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. While we didn’t ask specifics about the programs themselves (e.g.,

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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. Digital Ethnography is a field of study pioneered by our colleagues at NATIONAL Public Relations. Marketing Analyst. Here’s how.

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Cision

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Content intelligence company, Chartbeat analyzed deep-user behavior across two billion website visits and discovered that 55 percent of internet users spend fewer than 15 seconds actively on a page. To make an impact, content needs to shine. Create more visual content. For marketing professionals — multimedia is a must have.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

62% of respondents said their KPIs are driven by the historical performance of the company, 42% said it’s based on the marketing budget, and 31% establish KPIs based on competitive metrics. Just 12% are optimizing their content for voice search, even though Google reported in 2016 that 20% of searches are made by a voice interface.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The important lesson here is that context matters in content marketing. Studies show that people share things on social media simply because they feel it will make them look cool. 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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Sword and the Script

JULY 9, 2016

Leyla Arsan (@leyla_a) July 1, 2016. She cites Arnaud Legout , who co-authored the research in her piece about the study: “People are more willing to share an article than read it. ” Also see: Social Sharing Study: Likes, Beget More Likes. Sharing it takes one click, reading is much harder https://t.co/j4V1meSZ4B.

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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. households (56%) owned a TV.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

So how do you get marketers to really understand AI , explore new concepts and take action? At the end of 2016, we decided to share what we were learning, leveraging HubSpot to launch the Marketing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute. Early posts on Marketing AI Institute’s blog. That’s what we aimed to discover.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The wealth of data we now have on customers (from product, finance, marketing, operation) enables forward-thinking customer success teams to have meaningful and timely conversations. The 2021 Customer Success Leadership Study found that 55% of SaaS companies put renewal ownership under the customer success teams. Happy New Year!

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 8, 2016

The PR professional “every reason to be increasingly confident,” according to the 2016 PRWeek Salary Survey , from which that median salary figure stems. New or aspiring PR pros would do well to study this data to understand which vertical markets present the greatest earning capacity. PR an Employee Market.

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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. In fact, a new study on public trust in media shows that while trust in media platforms where we seek news is down over last year, trust in journalism is actually on the rise.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

of studies and surveys – some of which I had a hand in producing – dissecting the results and connecting dots where it looks appropriate. As we close in on the year’s end, I looked back over these marketing and PR statistics in an effort to surface those points that in some way, shape or form, help to summarize 2018 as a year.

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PR 20/20

OCTOBER 14, 2016

How do we, as content marketers, focus on making our websites these undeniable sources for answers? First, we need to understand how Google operates in 2016, and where Google is headed. Google dominates search share volume , with around 63% of desktop share and a whopping 94% of mobile search share in July 2016.

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PRSay

JANUARY 29, 2019

According to a study published in the Daily Mail , employees are connected to technology at work for an average of 12 hours per day. When Graham joined Amazon Web Services in 2016, there were 10,000 employees. Content is still king,” Graham said, “but how you deliver it determines how well [the audience] will receive it.”.

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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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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 21, 2016

In 2017 CX will evolve further, as B2B tech players adopt consumer market strategies to offer a more personalized experience for customers that is rooted in a deep understanding of individual needs. The smart B2B tech PR team will leverage CX team experiences to create compelling case studies and content.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

From the mobile video explosion to emerging social platforms, 2016 has brought many content-related developments that affect the public relations industry and the work PR people do every day. Here are five content predictions for 2017 that all PR people should be aware of. Content will be automated. Video goes vertical.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Owned Media Owned media is content you’re in full control of. Think of content for your company website, your blog, and your social media accounts. For instance, we promoted this tweet about our “5 Unexpected Content Marketing Trends from CMI’s 2016 Report” blog post after we saw that it was garnering a lot of initial engagement.

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Flack's Revenge

OCTOBER 25, 2017

chimed in on case studies and best practices. My panel covered areas ranging from video, to engaging people with live events and products, and influencer and content marketing. Most Innovative : Outgrow interactive content platform. Nice bump from Best Tweeter 2016). Branding and Thought Leadership. Social Tools.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

In corporate blogging and more broadly, in B2B content marketing , it’s not so simple. Two Comprehensive Studies about Blogging. The firm says it surveyed 1,055 bloggers and published the report late in 2016. The data in both studies mirror my own experience in content marketing and blogging for B2B organizations.

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The Proactive Report

JULY 23, 2017

.” Jim Yu, CEO of BrightEdge, There is a positive side to the findings of this report – in house marketers and agencies are moving towards strategies that integrate SEO, SEM, social media and content marketing. IMPROVE YOUR CONTENT STRATEGY. DemandGen Report – 2016 Content Preferences Survey ).

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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. It’s well worth a read as well.

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Cision

MAY 23, 2016

Recently, a Pew Research Center study similarly concluded that far fewer people have experience in the digital economy than you might think. One of the most shocking revelations from the Pew study is how few people understand the lexicon of the digital economy. In 2016, the No. Experience. In the 1980s, the No.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2016

Businesses will increase investments in marketing for the third year in a row according to the Gartner CMO Spend Survey for 2016- 2017. The survey showed the top three categories in 2016 marketing spend were web, digital commerce and digital advertising. For B2B organizations, the study found 12.3%

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 11, 2017

The Old “New Media” and Marketing Tools with Novel Twists [UML]. 2) Is your brand investing in the right content? One of the primary reasons I believe businesses struggle with content marketing is that they are too reliant on best practice, and not thinking enough about being different.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

That’s according to research firm eMar keter in piece that draws from several survey sources titled: How Do B2B Marketers Create Buyer Personas ? Additional recommended reading: The Buyer’s Journey and Why Content Marketing is a Thing. Proof of B2B Marketing Value Does Not Start with the Competition.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 25, 2016

Also see: In Content Marketing, Marketers Might be Losing Their Way. What Your Customers Think About Content Marketing. The daily time people spend w/ #digital media remains flat as content grows https://t.co/SJtgPBrMry Frank Strong (@Frank_Strong) June 12, 2016. Send us a link! Did you know?

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Communications Conversations

JANUARY 26, 2016

I’m talking about the broader scope of PR here–media relations, content marketing, social media marketing, community relations, etc. Consider the following: Investments in content marketing continue to rise. Content partnerships with major media outlets are taking off.

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Communications Conversations

AUGUST 18, 2015

My angle: To talk, not about the trends *everyone* is talking about (hello content marketing and emojis!), Why the corporate blog isn’t content marketing’s home base anymore. Instagram Zero in 2016? Maybe the most interesting item on the list, thanks to data from a recent UK study.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 5, 2016

However, this year, there’s a catch: Much has been made of the disparity between marketing investment in social media and mobile technology and the return on investment (ROI). FierceCMO: Study: CMOs are spending more on social and mobile. The CMO Survey Highlights and Insights Feb 2016 from christinemoorman. Or near-zero. .

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Cision

JANUARY 18, 2016

When you’re planning your content strategy in 2016, one tactic that most likely will come up is to publish long form content to LinkedIn. More than any other social network, most people believe there is an opportunity to establish professional thought leadership on LinkedIn through content. Embedded media.

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Beyond PR

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

According to Cision’s 2016 Global Social Journalism Study , email is still the method most journalists prefer when being contacted by PR professionals. Author Maria Materise is a content marketing specialist for Cision. Formerly a copywriter, she enjoys creating content that excites and inspires audiences.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Effective B2B content marketing programs have a documented strategy, build a subscription audience and use metrics to inform decisions What separates successful B2B content marketing programs from those that underperform? For example, here’s a post on the page four findings from 2016. Give our services a try.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 1, 2018

billion in funding in 2016; Legaltech. Good business leaders, let alone good marketers, know that differentiation in word and deed is important, but so too is trust and transparency. A new study by TrustRadius underscores the importance of trust in B2B marketing. 3 Studies that Challenge Marketing Assumptions [UML].

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Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Over the years, I’ve seen hundreds of companies poison their marketing, sales, and internal comms with jargon. A recent Ohio State study found that product descriptions full of jargon actively turn people off, prompting them to argue against its benefits. And poison is absolutely the right word to use.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Content marketing has never been more important. A report from Content Marketing Institute (CMI) conducted in 2016 found that 47 percent of enterprise marketers planned to increase their budgets for content marketing over the following 12 months. Keeping Content Powerful And Unique.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Don’t miss these related posts: Marketing vs. Machine: Are the Bots Coming for Your Job? Marketing: Investment, Cost or Profit Center? In Content Marketing, Marketers Might be Losing Their Way. I’ve heard that those good in business haven’t studied business so much as they’ve studied history.

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