5W PR

JANUARY 31, 2024

Technology Public Relations (Tech PR) involves managing and enhancing the public image of technology-related companies and products. Crisis Management PR: Addresses and mitigates potential damage to a tech company’s reputation during challenging situations or crises. This is especially effective for consumer technology products.

Technology 78

Technology Product Launch Crisis Management Case Study 78

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

A survey by Spiceworks Ziff Davis found B2B tech marketing prospects say they consume 11 or more piece of vendor content Pieces of content. There are unpolished phrases the marketing community kicks around to describe the outsized role content marketing has in the sales cycle. Consumption. It works too.

B2B 114

B2B Consumer Marketing Survey 114

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 13, 2023

Each platform holds its unique set of audiences, and ensuring maximum engagement would require crafting tailored content strategies for each. Tip 4: Utilize content marketing for PR On a budget, content marketing is a potent tool for enhancing PR efforts. Sometimes, it just takes a little community spirit.

Analytics 40

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Critical Mention

JANUARY 3, 2018

Gone are the days of using AVEs (advertising value equivalents) or the number of clips or impressions as ways to gauge success. To get better at what we do, we need to understand how areas like content marketing and social media fit into PR. For those of us in PR, the focus could be on one or more of these important areas.

Measurement 119

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Cision

JANUARY 16, 2017

So, the value of the Adobe data is for current or potential users of their marketing suite to glean insights about their business from the content that Adobe publishes. What content marketers and creators should learn from Adobe’s example is that you don’t have to have a representative sampling of all businesses.

Data 120

Data How To Retail Ethics 120

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

My friend is a web engineer for a large media company, and whenever we talk shop, I’m always surprised at how big of an impact his tinkering can have on the content we read. From my perspective, he noodles around in some code for an hour, and then the next time I see him, his company’s traffic reaches a new high.

Content Marketing 111

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Cision

APRIL 20, 2015

Owned content. Owned content is created content. It’s also tactics like content marketing, a broad umbrella that includes blogging, social media updates, email marketing, infographics, visuals and video. All that content points to an underlying mantra: “be the media.” Third-party content.

Media 120

Media Content Marketing Infographics Fashion 120

Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 4, 2018

It’s a basic concept to guide companies as they think about building relationships with potential customers. 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.

Case Study 111

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Deirdre Breakenridge

MARCH 23, 2016

Tell them that all PR is content , and content is made up of: Channels. Owned (company blogs). Visuals (photos, infographics, etc.). Compare that with digital advertising, in which.02% Earned (publications like The New York Times). Newswires (press releases). Text (long or short form). Measurement. Benchmarking.

Communications 150

Communications How To Analytics Public Affairs 150

Critical Mention

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

For instance, does direct mail work, or has digital marketing rendered it obsolete? As social media and search advertising have become integrated into our everyday lives, many believe that direct mail is an outdated way to reach consumers as smartphones allow millennials to access information, products and services instantly.

Advertising 84

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 19, 2018

Respondents said storytelling, content marketing and thought leadership will be more important over the next 12 months. Specifically, the survey found storytelling, content marketing and thought leadership topped the list of more than 20 tactics or trends related to PR in terms of importance. 67% said thought leadership.

Survey 72

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Solo PR Pro

AUGUST 14, 2018

The infographic below highlights the importance of online reputation and the impact it can have on your brand. Infographic by MDG Advertising. Use Your Content Marketing Strategy. Producing engaging, positive content will do the long-term work of establishing a solid and positive reputation.

Reputation 79

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MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The latest content marketing trend our PR agency is seeing is the move toward less content creation and more content promotion. In that rush of adrenaline to immediately promote your new e-book or video ASAP, content marketers risk the opportunity to be creative with promotion.

Marketing 48

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Cision

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Now, they’re also in charge of social media and content marketing. PR isn’t sales, but if your PR isn’t supporting your sales, you’re missing a really big opportunity to show the value of PR and how PR really impacts the bottom line and impacts the growth of a company.”. Get more out of your content by increasing its longevity.

Infographics 120

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

It’s a question as old as the web – should you gate your content? It appears that most marketers do and reported gating “ 80% of their major content marketing assets ” according to a survey vetted by MarketingProfs. The same study points out there’s some content – infographics for example – is rarely gated.

Viral 116

Viral Infographics Web Content Marketing 116

5W PR

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

In marketing terms, this is known as “earned media,” which holds more weight than other types of media. Putting in the energy, however, it worth it at the end of the day and can put your business on equal footing with companies that have big marketing budgets. For instance, partner PR with content marketing.

Publicity 87

Publicity Case Study Infographics Energy 87

Cision

OCTOBER 26, 2016

. “Cheap metrics lead to cheap content.” “Before you have a ‘content marketing strategy,’ have a ‘content’ strategy.” 8 billion will be spent on native advertising/sponsored content this year @bigal123 #PRSAICON #contentmarketing. —

Conference 120

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PRSay

APRIL 19, 2016

To translate this for communications purposes, if the brand is using billboards or other outdoor signage, try finding local bloggers in that neighborhood and pitch them a story or some custom content. B2B Content Marketing + Pinterest – Surprisingly, Pinterest is a huge traffic builder for my B2B client sites.

Communications 79

Communications Pinterest Reddit Radio 79

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 27, 2023

Now, it’s not at all unusual to see a company announcement first posted on their own blog or newsroom (including being optimized for search engines), promoted on social media and pitched to the media with an accompanying release. The early 2000s saw the addition of social media features.

Pitching 40

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

I joined BuzzStream as Director of Content Marketing in November of 2023. But before that, I worked for over ten years with three content marketing agencies and one in-house role. Comprehensive Reporting: Buzzstream also creates helpful reports per project, agency, or company-wide metrics.

Digital PR 62

Digital PR Tools Google Pitching 62

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

I joined BuzzStream as Director of Content Marketing in November of 2023. But before that, I worked for over ten years with three content marketing agencies and one in-house role. Comprehensive Reporting: Buzzstream also creates helpful reports per project, agency, or company-wide metrics.

Digital PR 62

Digital PR Tools Google Pitching 62

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.

Tools 60

Tools B2B Software Storytelling 60

PR Fuel

JULY 5, 2020

It first helps to know the difference between a press release and a regular piece of content marketing. Press releases aren’t meant to act as marketing material for your company. You’ll want to make sure that the company you hire to write your press releases knows how to write them properly.

Writing 52

Writing How To SEO Infographics 52

Cision

MAY 9, 2016

Images drive engagement with social media and content marketing. Yet if you have ever needed an image for a social or content post and found ( literally ) the perfect image only to discover that the license is restrictive or vague, you understand how frustrating finding stock images can be. Notable Others (asterisks follow).

Engineering 120

Engineering Creativity Community Google 120

Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In other words, decide what values you stand for and stay relentlessly true to them; in our case, Maccabee has turned down hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of client revenue from liquor companies, because we felt it would conflict with our PR work for alcoholism treatment.

Agency 113

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Beyond PR

APRIL 19, 2016

Thought Leadership Content: Beyond promoting blog posts, white papers, and other content marketing pieces over social media, you also need to look at how the content itself enables social sharing. Photos, videos and infographics – to name a few things – now emblazon almost every release issued.

Social Media 40

Social Media Marketing Media Nonprofit 40

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The company said in an impressive report earlier this year, that more registrants will view recorded content days after the actual webinar. Given advertising deadlines, buying ad inventory is usually much smoother if you plan both content and budget for it in advance. Are Facebook Ads Any Good for B2B Marketing?

B2B 60

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Shift Communications

AUGUST 12, 2015

Those questions served as an interesting backdrop for the PR News Google Boot Camp in San Francisco last week, where I got the chance to speak and share the day’s agenda with multiple internal Google experts and folks from companies like Cisco and Toshiba. The four key takeaways for me were: PR is getting it re: measurement.

Mobile 60

Mobile Strategy SEO YouTube 60

Communications Conversations

JULY 20, 2015

I organize them by categories: MN blogs, advertising blogs, PR blogs, content blogs. People and companies trying to game the system. People and companies just looking for a click. How to Get Your First 1,000 Real Facebook Fans (Infographic). 67 Insights from the Worlds Top Digital Marketing Experts.

Social Media 60

Social Media Blogging How To Media 60

Shift Communications

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Promoting a company event on social? Is the graphic calling out the accomplishments of a speaker at a company event? Use their headshot from their company bio. Certain images, such as infographics, are “allowed” to have a lot more information packed into them than other images. Use Contrast Strategically.

Infographics 60

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MaccaPR

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Luckett says marketers should stop focusing on outdated tactics - such as banner ads - and instead look at what attracts a non-cognitive response, such as infographics, videos or art. Marketers and PR pros should make sure our content induces the right emotions and resonates with our target audience. Be passionate.

Marketing 48

Marketing Social Media Video Mobile 48

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Read more: 3 Studies with Benchmarks for Content Marketing, Blogging and Webinars [UML]. 2) The average content marketing budget is $185,000. The most successful content marketers invested more, with an average of $272,000, while the least successful content marketers spent less at $109,000.

Marketing 78

Marketing Publicity Survey Study 78

MaccaPR

MAY 3, 2019

How can marketers like you get your CEO or brand spokesperson interviewed on a podcast that’s heard by tens of thousands, or even millions, of listeners? And, just as challenging, how can you convince your CEO that securing a podcast interview could be as valuable for your company as an interview in "Bloomberg Businessweek?".

Company 113

Company Interviews Print Pitching 113

The Proactive Report

JANUARY 30, 2015

Robert Rose, Chief Strategy Officer, Content Marketing Institute. The 2014 PRESSfeed survey showed 87% of journalsts and editors said they want visuals with company news, yet only 26% of all press releases posted on the wire services have visuals. We are the storytellers and content marketing should be our domain.

Content Marketing 100

Content Marketing Groups Facebook Reputation 100

Prohibition

APRIL 13, 2023

Repurposing video content is an excellent way to achieve this, allowing brands to get greater use of captured content while growing a number of channels and platforms. Convert To Infographics Infographics are an effective way to share information visually. Creating videos takes time, effort, and money.

Video 62

Video Infographics Social Media Instagram 62

Cision

OCTOBER 20, 2015

The demand for content is growing, and so are the ways we consume it. Today, content can be found in a variety of forms, such as videos, blogs, infographics, gifs and more. Your social strategy needs to include a combination of these content forms to appeal to a wide audience. Collaboration.

Enterprise 120

Enterprise Strategy Social Media Infographics 120

Sword and the Script

JUNE 12, 2018

The Denny’s Press Release “Accident” Last week the company issued a press release about new breakfast plate. A copy of the document that was allegedly sent to reporters included edits to the company CMO had previously suggested – but weren’t for public consumption. 11 Simple Ways for PR to Score Content Marketing Points.

Creativity 60

Creativity Infographics B2B Corporate 60