Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Regular readers know I bought into the concept of “ content marketing ” many years ago. It was in effect the coining of a term that characterized a strategy my team and I was already working on across traditional PR, digital marketing and social media. 3 Studies that Challenge Marketing Assumptions.

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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. Q: How did you decide on the ideal marketing technology stack?

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 4, 2015

Content marketing does much more for your brand than just aid your marketing. Effective content marketing shapes your brand by giving it a face to know, like, and trust. Content marketing and becoming human. Put more succinctly, your customers know your content before they know your business.

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Cision

JANUARY 21, 2016

Brand journalism is no different than content marketing. The difference between brand journalism and content marketing isn’t to be found in outputs. In contrast, content marketing seeks to: Capture and nurture interest; Generate leads and conversions; and. The first begins with a marketer’s mindset.

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Contently - Strategy

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

A parade of prominent journalists recently left top media companies like Vox, Digiday, Politico, and New York Magazine, to strike out on their own with a newsletter on Substack, which makes it easy to monetize your content with paid subscriptions. Damn near every marketer uses email as a marketing channel.

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The Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Plagiarism is a high-level risk for any content but especially on the internet. especially for the one that is associated with the internet like freelancing, business websites, blogger, or other content marketing. In this article, we will discuss some of the consequences that plagiarism cause for most marketers.

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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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Presspage

APRIL 6, 2018

As advertising and other marketing become less effective, content marketing is exploding. Fred Davis , Co-Founder of Wired Magazine and many other publications. During this event, a panel of experts will discuss trends and effectiveness in corporate publishing strategies.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 22, 2024

However, some sites may be open to guest posts even if they don’t advertise. For example: “write for us” AND “SEO” if I wanted the SEO industry. Look for the same quality signals listed above.

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Cision

JANUARY 15, 2016

Buyers no longer pay attention to traditional advertisements. Unlike content marketing , brand journalism places people front and center, rather than the products that affect those people. While budget and resources may also have a large say in how you approach content creation, make sure you focus on your target audience, too.

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Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Earned Media is publically gained content that is written about you or your brand without paid promotion or advertising. It can also be seen as word-of-mouth marketing or free advertising. A few of those include mentions across broadcast channels, online newspapers and magazines, blogs, social media sites and more.

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Stuart Bruce

JUNE 24, 2015

Last week I spent two fantastic days with Mynewsdesk at its FutureComms15 conference and then the following day at a content marketing master class with the Content Marketing Institute’s Robert Rose. Advertising makes stories up and shares them.” The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

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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.

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Presspage

APRIL 12, 2018

Here’s a scary stat I read in Wired magazine regarding national election reporting: In November 2012, it took four employees at the Washington Post, 25 hours to compile and post a fraction of the election results. How does a digital newsroom differ from content marketing?

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Advertising is a distant third. Social and content marketing edge out media relations A survey by Talkwalker says media relations has been supplanted by other functions as the top services provided by public relations. Content marketing and media relations need each other.

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Critical Mention

JANUARY 24, 2020

Those types of “organic” coverage are considered earned media : publicly gained content that is written about you or your brand without paid promotion or advertising. According to Brain World Magazine , a Pew Research study shows that 83% of U.S. Top Ways the Media Impacts Politics with Online News.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

What is for sure is that a solid PR team is versatile and can expertly cover down on a broad number of functions: internal comms, external comms, executive comms, media relations, analyst relations, corporate social responsibility, thought leadership and marcom, and as I’ve long proposed, content marketing, among many others.

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Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 24, 2019

A popular email newsletter is the holy grail 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.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 25, 2015

The organization published a well-written press release that drew me in and pointed to one overarching conclusion: Most view their content marketing process as ad hoc, decentralized and driven by internal stakeholder interests. Content marketing is maturing slowly and steadily. Lacks relevance.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Lines between what constitutes PR and content marketing continue to blur. More and more, I see comms positions advertised as comms + (fundraising, design, content development, etc.”. Advertising trusted less and less and PR and earned media are seen as more credible.”. Through leadership and content.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 22, 2019

16% on marketing analytics. “As As organic reach on social platforms plummets to zero, and confidence in influencer marketing is challenged, paid media presents more pros than cons for CMOs,” according to Gartner analyst Ewan McIntyre. The areas where respondents are spending less should be no surprise: 70% said magazines; and.

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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. A Fourth Model: Marketing as Profit Center.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

Both PR and marketing are concerned with promoting an organization or individual, but they go about it in different ways. Marketing is focused on promoting a product or service in order to sell it. Marketing efforts often involve paid advertising, and the goal is to reach as many people as possible in order to increase sales.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

This post will review a number of tangible opportunities to measure PR beyond traditional media impressions and advertising equivalencies (AVEs) with the goal of empowering you to feel confident and creative the next time you’re asked about measurement. PR measurement is not only a science — it’s an art.

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Journalistics

APRIL 17, 2013

When we talk about content marketing trends and brands AS media today, that’s what we’re talking about. Brands as media – silly marketer. Fast-forward a couple of years and we’re all talking about brand journalism, content marketing, and the new favorite, native advertising. The other half got it.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The best way to excel at content marketing is to “be the story.” ” That’s according to the new documentary by the Content Marketing Institute : The Story of Content. The film, which runs a little more than 40 minutes, explores what content marketing is, its history and why it’s different.

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PR Fuel

MARCH 17, 2020

Most people focus on three main areas when trying to promote their business: advertising, content marketing , and public relations. A Costly Strategy: Advertising. Advertising is probably the most obvious way to bring attention to your business. Advertising uses targeting and persuasion to get its job done.

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Polaris

DECEMBER 6, 2014

If you’re stuck on the subway or in your car for 30 to 60 minutes (or more) on a regular basis, why not make good use of your time by staying up to date with the latest news in social media, digital communications, public relations and content marketing? It’s easy to do with all the good marketing podcasts available these days.

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Cision

DECEMBER 20, 2017

People will always think an industry they can’t relate to is boring — that’s why only people in the ball bearing industry would likely subscribe to a magazine called Ball Bearings Monthly. To make a topic feel more relevant, content creators can add something that other people easily relate to — another person.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

A survey by Spiceworks Ziff Davis found B2B tech marketing prospects say they consume 11 or more piece of vendor content Pieces of content. There are unpolished phrases the marketing community kicks around to describe the outsized role content marketing has in the sales cycle. Consumption.

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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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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 27, 2023

When a news outlet publishes or airs your story, you’ve earned that coverage ( earned media ) which lends credibility over advertising (paid media). They are the Swiss Army knife of public relations,” said Stephen Waddington in a recent issue of Influence (magazine for CIPR members).

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Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

68% Of Marketers Want To Know How To Create Better Visual Content [link]. Content marketing influencer, social media marketing strategist & speaker. Social is branding, but unlike traditional advertising—it’s more human. Demand generation content marketing for B2B high tech industry.

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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Jesse Ventura’s face out of 5,000 pounds of ice cream, which was covered by Time magazine and CNN-TV (and led to a total sell-out of Kemps’ ice cream). Face it, how could our agency credibly advise clients on social media strategy, online advertising and content creation if we didn’t utilize social for ourselves?

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Journalistics

JULY 3, 2013

Most magazines (print and online) publish an editorial calendar – a detailed summary of the cover story, feature stories, or overall focus of each issue. Use Magazine Editorial Calendars for Inspiration. Running low on topic ideas? Take a look at the editorial calendars for your industry trade publications.

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PR Fuel

JULY 5, 2020

It first helps to know the difference between a press release and a regular piece of content marketing. Press releases aren’t meant to act as marketing material for your company. Over time, your website will receive a regular boost in traffic without any paid advertisements needed.

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ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

You work in public relations, SEO, content marketing or social media marketing. You’re thinking of completely overhauling how you market your company. So I jotted down a list of PR/digital/SEO/content marketing influencers. Derek is a copywriter and content marketer. I think so.

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