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This Semrush Acquisition of Backlinko hits PR, SEO and Content Marketing Trifecta [PR Tech Sum]

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SEO vendor that dabbles in PR technology buys an audience and adds an influencer to their team. In any case, both of these were “audience buys” and proved to be savvy PR, content marketing and SEO moves. There was even an SEO angle: in its heyday, HARO was a backlink magnet and from high-quality new sites. Case in point?

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M&A: The Top Reasons Why One Company Acquires Another [PR Tech Sum]

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Over the course of my career, I’ve lived through two acquisitions, contributed to internal and external comms for several more, and at different organizations, and even did a divestiture. The deal with Brandwatch “is expected to close in the second quarter of 2021,” according to a press release. BuzzSumo introduces journalist profiles.

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After a Recent Three-Way Tie Up, Onclusive Acquires Critical Mention

Sword and the Script

Scale to compete with incumbents; Prowly adds media monitoring; Cision releases internal DE&I report; World’s First-Ever NFT Press Release. SEOs want links and PR is the function that can legitimately earn high-value backlinks. As I write this post, the current asking price on OpenSea is $36,099.60. See it here.”.

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More PR Software Companies Join the Race to Add Generative AI to their Products [PR Tech Sum No. 43]

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While PR probably isn’t writing public communications about trade secrets, you should be cognizant of obvious dangers. AI input optimization could evolve into a marketing specialization in the same way SEO did. The company says, “AMIGA offers advanced research and writing capabilities including generating pitches.”

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Meet the Media: Vesna Brajkovic, Managing Editor of Heavy Duty Trucking & TruckingInfo.com

Bianchi Biz Blog

As managing editor of Heavy Duty Trucking magazine and TruckingInfo.com, she writes trucking news and features, manages e-newsletters and social media, coordinates magazine production, and helps to develop content for events and multimedia projects. In 2021, at the Women in Trucking annual conference as managing editor of HDT.

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Remakes & Remixes: Replicating Successful Digital PR Campaigns

Buzzstream

In a serendipitous twist of fate, when I was writing this article, I came across this tweet from Louise Parker , Digital PR Director at @propellernet : Im not saying im massively advocating this because creativity and innovation are great yada yada but I swear the biggest myth is that if your idea has been done before you can’t do it.

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The 13 Most Popular Blog posts on Sword and the Script in 2022

Sword and the Script

And because I’ve spent time in-house on the vendor side I can write about this topic in depth. This Semrush Acquisition of Backlinko hits PR, SEO and Content Marketing Trifecta [PR Tech Sum]. SEO vendor that dabbles in PR technology buys an audience and adds an influencer to their team. billion in 2021.

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