Cision

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Content marketing has evolved, but only 38 percent of B2C marketers consider their strategy to be effective in boosting the bottom line. So what part of the new state of content marketing is most challenging? Learn what is needed to get started and how this model can help your content and social media strategies.

B2C 120

B2C Crisis Communications Content Marketing Engineering 120

Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

It’s not news that social media has taken the business world by storm, changing the way consumers research their purchases and creating an unprecedented opportunity for brands to build one-to-one relationships with their brand’s biggest fans. Paid Media. Earned Media. Shared Media. Owned Media.

Media Relations 331

Media Relations Newspapers Measurement Social Media 331

Cision

APRIL 20, 2015

If you’re developing digital content in any capacity, you’ve probably run across some of the following advice: Develop a content strategy. Write “good” content. You could develop content to entertain and never sell, but what if people really want to buy from you? Edit your media.

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Marketing Mobile YouTube 120

Cision

APRIL 2, 2015

Creating social media campaigns often generate scores of ideas. Specifically, will they care enough about the concept to talk about it, share it, create content for it, and yes, possibly even consider buying services from the company? Inbound or content marketing became a top priority for Internet marketing.

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Corporate Social Media Internal 120

5W PR

JUNE 27, 2022

In the last couple of years, the tools and software in the advertising industry have been rapidly evolving to the point where companies can now utilize a large number of platforms to create highly targeted ad campaigns that are completely automated.

Company 88

Company Strategy Publicity Advertising 88

Cision

OCTOBER 29, 2015

While ad blocking software has been around for years, concern about ad blocking has become one of the hottest topics in advertising and marketing this year, especially for mobile advertising. The implications for PR and media relations? Alternatives to advertising. This may mitigate the impact of ad blocking.

Trends 120

Trends Software Advertising Advertising 120

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Employers are more believable than government, media reporters with named sources, major corporations, media reports with anonymous sources, advertising and “my social media.”. Media distrust grows. Keep your content marketing separate and distinct. click image for higher resolution).

Government 138

Government Survey Ethics Media 138

Beyond PR

AUGUST 9, 2016

As a content marketer, I’m always on the lookout for whatever edge will improve my content’s reach. But with so many other brands also using content marketing, the task can seem Sisyphean at times. While social media and SEO can help, you can count on your competitors employing these same strategies.

Content Marketing 40

Content Marketing Marketing SEO Web 40

Cision

APRIL 6, 2016

They’re bombarded every day with content, advertisements and information. Digital Marketing at LEWIS Pulse, you need to understand your audience’s unique needs and reach them in new and unexpected ways. Learn top tactics with Cision’s free white paper! Paid media. So how can you set your brand apart?

Employee 120

Employee Storytelling Content Marketing Leadership 120

Marketwired

APRIL 21, 2016

When you think of content marketing today, the traditional way you see it in the marketplace is as a blog post, white paper, video, or some other piece of easily sharable digital content that can help you make your purchasing decisions. The answer is in how the world shares content. Grassroots methods.

Viral 100

Viral Guidelines Social Media Groups 100

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. Here’s the budget data gleaned from the report: Marketing budgets have grown 6.3%

Marketing 65

Marketing Survey Study B2B 65

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

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

Marketing attribution for earned media. If a prospective buyer reads coverage you earned and then downloads a white paper a week later, or even makes a purchase, you’d want to be able to attribute those outcomes with your effort. Cision and Onclusive are two companies that have monitoring tools that do this.

Technology 169

Technology Publicity Software Pitching 169

Cision

APRIL 24, 2015

The term “content marketing” casts a wide net when it comes to ways to promote and publicize a brand or organization. It can include social media, tip sheets, and emails, as well as paid promotions like native advertising and promoted posts on social platforms. Want to stand out with content?

Community 120

Community Mobile Blogging Publicity 120

MaccaPR

DECEMBER 10, 2014

If the world of SEO, inbound marketing, optimized content and landing pages thrills you as a marketer, then the following interview with Clint Danks is going to be your cup of Lipton. How did the ThinkSEM agency come to focus on search engine marketing and landing pages? What’s on the horizon for digital marketing?

SEO 98

SEO Interviews Blogging Engineering 98

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. Learn how with Cision’s free white paper! Blog traffic.

Measurement 120

Measurement Comparison Analytics Nonprofit 120

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2017

Like the famous Rolls Royce advertisement: ‘At 60 miles per hour the loudest sound was the ticking of the electric clock.’ Going through, in real time, the amount of material available through social media would have been impossible not long ago. 4) What is your assessment of this trend toward content marketing ? “In

Journalism 61

Journalism Content Marketing Creativity Leadership 61

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

We Should Measure Content Marketing by Relationships. A business that spends any amount of advertising money should be able to see the value. Advertising is in effect paying to reach someone else’s community, so why not invest and build your own in the long run? Press Releases vs. Coverage [UML]. 2) Community Strength.

B2B 67

B2B Measurement Blogging Community 67

Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

As Cision’s social media manager, I use top 50 and top 100 lists for three purposes: To follow individuals who will help me stay in the loop when new trends and statistics emerge within my industry. For content generation and syndication. Every year, Cision creates a list of the top 50 social media influencers on Twitter.

Social Media 120

Social Media Twitter Media Nonprofit 120

Onclusive

MARCH 21, 2018

In the meantime, the rise of shared or social media complicated things further. In 2012, in response to the Altimeter group’s white paper on “converged media” last summer, Jeremiah Owyang took a stab on his blog at defining the new workflow for paid, earned, owned and shared media. Was it a function of PR?

Storytelling 281

Storytelling Media Infographics Advertising 281

Journalistics

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Brands have never cared more about content marketing. It is the hot topic for 2013, as brands look to leverage great content to expand their reach, drive more engagement or improve their search engine rankings – to name a few. Before we called it content marketing, we called it marketing communications.

Content Marketing 52

Content Marketing Marketing Analytics Resources 52

Communications Conversations

MARCH 1, 2016

That is, there’s no chance they will sign up for your white paper, add their name to your enewsletter list, or ask for more info about your product or service? Because they’re on a media site! You don’t have to produce *that* much content each week. You don’t need to tweet 15 times a day.

Brand 60

Brand Branding Strategy Media 60

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Everyone is doing content marketing these days. In fact, some 80% of respondents say they are doing content marketing according to 2017 survey data. You can also think about these in stages of content marketing maturity, though I’d caution, you never done with any given stage. Analyze, but experiment.

Engineering 62

Engineering Content Marketing Marketing Analytics 62

Beyond PR

APRIL 19, 2016

Most social media marketers share the same thoughts as they open up their mobile phone or computer each morning: Who am I going to reach today? However, your social media strategy must run deeper than that. You also have to consider how social touches other aspects of your multichannel marketing plan.

Social Media 40

Social Media Marketing Media Nonprofit 40

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 6, 2015

If content marketing was a self-evaluated college class, marketers would give themselves a “C.” That’s my sense after reading the new B2B Content Marketing 2016 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends – North America report. The annual report is a joint effort between MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Survey B2B Marketing 60

Beyond PR

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Product collateral, email, social media, demo videos, advertising, press releases and events are all common product marketing tactics. But what about thought leadership content like blog posts and white papers? Is your company tapping into these tools, and if so – are you doing it effectively?

Product Launch 85

Product Launch How To Leadership Analytics 85

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.

B2B 113

B2B Consumer Marketing Survey 113

Cision

APRIL 20, 2015

We then consider how, when and where to publish and promote the content and activities. Owned content. Owned content is created content. It’s the well-known press release and media kit. All that content points to an underlying mantra: “be the media.” Want your content to stand out?

Media 120

Media Content Marketing Infographics Fashion 120

Sword and the Script

MARCH 19, 2018

Respondents said storytelling, content marketing and thought leadership will be more important over the next 12 months. Specifically, the survey found storytelling, content marketing and thought leadership topped the list of more than 20 tactics or trends related to PR in terms of importance. 67% said thought leadership.

Survey 71

Survey Trends Communications Storytelling 71

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.

Marketing 48

Marketing Content Marketing Pinterest LinkedIn 48

PRSay

APRIL 19, 2016

To translate this for communications purposes, if the brand is using billboards or other outdoor signage, try finding local bloggers in that neighborhood and pitch them a story or some custom content. B2B Content Marketing + Pinterest – Surprisingly, Pinterest is a huge traffic builder for my B2B client sites.

Communications 79

Communications Pinterest Reddit Radio 79

Journalistics

JULY 3, 2013

The editorial calendar is primarily a vehicle to help the publishing staff of these publications to sell ad space for future issues since brands are most likely to advertise in an issue that focuses on a topic its core audiences will be most interested in. Determine Themes for Your Content. I’m not a big fan of multiple calendars.

How To 52

How To Pinterest Resources Writing 52

Beyond PR

MARCH 17, 2016

If you are looking to broaden your networks and build trusting (and profitable) relationships with your customers, consider incorporating a few of these budget-friendly marketing ideas into the mix. Social Media Marketing. For businesses, social media provides a means to communicate directly and honestly with audiences.

Marketing 40

Marketing Small Business Web Nonprofit 40

5W PR

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

But when paired with other advertising methods, PR is a great way to leverage those marketing efforts. For instance, partner PR with content marketing. If your marketing budget is not very big, you will not be able to maintain paid campaigns or get the level of exposure you really need.

Publicity 87

Publicity Case Study Infographics Energy 87

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Share your post liberally on social media. There are several ways to do this without giving the webinar content away. Given advertising deadlines, buying ad inventory is usually much smoother if you plan both content and budget for it in advance. 7) Have graphics for social media prepared.

B2B 60

B2B Infographics Interviews eBook 60

Sword and the Script

APRIL 27, 2019

51% said, “‘getting it right’ was most important to their [media] organization”; followed by “revenue” (34%), “exclusivity” (10%) and “being first to publish” (5%). Still, the right influencers can be a helpful component of an overall PR strategy that’s overlooked – as Arik Hanson has noted – especially if media relations is harder for you.

Survey 91

Survey Journalism Study Pitching 91

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.

Communications 81

Communications How To Blogging Content Marketing 81