Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

As Cision’s social media manager, I use top 50 and top 100 lists for three purposes: To follow individuals who will help me stay in the loop when new trends and statistics emerge within my industry. For content generation and syndication. Every year, Cision creates a list of the top 50 social media influencers on Twitter.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 22, 2016

There’s a tag I’ve kept on this blog over the years called “ dynamic web.” It’s a personal interest in just how much the web shifts and changes – and the impact that has on marketing and PR. For example, social media once lauded for democratizing publishing is largely a paid game today.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

This year, more than 20 professionals – real people that do real marketing and PR work every day – responded and with high-quality ideas that I found to be invigorating and thought-provoking. 8) Creativity over productivity. . – Deni Kasrel | The Communications Strategist. 8) Creativity over productivity. 7: Lou Hoffman.

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Cision

MAY 21, 2015

Welcome to The #AskGaryVee show, where I answer your questions about marketing, social media, and entrepreneurship. Tools, tips and tactics on everything marketing and social media related. Social Media Zoom Factor. SocialZoomFactor is a podcast created for business and marketing leaders.

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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.

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Content Marketing Measurement Marketing Analytics 60

5W PR

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

As the social web expands and the power of consumers continues to grow, small businesses that want stay relevant, attract customers and retain their loyal followings must find new, compelling ways of communicating their brand messages. Defining a Target Audience and Goals. Public Relations DIY Tips.

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Small Business Publicity Social Media Web 158

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 16, 2016

The web has obviously changed that – a few quick product searches on a mobile device leads a buyer to reviews and commentary from sources other than the brand. The web has completely changed attitudes and behaviors of buyers – the same way significant events change generational outlook (i.e. Dan’s example is the car dealership.

Content Marketing 60

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 2, 2018

The best way to stand out from the noisy crowd is by employing a few tricks of the content marketing trade. As you work on your content marketing strategy, keep these in mind: Talk to your audience, not at them. Ask questions on social media. Share the right content on the right social media network.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Brands will look to public relations professionals to help them not only write compelling content but also place it in industry trade publications and other media outlets that may be a fit. Once coverage appears, it can then be shared via social media and clients can also leverage paid media to boost it even further if they choose.”.

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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. It’s a big web world and growing at an exponential pace. Today, it is so much easier and it’s a lot more transparent with the advent of search engines and a social web.

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Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

That’s where your content marketing efforts come into to play. On top of crafting compelling content, the most prominent challenge is driving engagement from targeted audiences. According to HubSpot’s 2017 State of Inbound, the top challenge marketing faces is generating more traffic and leads.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 12, 2016

Ownership is a strong word in the high-stakes game of corporate social media turf wars – yet consensus increasingly points to PR as primary proponents. A recent survey by the employment agency, The Creative Group , says corporate executives are increasingly inclined to pin the communications shop with such responsibility.

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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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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Marketing be nimble. Rather than having year-long editorial calendars for opportunities and content, marketing and communications professionals are will have to work in a much more agile, phased approach: creating evergreen content per quarter and making room for ‘rapid-response’ type communications based on what 2021 might throw at us.

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Marketing Employee Content Marketing Training 174

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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Content Marketing Privacy Government Web 149

Wadds Inc.

JANUARY 11, 2023

ChatGPT and Playground are among the first artificial intelligence (AI) applications using a text-based web interface that uses the GPT-3 language model. Text at the click of a button There’s a great deal of excitement about the technology as it seemingly is able to mimic human creativity and generate and edit content incredibly quickly.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Thanks to the growth of digital platforms like social media, the news cycle is rotating faster than ever before. Couple that with an endless to-do list of research, writing, media training and more, and it seems nearly impossible to keep up, let alone make sense of it all.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Creating good content is just half the content marketing equation. The other half is content distribution. First, for many marketers, so much effort is poured into the creation that distribution becomes an afterthought. Read more: How To Promote Your Blog With 107 Content Promotion Tactics. Talk to Us !

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Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

As it is on the occasional Saturday, I ferret out three important links from the web, wrap them in insight, and present them here for your perusal. 1) Earned media is sales enablement. A tech PR firm recently published a study that showed promising effects media relations can have on the sales cycle for B2B marketing organizations.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Read more: 3 Studies with Benchmarks for Content Marketing, Blogging and Webinars [UML]. 2) The average content marketing budget is $185,000. The most successful content marketers invested more, with an average of $272,000, while the least successful content marketers spent less at $109,000.

Marketing 78

Marketing Publicity Survey Study 78

Flatiron Communications

JANUARY 15, 2016

The smarter set in the PR biz have turned their attention to how best to harness the influence of their clients’ followers on social media, as well those “independent” stars-for-hire on Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Vine, [link] YouTube and Instagram. Yes, that’s where more and more consumers sate their media appetites these days.

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Cision

APRIL 24, 2015

The term “content marketing” casts a wide net when it comes to ways to promote and publicize a brand or organization. It can include social media, tip sheets, and emails, as well as paid promotions like native advertising and promoted posts on social platforms. Want to stand out with content?

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Cision

AUGUST 11, 2016

With the rapidly evolving landscape of the marketing mix, fueled by the MarTech revolution, the growth of influencer marketing and content marketing, and a push towards integrated communications, marketers and communicators need cutting-edge resources more than ever. Social Media Today. Mari Smith.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 19, 2018

Respondents said storytelling, content marketing and thought leadership will be more important over the next 12 months. Specifically, the survey found storytelling, content marketing and thought leadership topped the list of more than 20 tactics or trends related to PR in terms of importance. 67% said thought leadership.

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PR 20/20

JULY 9, 2020

How often do you create content? Whether publishing daily, weekly, or monthly, odds are you’re looking for ways to improve content efforts if you’re reading this. I recently completed HubSpot’s Content Marketing Certification , which talked about how marketers can efficiently create content. Unsure how?

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Cision

APRIL 12, 2016

Dove did a great job reaching their target audience through innovative and creative videos. Their campaign was highly successful, although the content hardly mentioned Dove in the videos. Create a strong content marketing plan. Identify the Right Kind of Content for Your Target Audience. Conclusion.

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MaccaPR

JANUARY 5, 2016

Just as every parent thinks their own sons and daughters are the best looking and most brilliant children on Planet Earth, too many companies and marketing agencies – our Minneapolis PR firm included – are convinced that their blogs could hardly be better. Put Social Media Buttons At The Bottom. “On Ah, hubris.

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Buzzstream

JUNE 5, 2024

To create these posts, you can gather statistics from the web (most people do this) or utilize your proprietary data (which is much more effective in the long run). Let’s look at how Hubspot does this with their Marketing Statistics post. Let’s look at how Hubspot does this with their Marketing Statistics post.

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Critical Mention

OCTOBER 27, 2018

Agency life can be tough, but [L]earned Media’s CEO Sam Zises has got it down to a science. In our interview with Sam, he offered powerful insights into the world of content marketing, social media and “cutting through the clutter.” Q: What’s your day-to-day like as the Founder & CEO of [L]earned media?

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

Comment: Staff cuts are a contributing factor to why many PR pros believe media relations is getting harder. For all those still complaining about search and social, now a decade beyond the advent of the so-called Web 2.0, Also, see these related posts: How to Generate Media Referenceable B2B Customers with a Blog.

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Survey Report Media B2B 103

Prohibition

MARCH 16, 2021

While some changes are obvious and temporary (for example, increases in social media usage) others, we have found, are more subtle, but are likely to be more permanent. As with previous webinars, we were keen to benchmark exactly where marketers were currently at, and what their predictions were for the year ahead.

Social Media 62

Social Media Trends Consumer Video 62

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Social Media Marketing World. Discover the best social media marketing techniques from the world’s top experts.”. Social Media Marketing World brings together the top experts from platforms that you’re trying to master. The premier gathering of digital marketers on planet Earth!”.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 15, 2019

About 18% of PR pros would invest in social media next year if money weren’t an issue. The survey doesn’t get into how that budget would be broken out, which means it could include entail headcount, creative or design, social media management tools, and paid social.

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MaccaPR

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Consider three news items that suggest how marketers are spurning traditional paid advertising and instead, re-embracing the back-and-forth engagement of public relations and its cousin, content marketing. million platform around which advertisers build PR and social media campaigns. Source: YouTube ).

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Prohibition

MARCH 16, 2021

While some changes are obvious and temporary (for example, increases in social media usage) others, we have found, are more subtle, but are likely to be more permanent. As with previous webinars, we were keen to benchmark exactly where marketers were currently at, and what their predictions were for the year ahead.

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Trends Social Media Consumer Video 62

Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In PR, where users spend hours researching contacts and monitoring media placements, the need to streamline processes is always at a premium. 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.

Digital PR 62

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In PR, where users spend hours researching contacts and monitoring media placements, the need to streamline processes is always at a premium. 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.

Digital PR 62

Digital PR Tools Google Pitching 62