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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 PR Opportunity for Brands as Publishers Tinker with Journalism

Sword and the Script

Recently, I received notice from the publisher of a local business journal that the “People on the Move” section is up for sale. The one-time crowdsourced feature for new hire announcements or appointments in a local market will cost $250. In other words, the stories he writes must appeal to as many people as possible.

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Get a Big Picture of the PR Landscape with these Notes from 10 Industry Surveys

Sword and the Script

Over the past 12 months or so, I’ve easily reviewed and written about more than 20 such PR surveys from the PR sector (there many more about marketing). Recently I went back through all the write-ups I’ve published on surveys and boiled the results down to these ten. These lay out a pretty good picture of the PR landscape.

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How to Get Around Paywalls with Licensed Content

Critical Mention

Unfortunately for them, many of today’s major news sources have these restrictions that limit media access, which means media professionals are limited to what kind of content they can share to their brand’s audiences. This is also true of some important industry and academic journals. Until next time! Critical Mention.

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The Pros Weigh In: The Best Books for the Marketer on Your List

Polaris

Most useful offline reference resource: Epic Content Marketing by Joe Pulizzi. Joe Pulizzi, the godfather of content marketing, wrote this book in 2014. It’s an instant classic that helps us achieve improved results while marketing less by doing “epic content marketing.” 2 Kathi Kruse.

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Are we still over-relying on media relations?

Communications Conversations

I’m talking about the broader scope of PR here–media relations, content marketing, social media marketing, community relations, etc. Consider the following: Investments in content marketing continue to rise. Content partnerships with major media outlets are taking off. I can’t help it.