Polaris

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Content marketing is all the rage nowadays. And there’s no shortage of marketing firms touting content marketing as the latest bandwagon you don’t want to miss. Yet, truth be told, content marketing is nothing new. Below are 5 essentials of an effective content marketing strategy.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 21, 2018

For many B2B technology brands, data is not only a business asset, but a PR tool. No one should underestimate the power of data for storytelling. The data is often derived inexpensively from behavior surveys or flash polls, or it may already exist within the company’s own research unit. 5 reasons to embrace data-driven PR.

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Contently - Strategy

AUGUST 11, 2022

When these words start to appear, conventional wisdom tells businesses to cut their marketing budgets. As multiple researchers have found over decades of studies, stopping your marketing efforts during tough times is a mistake. How content marketing leads to meaningful ROI. Audit your content.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Public relations and content marketing are powerful when they work together, particularly for B2B PR programs designed to educate prospective customers and push them down the funnel to a point of purchase. But when they work in concert, PR and content marketing are a 1+1+3 situation. Never discount earned media.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

By gathering data from visitors and customers’ actions, you can design and deliver a better experience for them. A successful entrepreneur is one who knows how to use data insights to make better business decisions. But you can’t make a well-informed decision or craft a strategy unless you democratize data.

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Cision

APRIL 23, 2015

This post is based on our white paper “ Outside-The-Box Content Marketing for PR.” ” A week into 2014, Mark Schaefer published a blog post that questioned whether content marketing – which he termed “the hottest marketing trend around” – was a sustainable strategy for businesses.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Content marketing as a discipline is still relatively new, and it’s evolving into whatever we professional communicators and marketers say it is. How do you most effectively package your company’s unique value propositions and expertise, and deliver it to the market? Focus on the content. Play to their ego.

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Flack's Revenge

AUGUST 9, 2016

At last week’s NY Data Science Meetup (at Metis NYC ) we learned how the Huffington Post , the largest social publisher, is using data science to better understand which articles can benefit from a promotional push. The meetup was about Data Science in the Newsroom. Data across the Content Life Cycle.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2017

First, I think data provides a wide canvas of the happenings in the industry. It’s good to know where and how other marketers are finding success. Those categories are: Content marketing statistics. Social media marketing statistics. Marketing measurement statistics. Content Marketing Statistics.

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Onclusive

DECEMBER 16, 2020

We will begin seeing more jobs and spending from both businesses and consumers. Fusion of PR and content marketing Content marketing is a proven way to break through the noise, as long as the content is highly visible. That’s why content marketing needs PR.

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Journalistics

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Brands have never cared more about content marketing. It is the hot topic for 2013, as brands look to leverage great content to expand their reach, drive more engagement or improve their search engine rankings – to name a few. Before we called it content marketing, we called it marketing communications.

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Tribe Builder Media

APRIL 9, 2019

Why is it that content marketing is touted as one of the best online marketing strategies for business exposure? OK, that’s great, but exactly how do you go about perfecting the art of content marketing ? Content marketing resources… lots and lots of resources —that’s how!

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Onclusive

JUNE 24, 2020

In our last blog , we shared some insights on consumer behavior with the media. Research shows that both paid and traditional media are becoming less trusted, and therefore less effective, owned media has become a critical cornerstone of the marketing mix. The five strategies shared in this blog series can help you do just that.

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Contently - Strategy

MAY 8, 2019

As Contently’s co-founder and CTO, I’m always thinking about new ways software can help people. Technology has played a huge role in the growth of content marketing by simplifying communication, automating tasks, and collecting data. Customers don’t want to be bombarded by annoying sales tactics.

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PR 20/20

OCTOBER 23, 2018

According to Content Marketing Institute Research Director Lisa Beets ( @LisaBeets ), “Nearly all top-performing B2B content marketers—90%—put their audience’s informational needs ahead of their company’s sales/promotional message.”. Today, more B2B marketers than ever rely on a content marketing approach.

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PR 20/20

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

As content marketing continues to evolve, businesses across the globe have adopted it at a rapid pace. So what’s predicted to become of content marketing this year? To help cut through the clutter, I've compiled influencer trends from top shared posts based on BuzzSumo data from the past year. Visual content.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

If the B2B community feels overwhelmed by the volume of content, then B2B marketing might feel overwhelmed by the volume of content marketing studies. Yet it’s still important to pause from time-to-time and review the data and trends. Here are the cliff notes to four recent content marketing studies.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 3, 2017

B2B marketing has overwhelmingly adopted the concept of content marketing, according to the 2018 B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets & Trends survey. That may mean content marketing is maturing, but that also means competition for an audience will heat up. 50% say improved distribution.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Every year, a handful of PR 20/20 team members head to Content Marketing World ( #CMWorld ) hosted in our very own Cleveland, Ohio. CMWorld is the largest content-focused event of its kind, bringing together 4,000+ marketers to learn the tools and materials needed to build the best content marketing strategies.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

be the year that some SaaS vendor figures out how to manage and market B2B influencer marketing at scale. There are several platforms out there to simplify and manage B2C influencer marketing, such as Paladin, Heepsy, HypeAuditor, and InBeat. But B2B influencer marketing works completely differently. “I

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5W PR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

With consumers engaging across multiple platforms, integrating digital media planning has become essential for creating a seamless and impactful brand experience. This approach aims to provide consistent messaging, optimize resource allocation, and enhance customer experiences across the entire consumer journey.

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Onclusive

JUNE 17, 2020

Consumers are growing tired of paid media. Their statistics show that branded websites and other forms of owned media are the second-most trusted form of marketing, with 70% of global respondents saying they completely or somewhat trust these sources. Savvy brands are focusing on owned media and content marketing.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Data-driven PR. One of the big headlines for 2022 is that a data-driven approach to PR will be a must. And that requires good data – not only to find the right people and outlets but also to measure the reach and impact of these efforts. Eventually, and thankfully, DEI will be expected and not a marketing point.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 18, 2023

A study including behavioral data and a poll of 38,000 B2B professionals finds the more B2B content your “audience consumes, the more likely they are to be closing in on a purchase decision.” NetLine captured behavioral data from some 5.4 Overall, demand for content is up a whopping 55% since 2019.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Here’s a look at statistics across PR, marketing, and social media that were surfaced in the various reports and studies covered on this blog throughout 2020. Many of the blog posts published here are based on survey research, analytical studies or other sources of data. Content marketing statistics from 2020.

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Tribe Builder Media

APRIL 9, 2019

Why is it that content marketing is touted as one of the best online marketing strategies for business exposure? OK, that’s great, but exactly how do you go about perfecting the art of content marketing ? Content marketing resources… lots and lots of resources —that’s how!

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Here’s a small taste: Google Trends can spice up recipes for media : Thanksgiving and other holidays where food has a central role often create seasonal editorial opportunities for food related consumer brands. Let’s face it though – if you’re pitching a turkey-themed recipe, odds are so is everyone else. Alan Marcus. Vice President .

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PR 20/20

OCTOBER 25, 2022

This is particularly paramount considering a staggering 81 percent of consumers research products online before going to the store, with 46 percent of those searches beginning on Google. You may be an expert in your field, but without content, how will customers know it? Curated consumer content. Enhanced customer trust.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 16, 2016

And so the B2B marketing struggle is the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing links (UML). Here are three data intensive and thought-provoking pieces on B2B content marketing. 1) B2B Marketers Struggle with Effective Content Marketing. Content marketing continues to grow as a trend.

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 12, 2018

We need to integrate consumer clients into trending conversations, valuable insights into our pitches and data into how we’re benchmarking best practices and measuring success. In 2017 we saw consumers gravitate toward the experiential with a desire to make unique memories – and document them all on social media, of course.

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Cision

JANUARY 10, 2018

Data-driven recruitment tools like Harver work to eliminate the tedious task of manually sorting through hundreds of applicants to find the perfect additions to your business. This means that a solid content marketing strategy will do wonders for your brand messaging. Conclusion.

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The Resolution Blog

AUGUST 11, 2015

They are still ads and most consumers know this. SEO in competitive markets relies heavily on pro-active influencer campaigns to authentically earn links back to their websites. Progressive SEO teams learnt early that the key to this was content marketing and influencer relations. Colossal amounts of money are spent.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

If you’re uncertain about what goals can inform your consumer engagement and event marketing strategy, asking some questions about the brand can help narrow this down. These might include: What is the brand currently missing that greater consumer engagement can address? Tools are often built into the platforms you use.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

B2B marketing should take a little slice of the display ad budget and invest in media relations, genuine content marketing (not marketing content) and paid distribution of related assets from both . For example, a study – data analysis from one adtech company puts the CTR rate of LinkedIn ads at.67%.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 23, 2024

Your marketing and public relations (PR) campaigns are vital methods of connecting and communicating with consumers. Just as a turn of phrase can shift consumer trust in a brand’s favor, a misjudged tone in the brand voice can also derail your efforts. It is, after all, only working on mathematical models and data.

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Landis PR

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Content creation is merely experiencing the next wave of its evolution. That means, as content marketers, we must learn how, and when, to effectively leverage AI-assisted content within our marketing strategies.

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Buzzstream

MAY 9, 2018

We aggregated outreach data from over 12,000 campaigns across 2,000 active BuzzStream accounts and analyzed it to understand reply rates by campaign. The most striking aspect of the data we analyzed is the sheer range of the distribution. Based on the data, fake personalization actually generates a -1.3% Methodology.

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