Beyond PR

JULY 10, 2017

Feedback is huge when it comes to developing a successful content marketing strategy. Here, we identify five sources that can prove invaluable to you in crafting your content. Who better to listen to in order to develop more targeted content than the people that you are developing content for? Your Employees.

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Content Marketing Marketing Employee Pinterest 69

Polaris

DECEMBER 14, 2014

For help in deciding what books to put on my holiday list, I asked a dozen marketing pros to weigh in with their recommendations. My guidelines were as follows: I wanted a list of 3 books consisting of a favourite novel published this year, the best business book of all time and a favourite offline resource. Here’s what they told me.

Marketing 251

Marketing Resources Content Marketing Leadership 251

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Employee advocacy can help you make that possible. All that’s necessary to run an effective PR campaign via employee advocacy is strategic PR content, a comprehensive employee advocacy guide , and a reliable employee advocacy platform. What does “employee advocacy” mean anyway?

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Employee Measurement Social Media Product Launch 40

Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 14, 2014

As more companies join the content marketing arena, one of the bigger issues these companies face is this: How do we source all this content? Many organizations just aren’t set up to create an ongoing dribble (let alone a firehose) of online content. Yes, these companies have smart marketers.

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Agency Resources Employee Internal 133

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. ChatGPT seems to miss emerging themes if there isn’t a wide body of writing already on a topic.

Interviews 104

Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 104

Cision

AUGUST 5, 2015

Sometimes writing fabulous blog posts on your business blog isn’t enough to drive the traffic you really want. 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.

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Blogging Pitching Writing Content Marketing 120

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Lines between what constitutes PR and content marketing continue to blur. I’ve found that employers expect not just one skill like writing, but design skills as well.”. More expectations of producing more with less resources increased focus on CSR, DEI, etc.”. Increased workload with no increase in resources.”.

Communications 126

Communications Crisis Internal International 126

Rock the Status Quo

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Every time you distribute a press release, write a LinkedIn post with their perspective or additional “insider details,” then link to the full press release. Write up what they WOULD have said in the interview as an article, referencing and linking over to the original piece of content. FIVE WAYS TO CREATE VALUE.

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LinkedIn Leadership Interviews Digital PR 167

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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Writing Communications Marketing B2B 198

PR 20/20

MARCH 26, 2020

Brands are showing up in unprecedented ways to support their employees, customers and communities. Marriott's CEO Arne Sorenson has been praised for a video to his employees , made public on Twitter, that was authentic, transparent and compassionate. Does it seem inappropriate or awkward — or, is it a welcome break / useful resource?

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Crisis Marketing Healthcare Resources 92

Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Golin provides effective solutions and reaches diverse global markets to best represent brands. Golin’s News section shares recent announcements, expert insights and employee perspectives. Message: We are a progressive public relations agency, designed to reach a profoundly diverse global market. @GOLINglobal. SCHEDULE A DEMO.

Public Affairs 172

Public Affairs Creativity Nonprofit Agency 172

Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 2, 2013

This can also give you inspiration to write something that is deliberately on the upswing in terms of popular usage. See, for example, the screen shot below showing the relative usage of the terms “search engine optimization” as compared to “content marketing.”. Six great resources and ideas for finding keywords to write about.

Blogging 111

Blogging SEO Web Google 111

Contently - Strategy

MARCH 22, 2024

Narrow your target audience: Define exactly whom you’re creating content for and why they should care. Tailor your content to this lucky persona, and establish your site as their valuable go-to resource. This helps your content gain recognition on SERPs. Visit our scale content production page.

SEO 52

SEO How To Engineering Mobile 52

PR 20/20

MAY 8, 2019

Brands will need to become more human with greater resources dedicated to listening, relationship building, ethics, empathy, creativity, culture and community. But, the great irony of marketing automation is that it’s largely still manual. Marketing Artificial Intelligence Conference (MAICON). Career paths will evolve.

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Agency Enterprise Technology Analytics 84

Cision

JULY 24, 2017

This renewed sense of purpose and drive is one of the many reasons companies choose to send employees to trade shows and conferences year in and year out. Here are five tips to avoid the template trap when writing event speaker announcements: 1. Pump Up the Volume with an Exciting Headline.

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Trade Shows How To Conference Examples 209

Cision

JULY 29, 2015

A: Audio content is incredibly intimate: you’re whispering into someone’s ear. You can develop a “brand voice” for your writing, but think about how important someone’s speaking voice is: you instantly recognize a person’s voice when they call. Is it strictly content marketing? Know your goals for the podcast.

Interviews 120

Interviews Comparison Video Exercises 120

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 29, 2020

According to the survey: social media management (77%) content marketing (77%) influencer marketing (67%); and link building for SEO (56%) Other statistics stood out for me in the report: Measurement. “PR Talkwalker tapped the research firm YouGov to field a global survey of 3,700 marketing communications (marcom) professionals.

Media Relations 102

Media Relations Report Industry SEO 102

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

What role has content marketing played for you at LiveIntent? It’s huge for us and plays a key role in our marketing strategy. It’s a lot of what we do on the marketing side. We leverage our weekly marketing and product marketing newsletters as the main vehicles to distribute the content.

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Brand Branding Marketing Facebook 118

Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

On the other hand, measuring some PR activities, like earned media , is far more challenging than other forms of marketing and communications. But it’s not impossible, and there are a lot of resources and ideas for understanding the impact. That’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing Links [UML]. Be smart about it.

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Study Media Relations Media Measurement 144

Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Great content marketing has the power to do that. Today’s audiences come across so much mediocre content that looks and sounds the same. Lately, innovative marketing teams have been thinking beyond the standard blog post. Way back in 2011, some employees at HubSpot had an idea.

B2B 85

B2B Content Marketing Trends Marketing 85

Critical Mention

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Fairness, Prudence, Humility, Temperance, Courage – these 5 pillars define the employees we hire, the clients we work with, and the culture we’ve created.”. These reports have been a vital resource towards our team’s continued success. ”. Priscilla is the marketing coordinator for Critical Mention. SCHEDULE A DEMO.

Agency 79

Agency Marketing Media SEO 79

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The onset of content marketing and emergence “owned media” has turned the storytelling torch into a shared thing that is jointly owned by traditional media and brands. We leveraged LinkedIn Pulse and several employees’ blogs to create a communal narrative about the funding. Yes, we did that.). But why do this?

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Employee LinkedIn Engineering Leadership 40

Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 15, 2018

The most popular trends recognized by the survey for the next 12 months included storytelling at 79%, content marketing (71%) and thought leadership (67%). For myself, I wanted to show that the JOTW network was a valuable resource, and a way to engage with communication professionals.”. A former U.S. Connect with him on Twitter.

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Survey Industry Communications Corporate 74

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 25, 2020

When it came to marketing and social media, some of those “cooks” had never cooked before…and yet here they were judging the ingredients. Employees just went through the motions and punched out at 5 p.m. PR professionals will joke that it takes a few hours to write a press release and three weeks to get one approved. >>>

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Marketing Guidelines Social Media Conference 86

Prohibition

JULY 19, 2018

And, over the past 20 years, with the rise of the digital age , we’ve seen the PR techniques employed by big and small brands alike becoming more abstract and off the cuff in a bid to capture the attention of what is now a hugely saturated market. Write and distribute press releases. Speech writing.

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Publicity Advertising Advertising Tools 48

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. Data and the use of data will become the great divide between marketers producing content and content marketing.

Marketing 196

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 196

PR 20/20

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

A: I lead our marketing team, which means supporting marketing employees, setting the strategic direction and helping execute on it. Every day is very different; I might be writing a blog article or doing data analysis, or meeting with teams to figure out how to do the next product launch or hit a sales goal and so on.

Marketing 74

Marketing SEO Trade Shows Technology 74

Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 15, 2020

You can investigate all of these questions yourself using the Digital Marketing Toolbox on Think With Google. A few years ago, the search giant launched Think With Google, a content hub for marketers and business owners. “It’s Way back in 2011, some employees at HubSpot had an idea.

B2B 145

B2B Trends Video Course 145

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The list below is broken into four sections: Marketing statistics from 2020. Content marketing statistics from 2020. The survey found, “The top three areas live event budgets will be reallocated to are content creation (43%): hosted webinars (40%); and search marketing (33%).”. Social media statistics from 2020.

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Survey Marketing B2B Study 178

Sword and the Script

JULY 14, 2015

Content marketing is the new branding. Content marketing *is* PR. Content marketing is the new buyer’s journey. But for the vast majority of marketers, especially in large organizations, content marketing is still a new concept, it’s still seeping into the culture. Almost passé.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Brand Branding Marketing 60

Rock the Status Quo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

But it’s also the difference between one gardener tilling a quarter acre of land versus one hundred acres, with resources spread so thin that little is actually accomplished. Companies are investing in social media advertising and sponsored content, true, but the bulk of their budget is now spent on content generation instead of ads.

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Agency SEO Advertising Advertising 188

Rock the Status Quo

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Perhaps they don’t have an internal brand ambassador program of any kind ( a what? ), and they are terrified at the very THOUGHT of giving employees online freedom and autonomy. Publish employee posts on the corporate blog. It’s a valuable piece of overall corporate trust and visibility?

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Corporate Leadership Brand Branding 100

Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 28, 2015

But while stories can work magic for corporate communicators, writing a good story isn’t easy. Thankfully, there are resources that can make the process a little easier to make you a great storyteller. Surprise yourself,” you’ll be breaking out of ruts and livening up your writing in no time. Have you hit a wall in your writing?

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Storytelling Resources Writing Corporate 40

Cision

DECEMBER 20, 2017

It seems like creating digital content for organizations like the NFL, Disney World and Carnival Cruise Line would be relatively easy tasks since their industries are naturally exciting. Exciting content people want to share is all around them — all they must do is write it down or film it. Brainstorm Related Topics.

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Industry How To Insurance Insurance 222

Contently - Strategy

JUNE 11, 2020

More importantly, what should doctors, hospitals, insurers, and healthcare companies do to improve the state of healthcare content online? We’ve extracted the most important healthcare content marketing trends using a combination of quantitative and qualitative data. That partnership can really enrich your content.

Healthcare 136

Healthcare Content Marketing Industry Trends 136

Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

You know there’s at least one person saying “Damn Twitter, I can’t write a Direct Message in under 10k characters.” Branding, Social Media, Marketing, PR & Professional Coach. 68% Of Marketers Want To Know How To Create Better Visual Content [link]. Silicon Valley marketing executive.

Social Media 120

Social Media Twitter Media Nonprofit 120

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

How would you react if you observed a peer, employee, or manager doing so? Encouraging employees to slow down to focus on the present can seem at odds with a corporate culture of speed and goal attainment. It’s fitting then, and perhaps quite timely, social and otherwise, that mindfulness is extending itself to social media marketing.

Social Media 60

Social Media Marketing Media Employee 60