Sword and the Script

MARCH 19, 2018

Respondents said storytelling, content marketing and thought leadership will be more important over the next 12 months. The Data Story on the Hottest PR Trends. 67% said thought leadership. As regular readers know, I’m prone to say, PR is the best-kept secret in content marketing. Click To Tweet.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 11, 2019

It’s a bit like that with gated content. Marketers tend to be for it or against it – and passion may sometimes cloud new perspective. ” “Trojan Horse Marketing” – new cartoon and post on content marketing that's too salesy [link] pic.twitter.com/AHQfKyh9Z9. The Middle Ground on Registration Pages.

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Contently - Strategy

JANUARY 9, 2019

For GE, however, it’s the culmination of a decade-long commitment to content marketing. As a result, the brief brims with journalistic rigor, pulling in stories from GE Reports , the brand’s main content hub, where employees across the globe explain new research and innovations by focusing on ideas instead of products.

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Cision

APRIL 16, 2015

Decide on the data that matters. When crafting your visual story or assets, determine the data that matters. Don’t neglect the basic plot; exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution can play a role in designing a visual story or an asset like an infographic. Want to stand out with your content marketing?

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Cision

JANUARY 9, 2018

Infographics. We learned a lot about the viability of visual content in the 2017 State of the Media. Informative, aesthetic infographics drive immense engagement. Nearly 70 percent of marketers rate charts and graphics as the most engaging type of visual content. How to do it? How to do it? White Papers.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 17, 2019

Creating a brand-new piece from the proverbial drawing board is daunting and unnecessary as you use content that already exists. Thought leadership can take many forms and your company has a viewpoint which is unique. Does your CEO have a novel position on leadership? Offer a Fresh Perspective. Conduct Surveys.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 7, 2016

Yet in this data-driven marketing climate, we’ve got to find ways to quantify those hunches. For the purpose of satisfying curiosity, marketing surveys are a useful vehicle for research. The top skills CMOs say they need on their team are: a) digital marketing (62%); b) data analytics and insights (49%); and.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 14, 2017

On the other hand, there’s ample research to demonstrate B2B customers want thought leadership. Trust Economy: Summaries to 4 Content Marketing Studies. Cassidy writes: “A study by Hubspot and Outbrain offers data about what’s working now. Don’t miss these posts: How PR can Put the Search Back in SEO [UML].

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 13, 2016

There is an ample supply of industry statistics – alongside organizational data – that demonstrate why. For example, if your business released a statistically significant survey or data-rich industry trends report, a webinar that breaks down what it means would be useful. Are Facebook Ads Any Good for B2B Marketing?

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Beyond PR

APRIL 19, 2016

Thought Leadership Content: Beyond promoting blog posts, white papers, and other content marketing pieces over social media, you also need to look at how the content itself enables social sharing. Photos, videos and infographics – to name a few things – now emblazon almost every release issued.

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Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

” Too many content marketing teams try to half-ass a bunch of things—blog posts, whitepapers, video, social media, SEO—in the pursuit of a cohesive content program. For those us who don’t have endless resources, we can still aspire to be like prolific brands—as long as we have a realistic content marketing strategy.

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Cision

APRIL 26, 2017

According to the Cision 2017 State of the Media Report , when communicators pair compelling messages with rich formats like photos, videos, social media posts, infographics and data, they can drive better and more accurate coverage and increase earned media opportunities. RISING 2017 MEDIA TRENDS.

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PR Fuel

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Over 70% of marketers say content marketing has quantifiably improved prospect engagement. Meanwhile, 66% of customers agree that companies should make it easier to access their content. About 78% of content marketers use press releases as a part of their content marketing strategy.

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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.

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Contently - Strategy

APRIL 24, 2019

This is an excerpt from The Content Marketer’s Playbook: Grow Your Content Program. Brands are creating more content than ever before. According to CMI’s 2019 benchmark report , a majority of both B2B and B2C marketers increased content creation budgets from 2018. million in content costs.

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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. Infographics.

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MaccaPR

MAY 3, 2019

million people download each episode) and the “Tim Ferriss Show” (300 million episodes downloaded), plus hundreds of business-oriented podcasts, suggest that the medium has morphed from entertainment into a mission-critical thought leadership channel.

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ISEBOX

MARCH 3, 2016

Cobblestones are the related content that incorporates data and stories from the cornerstone efforts. These pieces would be the multimedia components of your press release, such as short videos, images and infographics – and the accompanying text. Multimedia content that’s more “snackable” for those you’re trying to reach.

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Beyond PR

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. Infographics.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Though my data is at best anecdotal, I’d venture to say, that in six or 12 months, the new line of thinking usually travels 359 degrees and winds up shockingly close to the previous line. But a continued tight labor market is making it increasingly difficult for employers to recruit qualified talent.”

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Contently - Strategy

JULY 31, 2019

Content marketers never make content for content’s sake. A content marketing platform (CMP) is software for organizing the content marketing process. It looks a lot like a CMS (content management system), but a CMP is designed to help marketers do their jobs effectively.

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Frederik Vincx

DECEMBER 11, 2015

After all, affecting change is much about leadership and sharing a clear vision. For example, it would be unreasonable to expect everyone to be able to create a stellar infographic to accompany a blog post. Visual by LeaderShip Solutions. Scott Guthrie, Sabguthrie , A communicator’s guide to successful change management.

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Beyond PR

MAY 3, 2016

When it comes to content marketing, you not only need to produce graphics and video that fuel your content engine, you’re also tasked with creating promotional images that drive traffic from multichannel distribution efforts to the content being promoted. Animated attention seekers: The data doesn’t lie.

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