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The Most Underrated Skill in Content Marketing? Fact-Checking

Contently - Strategy

This piece originally appeared on Contently’s The Freelance Creative. In traditional journalism, diligent fact-checking is a given. When it comes to freelance content marketing , however, the parameters are often less clear. This type of work is not journalism, strictly speaking.

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3 Factors That Shape Your Brand Journalism Strategy

Cision

That’s where brand journalism comes into play. Unlike content marketing , brand journalism places people front and center, rather than the products that affect those people. Brand journalism aims to attract new audiences and guide them towards other messaging without self-promotion. Distribution. Story Type.

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The Old “New Media” and Marketing Tools with Novel Twists [UML]

Sword and the Script

However, other traditionally print new organizations – notably the Wall Street Journal and USA Today – got into the podcast game far earlier. As such, podcasts are an old tool with a new twist. And that’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing links [UML]. 1) Marketing Audibles for Audio Search.

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Why and How to Switch Media Monitoring Platforms

Critical Mention

In other words, the “good enough for now” syndrome is quite common—here a some of the most common symptoms: You feel like learning how to use a new tool will take too much time. As an example, the time you spend trying to figure out how to use the tool the way you need is keeping you from being productive in other areas of your job.

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12 Places to Find Relevant Content Ideas Now

Cision

What is special about these tools is that they’re all quite flexible to the needs of any vertical or niche, but also that they serve two purposes: both to generate content ideas and to help you stay up-to-date in your industry. I continue to learn a lot of industry and platform-specific knowledge from these tools.

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The Evolution of Earned Media: Navigating Change

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

And despite digital and legacy media outlets shuttering or laying off, there is a slew of independent, niche and grant-funded newsrooms starting up or getting help from organizations like Press Forward, Local Media Foundation, News/Media Alliance, MacArthur Foundation, Knight Foundation, the American Journalism Project and others.

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How to Choose a Media Monitoring Service

Critical Mention

Like any technology investment, making a decision about which media monitoring or earned media measurement tool is right for your business can be challenging. So, as you consider what media monitoring tool to invest in, make sure the platform you choose has the ability to deliver your results within 60 seconds of the mention.

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