions reached an apex as we rounded the corner on a New Year and into 2016. It’s helpful to have metrics that tell you what content did well in the past – but not as helpful as analytics that forecast what will do well in the future. The word millennials will finally die a death in 2016.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

We’ve found that LinkedIn and Twitter are the most effective promotion platform for our audience of B2B marketers, but you can utilize a similar strategy on Facebook or Pinterest. It all depends on where your target audience is the most active and engaged with your brand.

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Cision

JUNE 5, 2017

People are constantly seeking inspiration from picking out dinner at the grocery store to replacing a broken couch to finding ways to wear a brand-new shirt. They’ll often turn to brands for new ideas which will help them with these purchasing decision. Not only should your content inspire creativity, it must also be achievable.

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Cision

APRIL 5, 2016

As a content marketer, you spend tremendous time and money to create content – be it brand awareness, thought leadership or lead generation pieces. Instead, we must now actively push our content out to our intended audience. Instead, we must now actively push our content out to our intended audience.

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