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Control And The Marketing Ventriloquist: How To Improve Your PR And Advertising Performance Simultaneously

Onclusive

In my previous article on marketing ventriloquism , I made the case for marketers talking through voices other than their own and explained that most marketers tend to rely on advertising because of a need for perceived control. Doing so would be as close to a free lunch in marketing as there is.

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Here’s How to Fix a Big Mistake in Content Marketing

Sword and the Script

One of the biggest mistakes I see in content marketing is when organizations and businesses do not treat it like a distinct channel. This boxes your approach to content marketing into a corner and removes options. >>> Related: Why Content Marketing and Public Relations Need Each Other.

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Content marketing: 5 common rookie mistakes—and how to avoid them

Agility PR Solutions

Content marketing has become one of the best methods to advertise and promote content, services, and everything a business has to offer. Since this marketing type differs a lot from other types, it is easy to make mistakes […].

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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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Content Marketing is the New Conference and Trade Show During Quarantine [UML]

Sword and the Script

There’s an opportunity for content marketing as audiences become fatigued with Coronavirus news and marketers reallocate live event funding One of the goals of content marketing is attracting an audience of likely buyers to your web properties and giving them a reason – and the means – to return regularly.

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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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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. How to Succeed With Mobile Apps: Serve your audience. Want even more content marketing tips?