Contently - Strategy

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The best email newsletters are like holy grails for content marketers. When you send content straight to your reader’s inbox, you bypass Google’s search algorithm and the changing whims of social media platforms. People respond well to CTAs if they’re specific because we all want our content to feel tailored to us.

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Financial Content Marketing Marketing Banking 52

Sword and the Script

MARCH 31, 2020

Buyers were taking in content before talking to sales even before the Coronavirus hit; now is a great time to double down on content marketing Today is the last day of the first quarter of 2020. When I think about that statistic in today’s context – this is another moment for true content marketing.

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Content Marketing Marketing Advertising Advertising 118

Cision

JANUARY 25, 2016

Last year, 90 percent of B2C marketers used content marketing, but only 34 percent felt they were successful. And while 69 percent are creating more content than years past, few are being heard. They can afford to ignore us,” says Joe Pulizzi, founder of Content Marketing Institute. Find The Sweet Spot.

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Marketing Banking B2C 120

Sword and the Script

JULY 20, 2021

Some B2B tech companies, especially in early stages, are eager to make a splash in their respective markets. They’re raring to go with branded content about who they are and promotional materials about what makes their product great. This type of content simply isn’t relevant to their audience – at least not yet.

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B2B Company Marketing SEO 177

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The “Brand Finance Investment Analyst Survey” polled more than 200 financial analysts who “cover publicly listed companies in the United States and United Kingdom.” To understand how analysts factor marketing into their assessment and valuation of the companies they cover. The survey had three findings that stood out to me: 1.

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Financial Marketing Survey B2B 148

Onclusive

JUNE 24, 2020

Research shows that both paid and traditional media are becoming less trusted, and therefore less effective, owned media has become a critical cornerstone of the marketing mix. We also covered some of the tactics that smart companies are using to create and control the narrative through owned media strategies. Measure and improve.

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Strategy Media Advertising Advertising 418

Presspage

APRIL 6, 2018

As advertising and other marketing become less effective, content marketing is exploding. Fred Davis , Co-Founder of Wired Magazine and many other publications. During this event, a panel of experts will discuss trends and effectiveness in corporate publishing strategies.

Company 92

Company Media Web Advertising 92

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

Vendors are giving us reason to be optimistic about public relations technology – from AI that will predict your pitching success to more tangible PR measurement and attribution. Years ago, I had the opportunity to be a PR director for a publicly-traded company that developed and sold software to the PR market.

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Technology Publicity Software Pitching 170

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 21, 2020

As the pandemic progressed and the news grew worse, many stepped up with substantive offers of help, workforce tributes, or public service messages. The marketing hasn’t been bad, but most of the marketing messages have been numbingly similar. Early efforts were tentative, pretentious, or even shallow. As the U.S.

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Brand Branding Advertising Advertising 296

5W PR

MARCH 29, 2024

Here’s where public relations enters the fray, offering up a potent weapon to thrust e-commerce sales into the spotlight and on the trajectory of steady growth. Third-party endorsement PR is a whiz at securing media spots in industry publications, online reviews, and editorial pieces.

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Fashion Content Marketing Consumer Social Media 78

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. Sponsored content is often confused with native advertising , but it’s actually a subset of it.

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Advertising Advertising B2B SEO 334

PR Fuel

MAY 12, 2019

In this day and age, many people still consider PR and content marketing to be mutually exclusive. While content marketers create quality material to inform readers while also branding that company in a certain way and with a certain voice, traditional PR generally aims to get stories and other material to the “news.”.

Content Marketing 45

Content Marketing Marketing Local Social Media 45

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 20, 2020

It also made me realize I can easily list out other public relations resources that I review on at least a monthly basis. This list isn’t intended to be exhaustive, but rather the resources below are some that I find helpful and think you might too. I may add or remove resources over time.

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Resources Publicity Reddit Interviews 121

5W PR

JANUARY 17, 2020

We hear all the time how important public relations are, but are there reliable methods to gauge its effectiveness? Although its harder to measure the efficacy of PR efforts than it is to measure the same statistics for say, advertising, there are many ways to measure the reach and success of a PR message. What is a Media Impression?

Measurement 78

Measurement Publicity Television Analytics 78

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Companies who attempt to ride roughshod over their employees – whether it be forcing them back into the office after extended period away due the pandemic or those who choose to pay less – are going to have all sorts of issues which are going to be publicly known in very short order. Public relations is HOT right now.

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Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 215

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

We interviewed ChatGPT about public relations and while it does well with high-level questions, it becomes repetitive when those questions were more nuanced; the system says it is “unlikely” that it “or any other AI system will fully replace public relations (PR) professionals”. What is public relations?

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Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 100

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 11, 2021

That starts with planning earned and branded content around the schedules of target publications, as well as key dates, milestone events, and industry happenings. It’s like an unsung hero of the public relations world — not flashy or creative, but vital to a robust media placement schedule. Planning Content.

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Pitching Content Marketing Measurement Social Media 308

Presspage

APRIL 12, 2018

It serves an important social need and legacy media like the Washington Post are showing that really good journalism can make a publication viable even in today’s fragmented market. How does a digital newsroom differ from content marketing? Bart : “Content remains king but a digital newsroom is its queen.

Company 111

Company Media Journalism Report 111

Stuart Bruce

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Content marketing is one of the hottest topics in marketing communications and public relations. That said, if you’re a PR professional who wants to learn more about the basics of content marketing, it’s well worth a watch. Source: Content Marketing Institute.

Film 60

Film Content Marketing Case Study Marketing 60

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

B2B marketing should take a little slice of the display ad budget and invest in media relations, genuine content marketing (not marketing content) and paid distribution of related assets from both . For example, a study – data analysis from one adtech company puts the CTR rate of LinkedIn ads at.67%.

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B2B Marketing LinkedIn Content Marketing 90

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Regular readers know I bought into the concept of “ content marketing ” many years ago. It was in effect the coining of a term that characterized a strategy my team and I was already working on across traditional PR, digital marketing and social media. This isn’t a reflexive reaction either. Red Bull, Johnson & Johnson).

Content Marketing 67

Content Marketing Case Study Marketing Conference 67

Sword and the Script

APRIL 1, 2017

Use PR to build a brand and advertising to defend it. The point of that philosophy used to be that, while you can build a brand with advertising, it’s very expensive. But marketing is anything but stagnant. More recently, fake news has laid the groundwork for a new-found trust in advertising. 1) In advertising, we trust.

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Advertising Advertising Print Study 62

Sword and the Script

MAY 7, 2024

I wrote a prediction last December for the Content Marketing Institute – and I think that’s the answer. According to a press release: “The decision reflects Notified’s sharpening focus on investor relations and public relations solutions. Sword and the Script Media can help with B2B marketing, PR and social media.

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Software Pitching Technology B2B 86

Deirdre Breakenridge

MAY 8, 2017

The answers to a question about what is important to companies when it comes to engaging agencies is also telling. There’s no doubt that companies value thinking differently or outside the box because it is the secret sauce of differentiation. What do these priorities mean for the importance of public relations as a discipline?

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Agency Survey SEO Social Media 223

Sword and the Script

JULY 31, 2018

The traditional purposes for one company to acquire another – merge and acquisition – boil down to four driving reasons: 1) To buy customers or access to customers for cross-selling purposes. 3) To accelerate growth – one company takes on some debt and buys a similarly-sized and suddenly, it’s doubled its revenue. execute them?

Publicity 60

Publicity Software Government Content Marketing 60

Onclusive

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

I believe each client begins at a different point on the PR spectrum … some need to start with blogs, online magazines and trades publications to perfect their narrative before moving to mainstream radio and television media outlets. AirPR: With PR as a focus, you have included marketing and advertising into your agency.

Interviews 284

Interviews Radio Small Business Pitching 284

Sword and the Script

JULY 24, 2018

There’s are several industry organizations that field annual surveys about content marketing and they are gearing up. Last year, the data overwhelmingly found every business says they are doing content marketing. This year, I predict satisfaction with content marketing will slide and many won’t understand why.

Content Marketing 64

Content Marketing B2B Marketing Exercises 64

Sword and the Script

MAY 21, 2019

That led her down a series of paths including content marketing, ecommerce and today, in B2B marketing. BH: When I stepped into the world of content marketing to understand what was happening there, it was in healthcare. 4) You have some background doing paid media work for a public relations firm.

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B2B Social Media Company Marketing 82

Contently - Strategy

APRIL 20, 2023

When you find the right metrics to prove the value of your content, you can showcase how important your work is to the organization. As content marketers, it’s our job to engage our audience , build brand awareness , and drive interest in our company’s products and services.

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Analytics Content Marketing SEO Data 119

B2B PR Sense

JANUARY 5, 2018

Among its benefits, PR can build relationships with the public, boost brand awareness, increase your credibility, and create loyal customers. If PR can do so much for a brand, why don’t more brands use public relations to begin with? There are a number of myths about public relations. Myth #4: PR is just advertising.

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Crisis Management B2B Reputation Advertising 238

Sword and the Script

MARCH 25, 2017

Scotney’s fifteenth point – integrated communications – stands out for me: “Public relations is now more integrated. Her ideas were published on Behind the Spin , which is designed for PR students and supported by the UK-based Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA). 2) PR at crossroads. 3) PR in the future.

Publicity 82

Publicity Crisis Construction Study 82

Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Plus, it shows your company is appreciative of the work your employees have done throughout the year. Use this time of year to make a full-scale analysis of how you and your team could improve your company’s PR strategy for the upcoming year. Analyze your Media Strategy for Next Year.

Publicity 74

Publicity Employee Analysis Radio 74

The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

The 3 Behaviors Driving the Most Creative Content Marketers Using a lovely ice cream analogy Jay Acunzo, founder of Unthinkable explains the behaviours that are helping the best in content marketing succeed. It’s a case study of how SEO hugely increased traffic to the publication and how content strategy led this.

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Tools Publicity Measurement SEO 136

Sword and the Script

JUNE 9, 2020

75% of PR and comms pros say media relations is getting harder – up 25% over three years; here are some practical techniques for adapting A majority of public relations and communications professionals say media relations keeps getting harder. That’s better than estimating the publication’s web traffic or impressions.

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Media Relations Media Survey Pitching 113

The Resolution Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Within the PR and advertising industries, there’s often talk about the PESO model (paid, earned, shared, and owned media). We recently spoke with Jerrid Grimm , co-founder of Pressboard , a company that brings paid and editorial PR together, about how the lines between PR and paid activity are blurring.

Advertising 120

Advertising Advertising Measurement Storytelling 120

5W PR

APRIL 21, 2023

User-generated content (UGC) is created by consumers, not companies or brands. It can take the form of text, photos, videos, and other content shared online. What is User-Generated Content? User-generated content is created by consumers, not brands. Why is User-Generated Content Important?

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Consumer Video Social Media Community 88

Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Although some PR professionals have seized the opportunity to evolve their public relations strategies, far too many have stayed complacent, keeping their heads down and focusing on media relations and other traditional tactics that have served them well throughout the years. Earned Media. Shared Media. Owned Media.

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Media Relations Newspapers Measurement Social Media 331