Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

What is for sure is that a solid PR team is versatile and can expertly cover down on a broad number of functions: internal comms, external comms, executive comms, media relations, analyst relations, corporate social responsibility, thought leadership and marcom, and as I’ve long proposed, content marketing, among many others.

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Flack's Revenge

AUGUST 9, 2016

They reported the experiences of social teams and editors at some of the largest broadcast, print daily and native web outlets. Geetu Ambwani, Principal Data Scientist at Huffington Post, recalled the days when their editors monitored searches trending on Google to inform content creation and curation. Click here to find out how.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

OCTOBER 24, 2023

That is, they have unprecedented and seemingly unlimited access to the voice of the consumer. But even the most successful leaders are only beginning to understand how to leverage the consumer’s voice in this brave new world of nearly infinite market data. Contact us to discuss your specific needs.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Over the past 12 months or so, I’ve easily reviewed and written about more than 20 such PR surveys from the PR sector (there many more about marketing). Recently I went back through all the write-ups I’ve published on surveys and boiled the results down to these ten. Content marketing and media relations need each other.

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Communications Conversations

JANUARY 26, 2016

I’m talking about the broader scope of PR here–media relations, content marketing, social media marketing, community relations, etc. But, a number of stats and reports lately (not to mention consumer behavior trends in general) have got me thinking: We may be well past the tipping point.

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Cision

JUNE 6, 2017

According to research by Boston Consulting Group, one ultraloyal customer who shares content can generate eight times his or her own consumption through their advocacy. The key idea here is that the economic value of content marketing does not come from content. It comes from the transmission of content.

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Beyond PR

MARCH 6, 2018

Annoyed and overwhelmed, consumers are fed up with intrusive advertising and sales tactics. It’s no surprise, 70 percent of society wants to learn about products and services through content and not advertisements. Content Marketing is no Longer a Shiny New Object. But What Makes Content Marketers Successful?

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Beyond PR

MARCH 1, 2018

But today, consumers don’t think and move in packs any longer. There is no consumer mob these days. It’s downright scary that a majority of senior executives do not know whether there was any real-world behavior created by content marketing and earned media. This plan worked, for a long time. Did they read more?

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Content optimization for the mobile and semantic web. Right now, the biggest focus is on writing and presenting content for mobile consumption. Google recently updated its search algorithms to reward mobile-friendly content in a shakeup the search engine optimization sector called Mobilegeddon. Emerged Trends.

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ReimaginePR

MAY 9, 2016

In today’s crowded marketplace, consumers just don’t have time for inauthenticity. You could be hesitant about writing your personal bio or publishing an engaging blog post each week, for example. Maybe it’s not the literal idea of writing your bio, but the idea of promoting yourself that’s really making you uncomfortable.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

“Communications professionals are now responsible for producing videos and podcasts, hosting live stream events, playing photographer, designing graphics, learning the back end of websites and more to keep up with changes in the ways people consume information.”. Lines between what constitutes PR and content marketing continue to blur.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 1, 2017

While that maxim had elements of truth five years ago, when I wrote that content marketing was the new branding , today I wonder if we’re not coming full circle, yet again. Where a few years ago, print was dragging the publishing industry into a morass of unprofitability, today, it is hinting at revival. Then on Just 5,000.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In today’s digital landscape, content writing plays a pivotal role in attracting and engaging both human readers and search engines. This article presents eight practical and effective tips to help content writers strike the perfect balance between user-friendly content and search engine optimization (SEO) strategies.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

However, other traditionally print new organizations – notably the Wall Street Journal and USA Today – got into the podcast game far earlier. Avid podcast listeners consume an average of five a week – listening for four hours and 10 minutes (chart nearby used with permission by The Marketing Companion ).

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2017

He has also been a marketer and accepts an occasional commission for business writing. His experience sitting on both sides of the table, and a conceivably comparable pressure for clicks, has given him a balanced and long-term perspective on business communications and marketing. Want to be part of the Off Script series?

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MaccaPR

DECEMBER 10, 2014

When I first started our agency, I relied solely on PPC and SEO to market ThinkSEM, because I didn’t think blogs, social media or content marketing would do anything for us! The moral of the story for marketers: SEO, PPC, social media – it’s all tied together. Well, I was sorely mistaken.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

This is because all clients – corporations and consumers – will check your site to see if you can show a depth of experience. 2) Do you believe law firm marketing has become harder or easier in the last few years? .” – print advertising. By this, I mean a frequently updated blog. I would cut: – Social media.

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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%). Regardless of the organization or industry you serve, corporate communications and PR can be a time-consuming, workday-busting affair with little or no set schedule.

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Contently - Strategy

AUGUST 22, 2019

Believe it or not, the caution with which consumers approach money actually makes finance content into fertile ground for creativity. After all, the actual content of bank marketing stays largely the same from institution to institution—there are finite ways to approach writing about, say, a checking account or a credit card.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 13, 2016

Studies often tell us the more engagement consumers have with a company, the more they will buy. Blogging and content creation through social media are excellent avenues for content marketers to create and measure. Those are vanity metrics. They make someone feel good, but do nothing for the company’s bottom line.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The list below is broken into four sections: Marketing statistics from 2020. Content marketing statistics from 2020. The survey found, “The top three areas live event budgets will be reallocated to are content creation (43%): hosted webinars (40%); and search marketing (33%).”. Social media statistics from 2020.

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Flack's Revenge

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

So is native advertising (sometimes called brand journalism or, more generally, content marketing) a curse or cure all? Or does it confuse consumers and prevent them from getting unbiased news ? The upside of this content-rich era is that most of us are sophisticated and discerning news consumers.

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Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Brands like to pay lip service to the customer experience, but if marketers want their content to make a real impact, they have to commit. Content marketing isn’t just a constant stream of advertisements. Who are these consumers, and where do they typically find the articles they read?

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 1, 2022

It’s sponsored content, which is a form of advertising, which is unquestionably paid media. Cision – the Swedish company that grew up making printed directories of media contacts – ought to have the institutional knowledge to know better than to call it as such. The organization switched from Cision according to the write-up.

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Contently - Strategy

JUNE 11, 2020

More importantly, what should doctors, hospitals, insurers, and healthcare companies do to improve the state of healthcare content online? We’ve extracted the most important healthcare content marketing trends using a combination of quantitative and qualitative data. That partnership can really enrich your content.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

I joined BuzzStream as Director of Content Marketing in November of 2023. But before that, I worked for over ten years with three content marketing agencies and one in-house role. Or a food journalist for print media. Tying your content ideas to search volume can help gain extra exposure and coverage.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

I joined BuzzStream as Director of Content Marketing in November of 2023. But before that, I worked for over ten years with three content marketing agencies and one in-house role. Or a food journalist for print media. Tying your content ideas to search volume can help gain extra exposure and coverage.

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Digital PR Tools Google Pitching 62

Critical Mention

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

For instance, does direct mail work, or has digital marketing rendered it obsolete? As social media and search advertising have become integrated into our everyday lives, many believe that direct mail is an outdated way to reach consumers as smartphones allow millennials to access information, products and services instantly.

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Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

More importantly, what should doctors, hospitals, insurers, and healthcare companies do to improve the state of healthcare content online? We’ve extracted the most important healthcare content marketing trends using a combination of quantitative and qualitative data. The same holds true for healthcare content.

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Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 5, 2019

It’s a wide umbrella, spanning everything from consumer banking, investment banking, credit cards, fintech, insurance, and more. Companies in this space have a unique opportunity to build meaningful relationships with consumers. million for their content marketing budgets in 2019, per Contently research.

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MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The latest content marketing trend our PR agency is seeing is the move toward less content creation and more content promotion. 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.

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Journalistics

MARCH 2, 2013

First, Writing Skills. No matter what you’ve heard about all that sexy social media stuff, you still need to know how to write in PR. Ideally, you majored in Journalism (or English) – or your PR or Communications program had a heavy concentration of writing-related courses. Second, Internship Experience.

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Cision

MAY 21, 2015

SocialZoomFactor is a podcast created for business and marketing leaders. If you want to learn how to integrate social media, content marketing, the latest technology and more, you won’t be disappointed in Pam’s podcasts, which she delivers each weekday. to rock your social media and content marketing.

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Frederik Vincx

DECEMBER 11, 2015

PR teams need to adapt to the changing consumer. All communication teams are striving for the attention of the fickle consumer. And you are not just competing against other PR teams for budgets, but also against advertising, digital, and marketing. Writing a blog post? For example: writing a blog post.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

This new trend some were calling content marketing had the hallmarks of a soft and subtle pitch. Media Changes mean PR needs Content Marketing. It used to be that the salespeople, knew far more about a vehicle than the consumer ever could. Credibility: Why Content Marketing also needs PR .

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