Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

This piece originally appeared on Contently’s The Freelance Creative. When it comes to freelance content marketing , however, the parameters are often less clear. “What separates excellent content marketing from the mediocre, in part, is care and attention to detail.

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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. However, blogging is one of the leading tools in any brand’s content marketing strategy. However, blogging is one of the leading tools in any brand’s content marketing strategy.

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Rock the Status Quo

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

And… at work, when you use a photograph of Angelina Jolie in a blog post on breast cancer. (It She can be an agency or marketing departments best friend. Be sure to check out her blog and grab a copy of her $3.99 book, The Legal Side of Blogging: How Not To Get Sued, Fired, Arrested or Killed.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

And while it’s easy to mark your products down 40% in an effort to attract Black Friday traffic, it’s more difficult to remember to include your content marketing efforts in your holiday marketing strategy. Here’s an example of content you could do across channels beyond a Black Friday Sale announcement. Plan Ahead.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Although visuals are important, the aesthetics of the text itself can influence how many people consume content and how long they spend engaged with it. This why a good content marketer can take a dense white paper, identify the most interesting parts , re-write it for the web, and then watch it get more traction than the first time around.

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Prohibition

MARCH 16, 2021

We don’t need to sell you on the benefits of content marketing. When compared with other forms of marketing, content marketing has the potential to form a meaningful and long-lasting relationship with your customer or prospect. So, how do you get it right when it comes to content marketing?

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Blogging isn’t going out of style any time soon; with the ascent of content marketing, blogging, podcasting and video are on the minds of marketers and PR professionals all the time. Bulk Blog Topic Generation. Suppose we wanted to blog about coffee, but were unsure what to write about?

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Blogging isn’t going out of style any time soon; with the ascent of content marketing, blogging, podcasting and video are on the minds of marketers and PR professionals all the time. Bulk Blog Topic Generation. Suppose we wanted to blog about coffee, but were unsure what to write about?

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Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Blogging isn’t going out of style any time soon; with the ascent of content marketing, blogging, podcasting and video are on the minds of marketers and PR professionals all the time. Beginner's Guide to Blogging Series: Part 1: Blog Core Values. Part 10: Bulk Blog Topics Generation.

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Cision

DECEMBER 29, 2015

People now look for and essentially demand content that gets them involved, creating a more personalized and memorable experience. Quite obviously, the competition on the web has become fierce, forcing businesses and content marketers to become more creative than ever before in their content endeavors.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

The news cycle was faster, social media was hitting the early majority in the Geoffrey Moore sense, and blogs…blogs were everywhere. We started a blog for our employer, a startup in the IT operations space. Some of the newer and smaller startups that had been blogging for a while ran circles around us.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 10, 2017

It’s easy to believe there are a million marketing blogs but that’s just not true. If you blog about marketing – especially with any semblance of frequency – you are in fact among a fair small group. There are more blogs focused on personal development than any other topic, according to the survey.

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Cision

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Content marketing has the power to turn your brand into a driving force in your industry, but with so much competition in the marketplace, how can you ensure that your content makes an impact? Suddenly you’ve built a foundation of expertise—through content—that is hard to beat. Can they download a larger piece of content?

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Onclusive

JANUARY 10, 2018

With the explosion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, an increased focus from the C-suite on business- and metrics-driven KPIs, and a new trend toward Growth PR , PR & content marketing measurement is changing – radically and rapidly. I want marketers to think more creatively and broadly about what to measure.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In 1926, psychologist Graham Wallas outlined the basic creative process, which has been the overall framework for understanding and fostering creativity for almost a century. The Wallas process has four general stages: Preparation : loading up your mind to be creative. Vice President, Marketing Technology. Christopher S.

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Communications Conversations

MARCH 25, 2020

That’s why a lot of these creative content marketing opportunities we’ve seen the last week just seem to fall flat (see Chipotle’s attempt to use Zoom in a creative way, for example). The blog post had 150+ comments last time I checked (when was the last time ANY blog post had 150+ comments?!?!?!),

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Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

When I started as an editorial intern at Contently, the first thing I realized was that I had a lot to learn about content marketing. Like many people entering the job market, I wanted to write and edit, and I was interested in exploring different ways to make a living with those skills.

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Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Blogs are like opinions — nowadays, it seems like everyone has one. So, say you have a blog, but you want to take it to the next level and turn it into something profitable. So, say you have a blog, but you want to take it to the next level and turn it into something profitable. 1) Offer reliably awesome content.

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ZudePR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

And my primary sources of information, advice, enjoyment, and inspiration have been blogs (and bloggers). All this blog-reading has not gone unremarked. Family think I’m a bit bonkers, reading all these blogs and passing them on for free. Until… Last Night a Blog Post Changed My Life. Thousands of them.

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Cision

JANUARY 5, 2016

The Content Marketing Institute stresses you pare down your requirements when deciding what to measure. These content marketing experts strongly advise against tracking too many metrics. Give them freedom to create content that makes people actually stop and ignore everything else on the Internet.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Constraint breeds creativity. Writing on the Ignite Social Media blog, Bruna Camargo gave the vehicle manufacturer good grades for its response, “Instead of issuing some lame press release about how they’re sorry their guy couldn’t be more eloquent, they embraced it, rolled with it, and are now about to bank on it. A while back, Inc.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Blogging isn’t going out of style any time soon; with the ascent of content marketing, blogging, podcasting and video are on the minds of marketers and PR professionals all the time. Beginner's Guide to Blogging Series: Part 1: Blog Core Values. Part 10: How To Get Blogging Ideas. In Media Res.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 3, 2017

B2B marketing has overwhelmingly adopted the concept of content marketing, according to the 2018 B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets & Trends survey. That may mean content marketing is maturing, but that also means competition for an audience will heat up. 50% say improved distribution.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 28, 2017

A simple way to do this is to request an interview for a corporate blog. The operative phrases here is interview for a blog post – not a media interview. It’s a classic example of why content marketing and public relations need each other. Is your PR agency bringing creative ideas to the table? Talk to Us!

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Journalistics

JANUARY 24, 2016

In my first post of the year, I confessed my blogging sins and provided some insights around what caused me to blog less the past few years, and what I learned from the process. This posts was the first step in my journey to blog more in 2016. About This Two-Part Series.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Here are three big names to take a look at for content marketing inspiration: BuzzFeed. This Internet media company has been making waves for almost a decade, focusing on churning out content that spreads. Images: opensource.com , woodleywonderworks ( Creative Commons ).

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MaccaPR

JANUARY 5, 2016

Just as every parent thinks their own sons and daughters are the best looking and most brilliant children on Planet Earth, too many companies and marketing agencies – our Minneapolis PR firm included – are convinced that their blogs could hardly be better. But visitors love content. Blog designs should be highly visual.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In 1926, psychologist Graham Wallas outlined the basic creative process, which has been the overall framework for understanding and fostering creativity for almost a century. The Wallas process has four general stages: Preparation : loading up your mind to be creative. Inspiration/Insight : the process of generating ideas.

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MaccaPR

DECEMBER 10, 2014

You invest a lot of time in your ThinkSEM blog , chiefly written by your wife and co-owner Sarah Danks and PR staffer Kayla Hollatz – it’s a fun read. When I first started our agency, I relied solely on PPC and SEO to market ThinkSEM, because I didn’t think blogs, social media or content marketing would do anything for us!

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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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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 11, 2021

An edcal is a content roadmap that ensures a steady flow of media coverage, even absent major news announcements. It’s like an unsung hero of the public relations world — not flashy or creative, but vital to a robust media placement schedule. What is an editorial calendar?

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5W PR

AUGUST 21, 2023

One way to do this is through impactful jewelry marketing. By focusing on details and using creative tactics, jewelry brands can create a unique brand identity. Defining the brand identity Defining the brand identity is crucial before implementing marketing tactics. Share the inspiration and creative process behind each piece.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 20, 2021

More than a proactive partner: an extension of your marketing and PR team. A blog with B2B sales attribution. Years ago, I championed a blog for this exact organization. It was the center of its content marketing, media relations and social media efforts. And that blog just deteriorated. I didn’t pitch it.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 24, 2015

As a metric for content marketing, pageviews are flawed according to a white paper – Why Content Marketers Are Using All the Wrong Metrics – published by Contently. The company provides the combination of a talent marketplace and content marketing software to manage projects and campaigns.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Research shows more than half of all B2B content goes unused. This means the burden of creating more content, at least in part, could be solved with a little creative effort. The key to repurposing in content marketing is to add value along the way. Make it better with every iteration.

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Frederik Vincx

JULY 25, 2023

Till then, they had been managing their media outreach with Excel and Outlook and blogs. Role As a co-founder, my role was broad, mostly focussed on the creative aspects. And later creating an inbound sales engine via content marketing and conversion optimization. First designing and programming the initial product.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 18, 2015

Content marketing surveys consistently demonstrate the biggest barrier facing marketer is feeding the content monster. In one example , the company says it made “122 separate content assets from one eBook.” These range from blog posts to videos, and from webinars to social media updates.

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