PR Fuel

AUGUST 12, 2021

About 65% of marketers struggle to create engaging and Google-loved content. Meanwhile, small businesses with blogs generate 126% higher lead growth than others. Those who blog are 14 times more likely to see a positive ROI. About 70% of US companies actively invest in content marketing, too. Stronger SEO.

Writing 105

Writing SEO Pitching Engineering 105

Frederik Vincx

JULY 25, 2023

Till then, they had been managing their media outreach with Excel and Outlook and blogs. And later creating an inbound sales engine via content marketing and conversion optimization. Step by step, creating a more effective software system to manage contacts, publish stories online, and pitch the right contacts.

Software 78

Software Banking Resources Government 78

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Modern PR heavily involves using social media, collaborating with influencers, showcasing thought leadership, managing blogs, and organizing community events. Then, how can PR aid your video marketing campaigns to create top-of-mind awareness? Related read: Why Combining Content Marketing and PR is a Smart Move #8.

Video 110

Video Marketing SEO Social Media 110

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Creating good content is just half the content marketing equation. The other half is content distribution. First, for many marketers, so much effort is poured into the creation that distribution becomes an afterthought. What’s the open rate in email marketing? What about duplicate content?

Content Marketing 111

Content Marketing Pitching Social Media Internal 111

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MARCH 5, 2024

However, media pitching and media relations to secure earned media still dominate the industry. Product roundups by other content creators. Product reviews on platforms like YouTube, social media platforms, or blogs. Unpaid search engine traffic. This has made it more challenging to pitch stories successfully.

Media 99

Media Nonprofit Pitching Analytics 99

Rock the Status Quo

AUGUST 20, 2015

I thought I’d take a quick look at Google Trends to come up with new keywords (blog inspiration!). First, I searched trends on content marketing. . The growth is a bit obvious, since everyone is buzzing about content marketing like it’s Columbus arriving at the New World. Looks promising, right?

SEO 100

SEO Comparison Content Marketing Trends 100

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 4, 2015

Content marketing does much more for your brand than just aid your marketing. Effective content marketing shapes your brand by giving it a face to know, like, and trust. Content marketing and becoming human. Put more succinctly, your customers know your content before they know your business.

Content Marketing 40

Content Marketing Marketing Engineering Advertising 40

5W PR

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Digital PR is an online marketing approach that’s used to increase a brand’s awareness via internet-based strategies. Employing novel methods like content marketing, social media, search engine optimization, and influencer outreach, digital PR is a powerful strategy that brands can roll-out to improve their online presence and visibility.

Digital PR 88

Digital PR Brand Branding Engineering 88

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 69

Blogging Strategy How To Writing 69

Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

But here’s the thing: Marketing budgets are increasingly shifting to focus on content marketing and other efforts that can show a concrete return-on-investment. Owned media, aka content, is content you produce that lives on your website or blog. Shared media is also known as social media. Owned Media.

Media Relations 331

Media Relations Newspapers Measurement Social Media 331

The Resolution Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Social media existed back then, as did blogs. Fast forward seven years, and I wish I – and the rest of the public relations industry – had taken more of an interest in the evolution of search marketing. How many PRs write blogs and truly understand how to optimise them for Search?

SEO 120

SEO Engineering Content Marketing Agency 120

Cision

JULY 25, 2017

Search engines like Google and Bing regularly probe the quality of sites, which means those with low-quality get pushed down in the search results. Incoming links from sites with a strong domain authority are a more powerful signal to search engines than sites with low authority. So, how can you ensure that happens?

Strategy 257

Strategy How To SEO Engineering 257

Victorious PR

APRIL 21, 2023

Through press releases, media pitches, and other PR tactics, good PR agencies can help brands secure coverage in relevant industry publications, online portals, and social media platforms, thereby increasing their visibility and credibility in the market.

Reputation 52

Reputation Advertising Advertising Education 52

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

This was followed by “social networks and search engines bypassing traditional media” with 25%. It’s also a key reason why blogging and content marketing has become an important tool in the media relations toolkit. Also, see these related posts: How to Generate Media Referenceable B2B Customers with a Blog.

Survey 102

Survey Report Media B2B 102

Sword and the Script

MAY 17, 2016

The results are precisely why PR should embrace content marketing. What Does Content Marketing have to do with PR? Several years ago, I was pitching a story to a reporter that I thought was tailored, timely and a good fit for both the journalist and publication. Building Trust and Credibility through Content.

Survey 64

Survey Report Content Marketing Pitching 64

PR Fuel

MARCH 22, 2022

Nearly 80% of marketers are adding press releases to their content marketing strategies. For example, you can also look at social media influencers, radio programs, magazines, and blogs. Create the Pitch. Before you can distribute press release materials, you need to create a pitch email.

How To 101

How To Guidelines Writing Pitching 101

Presspage

APRIL 15, 2019

Well, now is the time to embrace and engage with Search Engine Optimization: it is no longer a niche, technical topic, but a core foundation for your PR and business strategies. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the process of enhancing your online content to improve visibility in search engine rankings.

SEO 60

SEO Engineering eBook Google 60

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

Polaris

MARCH 20, 2015

Every business owner needs to know something about search engine optimization. We won some of those pitches, but still relied primarily on referrals from satisfied customers for most new business. Having a blog has also led to new business. For your own sake, learn a little something about search engine optimization.

SEO 100

SEO eBook Google Engineering 100

Rock the Status Quo

JUNE 30, 2015

If you do anything in the digital space – PR, content marketing, search engine optimization, social media – the one thing that matters most is experience. The need for writing skills is a bit obvious, yet neglected by most people in all areas of marketing. Enter multitasking! Do I syndicate EVERY post?

LinkedIn 100

LinkedIn Brand Branding SEO 100

Landis PR

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Here are three ways good web content can help your PR: . Your company’s Newsroom and Blog are great pages to let customers and journalists know exactly what is going on at your company. A warning: don’t start a blog if you can’t generate content regularly. Become Your Own Newsource . Don’t write for bots.

Web 59

Web SEO Case Study Writing 59

PR Breakfast Club

JULY 31, 2014

So let’s assume you have a great story to share, and have crafted a great pitch to get it out the door. Media list building and research is the foundation for which your pitch will either thrive or crumble like a shaky tower of Jenga. Now it’s time to pitch. Now… how do you make the media care?

Pitching 47

Pitching Construction LinkedIn Engineering 47

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.

Television 120

Television Pitching Journalism Interviews 120

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. For example, in 2010 or so, a decent press release could create an impressive digital footprint, search engine visibility and drive substantive referral traffic. Why Content Marketing and Public Relations Need Each Other.

Engineering 72

Engineering Content Marketing Analysis B2B 72

Beyond PR

MAY 24, 2016

A major part of the content marketing role is optimizing and getting traffic to your blog posts, white papers, press releases, articles, videos, and other assets that drive leads into the sales funnel. It is ranking first because of effective search engine optimization. Both are important, but they are not the same thing.

SEO 75

SEO Engineering Blogging Content Marketing 75

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

In an age of ad blocking, brands have to transition away from solely sponsoring or being associated with the content their customers or prospects want or need. Instead, brands have to also produce the desired content. 1) The Parallel between Product Placement and Content Marketing. It’s well worth a read as well.

Brand 60

Brand Branding Content Marketing Film 60

Cision

MAY 29, 2015

If you’re using data points to pitch a story, you’re doing math. AirPR Software Engineer and self-proclaimed math enthusiast, Ryan Rapp, astutely pointed out the applications of statistics in PR: “Statistics answers the question of how many of X do we need before results are reliable and perhaps repeatable.”. Statistics.

Engineering 120

Engineering Measurement Analytics Sports 120

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

3 statistics from the newest B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends report shows the “subscribed audience” is missing from most content marketing efforts. I had a chance to be a judge for the annual content marketing awards hosted by the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) this year.

Content Marketing 124

Content Marketing B2B Marketing eBook 124

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. I called these basics “engines” because they are a combination of process and mechanism. Analytics are an important part of a content marketing program.

Engineering 62

Engineering Content Marketing Marketing Analytics 62

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?

Strategy 67

Strategy How To B2C Content Marketing 67

Sword and the Script

MAY 23, 2017

As such, I’ve written this review from the perspective of its usefulness to a PR and for those that may not be search marketing experts. Many PR pros use Google Alerts to monitor and get email notifications of news or blog mentions of clients or employers. Repurpose Does Not Mean Regurgitate in Content Marketing.

SEO 65

SEO Tools Engineering Web 65

Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 21, 2015

I witness the power of data every day as the Director of PR Engineering at AirPR , a PRTech company focused on cultivating the PR leaders of tomorrow through analytics, insights, and measurement. Not just a killer blog post, but also a fundamental shift in the way we think about and develop content at AirPR. The result?

Storytelling 40

Storytelling Data Analytics Engineering 40

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Audio in marketing doesn’t just mean podcasts writes David Kirkpatrick for Marketing Dive – The call for audio content marketing gets louder. Help Humanize Marketing? Research for PR Pros on B2B Messaging, Pitches and Clickbait [UML] . 2) Visual Search Engine to Sell Search Ads.

Tools 60

Tools Pinterest Marketing Media 60

Beyond PR

JULY 6, 2016

Once you do this legwork, it’s time for the fun part: rolling out your strategy across your marketing channels. Follow this checklist to get brand leaders, content marketing and operations teams, and other stakeholders on board for a successful multichannel launch. Pitch your vision in full.

Marketing 66

Marketing Product Launch Data Software 66

The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

Google has just announced one the biggest changes to the search engine in recent years. The 3 Behaviors Driving the Most Creative Content Marketers Using a lovely ice cream analogy Jay Acunzo, founder of Unthinkable explains the behaviours that are helping the best in content marketing succeed. Get up to date here.

Tools 136

Tools Publicity Measurement SEO 136

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.

Content Marketing 78

Content Marketing Study Analysis Marketing 78

PR 20/20

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

However, bombarding your new love interest with a sales pitch on how amazing of a partner you are on the first date will likely not warrant a second one. That's where inbound marketing and content marketing relate. What is inbound marketing? Search engine optimization (SEO). What is content marketing?

Content Marketing 82

Content Marketing Marketing eBook Case Study 82