Sword and the Script

JANUARY 8, 2019

Marketing also has purse strings that can be creatively – and ethically – spent to appease a specific rep with the right reference. You certainly need the sales leadership on board with a reference program, but marketing has to drive it, or it will fade away. 1) Soft interviews on your company blog.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 24, 2018

This is what I call going from hello-to-marriage-proposal in a white paper download. They wanted the white paper. For many B2B marketing shops, content marketing just means putting stuff up on a website under the blog section. The Aesthetics of Text: Writing Readable Blog Posts. Guess which one wins?

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 2, 2018

LinkedIn is better for B2B companies that publish thought leadership articles and get recommendations. Think ebooks, white papers and even blog posts. Plain-text emails look more personal, less marketing-y and actually have better open rates (HubSpot does a great job explaining why in this blog post ).

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Beyond PR

MARCH 6, 2018

88 percent value creativity and craft in content creation. You can spend months writing a white paper or spend thousands on a video, but if it’s not laser focused and doesn’t reach the right audiences it’s not going to convert. Press releases and blogs are known for building brand awareness.

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Doctor Spin

APRIL 17, 2023

Here’s a list of creative PR activities that can help your organisation stand out, engage customers, and encourage them to share their positive experiences with others. Write a white paper or research report on a topic related to your industry. Write a guest blog post for a popular industry publication or website.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 15, 2018

The most popular trends recognized by the survey for the next 12 months included storytelling at 79%, content marketing (71%) and thought leadership (67%). Creative Commons CC0. He also serves as Guest Editor for Shonali Burke’s WUL blog. Anything is Easy if You Try Hard Enough. Image: Jason Rosewell via Unsplash.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 10, 2019

From blog posts to media pitches, we shift gears constantly, adapting to many different kinds of written content. It’s not the most creative PR product, but the news release is still essential for announcements – and don’t forget the power of SEO. A blog-eat-blog world . Less is more. Am I boring you?

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Beyond PR

JULY 27, 2016

Communications is one of those disciplines that touches pretty much all aspects of a business: thought-leadership, branding, media relations, reputation management, earned media, social media, content marketing, lead generation and so much more. Her team leads social media, PR, creative and blogging for the brand.

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Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

In the early days, it was just blog posts and whitepapers. Then there’s the external content marketing and product marketing piece of it, where it’s a combination of thought leadership and educating our clients on how to get the best out of our platform and solutions set, which I think is just as important.

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Beyond PR

AUGUST 3, 2016

And, as our white paper Expanding Engagement & Inspiring Action with Your Next Product Launch explores, an opportunity to establish your company as a credible industry influencer. As my products’ champion, I use a combination of creativity, analytics and persistence to secure that support.”. Another challenge?

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Stern + Associates

MARCH 10, 2023

Over the course of the conversation, they usually share a desire to build thought leadership, to secure more media coverage, and land more speaking invitations. A common hypothesis is that by cultivating thought leadership and getting more [PR] results, leads and business growth will follow. If only it were that simple.

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Beyond PR

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

But what about thought leadership content like blog posts and white papers? There’s a place in product marketing for telling people what your product does; your thought leadership content isn’t that place. Ask these five questions to help plan effective thought leadership content for your product launch.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

This means posting links and images to all brand social accounts of course, but there are also opportunities to get more creative. Take the byline and convert the information to a blog post. Use some of the points to create a white paper or take the byline in a different direction for a different audience.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 7, 2015

But despite how crucial blogging is to influencer marketing, not enough brands are taking the initiative and reaching out to this key group of influencers. Evaluate your current marketing efforts to see how blog coverage could benefit your brand. Get our free influencer white paper today! Pinpoint Readers’ Pain Points.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 10, 2019

As readers that read this blog regularly know, this one reason why I believe (true) content marketing has role to play in media relations. 1) Storytelling, analytics and thought leadership are the top PR tactics and trends. white papers (36%). 3 PR Trends in Tactics, Measurement and Organization. content marketing (64%).

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Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

Co-Founder of Status Creative, a leader in social media engagement. We meet every Sunday night to discuss a different blogging topic, we welcome anyone that wants to learn or help others. Seth’s Blog: Every marketing challenge revolves around these questions [link]. Click here for our free live-streaming white paper!

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 5, 2019

Make sure your marketing leadership has time to exchange pleasantries with the influencers you’ve hired. Here’s how most of the answers tallied up: 66% said to increase visibility; 17% said to drive more leads and sales; 10% said to aid creative campaigns; and. bring creative ideas and use data to execute? e) Costs involved.

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MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

In that rush of adrenaline to immediately promote your new e-book or video ASAP, content marketers risk the opportunity to be creative with promotion. If you've produced a handful of content already, create a dedicated web space for your thought leadership pieces. Here's how: 33 Content Marketing Promotion Ideas.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Simply roundup a handful of the best news articles and blog posts from other credible sources – that are relevant to your community – and weave a promotion for your webinar into the content. This becomes a theme or column for a monthly blog post. . — Jeff Perkins (@jeffperkins8) December 7, 2016. 1) Publish a monthly roundup post.

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ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

Your blog is just not working and you’re wondering why. And they all blog. His personal blog is PR Studies and he edits a magazine called Behind the Spin. Author of 27 Blogging from Paradise books. You have a belief in the essential goodness of human nature. Still reading? One Where Good Guys Win. I wrote: 1.

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Landis PR

JANUARY 3, 2022

Note: PRGN originally posted this blog on its website. PR agencies will be using more and more tools for handling the routines while concentrating on the creative jobs.”. Credible, quality content gives depth to brand stories, particularly if supported by own research reports, surveys and white papers. What a year!

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Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Blog Posts. Yes, I’m talking about blogging. Blogging is no longer an experimental trend that might be a waste of time. No, there is overwhelming evidence that shows maintaining a blog yields business results. Brands who blog have more indexed web pages, which boosts SEO. You’re doing it. She’s doing it.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

White papers or blog posts that answer questions professionals you are targeting may be too embarrassed to ask. Register for Gini Dietrich’s “From A to Z: Blogging and Content for PR” webinar! Take elements of your best thought leadership materials and turn them into blog posts.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

By curating content you can gradually establish your leadership as the expert and develop your platform as the sought-after destination for credible knowledge. To gain further insights go to the blogs of your competitors and watch out for the newly published content. Blogs and articles. White papers. How-To Guides.

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Beyond PR

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Blog Posts. Yes, I’m talking about blogging. Blogging is no longer an experimental trend that might be a waste of time. No, there is overwhelming evidence that shows maintaining a blog yields business results. Brands who blog have more indexed web pages, which boosts SEO. You’re doing it. She’s doing it.

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Cision

MAY 21, 2015

Now, plug in those headphones because it’s time to learn together about online business, entrepreneurship, internet marketing, audience building, passive income, blogging, list building, virtual assistants, startups, search engine optimization, email marketing and so much more. 10) Amy Porterfield. Online Marketing Made Easy. 17) Mitch Joel.

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PR Conversations

APRIL 21, 2016

Even in smaller organizations, many recognize that “employee engagement” (related to where staff feel their individual contributions are valued) results in healthier work environments and trust in leadership, higher job satisfaction, increased productivity and staff retention. As Kirstene Stewart states, “Homogeneity is a creativity killer.”

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Beyond PR

MAY 3, 2016

As our new white paper Relationships & Discoverability explains, doing so will amplify the online reach of your content and even lead to media pickup — both of which are paramount to content marketing success. CNW used an action image of speaker David Meerman Scott to promote their blog interview via Twitter.

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