Buzzstream

JANUARY 22, 2024

In the early days of Google, guest posting was seen as a legitimate SEO strategy, and Google didn’t publicly penalize it. Matt Cutts’ infamous blog post advised “sticking a fork in it” because guest posting for links was done. So, you’ll also need to judge the quality of the writing itself.

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Analysis SEO Guidelines Google 90

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Content like blogs and opinion pieces allow a CEO to show depth and personality, which helps build a distinct personal brand. Authoring a weekly blog allows a leader to write in her own voice – which becomes part of the voice of the brand. Two blog posts each week becomes a permanent SEO-friendly knowledge base.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

While traditionally PR work consisted of press releases, pitching, and occasional damage control, today’s PR teams must have a diverse digital skill set, including SEO strategy, social media savvy, data analysis and more. Today, the range is much broader, encompassing blog content, confessional-style social updates, and, of course, video.

Analytics 170

Analytics Tools Social Media Trends 170

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

Vendors are giving us reason to be optimistic about public relations technology – from AI that will predict your pitching success to more tangible PR measurement and attribution. 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 ).

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

If left to my own devices I write in a passive voice, I habitually use compound sentences, and my vocabulary choice is less than ideal (humblebrag – I use too many syllables). On a weekly basis, I get a platform to the communications and marketing communities and need to write effectively for them. Tools to improve your headlines.

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Tools How To SEO Writing 120

Wildfire

AUGUST 1, 2018

So, forgive me in this blog post if I talk about the logical aspect of PR, rather than the creative, and use this as a chance to talk about measurement. PR has a reputation of being beastly to measure. We were lumped into the same boat as advertising, where measuring the effectiveness of a campaign was wholly unscientific.

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Measurement Analytics Google Agency 49

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The company’s measures are based on the pitches sent through their systems. The top metrics for marketing communications leaders: 46% lead generation; 45% web traffic; 45% social media engagement; 35% conversion rate; 33% sales; 30% brand share of voice; 24% followers/social media; 18% ad impressions/ reach; and 11% SEO rankings.

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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. It also increases your SEO and search rankings, which brings those prospects directly to you. If not, complete the following exercise: Write down all of the questions you are asked in new business—aka sales—meetings. Do it well.

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Exercises Google Writing Blogging 198

Newsfile

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

PR professionals use this data to assess sentiment, measure reach, identify emerging issues, and adjust communication strategies accordingly. How Do You Measure Media Coverage? Measuring media coverage involves quantifying the impact and visibility of PR efforts. company website, blogs). What is SEO PR?

Viral 52

Viral Crisis Communications SEO Reputation 52

Buzzstream

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

What’s more, is that relevant links hold value outside of just SEO. Link relevance measures how relevant a backlink is to your site. There’s no set scale for link relevancy and we don’t know exactly how Google measures this either. Gone are the days of ranking through brute-force, high-scale link building.

How To 62

How To Google SEO Pitching 62

Critical Mention

JUNE 19, 2019

Once you set your goals, you can set KPIs to measure your content’s success. Fifty-nine percent of B2B marketers say email is their most effective channel for revenue generation ( WordStream ), and over 88% of companies are marketing on social media ( SEO expert ). This involves testing your content and measuring its success.

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Content Marketing How To Marketing B2B 128

Critical Mention

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Here are just a few: Different KPIs your Organization can Measure: 1. Measuring the performance of your organization’s digital efforts will help you identify what strategies to push forward and which ones to set aside. Keep SEO in Mind. SEO plays a big part in today’s digital media marketing. Unique Website Visitors.

Marketing 92

Marketing SEO Radio Video 92

Critical Mention

APRIL 5, 2019

And companies that blog have a whopping 434 percent more indexed pages than businesses without blogs, leading to better SEO. How do I measure its success? When she’s not writing, you can find her at music festivals, hiking or snowboarding. Research the types of content marketing that sell. SCHEDULE A DEMO.

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Content Marketing Marketing Crisis Communications SEO 75

Beyond PR

JULY 27, 2016

PR can even boost your SEO. To promote a blog post, white paper, or other piece of marketing content, the entire press release must be reconsidered. Pay attention to these 12 things when writing a press release for your demand gen content. Audience: You’re not writing a content press release for journalists.

Writing 40

Writing SEO Web Content Marketing 40

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

It’s not just thinking about writing that I’ve been engaging in. It’s not just thinking about writing that I’ve been engaging in. Image: mj*laflaca via Flickr , Creative Commons It’s about how that writing looks. They might be helpful to you as you continue on your path as a blogging Grasshopper.

Blogging 86

Blogging Writing Facebook Twitter 86

Flack's Revenge

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

I first learned of Stone Temple and their great work in SEO and digital marketing through an acquaintance, and interviewed CEO Eric Enge for a post on Maximize Social Business awhile back. I had to learn more, and asked Mark if he’d entertain some questions for the blog. He agreed; see the Q and A below. How do you promote them?

Video 153

Video B2B Film Marketing 153

Sword and the Script

APRIL 6, 2021

SEMrush is better known for its SEO tools, but it moved into PR last year with the acquisition of Prowly in 2020. One of the things SEO tools can do, that most media monitoring solutions cannot, is detect backlinks. SEMrush has had an impressive streak in the SEO space. Articles, blog posts and content picks.

Media 105

Media SEO Analytics Analysis 105

Critical Mention

JANUARY 9, 2019

John Hall writes in Forbes: “Too many companies see customers as gatekeepers to wallets; meanwhile, customers feel ignored at best–and insulted at worst–when the journey ends.”. To be a successful marketer, you must be able to measure your strategies. SEO goes mobile. Data drives marketing. SCHEDULE A DEMO.

Trends 108

Trends Marketing Mobile YouTube 108

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Clients now expect PR people to also be search experts, content experts, working knowledge of Google Analytics, knowledge of all sorts of tracking tools to measure effectiveness, while filming, producing, and editing video and managing multiple social media accounts.”. Pressure on measurement. Additional duties. More internal comms.

Communications 120

Communications Crisis Internal International 120

The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

Check out this interview to begin to improve your measurement today. Here he outlines a talk from Yext’s Duane Forrester on what a future SEO job description. But inspired by preeminent statistician, George Box, Orin also outlines why asking the correct questions in measurement and evaluation is key. When do they want it?

Tools 136

Tools Publicity SEO Measurement 136

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

I believe when people write predictions, they aren’t just saying what they think will happen but revealing a reflection of sorts. As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. To put it another way, predictions are equal parts analysis and aspiration. Blogger outreach gets personal.

Marketing 214

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 214

Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

PR measurement can be a bit like a self-fulfilling prophecy. On one hand, it gets dinged for a lack of measurement. On the other hand, measuring some PR activities, like earned media , is far more challenging than other forms of marketing and communications. If you want blogs, you don’t want press releases.

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Study Media Relations Media Measurement 138

Shift Communications

AUGUST 25, 2017

From blog posts to white papers, most companies create some form of owned content but not all are utilizing it to its fullest potential – or even know how it performs on its own. Daily blog posts demand large amounts of time and effort. Success is more than just clicks; it’s also SEO, social shares, engagement and quality of content.

Data 92

Data SEO Guidelines Advertising 92

Critical Mention

APRIL 2, 2019

WooRank conducts an SEO audit and gives you comprehensive results. You can also compare your SEO to your competition by adding up to three competitors and comparing results like their keyword usage, technical website optimization, and more! But without competitor analysis tools you simply can’t achieve this. Wappalyzer. SimilarWeb.

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Analysis Tools SEO Software 74

Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Measurement… Supplemented October 22nd, 2010 Tweet Last week, Priya Ramesh, CRT/tanaka ‘s director of social media, joined us for the bi-weekly #measurePR chat. Were they paid? Sales of what?

Measurement 60

Measurement Social Media Tourism Twitter 60

Contently - Strategy

APRIL 28, 2022

Your SMEs and other experts may be hesitant to participate in marketing because they’re not writers or marketers, so make it easy on them: offer to interview them and write up the draft. For example, Nextiva ‘s growth marketing team aligns lead volumes with SEO metrics to determine where to adjust their content.

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Product Launch Measurement Marketing Meeting 106

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Ten Reasons PR Pros Should Blog November 10th, 2010 Tweet Last week, Joe Hackman hosted Danny Brown , Gini Dietrich and me on his BlogTalkRadio show, aptly entitled PRapalooza. Blogging is a strange beast.

Blogging 90

Blogging Facebook Twitter Writing 90

The Resolution Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

It’s using your own channels (like your blog and social media) to attract people to your business. You want to try and become part of their research process with the content you create and use tactics like SEO to make sure it reaches them. Measurement can be quite interesting here. How do you measure the success of inbound?

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Measurement Case Study Pitching Agency 120

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 14, 2011

If you’re just getting started blogging (or maybe even if you’ve been doing it a while), here are some WordPress plugins I really really like. I really like its functionality, plus it’s a great way for folks to search on your blog as well as on the Interwebz without actually leaving your blog. LinkWithin.

Blogging 93

Blogging Facebook Twitter Measurement 93

The Proactive Report

MAY 12, 2017

CMOs at the largest technology companies report that building out content marketing as an organizational competency is the second most important initiative, only behind measuring ROI. ( Brilliant content posted on your website, blog or newsroom will not do the job. SEO writing is a vital PR skill today.

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Knowledge Base SEO Strategy Digital PR 113

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

“Business outcomes tend to have two qualities in common; first, they have to be a measure of behavioral change (sales or otherwise); and second, as a metric, business outcomes must make sense/be recognizable across an organization.&# He then said, “The second way to measure offline business outcomes is to use primary research.

Measurement 77

Measurement Publicity Web Analytics 77

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 30, 2022

I couldn’t find any financial data on the deal but in a separate piece for Media Post Laurie Sullivan writes that Kelp has 10 employees and “Signal AI has about 220 employees.” Muck Rack released an integration with Google Analytics (GA) that helps PR measure web traffic from media placements. I’d link to the BI story, but it’s gated.

Publicity 85

Publicity Survey Enterprise Pitching 85

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The top challenge for marketers today is disregarding the latest sparkly things (social media, SEO, paying for leads,law domains ) and focusing instead on real techniques that generate new business. By this, I mean a frequently updated blog. It’s true that the more you blog, the more clients you get. SEO is snake oil.

Marketing 62

Marketing SEO Pharmaceuticals Google 62

Cision

AUGUST 22, 2016

Demian Farnworth, writing for Copyblogger describes AMP’s purpose like this: “On a scale from 1 to 10, with one being “not loading at all” and ten being “loading in one second,” AMP content will load at a page speed of 11.” Most self-hosted (blog) content uses WordPress ( 69 percent of CMS sites by one measure).

Mobile 96

Mobile SEO Web Google 96

Critical Mention

MARCH 27, 2019

In short, getting good at writing email subject lines is essential to successful niche marketing. The key areas of SEO to which niche marketers should be paying the closest attention include: High-quality written content : Professionally-written, optimized blog, email, and ad content is the best option here. Until next time!

Strategy 61

Strategy Marketing SEO Social Media 61

Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Is measurement lost? I didn’t think I’d get back into the blogging saddle for a few days yet, but I couldn’t help it when I read this excellent post from Nick Lucido on the problem with PR measurement. The biggest problem with measurement is a lack of understanding of the basic principles of this art.

Measurement 53

Measurement Blogging Tourism Twitter 53

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 18, 2011

What this does is let you select a certain number of blogs from your blogroll, and only that number of blogs will be displayed. Being a non-geek, I had no idea that WordPress’ WSYWIG editor has a lot more options than show up in your “kitchen sink&# when you’re writing posts. Image: tamra hays via Flickr, CC 2.0

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Blogging Facebook Twitter Measurement 81