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How to Create a Content Marketing Plan

Critical Mention

Did you know that over 60% of businesses don’t have a documented content marketing strategy according to CMI and MarketingProfs? Without a plan, you risk all of your content efforts going to waste. We have 10 steps on how to create your next content marketing plan: What exactly is content marketing?

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Be Relevant: 21 Media Relations Insights From 3 Surveys Polling 3,000+ Journalists [UML]

Sword and the Script

Of all the media relations insights the best one is this: be relevant. The vast majority of media relations hinges on relevancy. And that’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing Links [UML]. These three studies polled 3,000 journalists and their answers all center on relevance. Give our services a try.

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Earned Media: 3 PR Studies Quantifying the Impact of Media Relations on Sales [UML]

Sword and the Script

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. The study suggests announcements about financial transactions like funding or acquisitions didn’t convert. Be smart about it.

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PR Agency Search: Priorities in a PR Expanded World

Deirdre Breakenridge

As a former head of CorpComm functions at Fortune 100 financial institutions, these priorities resonate for a number of reasons. In the Agency Search Report, we argue the importance of PR reflects the continued evolution of what public relations means in the minds of clients. It’s seen as far more than media relations.

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20 PR and Marketing Predictions for 2022

Sword and the Script

There are financial costs that often cannot be sustained. organic social media has diminishing value as the social platforms depress brand messages and links to third-party websites; and. cookies) is in its twilight which puts diminishes marketing reach and targeting. 2020: 30 Pragmatic Marketing and PR Predictions for 2020.

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How a PR agency can contribute to your communications strategy, and how to select the right agency for your business

Onclusive

A typical PR agency toolkit can include some or all of the following: Strategic counsel and advice Reputation management Crisis management Media relations, including outreach and pitching Analyst relations (e.g. technology, CPG, financial services, etc.)—make

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7 Best Marketing Blogs of 2019

Critical Mention

Copyblogger is one of the best content marketing platforms anywhere online. Some of its main features teach you how to create, post and optimize your content. Most importantly, it gives you tips on how to keep your audience engaged by making the content easily digestible and user-friendly. . Content Marketing Institute.