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!

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Cision

JUNE 2, 2015

Content marketing boils down to one simple question: what story is your brand telling? According to CMI’s 2015 Benchmark Report , 55 percent of B2B marketers plan to increase their content marketing budget in the next 12 months—essentially, pouring more money into telling their brands’ stories.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In 1926, psychologist Graham Wallas outlined the basic creative process, which has been the overall framework for understanding and fostering creativity for almost a century. The Wallas process has four general stages: Preparation : loading up your mind to be creative. What do they write about? What language do they use?

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Marketwired

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Stay tuned for posts 3 – 5, which will look further into some of the tools, tactics, and strategies that innovative PR professionals are using today. . Never before has there been such an array of DIY tools to do that. But you have to know what you need before you can select the proper tool.”. Here are 5 Leta recommends.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 17, 2020

From pitches to landing coverage and everything in between, Digital PR can be done without a single tool. During my three years in the industry, I worked with a range of tools, some that I found extremely useful and others that I rarely touched for long periods of time. Finding inspiration for ideation can be incredibly tricky.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In 1926, psychologist Graham Wallas outlined the basic creative process, which has been the overall framework for understanding and fostering creativity for almost a century. The Wallas process has four general stages: Preparation : loading up your mind to be creative. What do they write about? What language do they use?

Creativity 76

Creativity Product Launch Examples Energy 76

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Constraint breeds creativity. Writing on the Ignite Social Media blog, Bruna Camargo gave the vehicle manufacturer good grades for its response, “Instead of issuing some lame press release about how they’re sorry their guy couldn’t be more eloquent, they embraced it, rolled with it, and are now about to bank on it. A while back, Inc.

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The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

The content you should be creating 2018 plans are underway and creatives are about to be brought to life. Just before you tie down the exact detail for content take a look at this research from content share experts BuzzSumo. The 20 most engaging types of content. That’s why new tool WayIn is so exciting.

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Landis PR

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Photo courtesy of Pixabay Over the past year, artificial intelligence (AI) has taken the world of marketing by storm as it has emerged as a powerful, rapidly evolving tool for automating content creation and other marketing-related tasks. In fact, the global market for AI in marketing is likely to reach $107.5

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Cision

APRIL 8, 2015

Write as if it were a front page article. I’ve always encouraged people to envision their press release on the front page simply as a tool to determine if it’s newsworthy or not, but Melissa L. James, marketing director at The Curtis Group takes that idea one step further. Write the headline last. Use active voice.

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PR 20/20

JULY 3, 2018

What happens when you’re a content marketer who discovers an artificial intelligence system that could take your job? Johnson is a content marketer who wrote an article for Skyword’s Content Standard about natural language generation (NLG), an AI technology that automatically writes data-driven narratives.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. AI-written content adds more noise. “PR PR and communications pros will be leaning way more heavily on AI-powered content development tools in 2023.

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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.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 20, 2016

In other words, we spend lots of time mapping what content is needed, for what persona, at what stage – and then wind up sending more emails offering discounts. It’s been a trend in content marketing too. B2B marketers seem to think that buying content by the pound and then throwing it at Google is the path to scale.

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Landis PR

JULY 31, 2023

But you’re still going to need to review the content and adjust accordingly. Tools like ChatGPT and Google’s Bard still require humans to feed them effective prompts. Even the creators of AI tech continue to emphasize these tools are not human and cannot form functional relationships (like with journalists, *hint, hint*).

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Deirdre Breakenridge

MAY 13, 2019

In order to make sense of all that “noise”, social listening, monitoring and analytics tools. have become essential parts of the marketing and PR toolbox. Image & Video Recognition – Analyzing visual content. Once you’ve provided the tool with a big enough training set, it applies your model to any future results.

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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. That means you need to write messaging that’s completely client-concentric. Write like you talk.

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PR 20/20

JANUARY 29, 2019

A lot of people suck at content strategy. Content strategy is an art and a science, after all. We excel at the creative side of the process, like the creation of compelling content and telling stories that resonate with customers. We human marketers tend to use gut feeling to determine what to publish next.

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Are you constantly searching for innovative ways to stay on top of content for your business? One revolutionary tool that has recently transformed the content creation game, is artificial intelligence (AI). AI is proving to be an invaluable tool for businesses. ChatGPT Another tool you can’t go wrong with, is ChatGPT.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

In reviewing the study, I think it has implications for business in public relations and content marketing. You can and should run content marketing like a publisher. You can be an ethical and persuasive PR pro or marketer without selling your soul. 2) Trust as CEO’s tool for profitability. Talk to Us !

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Content Marketing Marketing Journalism Financial 68

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

Managing crises: PR can be an important tool for managing crises and mitigating damage to an organization’s reputation. Brand sentiment: PR practitioners may use tools to track the overall sentiment around the organization or brand. ChatGPT seems to miss emerging themes if there isn’t a wide body of writing already on a topic.

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Wadds Inc.

JANUARY 11, 2023

There are clear applications for artificial intelligence (AI) content generation tools in marketing and public relations but make sure that you fact check. Public relations applications: analysis, editing, research and writing The promise of GPT-3 is that it will automate and eliminate administrative tasks.

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Onclusive

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Mika Stambaugh is an Emmy award winning journalist and dynamic entrepreneur known for her creative strategies in executing media and communication campaigns. I came to the name after incorporating my initials — ‘MAS’ is Spanish for ‘more’ — and ‘ink’ references pen-to-paper; writing your story to build and manage your communications.

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PeakMetrics Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

Numerous digital tools exist to help, and your nonprofit may find that it can save time and money adopting them. Here are twenty digital tools all nonprofits should be using. Once a nonprofit has identified its target market, it needs to learn about it, and what better way to do that than with Facebook? Google Analytics.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

As such, podcasts are an old tool with a new twist. And that’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing links [UML]. Graphic used with permission from The Marketing Companion, a podcast with a co-host employed by Edison Research; see link nearby. 1) Marketing Audibles for Audio Search. Talk to Us!

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PR in High Definition

DECEMBER 17, 2020

With every crisis comes creativity, new thinking and differing outlooks on life, and so I wanted to share some of our best pieces of content. Unrestricted creative thinking in an ever more restricted world. Comic relief: An ode to humour. Do company values add value? Company values have been particularly tested this year.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Marketing investment was redirected towards demand generation (content marketing, paid media) as startups looked for deal flow. As the market lifts, brands will need to raise awareness and will be ready to invest for the longer term as their horizons extend. There will be a glut of AI-generated content as well.

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Cision

JULY 21, 2015

While each component of your marketing strategy (email, PR, social media, blogs) should bring you results, it’s often better when two or more components work together. You can write knock-’em-dead content, but without a push from other places, your blog may see little to no traffic on its own. Share Your Content Yourself.

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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 Greg Galant | Muck Rack.

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Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Ah, the “boring press release” — we’ve all read them, and most of us are guilty of writing one. That’s where your content marketing efforts come into to play. If you don’t have an in-house graphic designer, there are numerous of free tools available on the internet. But let’s be real — it’s not sexy.

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Prohibition

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

While it may have felt like the longest month in existence, it didn’t stop the creative minds of marketers around the world. Combining the use of its classic slogan and the current conversation around AI, KitKat Canada came up with a creative video campaign encouraging us to give AI tools a bit of breathing room.

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prTini

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Tools are constantly popping up to help communication professionals save time, easily connect with journalist and influencers, and produce better results for their company and clients. Trying new tools for the short free trail week is more often than not confusing and time-consuming. Lucky for you, I’m a tool connoisseur.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 23, 2024

This is why it’s crucial to adopt tools that give you the power to efficiently and accurately make the most positive decisions. Machine learning and psychology are both increasingly recognized as useful components of marketing and PR campaigns. As a result, it can be a powerful tool in your campaigns.

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Cision

DECEMBER 12, 2015

Do the marketing tools and tactics you use actually keep your brand top of mind? Why Are You Writing? A brand journalism program, like any marketing strategy, must include goals, metrics and outlined measurement tactics. For Whom Are You Writing? What Are You Writing? Want proof?

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Beyond PR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

If you’re only partially committed to creating and distributing content, Content Marketing Institute founder Joe Pulizzi would rather you do no content marketing at all. This may not have been the message Content Marketing World attendees were expecting to hear during Joe’s welcome address.

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Cision

MAY 26, 2016

A few of my favorite examples of content that delights, in no particular order, are: PNR with This Old Marketing – This is a great content marketing podcast hosted by Joe Pulizzi and Robert Rose. Often this means sitting down and writing, designing, or recording. It’s, well, delightful. Need I say more?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 26, 2019

Here are a few ways PR agencies should be using tech tools and other resources. Needless to say, we couldn’t live without simple tools like Google Alerts and services like Cision. But much of it can be automated, allowing more time for developing the creative subject line or the new launch idea.

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