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 post is pitch perfect. It all just seems kinda forced. It hits all the right notes. Straight-forward and to the point.

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Content Marketing Marketing Case Study Social Media 60

Sword and the Script

APRIL 27, 2021

To that end, and assuming there’s a business strategy and marketing strategy in place, those priorities should be as follows: Owned – website, blog, newsletter. When I pitch this to clients and prospects in B2B marketing , I’ll often present it in a linear graphic like this: Why am I so keen on owned media first?

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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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Sword and the Script

JUNE 9, 2020

Many of the open-ended comments from the survey point to underlying causes such as the rise of social media and self-publishing, disruption of the advertising-heavy business model in news, subsequent cuts to editorial staff, growth among the ranks of PR, and the deluge of pitches reporters receive. That’s what content marketing is all about.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. These pros will continue to be in demand – and those in need of public relations assistance should be aware of all the options available to them, including consultants, agencies, and of course hiring in-house.”.

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Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 215

Sword and the Script

APRIL 20, 2021

Of course, I was flattered and happy to re-connect with an old colleague. And I don’t think any competent marketing expert that’s being honest can. 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.

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Flack's Revenge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

These kinds of “XXXX is Dead” hit jobs are perennial, evergreen stories that keep on cropping up, as sure as the calendar turns, not just about PR of course, but that is my peeve, so allow me to vent. So why have a blog with “revenge” in the name if I can’t get me some? Or at least blog a strongly worded rebuttal.

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Writing Pitching Report Industry 177

Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 8, 2021

When I started Contently’s own content marketing program eight years ago, we had but a blog template and a dream. Within 18 months, we’d built a loyal audience of hundreds of thousands of marketers and an award-winning industry publication. Audiences are splintered across more channels.

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How To Content Marketing Strategy Pitching 87

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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Blogging Strategy How To Writing 69

Cision

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

When you invite internal and external subject matter experts to contribute to your content marketing program, it’s important to have guidelines for them to follow. The less time you need to spend editing content and following up with contributors, the more time you have for strategy and optimization. increase brand awareness.

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How To Guidelines Content Marketing Video 177

Beyond PR

AUGUST 9, 2016

As a content marketer, I’m always on the lookout for whatever edge will improve my content’s reach. But with so many other brands also using content marketing, the task can seem Sisyphean at times. And the benefits go beyond building awareness for your content.

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Content Marketing Marketing SEO Web 40

Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

I’ve known Lin Pophal for years through her work as a writer for eContent , HR Executive , and others; have pitched her client stories and my own thought leadership topics (I’m in her eContent story on content curation tools ). I was, of course, thrilled to be in it and eager to read Lin Pophal’s book.

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Cision

APRIL 18, 2017

Owned media is content you create on a platform you own, such as your company’s website or blog. Unfortunately, many organizations take a “publish it and they will come” approach to their content. As an example, if my topic was “blog posts,” I’d create a headline for my first piece of content in the main circle.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

APRIL 10, 2017

There’s nothing like a grueling weekend spent unsuccessfully following up on pitches for coverage of a client’s innovative, disruptive, and ground-breaking new technology release to make you start daydreaming of starting your own firm. Are you comfortable pitching yourself and your skills?

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Travel Technology Conference LinkedIn 281

Flatiron Communications

JANUARY 11, 2018

2016 : The growth in the use of social influencers as trusted “third-parties” to create awareness and action (“ Content Marketing is So Last Year” ). The quality of the pitch itself has degraded over the last few years. Need I mention NOT to pitch a local TV news outlet a story on the day a mass shooting occurs in its hometown?

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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.

Blogging 40

Blogging Strategy How To Writing 40

Onclusive

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

To achieve this goal, a strong PR agency partner will use a mix of communications strategies and tactics to help you better understand your audiences, contribute to and execute your strategic communications plan, and provide counsel around policy decisions, courses of action and messaging.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 10, 2018

A while back a reporter I had been pitching threw me what I thought was an unexpected softball. Of course, I jumped to make it happen. How to Generate Media Referenceable B2B Customers with a Blog. Media Relations Ends; Content Marketing Begins. This content marketing stuff isn’t just word games and semantics.

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Media Relations Media Content Marketing Corporate 74

Cision

AUGUST 16, 2016

He reveals how his background in journalism has shaped his view of the industry, his growing appreciation for PR professionals and gives insight into how journalists in the TV industry truly want to be pitched. Little did I know how much work actually went into developing their pitch, the release, the corresponding photos and more.

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Television Pitching Journalism Interviews 120

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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Sword and the Script

APRIL 19, 2016

That was the outcome good media relations pitching earned. Interview notes are useful content. These are still valid reasons, but content marketing affords all the more reason: Use the content the reporter doesn’t. The Soft and Subtle PR Pitch of Content Marketing. Here are two such ways: 1.

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 16, 2017

Many accept pitches, and use their networks as means of raising their profile, showcasing their wares and creating business. This is my motivation for blogging but it doesn’t suit everyone. It puts public relations on a collision course with marketing disciplines. Organisations as influencers and 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. When marketers start mashing several data sets together in this fashion, it’s not only junk data, but could very well be misleading information. Talk to Us !

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Infographics Data Case Study Content Marketing 68

Marketwired

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

How to think about PR in 3 steps: STEP 1: Stop thinking about pitching a publication, start thinking about pitching a channel. STEP 2: Stop thinking about a pitch or press release, start thinking about the best format to communicate with your audience, customer, employees, etc. Tell us @AirPR. Also feel free to take us to task.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 27, 2018

4 Big Media Trends that have Upended PR and Marketing. How B2B Marketing Can Get More out of Trade Shows. How to Generate Media Referenceable B2B Customers with a Blog. Editors and PR people traded notes more frequently when advertising sales and marketing also traded notes. Pitch a story about how the world is ending.

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Media Relations Media Trade Shows Journalism 75

Beyond PR

MARCH 6, 2018

The digital and content revolution has empowered customers to seize control of their path to purchase, forcing brands to retire their sledgehammer marketing tactics. Today, brands must attract customers with high-quality content, impacting their target audience through an array of online channels. But is it really that easy?

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Strategy How To B2C Content Marketing 67

Sword and the Script

APRIL 10, 2018

In turn, I put together a pitch with a link and reached out to reporters I thought would be interested. This, of course, is no mystery to anyone that’s worked in public relations for any length of time. Why Content Marketing and Public Relations Need Each Other. What is the value in that? that day. Talk to Us !

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Engineering Content Marketing Analysis B2B 71

Sword and the Script

JUNE 14, 2016

Consider this question carefully because I don’t mean should a company make a profit from the products or services it markets. Of course, it should. Instead, what I mean by this question is, in addition to the profit from products and services, should marketing also earn money by virtue of marketing?

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Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Great content marketing has the power to do that. Today’s audiences come across so much mediocre content that looks and sounds the same. Lately, innovative marketing teams have been thinking beyond the standard blog post. Educational Courses Are Lead Gen Machines.

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B2B Content Marketing Trends Marketing 57

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

“Here are a few skills that can help you be successful in public relations: Strong writing skills: PR practitioners must be able to write clearly and effectively in order to craft press releases, pitch stories to journalists, and develop social media content. I’m glad to see the term content marketing come up in this discussion.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

Marketers often assume that bounced visits are inherently bad, when from a publisher, or content marketing perspective, bounce rates could be good: a visitor searched for an answer and your page answered it quickly. Of course, it does, and there’s been a number of studies that show this over the years.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Most of what I did wasn’t a secret: I read what reporters wrote before pitching, developed subject lines that got my emails opened, and use a strong lede in all my pitches. There was one aspect of my success that was different: I wrote long pitches. Too many marketers believe that short content outperforms long form.

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Content Marketing Study Analysis Marketing 78

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

If there’s one thing every content marketer loves, it’s the grind. I was high on the grind myself recently, fresh out of Uberflip’s stellar Conex conference and sitting in Cleveland for Content Marketing World , typing so fast my laptop was (almost) billowing smoke. Marketers don’t slow down.

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Content Marketing Marketing Conference Blogging 89

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 23, 2018

B2B organizations that find content marketing effective are committed to these programs. These organizations have a content marketing plan in writing. Those are among the top-level findings from an annual survey of content marketers by the Content Marketing Institute and Marketing Profs.

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Content Marketing B2B Study Marketing 107

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Graphic used with permission from The Marketing Companion, a podcast with a co-host employed by Edison Research; see link nearby. 1) Marketing Audibles for Audio Search. Audio in marketing doesn’t just mean podcasts writes David Kirkpatrick for Marketing Dive – The call for audio content marketing gets louder.

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Beyond PR

JUNE 22, 2016

He provided his hashtag insight amidst his daily schedule of promoting blog posts, press releases, events and additional content across PR Newswire’s social media accounts. One might be tempted to push aside hashtags and concentrate on other marketing strategies. Integrate it into a larger push across all marketing channels.

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How To Marketing Instagram Social Media 76

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Those categories are: Content marketing statistics. Social media marketing statistics. Marketing measurement statistics. Search marketing and SEO statistics. Content Marketing Statistics. 1) How long should a blog post be? 2) Content marketing supports lead nurturing.

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