Cision

DECEMBER 19, 2017

According to research from Content Marketing Institute, 65 percent of businesses using content marketing have experienced an increase in ROI compared to a year ago. For content marketers, this is good news — as it indicates that content marketing is still as effective as it has always been.

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The Proactive Report

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The Need for a Documented Content Strategy. Only 37 percent of US companies have a documented content strategy. Isn’t it enough to discuss goals and have an unwritten strategy? A complete content marketing strategy starts with research, not setting goals. Why is this important?

Content Marketing 189

Content Marketing Trends Marketing Strategy 189

Contently - Strategy

JUNE 25, 2020

” Over the past few years, I’ve found that this problem plagues most organizations when it comes to content strategy. Everyone says they want to create data-driven content based on their audience’s interests, but many marketers have no idea what data matters or how to use it. That promise was flawed.

Content Marketing 143

Content Marketing Data Strategy Marketing 143

Polaris

DECEMBER 1, 2014

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. Below are 5 essentials of an effective content marketing strategy.

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Content Marketing Strategy Marketing Resources 216

Cision

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Generating a stream of interesting and engaging ways to reach your audience through content marketing can be a pain. February: Strategize Your Blog Content for the Future. But a better strategy is to plan out your content several weeks or months — even quarters — ahead. July: Leverage What You Learn.

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Onclusive

JUNE 23, 2022

It is essential for both marketing and PR to align with their organization’s business goals, not just to have a full picture of where their brands are going, but also to create strategies and implement tactics that contribute to these goals. Align with marketing strategies and dashboards. Working with marketing.

Strategy 195

Strategy Marketing Measurement eBook 195

Contently - Strategy

JANUARY 17, 2020

This summer, I conducted empathy interviews a bunch of our clients and prospects to understand their content marketing challenges. SEO remains a huge part of content marketing, as it should be. High-ranking content creates long-term value for your brand. One big pain point: SEO. Focus on quality over quantity.

SEO 141

SEO Content Marketing Marketing Google 141

Cision

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Content marketing has never been more important. A report from Content Marketing Institute (CMI) conducted in 2016 found that 47 percent of enterprise marketers planned to increase their budgets for content marketing over the following 12 months. Keeping Content Powerful And Unique.

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Content Marketing How To Marketing Infographics 240

Agility PR Solutions

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Content marketing is a critical tool in your marketing arsenal. The 2022 State of Content Marketing report shows that 97 percent of businesses already incorporate content marketing into their marketing strategy. Therefore, the internet is filled with a black hole of content.

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Content Marketing Marketing Media Consumer 84

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.

Content Marketing 144

Content Marketing Marketing Viral Study 144

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Fortunately, there are several new studies that have been published about content marketing, blogging and webinars that provide solid benchmarks. 1) Content marketing benchmarks. MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute published their 10 th Annual B2B Marketing report with benchmarks, budgets and trends.

Content Marketing 138

Content Marketing Study Blogging Marketing 138

Sword and the Script

JULY 28, 2020

Content marketing is about the audience. The same dynamic applies to content marketing too. >>> Looking for a consulting partner with the content chops to build a sound strategy and execute? The Bulldog Reporter, including its long-time editor Richard Carufel , is still publishing today.

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Content Marketing Marketing B2B Advertising 110

5W PR

MARCH 2, 2020

Marketers who are successful in connecting with their target audiences would also attest to that, but is it happening? Content Marketing Institute recently weighed in on the matter by sharing results of its research of folks who work at B2B and B2C companies. Content Marketing.

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Content Marketing Marketing B2C Exercises 97

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.

Content Marketing 62

Content Marketing Marketing Strategy Tools 62

Cision

APRIL 23, 2015

This post is based on our white paper “ Outside-The-Box Content Marketing for PR.” ” A week into 2014, Mark Schaefer published a blog post that questioned whether content marketing – which he termed “the hottest marketing trend around” – was a sustainable strategy for businesses.

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Strategy B2C Marketing 120

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

” Over the past few years, I’ve found that this problem plagues most organizations when it comes to content strategy. Everyone says they want to create data-driven content based on their audience’s interests, but many marketers have no idea what data matters or how to use it. That promise was flawed.

Content Marketing 64

Content Marketing Data Strategy Marketing 64

Cision

JUNE 2, 2015

Content marketing boils down to one simple question: what story is your brand telling? According to CMI’s 2015 Benchmark Report , 55 percent of B2B marketers plan to increase their content marketing budget in the next 12 months—essentially, pouring more money into telling their brands’ stories.

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Data Strategy Marketing 120

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. What are you trying to accomplish?

Content Marketing 170

Content Marketing Interviews Marketing Leadership 170

Onclusive

DECEMBER 6, 2017

For example, if a PR pro gained coverage for their brand in Forbes, they may report the circulation of Forbes as the potential audience size that saw the message. With this explosion of content and demand for measurement, PR responsibilities are growing exponentially. Enter the era of data-driven PR through artificial intelligence.

Strategy 294

Strategy Data-Driven PR Measurement Enterprise 294

Contently - Strategy

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

A content marketer’s job is to create quality content that gets in front of readers organically. After all, what is content worth if you don’t access the readers who would most benefit from your writing? Content that makes readers “feel like they’ve had a satisfying experience” gets priority.

SEO 134

SEO Strategy Google Engineering 134

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

In 2010, Vocus acquired the Help a Reporter. HARO, as it’s known colloquially, was an ad-support email newsletter that sent media opportunities from 30,000 reporters and bloggers to a subscriber list of 100,000 PR pros and small businesses. And I have a massive library of SEO and content marketing material.”.

SEO 139

SEO Content Marketing Marketing Software 139

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. Like many people entering the job market, I wanted to write and edit, and I was interested in exploring different ways to make a living with those skills.

Content Marketing 111

Content Marketing Marketing SEO Video 111

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 21, 2020

One of the biggest mistakes I see in content marketing is when organizations and businesses do not treat it like a distinct channel. This boxes your approach to content marketing into a corner and removes options. >>> Related: Why Content Marketing and Public Relations Need Each Other.

Content Marketing 124

Content Marketing How To Marketing Leadership 124

Cision

JANUARY 18, 2018

While much of a content marketing strategy revolves around creating new content just for your blog (part of your owned media), I highly recommend that you divert some of your attention to incorporating earned media into your strategy. Create Highly Shareable Content. Amplify Media Mentions.

Strategy 276

Strategy How To Media Infographics 276

Cision

JANUARY 5, 2016

Content is a lot like football–the ball must keep progressing, otherwise it’s just a bunch of huddles. Consider using these five, expert-recommended, forward-moving content rules and strategies as this year’s NFL playoffs begin: 1. These content marketing experts strongly advise against tracking too many metrics.

Content Marketing 96

Content Marketing Strategy Marketing Sports 96

Agility PR Solutions

APRIL 1, 2019

A newly released study from small bizcontent marketing platform Matcha illuminates what’s working and what’s not in content marketing for small businesses and e-commerce stores. The post What’s working in content marketing? The post What’s working in content marketing? The […].

B2C 69

B2C Content Marketing Company Strategy 69

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. People respond well to CTAs if they’re specific because we all want our content to feel tailored to us.

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Financial Content Marketing Marketing Banking 52

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.

B2C 194

B2C Content Marketing Study Trends 194

Sword and the Script

APRIL 18, 2020

There’s an opportunity for content marketing as audiences become fatigued with Coronavirus news and marketers reallocate live event funding One of the goals of content marketing is attracting an audience of likely buyers to your web properties and giving them a reason – and the means – to return regularly.

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Trade Shows Content Marketing Conference Marketing 121

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.

Content Marketing 160

Content Marketing B2B Marketing Measurement 160

The Proactive Report

JULY 23, 2017

A new report from BrightEdge reveals that although marketers at B2C and B2B Fortune 500 brands recognize the AI, voice and hyper-local revolution is here, most are not yet planning to adapt their marketing strategies to these new ideas. IMPROVE YOUR CONTENT STRATEGY. IMPROVE YOUR CONTENT STRATEGY.

Strategy 149

Strategy SEO B2C Engineering 149

Beyond PR

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

While more marketers than ever are embracing content marketing, a much smaller number of them are seeing tangible results — research shows that just 17 percent of content marketers report their content marketing efforts as much more successful. Does it even make much of a difference?

Content Marketing 93

Content Marketing Strategy Infographics Marketing 93

The Proactive Report

JANUARY 5, 2016

Content marketing as part of Digital PR has been the buzz phrase of choice for the past couple of years. Almost every company, BtoC and BtoB, has jumped on the content bandwagon. However, only 37% of BtoB firms regard their content strategy as effective. Is the Content Marketing honeymoon over?

Content Marketing 100

Content Marketing Digital PR Marketing Storytelling 100

Onclusive

JANUARY 10, 2018

With the explosion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, an increased focus from the C-suite on business- and metrics-driven KPIs, and a new trend toward Growth PR , PR & content marketing measurement is changing – radically and rapidly. I want marketers to think more creatively and broadly about what to measure.

Content Marketing 150

Content Marketing Measurement Interviews Marketing 150

Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 12, 2018

“Content marketing just doesn’t work,” they said. I’ve worked at Contently, one of the pioneers in content marketing, since 2013. But even more companies have struggled to get their programs off the ground and dismissed great content as “just too hard.”

Content Marketing 111

Content Marketing Creativity Marketing Travel 111

The Proactive Report

JANUARY 5, 2016

Content marketing as part of Digital PR has been the buzz phrase of choice for the past couple of years. Almost every company, BtoC and BtoB, has jumped on the content bandwagon. However, only 37% of BtoB firms regard their content strategy as effective. Is the Content Marketing honeymoon over?

Content Marketing 100

Content Marketing Digital PR Marketing Storytelling 100

The Proactive Report

JANUARY 5, 2016

Content marketing as part of Digital PR has been the buzz phrase of choice for the past couple of years. Almost every company, BtoC and BtoB, has jumped on the content bandwagon. However, only 37% of BtoB firms regard their content strategy as effective. Is the Content Marketing honeymoon over?

Content Marketing 100

Content Marketing Digital PR Marketing Storytelling 100