Critical Mention

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

As social media and search advertising have become integrated into our everyday lives, many believe that direct mail is an outdated way to reach consumers as smartphones allow millennials to access information, products and services instantly. Ninety percent of millennials think direct mail advertising is reliable.

Advertising 84

Advertising Advertising Privacy Analytics 84

Shift Communications

DECEMBER 18, 2014

If you’ve got display advertising data from services like AdRoll, Google AdWords, and other ad networks – especially the results of A/B tests – that data can be used to help guide future content creation. Systems you may be asked about: competitive advertising data, competitors’ ad copy, prior competitor PR data if available.

Data 157

Data Data-Driven PR System Analytics 157

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

We can measure the initial impacts of marketing and advertising efforts almost immediately, but that doesn’t mean we should. But it’s not advertising, and it’s not ‘influencer marketing’ in the Kardashian style. Podcast advertising revenue will exceed $1 billion in 2020. 5) Marketers will slow down.

Marketing 101

Marketing Content Marketing Advertising Advertising 101

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Pricing: Free for 25 monthly searches, $34/mo starter tier Alternatives: ContactOut combines LinkedIn and a web crawler to find email addresses. Ahrefs’ Content Explorer combines some of the features from Site Explorer and Keyword Explorer to find content from the web and identify ideas with search volume (or both).

Digital PR 62

Digital PR Tools Google Pitching 62

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Pricing: Free for 25 monthly searches, $34/mo starter tier Alternatives: ContactOut combines LinkedIn and a web crawler to find email addresses. Ahrefs’ Content Explorer combines some of the features from Site Explorer and Keyword Explorer to find content from the web and identify ideas with search volume (or both).

Digital PR 62

Digital PR Tools Google Pitching 62

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 13, 2023

Whether seeking heightened brand visibility or driving more web traffic, success requires focusing on measurable targets upfront throughout execution. Managing interactions through social media effectively builds brand credibility with minimal advertising costs.

Analytics 40

Analytics Content Marketing Measurement Advertising 40

Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

Social is branding, but unlike traditional advertising—it’s more human. Interesting test of Facebook content shows longer form content may win. Author of “Facebook Marketing for Dummies” Why Instagram is a Ripe Opportunity for Brands (Infographic) [link]. — ? Facebook curates which content you see.

Social Media 120

Social Media Twitter Media Nonprofit 120

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 is probably the most obvious way to bring attention to your business.

Publicity 67

Publicity Small Business Advertising Advertising 67

Ishmael's Corner

MAY 10, 2015

. - OBS : Open Broadcaster Software is free, open source software for video recording and live streaming. - Facebook Advertising : Accelerate findability — yes, it’s a word — of blog posts and digital assets using Facebook ads to drive traffic back to your site. I plan to publish a post on this tool soon.

Tools 60

Tools B2B Software Storytelling 60

MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

For content marketers seeking to generate leads from that new blog post, white paper, case study, event, infographic, research report, or webinar, here are 33 ways to ensure that your content is found, downloaded, clicked-on and consumed. Landing Page - Maximize the web visibility of your content with a dedicated landing page.

Marketing 48

Marketing Content Marketing Pinterest LinkedIn 48

Cision

MAY 9, 2016

which I can do with public domain and CC-BY or CC-BY-SA (sharealike) licenses (a great infographic describing how different CC licenses can be used can be found here ). A caveat – many of these sites monetize either by upselling licensed images or with advertising. ” 22.

Engineering 120

Engineering Creativity Community Google 120

Stuart Bruce

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Web design and build is a huge growth area for PR agencies as service is increasingly combined with PR. Over the last two years, there has also been a significant and sustained reduction in marketing budget being spent on web design and build which is down by 24% (79% in 2013 and 55% in 2015). Methodology.

Digital PR 60

Digital PR Training Report Social Media 60

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Video is the most popular content marketing format for 2015, ahead of case studies, blogs and infographics ( 2015 State of Digital Marketing , a report featuring insights from over 600 marketers from Web Marketing 123). Time and again, we see and hear countless online video marketing statistics like these: Consumers spend 5.5

Video 40

Video YouTube Web Case Study 40

Shift Communications

APRIL 2, 2015

With client permission to access their Analytics account, we have the ability to point to situations where our efforts (be it a media hit, a syndication campaign, a social media campaign, etc) have tangible results –whether it’s web traffic or actual revenue. Digital Advertising – Specifically starting with paid social media promotion.

Marketing 60

Marketing Data-Driven PR Analytics Training 60

MaccaPR

JANUARY 21, 2016

In today’s hyper-digitalized marketing world, consumer brands must take a hard look at how they distribute content - infographics, e-books, videos, recipes and more - online. Brands can reach consumers in a way that advertising and other traditional marketing can’t touch.

Consumer 48

Consumer Infographics SEO Blogging 48

MaccaPR

JANUARY 6, 2015

Is it website or Web site? I don''t yet think so, especially with podcasting becoming a huge green field opportunity and the continued importance of advertising for brand visibility on Facebook. #8. Top 10 MaccaPR Blog Posts of 2014. #1. If you haven''t already, this is a great post to bookmark.

Blogging 48

Blogging Wikipedia YouTube Content Marketing 48

Communications Conversations

JULY 20, 2015

I organize them by categories: MN blogs, advertising blogs, PR blogs, content blogs. How to Get Your First 1,000 Real Facebook Fans (Infographic). One of the few who really writes a lot anymore across the social web. Like many of you, I read a decent amount during the day. I read the newspaper. I read emails.

Social Media 60

Social Media Blogging How To Media 60

Shift Communications

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Imagine this: an arts & crafts lover scrolls through their Facebook feed, until the word “craft” catches their eye. You can also search the web for free images – some photographers and artists make their work free to use. Use their headshot from their company bio. Is the image a part of a greater campaign that has a landing page?

Infographics 60

Infographics Tools Guidelines Writing 60

PR Conversations

JULY 5, 2017

PR manager shows organizations how to leverage web networks for business development purposes. In this case, PR manager plans and runs advertising campaigns. Several years ago PR community actively discussed infographics – a new exciting format to present complex information. Who reaped most of the rewards in this case?

Infographics 63

Infographics Corporate Policies Reputation 63

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2019

19% of publishers requested articles, 13% requested infographics, 12% requested mixed-media pieces, and 11% requested data visualizations.”. Journalists again cited Twitter as the most valuable to them (up from 70% last year), followed by Facebook (up from 22% last year),” according to a survey of reporters by Muck Rack.

Marketing 78

Marketing Publicity Survey Study 78

ReimaginePR

AUGUST 29, 2016

Get Started on Facebook. If You’re Just Getting Started: If you’re not sure which platform to start on, I’d recommend Facebook. Facebook has over 1 billion active users every month, and 70% of those users are active every day. It stands to reasons that at least some of your target audience is on Facebook.

Social Media 149

Social Media Marketing Media Facebook 149

Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

You have two options: Promote through paid media (pay-per-click advertisements & sponsored posts). Brands who blog have more indexed web pages, which boosts SEO. We’ll deliver your multimedia assets, and you’ll leverage the industry’s most authoritative web property, PRNewswire.com, to drive SEO results.

Infographics 235

Infographics Case Study Content Marketing Video 235

Shift Communications

MARCH 3, 2017

To dig more deeply beyond a simple web search, look into professional organizations or analysts relevant to the industry. Good public sources of data sets are Data.gov , Amazon Web Services and Google Trends. Do I Have a Sound Hypothesis? Are the Conclusions Defensible?

Survey 60

Survey Data Google Web 60

PR Fuel

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Every time a scandal breaks out concerning Facebook, there’s never any formal apology or explanation from Zuckerberg and team. As it relates to the first point, you need to write compelling subject lines that don’t sound like advertisements or generic, boring stories. Just excuses and misdirection. Corporate Contact Information.

Web 40

Web Pitching Local Report 40

Beyond PR

DECEMBER 5, 2017

You have two options: Promote through paid media (pay-per-click advertisements & sponsored posts). Brands who blog have more indexed web pages, which boosts SEO. We’ll deliver your multimedia assets, and you’ll leverage the industry’s most authoritative web property, PRNewswire.com, to drive SEO results.

Infographics 72

Infographics Case Study Video Survey 72

MaccaPR

JULY 23, 2014

One HubSpot study shows photos on Facebook pages receive 53 percent more likes than the average post. Moritz recommends creating and sharing mini-infographics, screengrabs with text, and photos with overlayed text like quotes, stats and facts. The Web has trained customers to expect a certain level of visual professionalism.

Pinterest 91

Pinterest Storytelling Infographics Social Media 91

Cision

MAY 29, 2017

Social media sites such as Facebook have content discovery features integrated into its algorithms. Similar to Facebook, YouTube’s “Recommended for You” section is another example of how user activity and preferences fuel content discovery. How Content Discovery Helps Brands, Publishers and Advertisers.

How To 129

How To Content Marketing Engineering Advertising 129

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Top tip: Using earned media as part of a Paid, Earned, Shared and Owned (PESO) or Search campaign Trust in earned media may be dented but it remains higher than other forms of media, notably paid such as advertising or promotional editorial. Advertising, production, and distribution have all fundamentally changed.

Media Relations 115

Media Relations Media Print Newspapers 115

Beyond PR

MAY 30, 2017

Social media sites such as Facebook have content discovery features integrated into its algorithms. Similar to Facebook, YouTube’s “Recommended for You” section is another example of how user activity and preferences fuel content discovery. How Content Discovery Helps Brands, Publishers and Advertisers.

How To 40

How To Engineering Content Marketing Advertising 40

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 2, 2016

1) What is your definition of content marketing and 2) Why do we continue to put ourselves (advertising, PR, marketing) in such neat boxes when the digital era has blurred the edges of those boxes. Text, graphics, infographics, videos, photos, etc. But shouldn’t advertising be aiming at this as well? What are we creating?

Public Affairs 60

Public Affairs Advertising Advertising Healthcare 60

Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 19, 2018

Piktochart : PIktochart is an online infographics tool. Make sure you pay attention to the Organic CTR score , which evaluate what percent of searchers are likely to click on the organic, web results. Buffer : Buffer is free for one account and allows you to schedule social media posts across Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Nonprofit 76

Nonprofit Tools Marketing Skype 76

Flatiron Communications

JANUARY 15, 2016

The smarter set in the PR biz have turned their attention to how best to harness the influence of their clients’ followers on social media, as well those “independent” stars-for-hire on Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Vine, [link] YouTube and Instagram. advertising). Some creators even claimed to have sure-fire recipes for viral success.

Content Marketing 28

Content Marketing Marketing Instagram YouTube 28