Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

B2B thought leadership drives perceptions, trust and sales A survey of 3,000+ business executives by Edelman and LinkedIn connected B2B thought leadership to trust and sales. 89% of decision-makers say thought leadership “can be effective in enhancing their perceptions of an organization.” The results?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 24, 2018

Prioritize your audiences, from customers to stakeholder groups that may include employees, funders, distribution partners, and others. To determine which marketing assets could become useful for the PR plan, see this earlier post on how PR and content marketing work together. Define and prioritize your audiences.

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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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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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5W PR

JANUARY 31, 2024

Thought Leadership PR: Positions key executives or experts within the company as industry thought leaders through expert commentary, articles, and speaking engagements. Internal Communications: Ensures effective communication within the company, keeping employees informed about company developments and fostering a positive internal culture.

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PR 20/20

AUGUST 9, 2016

Editor's note: This post was originally published by Content Marketing Institute and has been edited for comprehensiveness. Internal team alignment: An email has been sent to your sales team members detailing the content marketing campaign and offering tips on how they can integrate the new content asset into their sales activities.

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Cision

AUGUST 5, 2015

One of my favorite content marketing strategies is guest blogging. When you write a guest blog post, you get it published on another well-established blog that caters to your target market. Bonus Tip: Once you’re published on one well-respected blog, use that sample when you pitch bigger blogs. Really Spend Time Writing.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 8, 2021

“There was something so special and exciting about being in that startup culture,” she said, noting that a one-week trip to California turned into a 10-year stay as the 12-person company that grew to employ tens of thousands of employees globally. Employees demand it. The markets demand it. Using content marketing.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 1, 2022

Cision adds sponsored content feature to PR Newswire – pitches it as “guaranteed editorial”; Meltwater Beats Earnings; TrueScope Raises $6.2 The announcement pitches this as enabling “PR agencies to sell robust guaranteed placement packages to their clients.” Million and Eyes the U.S. Are you kidding?

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Deirdre Breakenridge

APRIL 10, 2017

There’s nothing like a grueling weekend spent unsuccessfully following up on pitches for coverage of a client’s innovative, disruptive, and ground-breaking new technology release to make you start daydreaming of starting your own firm. Are you comfortable pitching yourself and your skills?

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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. How to Pitch a Podcast Producer with a Potential Guest (Without Driving Them Mad). “I

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PR Fuel

JULY 14, 2021

Over 80% of consumers feel more positive about a brand after reading customized content. Developing your content marketing strategy can help you boost brand visibility. You can also write a press release about rebranding, new products/services, or onboarding a new employee. Develop Your Pitch.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

to 3x the salary to replace an employee – and a whole lot of institutional knowledge. But a continued tight labor market is making it increasingly difficult for employers to recruit qualified talent.” Move over digital, strategy represents as looming knowledge crisis in marketing. 3) The Power of Employee Advocacy.

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Buzzstream

MAY 2, 2024

There are a lot of SEO tools and content marketing tools on the market. And just for all the listeners, Positional is a content marketing and SEO tool. And the reason we started this company was because at all times we were using like five or six different tools to do our job as content marketers and SEOs.

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Prohibition

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Strategies used in tech PR include thought leadership, social media management, strategic partnerships and community engagement, content marketing, media relations , and influencer marketing. It is important to research the journalist and their outlet before pitching, and tailor the pitch to their interests and needs.

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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. Driving growth with differentiation in mature markets is being led by sales and marketing. 3) Emotional connection with customers.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

This can include the media, customers, employees, and the general public. Public relations professionals create and maintain a positive image for their organization, often through the use of marketing, branding, and communication strategies. What is public relations?

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Given advertising deadlines, buying ad inventory is usually much smoother if you plan both content and budget for it in advance. However, you may have to make a business case for it the first couple of times and pitch it as an experiment. Are Facebook Ads Any Good for B2B Marketing? Co-content marketing is good for them too.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

While the playbook for customer marketing is similar to demand-gen, teams will need to create new content and touchpoints focused on the post-sale customer journey.” ~ Cori Webb , Marketing Director, ChurnZero 3. By focusing on building trust, marketing and communications pros will also raise Google search algorithm ranking.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 26, 2015

That’s not by accident, and though I’ve managed a half-dozen or so firms in my tenure, including international firms, I tend to favor a smaller shops, that are nimble, highly responsive, provide access to the firm’s leadership and by virtue of being a small business, have some of their own skin in the game. d) make a decision.

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Frederik Vincx

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Each time an employee gets replaced, knowledge is lost. Employees are frustrated with aspects of their work. After all, affecting change is much about leadership and sharing a clear vision. This workflow documentation can also be used as training material for new hires and as a quality checklist for all employees.

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ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

You work in public relations, SEO, content marketing or social media marketing. You’re thinking of completely overhauling how you market your company. So I jotted down a list of PR/digital/SEO/content marketing influencers. Enlightened Self-Interest: The Pitch Email. I think so. I wrote: 1.

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ZudePR

JUNE 6, 2016

He's also a world-leading web strategist, content marketer, author, and speaker. As an editor, I commiserate with other journalists and editors by getting too many spammy pitches and follow-up messages. 10: Doug Kessler (London, UK) Doug is co-founder of B2B content marketing agency Velocity Partners.

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Contently - Strategy

JULY 31, 2019

In the marketing world, professionals tend to glom onto useful marketing buzzwords as a shared language, and those terms can actually prove useful to professionals in adjacent industries. As the marketing and media industries continue to look more and more alike, their lexicons overlap too. Content campaign. Gamification.

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