Beyond PR

JUNE 29, 2016

and you’ll find the same thing on the other side of the content you create and conversations you have: Communities. The communities that make up your brand’s audience are built around personal and professional networks, mutual interests, even devotion to individual influencers. Without trust, your content won’t be noticed.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

There’s an old saying in marketing that half of the advertising budget is wasted, we just don’t know which half. Advertising spots for the big football game this year grew to $5,000,000 for a mere 30 seconds of airtime. Some people don’t even like football, but watch the game for the community – and the commercials.

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Marketwired

APRIL 21, 2016

When you think of content marketing today, the traditional way you see it in the marketplace is as a blog post, white paper, video, or some other piece of easily sharable digital content that can help you make your purchasing decisions. These brands are winning with markets that are hard to target by traditional means.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 9, 2015

His commentary was presented in a white paper titled The Future of Content co-produced by The Content Counsel and an AdAge team that writes sponsored content for brands. If a brand focuses on viral, it’ll wade through disappointment after disappointment before, if ever, achieving viral success.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 24, 2018

This is what I call going from hello-to-marriage-proposal in a white paper download. They wanted the white paper. If you’re going to just slap the introduction to a white paper up as a blog post with a lead form, save yourself the effort and forget the blog and just make the lead form.

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Doctor Spin

APRIL 17, 2023

This policy encourages customers to try products without fear of commitment and builds trust with the brand. To create these “zombie loyalists,” Shankman recommends focusing on exceptional customer service, going above and beyond to ensure every customer has a positive experience with your brand.

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Cision

JULY 20, 2015

Click here to learn how to mobilize your audience with our free white paper now! Once Shea developed his production process, he went back to his online communities to get the word out: “The backpacking, fishing, outdoors community has a very active and robust online community of blogs, forums, and review sites.

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Onclusive

MARCH 21, 2018

In 2012, in response to the Altimeter group’s white paper on “converged media” last summer, Jeremiah Owyang took a stab on his blog at defining the new workflow for paid, earned, owned and shared media. Was it a function of PR? Its own function?

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 11, 2015

Odds are that you’ve heard someone say that PR can’t be quantified, or social media ROI can’t be measured, or that a media impression or social post generated an advertising value equivalent (AVE) of hundreds of thousands (or millions) of dollars. Do media impressions have a loftier purpose than advertising or marketing?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 28, 2017

A great PR campaign can generate positive brand awareness, which is clearly desirable. The brand may play only a small role in the coverage that drives awareness. That doesn’t mean public relations can’t build brand awareness; it can. Or consider today’s innovators – brands like Casper, Uber, and Amazon.

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Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 23, 2019

Advertisers only pay when Google delivers a consumer to a campaign website. You’ve two options for paid activity on Facebook, namely ads and promoted content to the community that follow a Facebook Page. The most useful mechanic if you have a branded Facebook page is promoted content. They are actively searching for information.

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Journalistics

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Brands have never cared more about content marketing. It is the hot topic for 2013, as brands look to leverage great content to expand their reach, drive more engagement or improve their search engine rankings – to name a few. This was the world of content marketing in the mass communications age. You are now CNN for your brand.

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Cision

APRIL 20, 2015

Get tips and tactics for using multimedia with our free “Outside-The-Box Content Marketing for PR” white paper! User-generated content (UGC) is a beloved tactic because it boosts engagement and grows a community. The former applies to influencer relations, native advertising, and product placements.

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Cision

AUGUST 17, 2015

In an AdAge piece, Quaker’s digital lead, Elena Parlatore describes the advantages of Pinterest for her business : Less trolling behavior in the Pinterest community than on other sites. Get your free white paper today! Pinterest may be forgotten in some circles, but as a communication platform it is powerful.

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5W PR

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

It’s a common fallacy that PR is great for increasing brand awareness but not so great for actually converting people into shoppers. But when paired with other advertising methods, PR is a great way to leverage those marketing efforts. Part of the current struggle for many companies is humanizing their brand.

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MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

For content marketers seeking to generate leads from that new blog post, white paper, case study, event, infographic, research report, or webinar, here are 33 ways to ensure that your content is found, downloaded, clicked-on and consumed. Here's how: 33 Content Marketing Promotion Ideas.

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Beyond PR

MARCH 17, 2016

As the best practices in Monitoring Your Brand Across the Web show, listening to conversations on social can help you identify which channels are the most popular with current and prospective customers and how to adapt your brand’s contributions, voice and style to each channel. Content Marketing.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Most often, what I’ve found to be effective, is to essentially be an “advertiser” in your own publication with use of the white space, distinct calls to action and event carefully managed content. Over time, I have found brands earn the right to promote their own products. Reporting on data. Custom audiences. Use it here.

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Shift Communications

MAY 14, 2015

We’re constantly pushing clients and prospects to embrace elements such as Google Analytics, Twitter advertising, measurement beyond pure clicks and the like. And as B2B brands prepare for the future, what does doing it “well” look like on the surface and how is “well” defined? At SHIFT we’re big proponents of data-driven PR.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Simply roundup a handful of the best news articles and blog posts from other credible sources – that are relevant to your community – and weave a promotion for your webinar into the content. Given advertising deadlines, buying ad inventory is usually much smoother if you plan both content and budget for it in advance.

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ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

“Since we don’t advertise as a policy, we can only rely on publishing our ideas and delivering presentations at conferences and workshops and private meetings that help us to build relationships with clients that we hope eventually convert to consulting engagements. “I share to be part of a community.

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PR Conversations

APRIL 21, 2016

To wit, including ethnic diversity and values, physical and mental health challenges and sensitivities, generational accommodation, and so on—embracing and respecting the human spectrum in its entirety within workplaces and communities at large, rather than marginalizing or patronizing with messaging and tokenism.

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Beyond PR

AUGUST 4, 2016

Of course, your competition and other brands have the same opportunities. That’s why it’s vital that your brand gets your social media strategy right. The term social media describes the greater virtual community that allows people to interact. No brand should have a grainy picture adorning their social profiles.

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