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3 Content Marketing Trends for 2019

The Proactive Report

We’re approaching the end of 2018 and businesses are looking ahead to the New Year. The Need for a Documented Content Strategy. Only 37 percent of US companies have a documented content strategy. A complete content marketing strategy starts with research, not setting goals. Follow me on Twitter.

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10 Content Trends to Watch in 2018

The Proactive Report

In January the Content Marketing Association laid out 10 trends they predicted would be big this year. Diversification of content channels. Brands become content companies. Diversification and expansion of content teams. Content producers develop closer relationships with e-commerce. Call me at 888 243 3470.

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5 Tips for Creating High Quality Content

The Proactive Report

91 percent of B2B brands and 86 percent of B2C brands use content as part of their marketing efforts. Source: Content Marketing Institute 2018) That’s a lot of content being dumped online every day. Why are these brands so content focused? They know that content powers the customer journey.

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Digital and Omnichannel – More Important Than Ever

5W PR

With online buying and pickup in-store options higher than ever, CMO attention must also accelerate digital and omnichannel content marketing strategies. The annual study was started five years ago, and the latest discovery revealed that best practices were only being used by 66% to 73% of the top ten, a decline from 2018.

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The Top 3 Branding Resolutions Your Business Needs to Make for 2018

Cision

If you haven’t set any, now is the time to start thinking of ways to improve your branding strategies to make 2018 your best year yet. Here are three awesome branding resolutions all marketing teams should consider in preparing themselves for 2018 and beyond. Make Content All About the Customer. Conclusion.

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What Do You Get When You Cross Media Trends with Customer Support and Investor Relations? PR Tech Sum: Business Wire, Meltwater, Onclusive, Cision, TrendKite

Sword and the Script

Interestingly, PRWeek pointed to some of the competitive pressures in the industry as a result of acquisitive environment: “Business Wire once partnered with TrendKite, the digital PR platform that was acquired by Cision this year. billion pieces of editorial content.” That partnership has ended.”.

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The Making of Cision: A Brief History of 15 M&A Transactions that Consolidated a Sizable Chunk of the PR Technology Market into One Company

Sword and the Script

Today, the company is perhaps the largest of its kind, and I think understanding how it got to the place it is now, offers an interesting window into the world of PR and the evolution of technology for the digital PR community. Sources: New York Times , PR Newswire , MultiVu ). 6a) June 6, 2016: DOJ Rules on PR Newswire.