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5 Essentials of an Effective Content Marketing Strategy

Polaris

Content marketing is all the rage nowadays. And there’s no shortage of marketing firms touting content marketing as the latest bandwagon you don’t want to miss. Yet, truth be told, content marketing is nothing new. In 1891, August Oetker sold baking powder with recipes printed on the back.

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How to Turn Your Personal Story Into a Compelling Brand

ReimaginePR

The most important part of branding is storytelling. And the most important part of storytelling is connecting with your audience. Blogs, social media, video, podcasts, presentations, etc.). You must cultivate a brand story that adds context and meaning to what would otherwise be dull facts and figures. Click To Tweet.

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

Polaris

There were always lots of presents under the tree (yes, I was spoiled), especially my favourite gift of all: books. Most useful offline reference resource: Epic Content Marketing by Joe Pulizzi. Joe Pulizzi, the godfather of content marketing, wrote this book in 2014. 2 Kathi Kruse. 11 Gini Dietrich.

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

Sword and the Script

At the bottom of the list: oral communications and presentation time and meeting management, and technical aptitude, such as coding and SEO. Social and content marketing edge out media relations A survey by Talkwalker says media relations has been supplanted by other functions as the top services provided by public relations.

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Why Your Content Strategy is Failing And How to Fix it

Beyond PR

The digital and content revolution has empowered customers to seize control of their path to purchase, forcing brands to retire their sledgehammer marketing tactics. Today, brands must attract customers with high-quality content, impacting their target audience through an array of online channels. But is it really that easy?

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Authenticity: You Can’t Fake It

ReimaginePR

See, when we sense a discrepancy in the stories we hear or read, we’re really raising a mental red flag about the storyteller, not just about the story being told. When I think of someone who is genuine, I usually also find the following traits to be present: Honesty. And this goes for in-print and online. Vulnerability.

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State of B2B Tech Content Marketing: 5 Trends That’ll Get You Promoted

Contently - Strategy

Great content marketing has the power to do that. Today’s audiences come across so much mediocre content that looks and sounds the same. Lately, innovative marketing teams have been thinking beyond the standard blog post. We love email,” GE’s Chief Storyteller told us. “It

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