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Is Content Marketing Better than Advertising?

Sword and the Script

As a result, the refrain “content marketing is better than advertising” is bounced around the marketing echo chamber. Though a seasoned PR professional, I am also a serious advocate of content marketing. There’s a large body of work on these pages dedicated to content marketing. Native ads?

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5 Financial Content Marketing Insights From The Best Email Newsletters

Contently - Strategy

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. If the content is good enough over time, people will come back for more. It’s a winning formula.

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

Sword and the Script

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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Finding The Content Marketing Sweet Spot

Cision

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.

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Content Marketing: Is Now a Good Time to Double Down? [Coronavirus]

Sword and the Script

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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5 More Outside-The-Box Content Marketing Ideas

Cision

This post was inspired by our free “ Outside-The-Box Content Marketing for PR ” white paper. Not long ago, we had a blog post that described five outside-the-box content marketing ideas. Attendees of New York Fashion Week share photos across social media. Want even more content marketing tips?

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Can Sponsored Content Work For PR?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

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. But can we say that for sponsored content ? Does it have the same impact as earned media? .