Critical Mention

OCTOBER 21, 2018

It’s easy to fall behind rapidly evolving SEO trends, which include optimizing your website with the right keywords, using paid online marketing and using structured data—but there are five strategies that many PR pros miss when incorporating SEO into their campaigns: Back in the 90s, how did mom and pop stores grow their businesses?

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Garrett Public Relations

AUGUST 22, 2018

Content Marketing World 2018 is coming up Sept. When people ask me why this conference is so impactful, I tell them it’s THE place for content […]. This is one of my favorite times of the year. This will be my third trip to Cleveland to attend. To say I’m excited would be an understatement.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 3, 2017

B2B marketing has overwhelmingly adopted the concept of content marketing, according to the 2018 B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets & Trends survey. That may mean content marketing is maturing, but that also means competition for an audience will heat up. Measuring ROI is hard.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 6, 2018

The 2018 survey was based on responses of 1,053 communications professionals and here’s how the numbers stack up. Don’t miss these related posts: 20 Golden PR and Content Marketing Ideas that will Outlive 2017. Then, in 2018, they reported the 2017 median as $89k. 1) Median PR salaries remain flat. Talk to Us !

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

For anyone who works in public relations, content still reigns supreme. An effective content marketing calendar will complement a PR campaign to help differentiate a brand and generate business growth. Siemens’ campaign with Economist in 2018 exemplifies this reach. But what are its drawbacks? Cons: Short lifespan.

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Cision

DECEMBER 19, 2017

According to research from Content Marketing Institute, 65 percent of businesses using content marketing have experienced an increase in ROI compared to a year ago. For content marketers, this is good news — as it indicates that content marketing is still as effective as it has always been.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

cookies) is in its twilight which puts diminishes marketing reach and targeting. An abbreviated version of this prediction was published by the Content Marketing Institute (see below). * * *. 2022 predictions posts around the web: 100+ Content Marketing Trends and Predictions for Success in 2022 (Content Marketing Institute).

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PRSay

MAY 3, 2019

million in 2018. Content marketers and social media managers are experiencing the same fragmentation of audiences. The average number of shares for a given piece of content dropped by half from 2015 to 2017, according to a Buzzsumo analysis of a million posts. What was the most-watched TV show in 1998? What about 2008?

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PR in High Definition

DECEMBER 13, 2017

So, here are four more seemingly-ludicrous trends that will be quite normal activity by 2027, and how these trends can these be woven into your 2018 campaign. The post How to add inspiration and future trends to your 2018 comms plan appeared first on Firefly Communications. (Yes please. I want this now). Siri, it’s over.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

“The premier gathering of digital marketers on planet Earth!”. Traffic & Conversion Summit 2020 will feature seven tracks including: big ideas, agencies only, digital retailers, digital advertisers, content marketers, conversational marketers and growth hackers. Digital Sales & Marketing World.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 12, 2022

It has since been acquired by an SEO software company. So, I sold my agency and went all in with Propel to invent the public relations management (PRM) category – which has significantly gained steam in the industry since we launched the first PRM in 2018.”. Meltwater offers 50 suggested metrics to measure your content marketing.

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Prowly

JULY 4, 2018

In 2018, blogs are still good for business. Through blogging, you can reap several key benefits that make the practice worthwhile—from new leads to better website traffic to a way to connect with customers. Curious to learn more? The post 4 Reasons Blogs Are Still Good For Business appeared first on Prowly Magazine.

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Critical Mention

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Jelly Digital Marketing & PR is a one-stop-shop online marketing agency in Fort Langley, British Columbia. The award-winning , Canadian-based agency, a Critical Mention client, provides agile and responsive public relations, content creation, digital advertising and SEO solutions to those in Vancouver and the Fraser Valley area.

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Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Scale of the influencer marketing challenge There were more than 16,000 complaints made about 14,000 online ads and social media posts last year according to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) Annual Report 2018. billion in 2019.

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Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Staying ahead of the game in a hyper-competitive market is vital to your company’s success. Your competitors are most likely already using influencers in their marketing strategy. They improve your SEO rankings. This can result in generating high-quality backlinks to your website, which improves your SEO.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

1) What are the top challenges facing law firm marketers today? The top challenge for marketers today is disregarding the latest sparkly things (social media, SEO, paying for leads,law domains ) and focusing instead on real techniques that generate new business. SEO is snake oil. – SEO.

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PR 20/20

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Our job is to create an agenda of workshops, keynotes and breakouts sessions that give marketing leaders the knowledge, resources and confidence they need to explore and apply AI across a broad range of marketing categories (e.g. advertising, analytics, content marketing, email marketing, SEO, social media marketing) and use cases.

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Beyond PR

DECEMBER 21, 2017

According to research from Content Marketing Institute, 65 percent of businesses using content marketing have experienced an increase in ROI compared to a year ago. For content marketers, this is good news — as it indicates that content marketing is still as effective as it has always been.

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Content Marketing Marketing SEO Engineering 75

PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

To make any marketing campaign successful, you must understand the goals, pain points, influencers, and preferences of each target buyer persona your company is targeting. Have we created a content marketing editorial calendar that defines our strategy on content production and publishing? These (and more!) Measurable.

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PR 20/20

MAY 22, 2018

That world may be fictional, but doublethink is real—and it’s destroying your content creation efforts. Content marketers (like any content creators) are in danger of doublethinking their way to a practice more insidious than plagiarism: patchwriting. And it demands a relentless commitment to producing incredible content.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Welcome to the inaugural Marketing Artificial Intelligence Conference (MAICON) —an event for practitioners and leaders seeking to drive the next frontier of digital marketing transformation within their organizations. Registration opens in October 2018, but you can sign up now for event updates and a special discount code.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Those categories are: Content marketing statistics. Social media marketing statistics. Marketing measurement statistics. Search marketing and SEO statistics. Content Marketing Statistics. 2) Content marketing supports lead nurturing. 3) Quality matters in content marketing.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Welcome to the inaugural Marketing Artificial Intelligence Conference (MAICON) —an event for practitioners and leaders seeking to drive the next frontier of digital marketing transformation within their organizations. Registration opens in October 2018, but you can sign up now for event updates and a special discount code.

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Cision

JANUARY 10, 2018

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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Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

Similarly, and though we don’t use the terminology, big businesses hire panels of marketing agencies too – PR, creative, SEO, social, digital, advertising. Continuing with the PR and marketing thread – the parallel is similar. In 2018, the most recent edition, there were nearly 7,000. VC investment grew to $7.2

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Every year, a handful of PR 20/20 team members head to Content Marketing World ( #CMWorld ) hosted in our very own Cleveland, Ohio. CMWorld is the largest content-focused event of its kind, bringing together 4,000+ marketers to learn the tools and materials needed to build the best content marketing strategies.

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PR 20/20

OCTOBER 24, 2017

If you aim to increase your subscriber base, publishing quality content (and more of it) is the first step toward understanding what resonates and what doesn’t. You might be able to design a campaign or change your content marketing strategy by the end of this year, but what do you do if you need subscribers by the end of the month?

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Buzzstream

OCTOBER 30, 2018

As of September 2018, G2 Crowd had 6,223 (62% year-over-year growth) do-follow domains; we surpassed (and gapped) Competitor 1, which stood at 5,179 (83% of G2 Crowd), and significantly closed the gap on Competitor 2, which sat at 12,800 (205% of G2 Crowd). . Yes, building great content is extremely important.

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PR 20/20

JANUARY 3, 2019

How will you make your marketing program even savvier in 2019? For a little inspiration, we pulled PR 20/20’s most-shared blog posts from 2018. We used Buzzsumo’s Content Analyzer to curate the top posts across Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Reddit, as well as links from other websites. Marketing Experts Agree, You Should Be.

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PR in High Definition

DECEMBER 13, 2017

No, we will not all be going offline completely and, no, printed media will not be having a complete revival, but marketers do need to change and re-think how they target consumers online.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Rather, AI will be used to create a lot of filler and SEO bait. This will contribute to even more noise, and it will make high-quality corporate content both more appreciated and harder to find.”. David Berkowitz , Founder, Serial Marketers. Content marketers will find new allies in PR.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The list below is broken into four sections: Marketing statistics from 2020. Content marketing statistics from 2020. The survey found, “The top three areas live event budgets will be reallocated to are content creation (43%): hosted webinars (40%); and search marketing (33%).”. PR takes on content and SEO duties.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Measuring genuine ROI and a marketing campaign’s long-term contribution to revenue takes time, and marketers need to slow down to do it.”. Sean Callahan , Senior Manager, Content Marketing | LinkedIn. 6) Relationships with people who have the ear of your target market. “It’s How can they do that?

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Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Here are the seven tasks to focus on before you start creating content. A few years ago, athenahealth debuted athenaInsight, its data-driven news publication, to make a serious investment in content marketing. In content chaos , the first mistake marketers make is leaning too heavily on intuition. Enter: Google.

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Critical Mention

JANUARY 15, 2019

SEO is a complex process where backlinks are key. According to an article in Backlinko, the number of domains linking to a page correlates with rankings more than any other factor, which means backlinks are vital if you want to improve your site’s SEO. Images are essential when it comes to backlinking opportunities. Image bookmarking.

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PR 20/20

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

And if you want to absorb marketing news and insight from industry leaders during your commute with a new podcast, we’ve got you covered with 12 of our team’s favorites. This Old Marketing. and Epic Content Marketing. Overview: First started in 2013, This Old Marketing is THE podcast for content marketers.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 3, 2020

We analyzed over 55470 press releases sent in 2018 & 2019 by our users using Prowly and checked when respondents opened them…The best day to send a press release is on Thursday when the average open rate jumps to over 26%.”. “PR e) The Best Time & Day to Send a Press Release [Updated for 2020] via Prowly and Rafal Salak. “We

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