Flack's Revenge

AUGUST 1, 2018

Content curation had been championed as a way to up the pace of content marketing by riding OPC (other people’s content), and to boost thought leadership, by commenting on others’ thoughts when you didn’t have an original idea. Now I was strangely stumped, even disinterested. These are different times.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Marketers are starting to realize the power of video in today’s noisy landscape and are incorporating video into their content marketing strategies at a steadily increasing rate. Worldwide 52 percent of marketing professionals think video content provides the best ROI and is the best way to reach millennials.

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Cision

DECEMBER 19, 2015

In fact, data from Content Marketing Institute reveals that 82 percent of consumers think more highly of a brand and are more likely to purchase after reading custom content. Images: badjonni , Franklin Heijnen ( Creative Commons ). Do you know what customers think about your brand? Get the free white paper!

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 20, 2023

Collaborating with them adds another layer of creativity as they bring their unique perspectives and voices to the table. Influencers can brainstorm and develop content ideas that are fresh, authentic, and memorable.

Brand 40

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 3, 2019

We hosted an initial press launch to kick-start the event where we invited both press and senior stakeholders from both the water industry, local authorities and Yorkshire Water to speak about the importance of The Number Two Tavern and the company’s commitment to making steps to tackle the climate emergency.

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Contently - Strategy

JULY 22, 2021

Today, Traveler spans 87 local editions across the globe. Disclosure: Marriott Bonvoy Traveler has been a Contently customer since its launch in 2014.). Robin Bennefield, Marriott International’s editorial director of Marriott creative and content marketing. ” Local travel for a global audience.

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Cision

APRIL 28, 2015

The locals loved the story. Try the outside-the-box content marketing ideas from our free white paper! Images: Bart Everson , Caelie_Frampton ( Creative Commons ). The employees wanted him back and weren’t going to work until he was. More importantly, they acted and joined the unfolding story. The media loved it.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

“The premier gathering of digital marketers on planet Earth!”. Traffic & Conversion Summit 2020 will feature seven tracks including: big ideas, agencies only, digital retailers, digital advertisers, content marketers, conversational marketers and growth hackers. Marketing AI Conference (MAICON).

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PR 20/20

MARCH 26, 2020

Shoehorn a few vague, coronavirus-related sentences into the intro of your promotional email: “Content marketing is a great way to tell your story, and in times of uncertainty, content marketing is more important than ever. Join us for this 30-minute webinar where we'll share five content marketing tips…!”.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

It’s also a key reason why blogging and content marketing has become an important tool in the media relations toolkit. based reporters said, “ensuring content is 100 percent accurate is the most important” in their organization. Comment: Content marketers should borrow this hint from reporters in their own work.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 8, 2016

Though I’ve been partial to MailChimp for both its model and the opportunity to “buy local,” the Times story pushed me over the edge. 11 Simple Ways for PR to Score Content Marketing Points. Personalization is a marketing trend that’s forever on the horizon. Has your PR firm stopped bringing creative ideas to the table?

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ReimaginePR

JULY 25, 2018

It’s the marketing discipline which helps visitors easily find your site in popular search engines like Google. SEO leverages creative elements and technical elements which help your rankings, spread awareness about your product or brand and ultimately drive traffic to your site. Moz Local Listing Score.

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Cision

MARCH 31, 2016

How has content marketing changed over the years? Likewise, if brands are still just churning out “content” in the same old way, I think they’re doing it wrong. With so many outlets and ways to consume information proliferating these days, you need to be more thoughtful and creative than ever if you want to stand out.

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Beyond PR

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Only a few years ago, it was relatively easy to jump onto social, build an audience and promote your content. It takes savvy, creativity and a penchant for experimentation to connect with audiences. Does your content appeal to a national, state or local audience? Find a newsworthy story angle.

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Prohibition

OCTOBER 28, 2019

As a creative and eco-conscious Yorkshire -based agency, we were eager to win the opportunity to work with Yorkshire Water in the promotion of their ‘Six Capitals’ conference, an event aimed to tackle some of the biggest ecological issues facing both the region and the whole of the UK. Sustainability Conference 9.

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Prohibition

OCTOBER 25, 2019

As a creative and eco-conscious Yorkshire -based agency, we were eager to win the opportunity to work with Yorkshire Water in the promotion of their ‘Six Capitals’ conference, an event aimed to tackle some of the biggest ecological issues facing both the region and the whole of the UK. Sustainability Conference 9.

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Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

She’s an institution in the local PR scene, and without question, someone who has changed many, many lives. Kristina was doing content strategy before it was even a thing (at least, in the modern-day content marketing sense). Laura King, founder, Marketers Community. Trend-setters.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

“Data and the use of data will become the great divide between marketers producing content and content marketing. Those companies that can take data, do a deep dive, and understand what the data tells them will see more success in achieving their goals from content than those who look at simple analytics.

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Ishmael's Corner

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Which brings me back to the Search Engine Watch piece and some vignettes worth highlighting: - Creating content is freakin’ hard. Successful content doesn’t happen by accident – a lot of hard work, creativity, and planning goes into effective content marketing. . There’s some irony in there somewhere.

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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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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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PR 20/20

JUNE 25, 2019

With intelligent resources focused on operations and a personalized customer journey and operations, brands will be able to dedicate greater resources to creativity, listening, relationship building, culture, and community. Call it marketing, call it conscious capitalism—they make a difference and involve their customers.

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ZudePR

JANUARY 21, 2016

Content marketing had been mushrooming and seemed to explode as 2013 turned into 2014. They’re usually aimed at me: someone working in the digital and creative industries. Whitespark Local Pulse. This is a key element of local SEO, which is of paramount importance to most small businesses’ marketing efforts.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 20, 2020

For content marketers, Hubspot or a competitor is a must-have. It’s an effective content marketing platform for any industry but especially for PR people. From email marketing, blog optimization, to social media marketing, Hubspot offers a wide range of features to help content marketers. .

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PR 20/20

APRIL 12, 2016

This trip is great for catching up on the latest trends in tech, health, space and VR; enjoying the local Mexican and BBQ food scene; listening to live music at what seems like every corner; and finding inspiration from the Austin community and SXSW Interactive programming. Start with a creative content mix.

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 23, 2018

In time we plan to share the database in a Creative Commons format and develop a web app to interrogate the data. We’ll adapt as we have with social media, content marketing, influencer marketing and PESO. Today it’s much reduced like local media itself, reflecting changing consumer habits.

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ZudePR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Every Saturday I’d trot up the hill to my local village library, get kicked off the microfiche reader by the gorgeous librarian, and return home with a few books under my arm. Granted, it was a very good one: Everybody Writes , by Chicago-based content marketer Ann Handley. How the Most Successful Creatives Read.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Measuring genuine ROI and a marketing campaign’s long-term contribution to revenue takes time, and marketers need to slow down to do it.”. Sean Callahan , Senior Manager, Content Marketing | LinkedIn. 6) Relationships with people who have the ear of your target market. “It’s Bob Geller | Fusion PR.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 11, 2016

It requires a high level of resilience, creativity and organization. I think this is one of the reasons it can be comfortable for public relations professionals to seek out, and focus on, more controllable forms of marketing like blogging, marketing automation and social media. Media relations can be tough.

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Communications Conversations

JANUARY 13, 2017

She’s an active networker (I saw her once at a local coffee shop meeting with a mentor she arranged all on her own). It’s a more digital content marketing focused role, which is part of the work that I really love. However, frankly, what I am getting from school isn’t what’s making me be a smarter digital marketer.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Localized Marketing. Every phone’s built-in GPS provides an interesting opportunity for app and content creators to deliver a tailored experience in real time. It’s no longer a matter of brands considering strong mobile adaptation. It is now a necessity.

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Onclusive

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The answers resoundingly revolved around a single strategy: creating unique, differentiated content. Here is what they told us: “Your brand will no longer be defined by a logo or cute creative ad, but by your thought leadership: Content Marketing and the way we experience that content is the key to your brand identity.”.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

APRIL 9, 2024

Partnering with local influencers, they showcased their commitment to sustainability and community, driving both online engagement and foot traffic. The future of PR and social media marketing As we look to the future, the integration of PR and social media marketing will only grow stronger.

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Communications Conversations

JULY 10, 2018

Alyssa Greve, Director of Content Marketing, Cambria. George Fiddler, Creative Director, Olson Engage. And, more importantly, he’s respected across the social industry locally as a thought leader and someone who’s consistently looking at what’s coming next. More than deserving to be on this list.

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Cision

JUNE 2, 2017

The global digital economy has produced an avalanche of content and the battle for mind and market share is no longer local. What must also be kept in mind is that creativity and innovation don’t come in a vacuum. Movoto has taken these ideas and woven it into its content creation, marketing and link hustling.

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Cision

MAY 9, 2016

Images drive engagement with social media and content marketing. Yet if you have ever needed an image for a social or content post and found ( literally ) the perfect image only to discover that the license is restrictive or vague, you understand how frustrating finding stock images can be. They monetize with paid stock photos.

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PRSay

APRIL 19, 2016

To translate this for communications purposes, if the brand is using billboards or other outdoor signage, try finding local bloggers in that neighborhood and pitch them a story or some custom content. The combination of outdoor and a local online presence is quite powerful. Email Marketing and….Everything

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