Polaris

JANUARY 2, 2015

Hopefully we learn a few content marketing lessons by reviewing the past year, then use that information to develop even more effective editorial calendars in 2015. Content Marketing Lesson #1: Make it useful and timely. Content Marketing Lesson #2: Showcase stellar examples.

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Content Marketing Blogging Marketing B2C 100

Sword and the Script

MARCH 24, 2015

As a metric for content marketing, pageviews are flawed according to a white paper – Why Content Marketers Are Using All the Wrong Metrics – published by Contently. The company provides the combination of a talent marketplace and content marketing software to manage projects and campaigns.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Measurement Marketing Analytics 60

PR 20/20

OCTOBER 9, 2018

In this spotlight, we’ve featured Cathy McPhillips ( @cmcphillips ), Vice President of Marketing at Content Marketing Institute ( @CMIContent ). I oversee this, and also focus on strategy, paid advertising and event marketing. Because of this, we don’t have that traditional sales/marketing funnel.

Content Marketing 61

Content Marketing Marketing eBook Nonprofit 61

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 63

Content Marketing B2B Marketing Exercises 63

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MARCH 12, 2024

Posting organically to social sites like Facebook and TikTok can quickly boost your brand recognition at a fraction of the price required for paid advertising. PR professionals typically have an extensive network and can help you build your brand quickly with email campaigns and content marketing that will make waves.

Social Media 78

Social Media Strategy Media Reputation 78

Sword and the Script

JULY 9, 2016

Perhaps there’s a better way to nurture or otherwise engage the chap who registered to downloaded a white paper than three ( and often more) touches by sales within 24 hours. Maybe that person just wanted the content and there’s no chance he or she will ever make a purchase. Perhaps engagement is better metric than volume.

Content Marketing 68

Content Marketing Social Media Marketing Media 68

Prohibition

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The feature of the update that made the biggest impact on social media advertising was the ‘accept tracking’ pop-up. This pop-up would appear on all of your externally downloaded apps that aren’t native to an Apple device. Before the IoS 14.5 Before the IoS 14.5 Here is where the bad news comes into play… Post the IoS 14.5

Social Media 62

Social Media Media Advertising Advertising 62

Contently - Strategy

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Nearly five years ago, I wrote about why the email newsletter is the most important part of content marketing. Damn near every marketer uses email as a marketing channel. For us at The Content Strategist , that’s content marketing and content strategy best practices. That’s okay.

How To 142

How To Content Marketing Banking Advertising 142

Sword and the Script

JUNE 9, 2020

Many of the open-ended comments from the survey point to underlying causes such as the rise of social media and self-publishing, disruption of the advertising-heavy business model in news, subsequent cuts to editorial staff, growth among the ranks of PR, and the deluge of pitches reporters receive. That’s what content marketing is all about.

Media Relations 110

Media Relations Media Survey Pitching 110

Beyond PR

AUGUST 9, 2016

As a content marketer, I’m always on the lookout for whatever edge will improve my content’s reach. But with so many other brands also using content marketing, the task can seem Sisyphean at times. And the benefits go beyond building awareness for your content.

Content Marketing 40

Content Marketing Marketing SEO Web 40

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

During his session, Haeri honed in on the importance of creativity in B2B marketing, citing actor and ad expert Ryan Reynolds’ creative approach to targeted ad campaigns. He has a firsthand understanding of Reynolds’ tactics, given Reynolds’ own advertising agency, Maximum Effort Marketing, was acquired by MNTN in June 2021.

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B2B Creativity Content Marketing Measurement 61

Beyond PR

APRIL 12, 2016

However, earned media is also a wise (I’d even say, essential) pursuit for marketers who want their content to reach new audiences and boost conversion rates. According to the white paper, How to Drive Maximum Returns on Content Marketing with Effective Distribution , earned media is 80% more effective than owned media (i.e.,

Content Marketing 40

Content Marketing Marketing Media Reputation 40

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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Media Relations Newspapers Measurement Social Media 331

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). Advertising is also learning from PR. The industry is becoming more consumer-centric as the general population become savvier to forceful marketing messages. and that isn’t changing anytime soon.

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Advertising Advertising Measurement Storytelling 120

Beyond PR

AUGUST 3, 2016

There are times when product managers and content marketers don’t see eye to eye. As Alexa and I talked, I was reminded of my own struggles with project prioritization and communicating the value of content. Focus groups, surveys, and ethnographic research are all common tactics for marketers. The answer: Together.

Content Marketing 40

Content Marketing Marketing Product Launch Analytics 40

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 10, 2014

With the advent of new technologies for the public relations, marketing and advertising industries, it can be hard for a new business or solo entrepreneur to know where to get started and what the current best practices should be. Account Manager, Marketing Technology.

Marketing 144

Marketing Advertising Advertising Small Business 144

Cision

AUGUST 29, 2015

Currently, brands like Acura, GE, Delta Airlines, Lexus and Prudential have shown confidence in the platform by purchasing advertising, but to keep its advertisers Slate will have to show the true performance of its podcasts. Downloads & Listeners.

Measurement 120

Measurement Airlines Advertising Advertising 120

Cision

APRIL 18, 2017

Then, download the Moz toolbar (if you don’t already have it) and turn it on. Then, I’m going to use that as a launching pad for a speech at Content Marketing World. That owned content also gives the journalist a sneak peek of the depth of information and the point-of-view your executive has to offer.

Exercises 198

Exercises Google Writing Blogging 198

The Resolution Blog

MAY 17, 2017

PR, influencer outreach, content marketing, link-builders, social and digital marketing set-ups are all winning communications briefs. We know that senior stakeholders often like to see financial increases and wins but don’t let this draw you to using ‘advertising value equivalent’ in your measurement.

How To 120

How To Measurement Financial Report 120

Cision

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

If you have some budget, you can play around with different tools like press releases , content marketing and advertising. Stay on top of marketing best practices and you’ll have even more to be thankful for. Download 11 Ways to Leverage Press Releases to find out how to: Grab readers’ attention with multimedia.

Marketing 120

Marketing Analytics Television Tools 120

Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

registrations, subscriptions and downloads) and these sessions lasted 33% longer. Additional reading: PR, Social Media and the Imperative of Content Marketing [UML]. Why Content Marketing and Public Relations Need Each Other. 3) Earned media improves advertising effectiveness. emphasis added].

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Study Media Relations Media Measurement 138

Sword and the Script

JUNE 26, 2018

That’s a valuable amount of attention to hold and the money has followed, as Alex Weprin reported for the Media Post : “Podcast advertising revenue in the U.S. grew at a substantial rate in 2017, hitting $314 million, according to the latest Podcast Advertising Revenue Study, released by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PwC.

Marketing 84

Marketing B2B Interviews Content Marketing 84

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

Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 12, 2018

As an example, he used the goal of producing 2,000 downloads that equate to marketing soft leads for sales. He said, “This goal should be shared across the entire marketing/communications department. It’s not a content marketing goal or a PR goal. Content marketing, yes. Influencer relations, yes.

Media Relations 85

Media Relations Advertising Advertising Content Marketing 85

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

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 27, 2015

Valuing Content Changes the Context. It wasn’t the message (smile and dial) that captured my attention, but rather as regular Twitter advertiser , it was the realization I was the target – and by a firm with which I’m familiar (I’ve seen some ads on Facebook too ). Content Marketing *is* PR.

Pitching 60

Pitching eBook Advertising Advertising 60

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. BH: I worked with a Nashville-based PR agency that focuses on advertising agency PR.

B2B 79

B2B Social Media Company Marketing 79

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

We weren’t sitting there thinking like, “Okay, we need to get a million downloads or a million subscribers in the first year.” And if we do that, the traffic, the plays, the downloads, all that will come.” What role has content marketing played for you at LiveIntent?

Brand 71

Brand Branding Marketing Facebook 71

Cision

JUNE 6, 2017

According to research by Boston Consulting Group, one ultraloyal customer who shares content can generate eight times his or her own consumption through their advocacy. The key idea here is that the economic value of content marketing does not come from content. It comes from the transmission of content.

Marketing 239

Marketing Television Handbook Web 239

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 16, 2017

If there’s one theme that plagued digital advertising throughout 2017, it was controversy. 1) Advertisers looking to invest in PR. In May 2017, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) surveyed 100 of its members and found most plan to increase their investment in PR. The survey was conducted for the ANA by USC Annenberg.

B2B 84

B2B Media Survey Advertising 84

Cision

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Influencer Marketing. While consumer trust in advertisements and even in traditional media sources continues to decline, Twitter says we now trust influencers as much as our friends. Download it now and learn how to revitalize your brand blog, engage prospects and nurture them into customers through compelling content.

Trends 120

Trends Leadership Small Business Analytics 120

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

Marketing Content Marketing Pinterest LinkedIn 48

Prohibition

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The world of marketing looks very different from what it once was. We’re now seeing investment in digital marketing overtaking investment in traditional marketing at a rapidly increasing rate, with Britain being the largest online advertising market in Europe, and predictions that almost two-thirds of UK ad spend will be online by 2020.

Measurement 62

Measurement Marketing SEO B2C 62

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Just 12% are optimizing their content for voice search, even though Google reported in 2016 that 20% of searches are made by a voice interface. The full report covers a lot of ground and it is available for download with registration. 3) How marketing is organizing to tackle goals and challenges. 56% said public relations.

Study 78

Study Marketing Brand Branding 78

ReimaginePR

JUNE 6, 2016

Bonus: Get started today by downloading this free social media promotion plan worksheet. 8: Paid Advertising. Next, you need to determine how much you’ll set aside in your budget for paid advertising. That means no re-posting of viral content that doesn’t align with your brand just for the sake of posting. Click Here. #1:

Social Media 120

Social Media Media Instagram Advertising 120

PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This audit is a key piece of the puzzle when we start working with new partners to build long-term, custom marketing plans that win executive buy-in and align with stakeholder goals. For the full 40+ questions, download our Comprehensive Marketing Audit Template. Define goals for blogging and overall content production.

Marketing 52

Marketing Technology Internal International 52

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. Don’t miss out download now. Where is your paid content? Online advertising has changed.

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Tools Publicity SEO Measurement 136