Critical Mention

APRIL 5, 2019

Without great content, you lessen your chance of generating leads and conversions. Simply put, content marketing is an effective way to generate and nurture leads, as well as keep your brand relevant in today’s digital world. What is content marketing? Choose your content distribution channels.

Content Marketing 75

Content Marketing Marketing Crisis Communications SEO 75

Sword and the Script

MARCH 24, 2015

As a metric for content marketing, pageviews are flawed according to a white paper – Why Content Marketers Are Using All the Wrong Metrics – published by Contently. The company provides the combination of a talent marketplace and content marketing software to manage projects and campaigns.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Measurement Marketing Analytics 60

Onclusive

JUNE 24, 2020

Creating valuable content is never easy, and doing so at scale is even more difficult. You likely have great staff who can help write content, it’s worth your while to try to enlist those experts at your company for their subject matter expertise. Measure and improve. Seek internal experts. Amplify your message.

Strategy 418

Strategy Media Advertising Advertising 418

Cision

APRIL 20, 2015

If you’re developing digital content in any capacity, you’ve probably run across some of the following advice: Develop a content strategy. Write “good” content. What I want to do in this post is to identify 11 content marketing mistakes that you should avoid. Use headline formulas.

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Marketing Mobile YouTube 120

Cision

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Anne Carton is a small business consultant, digital marketing expert and blogger working with Designhill , the world’s largest online graphic design marketplace. Ann primarily writes about social media and growth hack strategies, SEO and e-commerce. Want to deliver valuable content in 2016? The answer is simple!

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Trends Marketing Storytelling 120

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 24, 2018

Write a rock-solid PR plan. The objectives should be clear as well as measurable. For example, direct-marketing will nearly always have an impact on demand generation, while PR affects brand visibility and reputation. It’s helpful to use the company’s marketing calendar as a guiding star when crafting the PR plan.

Writing 136

Writing How To Pitching Privacy 136

Cision

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Content marketing has the power to turn your brand into a driving force in your industry, but with so much competition in the marketplace, how can you ensure that your content makes an impact? What other challenges do you see brands facing in terms of content? A: It’s SO HARD to stand out.

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Strategy Marketing How To 120

Sword and the Script

MARCH 26, 2024

Thought leadership benefits B2B marketing in so many ways – awareness, consideration and even customer retention – but it can have adverse effects when it’s under-resourced and turns out to be light on substance The social media platform LinkedIn and the PR firm Edelman routinely team up to conduct surveys.

Leadership 127

Leadership B2B Study Survey 127

Cision

DECEMBER 12, 2015

Do the marketing tools and tactics you use actually keep your brand top of mind? It may be time to say out with the old (traditional TV advertising) and in with the new (brand journalism). Why Are You Writing? For Whom Are You Writing? What Are You Writing? Want proof?

Journalism 120

Journalism Branding Brand Writing 120

Cision

JANUARY 5, 2017

Sometimes, despite our very best efforts to write down our goals, we tend to skip over creating a documented PR content strategy. Why are these two factors so important in your content’s success? Luckily, the PESO model makes it easy to define an effective plan, and ensure your content will produce measurable results.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 9, 2015

His commentary was presented in a white paper titled The Future of Content co-produced by The Content Counsel and an AdAge team that writes sponsored content for brands. Yet the paper also surfaces the underlying driver of the shift to content marketing. Drop “going viral” as a goal. What’s your take?

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Employee Marketing Viral 60

The Hoyt Organization

MARCH 25, 2024

Public relations is vital in healthcare by helping build brand reputation, promoting services, and establishing patient trust. All your goals should be SMART – Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. This guide will discuss some key healthcare public relations strategies.

Healthcare 70

Healthcare Strategy Publicity Pharmaceuticals 70

Contently - Strategy

JANUARY 26, 2023

The good news is that many companies have already cracked the thought leadership code using strategies that content marketers can emulate. The same C-level decision makers that leverage it in their decision-making processes are difficult to impress— only 17% of them rate the content they read as “very good” or “excellent.”

Leadership 126

Leadership Content Marketing Healthcare Google 126

The Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

News outlets mostly measure the wrong things,” writes Tom Rosenstiel, a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution and Executive Director of API. These stories generate 83% more page views, 39% more time spent reading the content and 103% more sharing activity than other topics.

Digital PR 100

Digital PR Analytics Measurement Enterprise 100

Cision

JANUARY 3, 2018

Speculation runs rampant, but likely part of the cause of the budget crunch is the fact that it’s so difficult to measure results from content marketing. Know that there are tools that solve the content and earned media measurement challenge. Challenge #4: Disconnect Between Content and Real-World Behavior.

Measurement 225

Measurement Tools eBook Analytics 225

Sword and the Script

MAY 6, 2017

That’s according to new YouGov survey ( PDF results ) as reported by Ayaz Nanji for MarketingProfs : Are Ads Adjacent to Offensive Content Viewed as Endorsing That Content? Writing, Labels and Cohorts; Words Really Do Matter [UML]. Your Marketing Predecessor was Probably a Hot Mess [UML]. 3) Context in measurements.

Measurement 66

Measurement Marketing Survey Advertising 66

Critical Mention

JANUARY 22, 2019

What has your journey been like in marketing and how has it changed over time? I went into Marketing by way of writing. But I thought writing a diary was boring. But Marketing fundamentals remain constant. Content Marketing overall is getting increasingly better at connecting actions and outcomes.

Interviews 104

Interviews Content Marketing Writing Journalism 104

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Editor's Note: The following excerpt originally appeared in Content Marketing Fast Forward. Despite advances in marketing automation, much of the technology marketers rely on to plan, execute, and evaluate content marketing campaigns is elementary. AI Takes the Human Guesswork Out of Content Marketing.

Content Marketing 53

Content Marketing Marketing Analytics Resources 53

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Professionals across the globe share analysis and perhaps, aspiration, in offering up PR and marketing predictions for 2022. I believe when people write predictions, they aren’t just saying what they think will happen but revealing a reflection of sorts. Eventually, and thankfully, DEI will be expected and not a marketing point.

Marketing 214

Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 214

Onclusive

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

A strong PR agency that aligns with and understands your business can be an invaluable strategic adviser and resource for your brand in this endeavor. However, not all brand and PR agency relationships are created equal. That said, not every organization should hire a PR agency. technology, CPG, financial services, etc.)—make

Agency 195

Agency Strategy Communications How To 195

The Proactive Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

This new report shows relative 2014 media coverage for ten top business-to-business (B2B) tech brands – Amazon, Cisco, Dell, EMC, Google, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, and Oracle. One click on the top line report drills down to share of voice for each brand in each of the top five B2B tech topics. com/technovision.

Report 133

Report Big Data Branding Brand 133

The Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

News outlets mostly measure the wrong things,” writes Tom Rosenstiel, a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution and Executive Director of API. These stories generate 83% more page views, 39% more time spent reading the content and 103% more sharing activity than other topics.

Analytics 100

Analytics Digital PR Measurement Enterprise 100

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

Public relations professionals create and maintain a positive image for their organization, often through the use of marketing, branding, and communication strategies. Marketing efforts often involve paid advertising, and the goal is to reach as many people as possible in order to increase sales. It’s not a bad take.

Interviews 98

Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 98

Critical Mention

OCTOBER 25, 2021

He is left trying to write down individual tweets, which is both humorous and pathetic. Trying to track all the relevant media and public sentiment for a brand is impossible, as Greg demonstrated. Eric Lebowitz joined Critical Mention in 2018 as its Director of Marketing.

Media 162

Media Fashion Radio Television 162

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Content marketing is blending the functions of marketing and sales to the extent, marketing has lost its focus on creating demand. That’s my take after listening to Tom Webster evolve a concept over couple of podcasts on The Marketing Companion and finally rendered in a more polished format on Mark W. I sure have.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Marketing Measurement Writing 60

Prohibition

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Only 5% of all branded content online content gets 90% of consumer engagements, so standing out from the crowd and ensuring campaigns and convert has never been more important – or more difficult. Without a clear definition of the ultimate aim of your marketing campaign, it’s impossible to be able to measure the results.

Measurement 62

Measurement Marketing SEO B2C 62

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. Want to write for Cision®?

How To 177

How To Guidelines Content Marketing Video 177

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 30, 2024

Boeing: Brand crises abound in January, and perhaps no one knows this better than the world’s largest aerospace company, Boeing. The brand explained precisely how its teams had gone about investigating the incident, including looking for patterns in the data, and made it clear they were ready to act if they did find an issue.”

Ethics 97

Ethics Crisis Transportation Airlines 97

Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 5, 2015

But how many of us are effectively measuring it? Here are some tips on getting started measuring your storytelling efforts. 5 “W”s to Consider Before Starting PR Measurement. The other half involves measuring to prove ROI,” says Gina Joseph before she reveals the big “W”s. ” 4. Silverman.

Storytelling 40

Storytelling Measurement Content Marketing Tools 40

Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

It’s not news that social media has taken the business world by storm, changing the way consumers research their purchases and creating an unprecedented opportunity for brands to build one-to-one relationships with their brand’s biggest fans. Shared Media. Shared media is also known as social media.

Newspapers 331

Newspapers Media Relations Measurement Social Media 331

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

In turn, social media experts have rushed to proclaim brands should be using video to drive better engagement. Yet the cries for fostering more brand engagement persist and it’s rapidly becoming a no-win situation for marketing. In fact, engagement on social media has never mattered less for a brand.

Social Media 115

Social Media Brand Branding Media 115

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

There’s no written playbook for navigating the PR challenges likely to arise, and smart marketers and comms pros will trust their judgment and past experiences in guiding strategy and providing counsel. Expanded brand collaboration “Partnership Paradise: 2024 will be the year of brand partnerships.

Writing 190

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 190

Cision

JANUARY 11, 2018

Earned media has become increasingly important with 89 percent of marketing/communications professionals saying they use it to support the demand generation goal of driving brand awareness. Artifical intelligence made it easier for marketers to get better results in a number of different ways.

Communications 225

Communications Marketing Radio Airlines 225

Onclusive

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Since 2012, AirPR Software has provided PR and content marketing professionals with reporting and analytics that actually matter to the C-Suite and core stakeholders. AirPR Analyst’s new navigation and search/filter functionality were designed to mirror the workflow of a PR or marketing pro’s daily activities.

Software 207

Software Analysis Comparison Trends 207

Critical Mention

JANUARY 22, 2019

What has your journey been like in marketing and how has it changed over time? I went into Marketing by way of writing. But I thought writing a diary was boring. But Marketing fundamentals remain constant. Content Marketing overall is getting increasingly better at connecting actions and outcomes.

Interviews 60

Interviews Content Marketing Writing Journalism 60

Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Content marketers often have difficulty getting executive buy-in for customer research. Not all companies have heavy pennies for product marketing—meaning content marketers are expected to do the humungous task of audience research on their own, along with their other responsibilities. Lack of buy-in.

B2B 94

B2B Company Survey Enterprise 94

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

That’s measured by asking respondents to rate trust on a nine-point scale from “distrust” to “neutral” to “trust.” Keep your content marketing separate and distinct. Write with journalistic ideals. This blog is just a clever cover story for a boutique and savvy marketing and PR consultancy serving B2B tech.

Government 136

Government Survey Ethics Media 136