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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Flatiron Communications

JANUARY 15, 2016

We also were led to believe that the creation of a compelling piece of content (text, images, infographics, video) stood a chance of going viral. Now that CGM has morphed in name to UGC (user generated content), marketers want a guarantee — in the form of a ready-made audience — to drive awareness and action. Michelle Phan (8.2M

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Example: A favorite food brand that also knows what kind of vehicle you drive, where you stop for gas and your preference in podcasts. Measuring genuine ROI and a marketing campaign’s long-term contribution to revenue takes time, and marketers need to slow down to do it.”. ” Scott Kaminski | Häfele America Co.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 6, 2018

I’ve reviewed this salary survey and others , for many years including detailed looks at the 2016 and 2017 results. This is more or less flat with the $91,000 median reported in 2017 and the $92,125 reported in 2016 (see caveats below). Don’t miss these related posts: 20 Golden PR and Content Marketing Ideas that will Outlive 2017.

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MaccaPR

OCTOBER 26, 2015

The near-collapse of much of US journalism employment and the seeming vulnerability of PR coincided with America’s top marketers who - smitten with digital advertising - diverted billions of dollars from their traditional ad budgets into online. million - had become the last successful, worst-polling candidates in the 2016 race.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 10, 2018

Similarly, I read the Wall Street Journal, and there are plenty of people that do not. They grew in marketing prominence with the advent of the web and the online news release. For example, on one release I recently distributed through one such service counted 120 or more “pickups” where the press release was published.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 7, 2016

For example, here’s a look at some of the communication preferences as expressed by Generation X-ers during the middle of the buying cycle : Vendor face-to-face meeting: 33%. Top 5 Challenges Facing B2B Marketers in 2016. Also see: What BtoB and AdAge Says about Integrated Marketing; Journalism.

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Communications Conversations

AUGUST 31, 2018

Let’s hear from four former media people–Vineeta Sawkar (formerly of KSTP-TV), Jay Olstad (formerly of KARE-11), Lynn Melling (former anchor in the Des Moines market), and Dan DeBaun (formerly of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal). I had a non-compete clause so I couldn’t work in this market in TV.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 2, 2016

My degree and early work was in broadcast journalism. — Kevin C Hartman (@KevinCHartman) July 14, 2016. I think most of the discussion on content marketing comes down to a couple things. I think most of the discussion on content marketing comes down to a couple things. are all forms of content.

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Journalistics

JANUARY 24, 2016

This posts was the first step in my journey to blog more in 2016. In this age of content marketing we’re living in, it seems like every organization is blogging in hopes of capturing some inbound marketing magic (you can thank HubSpot for that). Some Journalistics History. How is this relevant?

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

It mirrors a trend that’s already underway in PR’s sibling departments in marketing and advertising. For example, there have been numerous surveys and a pile of anecdotal evidence that CMOs are bringing more marketing work in-house. I believe all signs suggest the future of marketing looks more like public relations.

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Stuart Bruce

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Virtual reality was a popular prediction for what’s going to be big in 2016. I think it’s a virtual reality itself as 2016 isn’t going to be the breakthrough year of mass adoption, but it is still something that PR professionals need to understand and be ready for. Amnesty used VR to increase donations.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Marketing investment was redirected towards demand generation (content marketing, paid media) as startups looked for deal flow. As the market lifts, brands will need to raise awareness and will be ready to invest for the longer term as their horizons extend. And the answer is probably a bit of both.

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Flatiron Communications

JANUARY 11, 2018

2016 : The growth in the use of social influencers as trusted “third-parties” to create awareness and action (“ Content Marketing is So Last Year” ). Worst example: “A Good Story for You;” Better example: “XXX Acquires YYY.” Superlatives in the subject line are a big plus, but avoid hyperbole.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

Chat systems have certainly seen adoption rate grow to the extent some see them as a way to replace gated content. For example, when demoing a product (not Meltwater) for a review (I’ll publish here in the future), a chat bot popped up. Onclusive released a report called the 2019 Global Journalism Report , which it says “analyzed 2.1

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Journalistics

JANUARY 24, 2016

This posts was the first step in my journey to blog more in 2016. In this age of content marketing we’re living in, it seems like every organization is blogging in hopes of capturing some inbound marketing magic (you can thank HubSpot for that). Some Journalistics History. How is this relevant?

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ZudePR

JUNE 6, 2016

New habits were formed and reading Cal Newport's book Deep Work: Rules for Focused (sic) Success in a Distracted World (2016) crystallised my thinking. He's also a world-leading web strategist, content marketer, author, and speaker. On distraction-fighting habits) Writing my goals in my journal daily. What is Deep Work?

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