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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Content Marketing B2B Marketing Exercises 64

Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 31, 2019

Individual blogs are in decline but blogging remains an important form of social media for reputation and awareness. You need look no further than the marketing, media and PR community for evidence of the decline in the craft of personal blogging. I can’t remember the last time I saw a blog roll, can you?

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

If you’re looking for a short and easy answer to blogging questions, here you go: How long should a blog post be? How long should it take to write a blog post? How often should I publish blog posts? In corporate blogging and more broadly, in B2B content marketing , it’s not so simple.

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B2B Blogging Data Survey 60

Prohibition

JULY 14, 2017

Consider the changing shape of the comms industry, and you will undoubtedly come across the phrase ‘content marketing’. Content has become the ‘buzz word’ for the industry – whether you specialise in SEO, digital marketing or indeed more traditional avenues such as online advertising and PR. But what does content mean?

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Content Marketing Marketing B2C SEO 48

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Regular readers know I bought into the concept of “ content marketing ” many years ago. It was in effect the coining of a term that characterized a strategy my team and I was already working on across traditional PR, digital marketing and social media. 3 Studies that Challenge Marketing Assumptions.

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Content Marketing Case Study Marketing Conference 67

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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Survey Blogging Corporate Analytics 60

PR 20/20

OCTOBER 9, 2018

In this spotlight, we’ve featured Cathy McPhillips ( @cmcphillips ), Vice President of Marketing at Content Marketing Institute ( @CMIContent ). This includes all PR, video, audience development, and social and community management that my team handles. Q: How would you describe your inbound approach with CMI?

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Content Marketing Marketing eBook Nonprofit 61

Sword and the Script

MARCH 28, 2017

In others, such interviews are prohibited by a client’s corporate policy in order to prevent the appearance of one brand endorsing another. 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. Talk to Us!

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B2B Blogging How To Media 60

MaccaPR

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Rebranding to “LinkedIn Pulse” in late 2013 , the app has quickly become a key part of making LinkedIn a content marketing machine. LinkedIn Pulse takes your ability to promote your company’s content to a new level by sharing your knowledge in highly targeted way s. 5) Reach a different type of audience than your company blog.

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LinkedIn Content Marketing Marketing Engineering 48

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Ah… content marketing. “Let’s do some content marketing!” When content marketing lets you down. And of course, then I decided to blog about it. The content is primarily New Jersey-focused. This is a classic case of being let down by content marketing.

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Content Marketing Marketing LinkedIn Facebook 40

Cision

MAY 26, 2017

Whatever you choose to support, be sure to do in-depth research and learn what exactly the followers value the most, as well as how they typically consume content. Blog about it. In addition to the media exposure you will likely gain from supporting a chosen cause, be sure to thoroughly blog about everything you do to help the cause.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 24, 2015

At the heart of social PR lies community. So that’s what we focused on for the April #measurePR Twitter chat; how to measure community, how to tell when community-building initiatives are working (and when they’re not), and how community-focused metrics might change over time. Experts in measuring community.

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Community Measurement Reddit Google 40

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As I’ve done for the last several years , I solicited and compiled a list of predictions from professionals across the PR and marketing community. As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. 2020: 30 Pragmatic Marketing and PR Predictions for 2020. Happy New Year!

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Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 215

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Some of the studies are surveys I’ve helped field, like the annual JOTW survey , however, most are by contributors or organizations from around the community. Over the past 12 months or so, I’ve easily reviewed and written about more than 20 such PR surveys from the PR sector (there many more about marketing). The results?

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Survey Industry Leadership Study 100

Communications Conversations

MAY 20, 2020

The term “brand journalism” is a bit of a lightning rod term in the social media marketing business. For some, it conjures up imagery of “advertorials” and “sponsored content.” ” And, over the years, there have certainly been a fair share of corporate failures when it comes to brand journalism.

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Journalism Brand Branding Interviews 148

Landis PR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Photo courtesy of Pixabay Note: This is a reposted blog by our Public Relations Global Network Partner, Danielle Dickinson – The Castle Group. For the original blog, please visit here. Until recently, the execution of these strategies has not been a top priority for many corporate event clients.

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Government Measurement Groups Corporate 69

The Resolution Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Social media existed back then, as did blogs. How many PRs write blogs and truly understand how to optimise them for Search? There’s a hell of a lot more to writing and promoting a blog post than bunging in a few buzzwords. Incidentally, for journalists, content marketing is, in many respects, the new PR.

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SEO Engineering Content Marketing Agency 120

Deirdre Breakenridge

JANUARY 7, 2016

Content marketing will be more than just a trend to watch in 2016. Creating and distributing consistent and relevant content is considered a proven strategic marketing approach that attracts and retains an audience and drives customers to action. Here is my Q&A with Lisa Davis, Director, Marketing, at Marketwired.

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Survey Marketing Content Marketing Measurement 90

Sword and the Script

APRIL 12, 2022

The PR community needs the competition. In an interview on this blog in 2021 , Propel Co-Founder and CEO Zach Cutler said as a former PR agency owner, he couldn’t find software that met his agency’s growth needs. Meltwater offers 50 suggested metrics to measure your content marketing. That sounds promising.

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Software Pitching Measurement Enterprise 89

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 8, 2019

People are afraid, for example, and many corporate clients have policies that prohibit such interviews without a permission slip. 1) Soft interviews on your company blog. Ask your customers for interviews on your corporate blog – soft interviews. Media references are hard for several reasons.

B2B 78

B2B Media eBook Interviews 78

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

So, I started tracking the community and publishing three different writing series on PR technology ( PR Tech Sums , PR Tech Briefing s, and Product Reviews ). This blog is just a cover story for an incredible marketing and PR agency serving B2B tech. Did you know? In a sense, it’s like a knowledge management tool.

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Technology Publicity Software Pitching 170

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 8, 2013

Content is the “meat and potatoes” of everything from websites to newsletters to blog posts; without content you literally have nothing. So this week’s roundup brings you some stellar content… about content. 4 Questions to Ask Before You Publish Content. Based in the Washington, D.C.,

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Content Marketing Resources LinkedIn Google 82

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

10 Must Read Content Marketing Posts for 2015. Why: Content marketing has remained a hot topic during 2014. Lee Odden showcases 10 of Top Rank Blog ‘s most useful content marketing posts. Why: Do you let people to subscribe to your blog through a reader? Based in the Washington, D.C.,

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Analytics Google Content Marketing Small Business 80

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. [By Karen Geier].

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2014

Content Shock: Why content marketing is not a sustainable strategy. Why: Content marketing may be one of the hottest marketing trends around, but that is slowly changing. Mark Schaefer offers insight into the future of content marketing and what you need to know to be prepared for the future.

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Content Marketing Resources Pitching Web 78

Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 15, 2018

Corporate communications and PR can be a lonely business of sorts. As communicators, we are sometimes holed up in self-imposed exile creating content for others to deliver on ever-shrinking budgets. The idea of doing less with more is not uncommon to communicators. Guest Post by Scott Kaminski. Or are we?

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Survey Industry Communications Corporate 74

ReimaginePR

AUGUST 22, 2016

Blogs, social media, video, podcasts, presentations, etc.). Instead of being a stuffy, corporate entity, your brand becomes people-driven and people-focused. Every message it shares contains a little bit of heroism, from its marketing material to the way Nike portrays its chief executives as trail blazers and community leaders.

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Brand Branding How To Storytelling 156

Prohibition

AUGUST 4, 2021

SMM: Focuses on professional management of social media profiles where users are more likely to interact with your brand/content marketing efforts. Social Media Marketing/Management involves: Social listening. Steering users to positive content. Fostering communities of brand advocates/brand ambassadors.

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Reputation Brand Branding SEO 62

ReimaginePR

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Why Video Marketing is Important. Video is an essential part of your content marketing strategy. It’s the old adage: people buy from people, not brands, and certainly not soulless corporations. That’s a heck of a lot of people using YouTube to find content that’s educational or entertaining. Click Here.

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Video Strategy YouTube Marketing 120

Presspage

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Any worthwhile content marketing strategy starts with a goal and online newsrooms are one channel of content distribution that should be leveraged in an overall strategy. What may be relevant content to someone in Canada may not be of interest to someone in Japan. Set Goals and Know Your Audience.

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How To Local Analytics Social Media 90

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Today, most of the PR community know her as the vice president of implementation for a venerable vendor in the PR vertical: BurrellesLuce. Tressa credits a brief stint in corporate communications for a health care company with stoking her interest in PR. Fresh Ideas: Blogging, Copyright, and How to Attribute Images.

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Measurement Course Advertising Advertising 60

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 23, 2016

Last year, I started a Twitter chat called #SocialPowWow in order to have a meeting ground on Twitter for PR pros, marketers and startups from India and across the world. I enjoyed interacting with the community and learning more about the PR ecosystem and the importance of measurement in PR. How did these chats help me?

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Meeting Communications Marketing Community 40

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. Pay to pay, content grows; influencer marketing cools. “I David Berkowitz , Founder, Serial Marketers. I see a few things.

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Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 200

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 31, 2014

I’m here to speak at The Hub Convene along with Heidi Sullivan of Cision (disclosure: client); we’re presenting on “Content Marketing Metrics That Matter.” How to Encourage Your Team to Blog. Why: Does your team struggle with blogging? The Truth About the Blog Supremacists.

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Social Media Resources Web Facebook 74

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 1, 2015

Either way, the tips on evaulating content in any of today’s roundup posts might help you move from “meh” to “yeah!” How to Increase Your Content’s Shareability. When you’re just blogging away but see no increase in your traffic? 11 Sure-Fire Ways to Get Millennials Reading Your Blog.

Content Marketing 40

Content Marketing Blogging Trends Engineering 40

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 21, 2015

And as it’s morphed into heaven-knows-what, so has what we consider authoritative content, who creates it, and how it gets disseminated. Content Marketing: Without Community, It’s Only Half the Equation. And I think people, I mean marketers, sometimes forget how important people, I mean the community, are (is).

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Analytics Community Measurement Writing 40

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

In the time I spent in-house for a global company and focusing on marketing to lawyers, one of the questions I’d consistently hear in the course of work from attorneys was this: There’s so much noise in marketing, how can I tell what is real and what is snake oil? By this, I mean a frequently updated blog. SEO is snake oil.

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Marketing SEO Pharmaceuticals Google 63