Polaris

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Who: Sarah is a UK-based blogger, content marketer, speaker and mom. I especially like Sarah’s idea for tracking traffic stats and leads for every single piece of content you produce. Who: WebpageFX is a Pennsylvania-based SEO and digital marketing agency. 3: Content Marketing Institute. Brilliant!

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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.

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The Stalwart Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2015

A few months ago, our agency learned that more of our clients and prospects were in need of greater content marketing assistance. While we’ve always been a PR and Marketing agency, the majority of our work has primarily been focused on media relations. However, things are changing and that is no longer the case.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 24, 2018

There’s are several industry organizations that field annual surveys about content marketing and they are gearing up. Last year, the data overwhelmingly found every business says they are doing content marketing. This year, I predict satisfaction with content marketing will slide and many won’t understand why.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 8, 2017

If there’s ever been a time to learn how to build your own audience for your company…it’s now. This is why content marketing is the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing links [UML]. 1) Marketing content vs. content marketing. Is your content substantially different ?

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Data analysis of millions of articles and surveys thousands of bloggers find long-form content outperforms short form. A long time ago an agency owner called me into her office. Something similar has happened in content marketing and blogging in the marketing community. We needed to get the client some coverage.

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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.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 2, 2018

The best way to stand out from the noisy crowd is by employing a few tricks of the content marketing trade. As you work on your content marketing strategy, keep these in mind: Talk to your audience, not at them. Instead of “We are an award-winning catering company” say, “Your guests will be wowed.”. Use keywords.

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Victorious PR

MARCH 30, 2023

By working with a top PR agency, entrepreneurs can leverage various strategies to raise brand awareness, generate positive publicity, focus on authority building, and foster lasting relationships with their target audience. Having the best PR company is like having your own personal branding company.

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Victorious PR

MARCH 30, 2023

By working with a top PR agency, entrepreneurs can leverage various strategies to raise brand awareness, generate positive publicity, focus on authority building, and foster lasting relationships with their target audience. Having the best PR company is like having your own personal branding company.

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Landis PR

MAY 8, 2023

Thought leaders provide timely, relevant content in useful forms. This can include white papers, speeches, webinars, infographics, videos, blogs or social media posts. What do you want the company to stand for? Identify your in-house experts and brainstorm ideas for content they can deliver.

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MaccaPR

OCTOBER 5, 2015

It may go without saying that content marketing is one of the most discussed topics among public relations professional and marketers this year, a practice which centers on really great, high-quality content. Here at MaccaPR, we've blogged about content marketing a number of times (e.g."

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

Years ago, I had the opportunity to be a PR director for a publicly-traded company that developed and sold software to the PR market. While I’ve primarily done B2B tech work over my 20-year career – and strive to be diligent in becoming knowledgeable about a market and products – it’s not quite the same as being an end-user or SME.

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Contently - Strategy

MARCH 22, 2022

SEO-driven content can and does work, but only when you don’t shed the human-ness while writing to meet a content grade on Clearscope. Here are three ways to produce original, clear, and engaging SEO articles instead of publishing doppelgangers on your company’s website: 1. Conduct a content gap analysis.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 22, 2019

16% on marketing analytics. It found marketing budgets come in around 12% of the overall company budget (graphic and summary by MarketingCharts here). Kantar Media fielded a global survey of 488 marketers that provided some insight into how marketers make budget decisions. Budget Trends by Kantar Media.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

We see infographics in content marketing survey results as well. The data puts infographics in the top five types of content created by B2B marketing shops. This trails traditional stables including case studies, videos and white papers. Typically, this is better used in newsletters, white papers and eBooks.

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Cision

MAY 20, 2015

In 2014, the use of video content among B2Bs jumped 8 percent , meaning nearly three in five businesses have integrated video into their content marketing strategy. Video content creation is a powerful way to connect, engage and inspire audiences. Why wouldn’t they? SHOW, DON’T TELL. Want to go beyond video?

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MaccaPR

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Even today, a Google search on the words “Death of Public Relations” generates 108,000,000 results - including giddy articles titled “The Many Deaths of Public Relations,” “The Death of PR Agencies,” and “Corporate PR Is Dead.” But, as that great marketing communicator Bob Dylan sang, “things have changed.”. What’s a marketer to do? “To

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5W PR

APRIL 28, 2022

On top of these roadblocks, there are guidelines and regulations that any marijuana company will need to comply with. In order to have an effective marketing strategy, businesses will need to focus on the following things: Business Preparedness. Before executing a marketing strategy, a business needs to have a proper foundation.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 10, 2019

It’s a trend that mirrors similar patterns seen broadly in the marketing for the last several years, where CMOs have slashed agencies in favor of in-house teams. Reasons for Hiring or Firing an Outside Agency. Understanding why agencies get fired is just as important as why they get hired. 5) planning and strategy (37%).

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Analysis: B2B marketing must develop its market. While lead generation specialists don’t like to spend money they can’t attribute to sales – investments in content marketing , education, awareness, and branding are inherently linked to finding prospects and cost of conversion. 44% say content marketing.

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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.

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Beyond PR

MAY 12, 2016

When working with clients to create engaging content, PR agencies must navigate a number of personal, emotional and habitual obstacles. In a word, content. Inspired storytelling and strong visuals can help today’s agencies start conversations, interest media and hook new customers for their clients.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

That sea of sameness is how the Cindy Klein Roche , the CMO for Cybereason, describe the competitive landscape in cybersecurity during an interview with the Marketing Smarts podcast. From white papers to the trade press, the entire community is fixated on the next exploit, hack or breach. execute them? Give our services a try.

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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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Cision

APRIL 6, 2016

They mostly seek a sense of belonging by being part of a community and try to enhance their self-esteem by purchasing items from companies that resonate with their values and philosophies. Personas shouldn’t reflect the thoughts and beliefs of the company. 3 Content Marketing Wins with Buyer Personas.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 29, 2017

is reportedly aiming to shave $2 billion from its marketing budget over the next five years. According to AdAge , the cuts are part of a larger effort to reduce $10 billion from across the company. To that end, it’s really hard to sell more if you stop talking to your market. ROI: Is Marketing Getting Harder or Easier?

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5W PR

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

In marketing terms, this is known as “earned media,” which holds more weight than other types of media. Putting in the energy, however, it worth it at the end of the day and can put your business on equal footing with companies that have big marketing budgets. For instance, partner PR with content marketing.

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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? Well, I was sorely mistaken.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Steve has long been a believer “content marketing” even before the phrase gained the popularity it has today. The content marketing hype-cycle helped alert those asleep at the wheel that this was a requirement for doing business in an information (Google) age. I quit my job went to work at a PR agency.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 3, 2016

Those are all respectable objectives, but webinars can also help B2B marketers solve their biggest content marketing challenge : producing engaging content. Some studies suggest 60-70% of content produced in B2B goes unused: A few searches on the company website will demonstrate if this is true in your organization.

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MaccaPR

MARCH 2, 2017

Those were questions I asked while preparing for a lecture before a tribe of shiny-eyed, impossibly young and disarmingly idealistic PR students at Metropolitan State University in Minneapolis earlier this month (thanks to professor Rose McKinney of the Pineapple RM agency for the invite). Content and Inbound Marketing Blogs.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2017

Agencies know it, but they’re pushed to lower costs by CMOs that want to pretend cheaper is always possible and desirable. So, the agencies (as they’ve admitted to me) will blend some percentage of absolute crap sites into their digital target mixes to lower the official budget. Companies also have to invest their own time.

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PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

>> Related read: The Comprehensive Marketing Audit: 21 Questions to Guide Strategic Planning. Carry out additional primary and secondary research to ensure you’ve thoroughly analyzed your company, audiences, competitors, and industry. Step 4: Build a marketing scorecard. Content (ebooks, white papers).

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 27, 2019

59% said manual research; 18% said through a list they built; 15% said through PR agencies, and 8% said through a platform or commercial database. In B2B technology businesses, I encourage clients to define a project – a study, white paper, or webinar to test the waters. How does PR find influencers? PR needs to change with it.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 19, 2018

I’ve got a long history in analyst relations and – assuming your product works and satisfies customers – there are some things that you can do to improve the relationship your company has with analysts. Many companies allocate a large percentage of the budget to analyst relations and a very small percentage of their time. Talk to Us !

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Journalistics

JULY 3, 2013

In the past, you may have published a company newsletter on a regular basis, but there was little need to produce a formal editorial calendar for this single publication. Today, you most likely have email newsletters, white papers, a company blog, and a half dozen social media accounts that need content on a regular basis.

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