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3 Studies with Benchmarks for Content Marketing, Blogging and Webinars [UML]

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Fortunately, there are several new studies that have been published about content marketing, blogging and webinars that provide solid benchmarks. 1) Content marketing benchmarks. MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute published their 10 th Annual B2B Marketing report with benchmarks, budgets and trends.

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Scale Content Marketing: Employees are the Secret

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The top challenges and goals identified in the survey – producing quality content consumers find engaging – are consistent with other content marketing studies. Yet the paper also surfaces the underlying driver of the shift to content marketing. The Secret to Scale is Employees. Drop “going viral” as a goal.

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Financial analysts say marketing is an investment, not a cost

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All the other factors considered – leadership, innovation, profitability, sustainability, and employees – all influence the awareness and strength of a brand. In other words, it takes a good company and good marketing to build a valuable brand. What did marketing spend to obtain those email addresses? 100 per email?

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20 PR and Marketing Predictions for 2022

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Tom Pick , Digital Marketing Consultant, Webbiquity , LLC. Year of the employee. 2022 is going to be known as the year of the employee. The first is the tight market for talent. Qualified employees are scarce, and companies recognize that they need to be seen as great places to work and thrive as well as strong brands.

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Improved Social PR via the Employee Advocacy Route

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Employee advocacy can help you make that possible. All that’s necessary to run an effective PR campaign via employee advocacy is strategic PR content, a comprehensive employee advocacy guide , and a reliable employee advocacy platform. What does “employee advocacy” mean anyway?

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Iterations: Inception, Courtesy Of Public Relations

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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, when it hits, scales.

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Trust: Business Tops Media and Government in Ethics and Competence, Finds Survey

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Business also scored well among those who know it best: their employees. Employers are more believable than government, media reporters with named sources, major corporations, media reports with anonymous sources, advertising and “my social media.”. Keep your content marketing separate and distinct. Similarly, 72% of U.S.