Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Employers are more believable than government, media reporters with named sources, major corporations, media reports with anonymous sources, advertising and “my social media.”. To be sure, America definitely has a problem trusting the media. Keep your content marketing separate and distinct. Media distrust grows.

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Government Survey Ethics Media 138

5W PR

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This guide aims to demystify the process, offering marketing professionals, PR strategists, brand managers, and business owners a roadmap to crafting PR stunts that are impactful, memorable, and ethical. Its primary aim is to create a stir, provoke conversation, and gain attention in a way that traditional advertising often can’t.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Before we answer this question, we must not conflate advertising or marketing with PR. In grossly simplified terms, marketing creates a platform for sales. Advertising is a costly technique to bring potential clients and customers to one’s marketing platform in order to make a sale. PR firms aren’t to blame.

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Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

I definitely think that it is. In smaller markets, like where I live, there has long been a tendency for media professionals to seek corporate roles when they become available. Include a link in an online news piece, though, or pay an influencer to promote your brand in their blog post and it gets a bit murkier.

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Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

But here’s the thing: Marketing budgets are increasingly shifting to focus on content marketing and other efforts that can show a concrete return-on-investment. In PR, paid media is social media advertising, sponsored content, and email marketing. What is an Integrated PESO Model? Paid Media. Earned Media.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 24, 2021

I’m a fan of using sponsored content strategically – I often recommend taking a high-performing blog post and repurposing it for paid content – and suggested a blog post we had published earlier that might land well with the audience. You buy some advertising and magically you also start getting coverage.

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PR 20/20

MARCH 12, 2019

This post originally appeared on the Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute's blog. The Marketing AI Institute was created and is powered by PR 20/20. No matter what content you write or what stories your brand tells, there’s a good chance a machine can help you do it better. What Is AI for Content Marketing?

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wiredPRworks

APRIL 20, 2022

In 2007, David mentioned my fledgling blog wiredPRworks in his book, “ The New Rules of Marketing and PR.”. In a stroke of marketing brilliance, David included over 160 bloggers/contributors in the first edition. Your marketing should be too, but there are challenges to be aware of. Connect with David Meerman Scott.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

In recent years, the trend has been for website templates that blend news, press releases, blogs and resources together. When you want to see press releases for the record, you don’t want blogs. If you want blogs, you don’t want press releases. How to Generate Media Referenceable B2B Customers with a Blog.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 11, 2017

Technology is by definition the application of science for practical use. He publishes notes to the podcast on Earnworthy , his company’s blog: 7 Chrome Extensions for Marketers. The Old “New Media” and Marketing Tools with Novel Twists [UML]. 2) Is your brand investing in the right content?

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The statistics selected can be grouped are heavily weighted along the following topics: Statistics about – or for – the CMO ; Statistics about digital and B2B marketing ; Statistics about PR or media relations ; and. Statistics about content marketing. Read more: How Creative, Agile and Metrics can Sing in Marketing Harmony.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 27, 2018

As it’s noted in the analysis around the full report , “While publishers have made gains with paid digital subscriptions, content studios and native advertising, the last decade has been widely one marked with cuts to editorial staff.”. For example, pick a trade publication in any vertical market and study the headlines.

Media Relations 75

Media Relations Media Trade Shows Journalism 75

ReimaginePR

OCTOBER 10, 2016

If you want to be noticed in the crowd, video is a definitely way to dominance. Why Video Marketing is Important. Video is an essential part of your content marketing strategy. You may even have a better chance of landing on the first page with a YouTube video than you do with a blog post. Click Here.

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Critical Mention

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

As the importance of earned media continues to grow, PR pros and marketers are seeking alternative ways to drive brand awareness without spending on advertising and then access all of their mentions across the web. There’s no doubt that earned content is a force within the digital media world.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

However, the tactics used have definitely transformed, thanks mostly to new technology, the metamorphosis of the news industry and the rise of social media.”. I think non-PR folks sometimes think of it like advertising or marketing where you can “pay to play” and see relatively immediate, measurable results.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

Both PR and marketing are concerned with promoting an organization or individual, but they go about it in different ways. Marketing is focused on promoting a product or service in order to sell it. Marketing efforts often involve paid advertising, and the goal is to reach as many people as possible in order to increase sales.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 15, 2016

The copy I bought of David Ogilvy’s “ Confessions of an Advertising Man ” roughly 15 years ago was used. Despite the book’s age and the fact it was written by an advertiser, I was amazed at how relevant was to my day-to-day work. He’s an icon, which by definition requires both success and admiration. And that was that.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

3 statistics from the newest B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends report shows the “subscribed audience” is missing from most content marketing efforts. I had a chance to be a judge for the annual content marketing awards hosted by the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) this year.

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Communications Conversations

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Which blogs? Mark Schaefer’s blog is one of the better independent blogs covering the social/digital world–but only when Mark posts. Also read, if you have time: The Content Marketing Institute . Explanation: So yeah, The Content Strategist is a very self-serving blog. Which media outlets?

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Marketing Case Study Blogging Content Marketing 60

Buzzstream

JANUARY 22, 2024

Matt Cutts’ infamous blog post advised “sticking a fork in it” because guest posting for links was done. However, some sites may be open to guest posts even if they don’t advertise. There are definitely niches that have more guest-posting sites available, but that doesn’t mean those sites are more or less effective.

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Analysis SEO Guidelines Google 91

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

What role has content marketing played for you at LiveIntent? It’s huge for us and plays a key role in our marketing strategy. It’s a lot of what we do on the marketing side. We leverage our weekly marketing and product marketing newsletters as the main vehicles to distribute the content.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

The point this comment gets after — I believe — is that businesses hold some aspects of marketing – PR, social media and content marketing – to a higher standard. Marketing automation can take it even further. There are aspects of marketing you will be able to measure definitively and optimize.

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Marketing Measurement B2B Content Marketing 60

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

This week we challenging three marketing assumptions. 1) Marketing assumption: more leads are better. The assumption is that sales and marketing have agreed on a definition of a lead, how to prioritize and route leads, and there’s a plan for nurturing those that are interested but non-committal.

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ReimaginePR

AUGUST 22, 2016

Blogs, social media, video, podcasts, presentations, etc.). Every message it shares contains a little bit of heroism, from its marketing material to the way Nike portrays its chief executives as trail blazers and community leaders. There needs to be a definite reason why you choose to share a specific aspect of your story.

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ReimaginePR

JUNE 6, 2016

Which is definitely smart; traveling without a guide into a foreign territory isn’t wise or safe unless you’re experienced. 8: Paid Advertising. Next, you need to determine how much you’ll set aside in your budget for paid advertising. All you have to do is look to the day’s theme or type and go from there. #8:

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

By this, I mean a frequently updated blog. It’s true that the more you blog, the more clients you get. Further, an encyclopedic blog will mean that your attorneys rank high in online searches. 2) Do you believe law firm marketing has become harder or easier in the last few years? – print advertising.

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Marketing SEO Pharmaceuticals Google 62

Sword and the Script

MAY 14, 2016

Relevant content of high quality, that provides the answer for which people are searching, like the sort Mr. Robert’s creates for his blog. This blog has transformed into a PR agency based in greater Atlanta with PR, content marketing and social media services engineered for the B2B market.

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Marketing B2B Local Customer Service 60

Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 31, 2017

News outlets have been struggling for years to balance advertising, sponsored and editorial content. Our definitions about journalism have been evolving – content marketing by brands is becoming more important than ever. He had a rabid following on his blog and pretty much all of them followed it religiously.

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Journalism Report Enterprise Interviews 50

Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 7, 2015

What is that if not the definition of “authoritative”? So when the nature of authoritative content is changing so dramatically, how you measure the success of your content has to change as well. This means you must be open to seeing different behaviors fueled by your content. Does blogging still matter?

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In fact, you must publish content in order for it to be indexed and returned in response to search. That’s the gist of a piece Michael Brenner wrote for the Content Marketing Institute last week titled The Best Reason to Do Content Marketing? b) Integrated marketing. b) Integrated marketing.

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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” ). This is a definite turn-off for journalists. 2017 : Can the ethical breakdown of political PR with its purposefully spread false narratives poison other industry sectors?

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ReimaginePR

MAY 30, 2016

This will definitely cost you more time in the long run, especially if you have to re-record parts that cannot be edited. If you get stuck on tongue-twisters or unnatural phrases, a re-work of that section is probably in order. Without practice, you’ll record a video filled with interruptions and hours of messy editing to fix your stumblings.

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Landis PR

JULY 31, 2023

Photo courtesy of Pixabay Note: This is a reposted blog by Kristen Dunleavy – Muck Rack. For the original blog, please visit here. While AI may provide a solid starting point for a press release or blog post, it’s not going to churn out a polished product. The post Is AI a threat or benefit to marketers and communicators?

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Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 4, 2018

But in practice, people use different definitions and trip up on the different parts of the funnel. When you map all of your content marketing to the funnel, things get trickier. Most content marketers, unlike sales reps, usually shy away from promotional ad copy that could scare their audience away.

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Ishmael's Corner

MAY 10, 2015

One person who has labored over B2B content, what works and what doesn’t work, is my good friend and colleague Steve Farnsworth. In short, Steve knows content marketing and the nitty gritty of lead generation. With this as the backdrop, here are his top 10 tools and resources that he applies to content marketing campaigns.

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Buzzstream

MAY 2, 2024

There are a lot of SEO tools and content marketing tools on the market. And just for all the listeners, Positional is a content marketing and SEO tool. And the reason we started this company was because at all times we were using like five or six different tools to do our job as content marketers and SEOs.

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Buzzstream

APRIL 10, 2019

Many content marketers view “promotion” as a phase that begins once content goes live. But please, don’t just mention them once on Twitter or leave a cursory blog comment. The week before you launch your content will likely be the busiest in your promotion cycle. Put together Twitter and Feed.ly Schedule Promotion.

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