The Proactive Report

JANUARY 13, 2016

A new study from Skyword and Researchscape International found that the majority of enterprise marketers have yet to take all of the steps necessary to set their departments up for success. There is no doubt that we’re seeing a change in how the public responds to brand content.

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Marketing Digital PR Enterprise Technology 100

Cision

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Today’s constant flow of content is creating a problem for Fortune 500 companies. Yet, only 37 percent of marketers say they have a documented content marketing strategy. These fall into two categories – paid, which includes promoted social posts and native advertising, and organic, which includes social and email.

Pinterest 120

Pinterest Enterprise Strategy Advertising 120

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Marketers will likely gravitate toward tracks including: Advertising and brand experience. Enterprise and workplace. The premier gathering of digital marketers on planet Earth!”. If you’re a marketer, surely you thought ‘yes, please’ to at least two of those categories. Content Marketing World Conference and Expo.

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Conference Marketing Case Study Content Marketing 97

Cision

JANUARY 2, 2018

But becoming overly reliant on Facebook marketing techniques isn’t simply keeping up with the times — it’s lazy. My team and I have worked with numerous enterprise brands, so I understand the magnetic pull of Facebook’s return on investment (which overshadows most platforms besides Google AdWords ).

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 21, 2016

We’ve seen how powerful real-time marketing is for consumer brands that are active on social channels. After all, enterprise software customers are likely to be watching the Super Bowl, tuning into election or inauguration news, or following stock market trend stories. B2B content will become more customized.

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B2B Customer Service Software Technology 120

Sword and the Script

MAY 21, 2019

When you think enterprise sales, it’s probably not Disney that comes to mind. 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.

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B2B Social Media Company Marketing 79

PR 20/20

MAY 8, 2019

The Institute reaches and influences marketing leaders with 13,000+ website visitors per month (+54% YOY), and 5,700+ subscribers, growing at 5 - 10% per month. We’re also tracking more than 1,100 sales and marketing AI companies with combined funding north of $5 billion. Ideas are organized by marketing category (e.g.

Agency 84

Agency Enterprise Technology Analytics 84

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The Marketing AI Institute was created and is powered by PR 20/20. Artificial intelligence has reached peak hype stage, but is it possible that its potential to transform marketing, and your career , is even greater than advertised? Gartner forecasts global business value derived from AI is projected to reach $1.9

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Conference Marketing Analytics Case Study 59

Contently - Strategy

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Enterprise software provider SAP live streams conversations with its high-profile customers each month in a series called “Better Together: Customer Conversations.” Let this be the year you stop treating TikTok as a punchline and prioritize UGC, live streaming, and short-form video within your marketing strategy.

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Video Strategy Marketing Instagram 89

Sword and the Script

JUNE 10, 2017

It’s why, as noted in the March 2017 edition of the Monthly Scripts newsletter , Sir Martin Sorrell, who leads what is perhaps the largest marketing services enterprise in the world, fears not Google or Facebook – but Amazon. Pay to Play: Why PR and Marketing Should Care About Net Neutrality [UML]. 2) Social media mobile trends.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 13, 2017

Program effectiveness depends on so many variables such as the context , content, cost, industry, reach, return, trust and the more subjective attributes of quality and value. Isn’t that sort of like buying an advertisement with an ego? 3) Measuring an influencer marketing program. There’s a lot of murkiness to it as well.

Strategy 75

Strategy Marketing Measurement B2B 75

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The Marketing AI Institute was created and is powered by PR 20/20. Artificial intelligence has reached peak hype stage, but is it possible that its potential to transform marketing, and your career , is even greater than advertised? Gartner forecasts global business value derived from AI is projected to reach $1.9

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Conference Marketing Analytics Case Study 40

PR 20/20

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Robert Rose and I just launched our combined sixth book, Killing Marketing: How Innovative Businesses Are Turning Marketing Cost into Profit , at Content Marketing World this September. Combined, this book, Killing Marketing , is our sixth such effort. Can marketing actually serve multiple business models?

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Marketing Enterprise Print Film 53

Beyond PR

MARCH 1, 2018

These are questions that enterprise marketers and their communications agencies have been asking for generations. If we ALL use reach, and advertising value equivalency in our reports, nobody will get asked the hard question about whether that actually matters!”. How many people saw our news?” This plan worked, for a long time.

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Media Measurement Enterprise Television 73

Sword and the Script

JUNE 14, 2016

“The business enterprise has two – and only two – basic functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs.” – Peter Drucker. Should marketing be a profit center? More than just covering the expense of the conference, marketing was seeking to profit from it.

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Marketing Conference Software B2B 60

Cision

AUGUST 31, 2015

Despite the advertised novelty of these apps, Meerkat and Periscope are simply the latest iteration of live-streaming video apps. Cost – Varies from free to enterprise level. Maybe it’s a stretch to include Spreecast in the conversation, although they’re doing some very innovative live streaming in the enterprise space.

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Video Mobile YouTube Enterprise 120

Sword and the Script

MAY 8, 2018

However, the platforms have changed as organic distribution has all but eroded in support of platform advertising models. If spending is indeed this high, I hope marketers are investing equally in strategic purposes and long-term programs such as audience building and subscribers to your content marketing platform.

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Survey B2B Marketing Mobile 62

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

The point this comment gets after — I believe — is that businesses hold some aspects of marketing – PR, social media and content marketing – to a higher standard. It’s pretty valuable – any enterprise salesperson will tell you that – but it’s not for sale. Marketing: Investment, Cost or Profit Center?

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Marketing Measurement B2B Content Marketing 60

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 13, 2016

But I am smart enough to realize that a company’s marketing, advertising and public relations efforts—my efforts—have a direct and attributable effect to the bottom line of my company. Fact: Every for-profit enterprise wants—and all they want—is profitable revenue growth. And how do I know that? Ummm … Why? Align or Die.

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Measurement Advertising Advertising Enterprise 40

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

At another company, the blog was a touch point on a sales cycle for roughly one-third of enterprise deals with an average selling price in excess of seven digits. The first measure came from a business with a marketing automation system implemented. There are few tactics in B2B marketing that lead to such direct effects.

B2B 67

B2B Measurement Blogging Community 67

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 31, 2019

If you are fortunate enough to work in a larger organization that deploys an enterprise-wide AI system like Lucy or Albert, then you can expect to see deep insights about your stakeholders and the content you are using. Image via Geoff Livingston.

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Analytics Data Pinterest System 65

wiredPRworks

APRIL 27, 2020

“ Agencies and marketers alike are addicted to storytelling. The advent of so-called content marketing is the thought that every problem can be solved by telling a better story. Marketers have an addiction to storytelling. Marketers have gotten into the habit of using storytelling to solve every problem.

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Marketing Storytelling Content Marketing Examples 52

wiredPRworks

APRIL 27, 2020

“ Agencies and marketers alike are addicted to storytelling. The advent of so-called content marketing is the thought that every problem can be solved by telling a better story. Marketers have an addiction to storytelling. Marketers have gotten into the habit of using storytelling to solve every problem.

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Storytelling Brand Branding Marketing 52

PR 20/20

JULY 6, 2020

In this lesson, you'll learn how Marketing Hub fits within the larger context of an inbound business, how to navigate through the different tools, and how to use the tools to set short-term productivity goals. Content Marketing : Learn what content marketing is and how to do it.

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Training How To Course Software 72

Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 31, 2017

News outlets have been struggling for years to balance advertising, sponsored and editorial content. Our definitions about journalism have been evolving – content marketing by brands is becoming more important than ever. By Seedepth The media industry and journalism are experiencing significant change.

Journalism 50

Journalism Report Enterprise Interviews 50

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Onalytica is probably the closest, but the site is unfocused: when you can search for anything from animation to zoology, that doesn’t give B2B marketers or PR professionals confidence about deep B2B influencer marketing expertise. Tom Pick , Digital Marketing Consultant, Webbiquity LLC. A reset on advertising spend.

Marketing 187

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 187

PR 20/20

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

As content marketing continues to evolve, businesses across the globe have adopted it at a rapid pace. So what’s predicted to become of content marketing this year? Forbes ( @Forbes ) describes content marketing as a digital trend that is evolving fast , which means companies must jump on the bandwagon ASAP.

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Content Marketing Trends Marketing Mobile 65

Cision

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Consistency across both sales and marketing makes for stronger branding and attracts better results. Also, pay-per-click ads will be easier to create for your advertising experts once you have identified the keywords that you want to be known for. You can also track results for keywords you use in your paid advertising.

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Brand Branding How To SEO 208

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.

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Analytics Content Marketing Measurement Advertising 40

PR 20/20

MAY 12, 2016

SMBs need partners that can deliver fully integrated solutions and in essence function as outsourced inbound marketing teams. Large enterprises commonly look for niche expertise in core digital disciplines such as content marketing, paid search, SEO, social media monitoring, and analytics to complement internal marketing teams.

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Agency Marketing Financial System 40

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 20, 2015

Marketers disagree on needs and metrics – but appear to be doubling down on s ocial media advertising and mobile marketing. That’s according to the new 2015 State of Marketing Report which Salesforce recently published. Social advertising will get competitive. . Email is still the killer app. .

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Marketing Mobile Survey Advertising 60

Cision

MAY 4, 2015

We’re excited to realize the next step in our ongoing mission to innovate the content marketing, social and PR spaces with the release of two new products: the Cision PR Edition and Cision Social Edition. Integrate real-time social monitoring into enterprise applications. Ensure compliance with industry regulations.

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Social Media Analytics Enterprise Content Marketing 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.

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Marketing Content Marketing Pinterest LinkedIn 48

Sword and the Script

MARCH 20, 2018

Live events are not only the most widely used enterprise content marketing channel, they are also viewed as the single most effective B2B marketing tactic. 2) How has event marketing evolved or changed over the course of your career? First, event marketing has become a whole lot smarter.

Industry 71

Industry Marketing Enterprise Mobile 71

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.

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Where the Fishermen Ain't

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

I fear that this industry about to do it again with poor executions of "content marketing" and its hyperkinetic sibling "real-time marketing.". Unfortunately, in the online community context, "real-time marketing" is something that far too many confuse with "advertisements generated on-the-fly and transmitted via social media."

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Advertising Advertising Community Social Media 54

Shift Communications

AUGUST 12, 2015

Especially given mobile search is outpacing desktop and the buyer’s journey has moved to micro-moments , embracing this reality is key to getting content in front of your audience. YouTube is a key strategy for enterprises – and is a lost opportunity for others. AdWords has evolved for legitimate mass appeal.

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Mobile Strategy SEO YouTube 60