Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 6, 2015

If content marketing was a self-evaluated college class, marketers would give themselves a “C.” That’s my sense after reading the new B2B Content Marketing 2016 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends – North America report. The annual report is a joint effort between MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Conducting market research, analyzing customer feedback, and monitoring user behavior on your website are effective ways to gain valuable insights into your target audience’s preferences. This highlights the importance of tailoring your content to specific target audiences to maximize its effectiveness. Let’s listen to her insights.

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ReimaginePR

AUGUST 1, 2016

You’re in a busy market, and not sure how to stand out from the crowd. What do you do when you don’t have the loudest voice, the biggest network or the most money to throw at marketing? Marketing isn’t your audience finding you, rather it’s you finding them. You market where they live, work and go for entertainment.

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Shift Communications

JUNE 2, 2015

Today I wanna talk about a fundamental error I see many companies make with regard to Content Marketing. More recently infographics have been all the rage. But if you make the resource investment in content creation you need to make an even bigger investment in marketing that content. They create something.

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Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

A few years ago, athenahealth debuted athenaInsight, its data-driven news publication, to make a serious investment in content marketing. According to executive director of content and communications John Fox, the marketing team made a choice to adjust the brand’s point of view as they prepped for the launch. “At

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The Stalwart Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2015

A few months ago, our agency learned that more of our clients and prospects were in need of greater content marketing assistance. While we’ve always been a PR and Marketing agency, the majority of our work has primarily been focused on media relations. However, things are changing and that is no longer the case.

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PR 20/20

MAY 23, 2017

We originally published a blog in 2015 listing 40+ inbound marketing resources. We’ve added even more to the list, so read below for an update with even more resources for marketers. As marketers, we spend hours researching the top trends and tactics to prove top-notch ROI and success. even a free marketing course).

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Cision

JUNE 2, 2017

The global digital economy has produced an avalanche of content and the battle for mind and market share is no longer local. If you want to see who are seen as the best both by data and peer review, then typing a search term, such as “Top Content Marketers,” will be revealing. See how they market online.

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MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The latest content marketing trend our PR agency is seeing is the move toward less content creation and more content promotion. In that rush of adrenaline to immediately promote your new e-book or video ASAP, content marketers risk the opportunity to be creative with promotion.

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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. An infographic: The design team has taken the most tweet-worthy stats and created a tantalizing infographic to accompany the eBook and drive social shares. Personas have been defined.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 13, 2023

Equally important is recognizing what resonates best with your intended market — including their preferences and preferred communication channels- then delivering tailored content accordingly. Each platform holds its unique set of audiences, and ensuring maximum engagement would require crafting tailored content strategies for each.

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Rock the Status Quo

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Five Free eBooks (or Presentations) To Download Now Strengthen Your LinkedIn Skills: The Sophisticated Marketer’s Guide to LinkedIn by… um… LinkedIn! Word on the street is that audio is (re)emerging as one of the fastest growing content platforms for 2015. It includes some very useful details.

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Contently - Strategy

JUNE 11, 2020

We’ve extracted the most important healthcare content marketing trends using a combination of quantitative and qualitative data. We spoke to industry experts, analyzed macro content trends using our in-house content strategy technology, and highlighted companies creating great content.

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Cision

APRIL 6, 2016

In fact, as all savvy marketers know, more than “what” you sell, “how” you sell creates a bigger emotional, and thus bankable, impact. But generally speaking, it is a content research tool that allows marketers to put themselves in the shoes (and the mindset) of different segments of customers. What would you rather read?

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Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

We’ve extracted the most important healthcare content marketing trends using a combination of quantitative and qualitative data. We spoke to industry experts, analyzed macro content trends using our in-house content strategy technology, and highlighted companies creating great content.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 28, 2013

Since so much of what we do entails marketing, this week’s roundup focuses on just that topic; from tools (the ones to use , not to be ) to best practices: 1. Slideshare Is The Biggest Opportunity In B2B Content Marketing. Content Marketing Tactics: Business Blogging Pros, Cons, Best Practices & Brands Doing It Right.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Either way, using tools and technologies to aid your marketing strategy has never been more impactful than in the age of AI. I joined BuzzStream as Director of Content Marketing in November of 2023. But before that, I worked for over ten years with three content marketing agencies and one in-house role.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Either way, using tools and technologies to aid your marketing strategy has never been more impactful than in the age of AI. I joined BuzzStream as Director of Content Marketing in November of 2023. But before that, I worked for over ten years with three content marketing agencies and one in-house role.

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PRSay

APRIL 19, 2016

A successful integrated marketing communications (IMC) practice incorporates concepts like core strategy statements, cross-platform strategies, and iterative measurement practices. Here are some of my “go to” linked tactics that almost always get pulled out of the Wax Marketing IMC toolkit, particularly when a campaign is in trouble.

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Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 5, 2019

There’s a common misconception that companies in conservative fields like finance, insurance, and healthcare have a harder time creating content. Sure, marketers in these industries deal with more regulations and bureaucracy than someone who works for Red Bull. Brands spend large sums of money on content marketing.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 2, 2014

For example, a meme appearing in my stream on LinkedIn stated to the effect, that 80% of sales close on the fifth interaction, yet most sales people rarely go beyond one or two touches. easier delivery models predicated by market acceptance of cloud computing. Marketing’s Responsibility for Sales.

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Contently - Strategy

JANUARY 29, 2019

Building your brand through top-of-funnel content establishes a connection with a new audience. Without that awareness foundation, it’s harder to achieve other goals down the marketing funnel. Here’s how you can address them before they hurt your marketing efforts. When your content ranks low on search.

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PR 20/20

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A s a marketer, you are well aware of content's significant role in your overall marketing strategy. According to Demand Gen Report , over half of B2B buyers rely on content to research their buying decisions. However, throwing ill-thought-out content at the wall and hoping it sticks will not result in more leads.

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MaccaPR

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

This year’s sold-out Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association (MIMA) Summit in downtown Minneapolis brought together 1,400 of our state’s brightest marketers, technologists and entrepreneurs to hear about new strategies to disrupt the status quo. social + content marketing). Social media feeds off of emotions.

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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Not surprisingly, our agency’s launch of the 4,590-pound, Guinness World Record-breaking “World’s Largest Rubberband Ball” in downtown Chicago for OfficeMax stores – which generated 422 TV segments in 127 markets –was a wild ride and a landmark experiential campaign for our agency. So was a publicity stunt for Kemps, when we carved then-Gov.

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PR 20/20

MARCH 30, 2016

As marketers, we are forever pressed for creative, performance-driven ideas. In the era of fast-paced, connected consumers, we must constantly evolve to prove our marketing success. In a recent blog post , Paul Roetzer articulates the challenge: “There have never been more choices for marketers. Inbound Marketing Kit.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 28, 2023

So Sparktoro uses data from social networks like X, LinkedIn, or Facebook to help you identify what topics your audience follows and interacts with on social. Content marketing agency Siege Media built the tool based on the insights of years of blogger outreach from the agency, and it is indeed extremely accurate.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 28, 2023

So Sparktoro uses data from social networks like X, LinkedIn, or Facebook to help you identify what topics your audience follows and interacts with on social. Content marketing agency Siege Media built the tool based on the insights of years of blogger outreach from the agency, and it is indeed extremely accurate.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Barnes to forgive me the editorial liberty I’ve taken with this headline, but that’s my takeaway after finally reading the UMASS Dartmouth Study: The 2014 Fortune 500 and Social Media: LinkedIn Dominates As Use of Newer Tools Explodes. Infographic: Millennials and Social Commerce. For example: 13 Statistics from an Inc. Yeah, not many.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 17, 2018

Creating valuable evergreen content is hard. In fact, most entrepreneurs and online marketers don’t want the stress — so they outsource the workload to writers, who often don’t enjoy most aspects of it. It takes dedication, time, and commitment to creating content that will take the target audience from Point A to Point B.

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PR 20/20

JANUARY 19, 2016

Meaghan is the Content Marketing Manager for ZenContent , a company that provides tailored, quality content for brands of all varieties. Say hi on Twitter or connect on LinkedIn. The following is a guest post by Meaghan McBee.

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The Proactive Report

AUGUST 5, 2016

They dig through LinkedIn and blogs for experts and sources. LinkedIn news consumers are more likely to be high earners and college educated. LinkedIn news consumers are more likely to be high earners and college educated. Twitter news consumers are significantly younger than news consumers on Facebook, Google Plus and LinkedIn.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 28, 2023

So Sparktoro uses data from social networks like X, LinkedIn, or Facebook to help you identify what topics your audience follows and interacts with on social. Content marketing agency Siege Media built the tool based on the insights of years of blogger outreach from the agency, and it is indeed extremely accurate.

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Critical Mention

APRIL 24, 2020

Make your content identifiable by sticking to one or two font types for all your content. Include your logo in infographics, social media posts or any other content that has the potential to be shared by others. . Leave white space in your content. Priscilla is the marketing coordinator for Critical Mention.

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Critical Mention

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

For instance, does direct mail work, or has digital marketing rendered it obsolete? In an article on its website, MarketingProfs shared an infographic by US Presort that debunks direct mail myths, one of them being that millennials don’t even look through their mail. Targeting millennials is vital for PR to move forward.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

That aside every now and again there are some tactical tips that are truly unique and I’ve captured some for this week’s Unscripted Marketing links. 1) Building Relationships with Content. You can absolutely build relationships with content, and content marketing absolutely plays a role in media relations.

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Beyond PR

JUNE 2, 2017

The global digital economy has produced an avalanche of content and the battle for mind and market share is no longer local. If you want to see who are seen as the best both by data and peer review, then typing a search term, such as “Top Content Marketers,” will be revealing. See how they market online.

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