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How Brands Can Elevate Their SEO Strategies in 3 Steps

Contently - Strategy

It seems simple at first—at least that’s what most brands think when it comes to SEO strategy. But does this confined approach to SEO still get results today? Why this “standard” approach to SEO no longer works. Does this mean you should throw your SEO playbook out the window? So what’s the outcome?

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5 Reasons Not To Cut PR In A Recession

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

As any ad or PR agency knows, our budgets are vulnerable when the economy turns soft. What stands out is how poorly the “preventive-focused” companies fared in comparison to others. Pulling an entire team off a PR program, whether through an outside agency or internal layoffs, means that team may not be available once PR resumes.

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How to get the return on investment (ROI) from media monitoring

Onclusive

If you’ve ever evaluated PR agencies or communications technology providers, you have likely considered how their solutions compare to each other and how they fit your needs. In the past, evaluating ROI for media monitoring was much more challenging than, say, for demand generation or even SEO.

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Media Relations Shrinks as a Public Relations Service; Cliff Notes to 3 Industry Reports

Sword and the Script

According to the survey: social media management (77%) content marketing (77%) influencer marketing (67%); and link building for SEO (56%) Other statistics stood out for me in the report: Measurement. “PR How can you improve technical and SEO skills? More than half, 503, work on the agency side, while 334 reported being in-house.

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Game, set and match: Avoiding a balls-up when running a new agency pitch process

PR in High Definition

And it often makes me think that choosing an agency and running a pitch process can be a bit like a game of tennis. In the same way, picking the right longlist and shortlist of agencies is important – and if you haven’t played before, get a coach. In short, sweaty and exhausting but thoroughly rewarding when it’s done right.

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Why Some B2B Tech Companies Fail at Marketing [guest post]

Sword and the Script

Comparisons between solution types. From a technical standpoint, use an SEO tool like SEMrush to audit the backend of your website and flag issues for free. Don’t overthink it—a simple website with a few pages (with optimum SEO) is all you need to get started. Customer case studies, testimonials and reviews. Pricing information.

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In-Housing Trend: What PR Agencies and Marketing Firms can Learn from Law Firms

Sword and the Script

It found as the Wall Street Journal reported , “Advertisers with in-house agencies increased to 64% of the survey’s respondents from 42% a decade ago, according to the study.” (By So, what does this in-housing trend mean for PR agencies? I’d like to believe, PR agencies that specialized in crisis communications can identify here.

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