Communications Conversations

JUNE 29, 2021

It’s become one of the most prevalent questions in the social media industry. I’ve been doing social media audits for midsized and large companies for years. Recent reports I’ve seen, put most social media teams in the 1-3 person range. The post How often should you post on social media? (A

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Prohibition

MARCH 26, 2024

Sharing the latest social media updates you don’t want to miss – here’s what’s new. Instagram has opened this up to eight new markets including the UK! The tool is designed to take the legwork/admin out of creator management and streamline the process.

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Prohibition

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Visual content tools to make the most of Canva – one of the easiest platforms to use, offering a range of templates and customisation options. Later/Planoly – if you like to plan your content ahead of the week/month, visual content calendars are great tools to help you see what your feed will look like before scheduling your posts.

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5W PR

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

AI writing tools can easily simulate human writing in a way that’s both a little scary and awe-inspiring. This extra time gives companies room to prepare to future-proof their content marketing efforts. Using AI tools. Content marketing strategies. Machine learning.

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Bringing you another round-up of the latest social media updates, as AI continues to infiltrate, check it out below. Instagram’s AI stickers Instagram have introduced new tools for content creators to streamline reel editing, including dreamy ‘undo’ and ‘redo’ buttons to rectify small errors.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

All content marketers run into problems every now and then. Whatever your problem is, there is most likely a tool out there that can solve it. At his recent presentation at Content Marketing World , marketing technology expert Ian Cleary shared how the right tools can help solve your biggest content marketing problems.

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Prohibition

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Social media platforms are evolving and changing just as fast as the seasons are changing this year – take a look at our latest updates round-up: Instagram launches reminder story ads Meta recently announced that reminder ads, which update users about upcoming events, can now be implemented within Instagram stories.

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Critical Mention

JUNE 19, 2019

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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The Proactive Report

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Not according to the 65 percent of brands who say that their success with content marketing is a direct result of a documented strategy. A complete content marketing strategy starts with research, not setting goals. It’s impossible to make a remarkable piece of content without really good visuals.

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Communications Conversations

JULY 26, 2018

I’ve seen a number of articles recently that have focused on a growing–and increasingly troublesome–trend in our industry: Our complete over-reliance on tools and technology. What I’ve seen is this: Brands purchasing and increasing number of social media tools. They just don’t.

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Prohibition

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Wondering how to make your social media ads work? The feature of the update that made the biggest impact on social media advertising was the ‘accept tracking’ pop-up. might well have been one of the worst things that has ever happened to social media marketing. We hear you. The IoS 14.5

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Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

When it comes to freelance content marketing , however, the parameters are often less clear. Fact-checking for my content marketing stories is just as essential as it is for my editorial work,” said Anna Dimond , a journalist, content creator, and producer. Why accuracy in content marketing is important.

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Flack's Revenge

OCTOBER 25, 2017

I enjoyed attending my third consecutive Social Tools Summit event in Boston last week, where I moderated a panel on branding and thought leadership. It was great to take a day and get caught up on the state of the art in social media. Highest ROI : Lithium social media management. Social Tools.

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Prohibition

MAY 10, 2023

User generated content (UGC) has become a critical component of social media marketing in recent years. It refers to any content created by users themselves, rather than by a brand or business. What is user generated content? This can help attract new customers and retain existing ones.

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Prohibition

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Content marketing is the process of planning, sharing and distributing relevant and valuable material consistently to attract and retain your ideal target audience. What are the different types of content marketing? Social media content. But social content may resonate more with a younger audience.

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Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Here’s a process, tools and forward planning data to help build a news or editorial calendar. It’s a form of workflow borrowed from a media newsroom. The reality of modern media is that news stories are published to the web instantaneously. Collaboration and project tools are frequently be used as a news calendar.

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Cision

JULY 21, 2015

While each component of your marketing strategy (email, PR, social media, blogs) should bring you results, it’s often better when two or more components work together. Take blogging and social media. Here’s how you can boost your blog’s traffic with a few social media tricks. Repost on LinkedIn.

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Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

When I started as an editorial intern at Contently, the first thing I realized was that I had a lot to learn about content marketing. In college, I majored in mass communication with a media studies concentration. I searched through Glassdoor, LinkedIn, and Indeed for traditional internships at media companies.

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Prohibition

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

As we fast-approach Autumn, and Summer comes to a close, social media has also changed recently with new features being introduced across all platforms. With e-commerce even more prevalent than ever, and reels venturing across to Facebook, here are the latest updates in the world of social media.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 9, 2016

In fact, you don’t have to do it at all as there are some emerging tools that will automate part of this process for you. Again, there are tools that will automate some aspects of this game, which enable anyone to completely remove the “social” from social media. Followers and fans do not equate to influence folks.

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Prohibition

MARCH 16, 2021

We don’t need to sell you on the benefits of content marketing. When compared with other forms of marketing, content marketing has the potential to form a meaningful and long-lasting relationship with your customer or prospect. So, how do you get it right when it comes to content marketing?

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Onclusive

APRIL 12, 2018

She joined UL in 2015 and is responsible for brand and marketing strategy, communications, public relations and crisis management, corporate social responsibility, events, customer experience, digital marketing and social media, as well as the marketing organization at large.

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Polaris

DECEMBER 9, 2014

The Content Marketing Institute (CMI) and MarketingProfs recently released their latest joint study on the use of content in the marketing mix: B2C Content Marketing, 2015 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends—North America. Email marketing clearly deserves to be near the top of the list. I certainly was.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

This means social media posts that include video are granted better reach on the platform. In turn, social media experts have rushed to proclaim brands should be using video to drive better engagement. Yet the cries for fostering more brand engagement persist and it’s rapidly becoming a no-win situation for marketing.

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Contently - Strategy

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The best email newsletters are like holy grails for content marketers. When you send content straight to your reader’s inbox, you bypass Google’s search algorithm and the changing whims of social media platforms. Be honest Financial content marketing is tough to create for many reasons.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Legal technology (legal tech) is a vertical market in which I specialize from a marketing and PR perspective. Litigation tools aside, legal tech typically addresses the business of law, rather than the practice of law. The content is gated, however, the publisher, ALM, has a unique strategy for social media.

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Critical Mention

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Are you looking to interact with your social media audience, post trending content that’ll boost social engagement and practice top social strategies that’ll increase brand awareness? . Practice Social Media Brand-Consistency. Create a Social Media Posting Schedule.

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Cision

OCTOBER 24, 2015

Social media has become a centerpiece for brands’ reputations. Just as PR and marketing departments use social media to find influencers, build relationships with journalists and engage with their audiences, they should also watch their competitors. Want more insights on social media listening?

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The Proactive Report

MARCH 13, 2015

As the digital world continues its headlong rush into the future, with new tools and toys popping up all the time, managing a brand’s social media program has become a very time-intensive activity. Join me on March 19th, 2015 for a free webinar hosted by Sendible – a social media management dashboard from the UK.

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Flack's Revenge

MAY 8, 2015

I am very much looking forward to attending the Social Tools Summit (#SocialTools15) in Boston next Tuesday, where I will be moderating a session on content marketing. Jeff Green on Twitter , Social Media and Content Strategist, Rethink Robotics. Dr. Steven Zielke , Founder & CEO, Blappsta.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MARCH 5, 2024

With the so-called ‘collapse’ of major digital news outlets like Vice Media and BuzzFeed and the much-hyped decline of traditional news, then earned media no longer matters. Securing earned media is still the highest priority for most public relations professionals. Wait, what is earned media?

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Cision

MAY 25, 2015

If you’re a PR professional in the year 2015, you are probably well aware of a little tactic known as content marketing. for a while now in the communication world, but the PR industry is finally starting to realize that creating and owning content to tell a story is a great complement to more traditional methods.

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Stephen Waddington

JULY 29, 2020

A new CIPR #AIinPR project finds that AI tool vendors are not addressing the PR market. Tool adoption is almost entirely limited to automation tools. Humans still needed Two years ago, Jean Valin led a project to explore the impact of AI tools on the PR profession on behalf of the CIPR #AIinPR panel.

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Critical Mention

OCTOBER 25, 2021

For those who don’t watch, Succession follows the dysfunctional Roy family, whose patriarch, Logan Roy, owns and operates the largest media and entertainment company in the world. But, this is a blog about PR, communications and media relations, so enough about the plot summary.

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Cision

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Anne Carton is a small business consultant, digital marketing expert and blogger working with Designhill , the world’s largest online graphic design marketplace. Ann primarily writes about social media and growth hack strategies, SEO and e-commerce. Want to deliver valuable content in 2016? The answer is simple!

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ReimaginePR

JULY 11, 2016

You may assume that creating a similar content marketing strategy will be too complicated for your business to handle. After all, when you try to create content, it probably seems to take forever as you fall further down the never-ending rabbit hole of ideas, tasks, and social media updates. Social media posts.

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 21, 2014

This week I was reminded of a post I wrote back in March on jumpstarting your B2B content. MarketingProfs’ latest B2B Content Marketing 2015 Benchmarks, Budgets & Trends report. The report provides some great insight into how B2B marketers are thinking about content and where they’re stuck. The reminder?

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