Stephen Waddington

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Brand journalism is a form of content marketing whereby an organisation reports on its business, people, events and industry news. It’s a concept as old as the web itself but is something that very few organisations do well.

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Beyond PR

AUGUST 25, 2016

Instead, it is about storytelling, using a narrative to add value to existing perceptions that can either be backed up by your current product or supported by your prospective plans. That storytelling is one reason why Amazon has been able to survive market crashes and make risky bets. Benefits for storytellers.

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PR 20/20

OCTOBER 9, 2018

In this spotlight, we’ve featured Cathy McPhillips ( @cmcphillips ), Vice President of Marketing at Content Marketing Institute ( @CMIContent ). I oversee this, and also focus on strategy, paid advertising and event marketing. I oversee this, and also focus on strategy, paid advertising and event marketing.

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Contently - Strategy

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Nearly five years ago, I wrote about why the email newsletter is the most important part of content marketing. Damn near every marketer uses email as a marketing channel. For us at The Content Strategist , that’s content marketing and content strategy best practices. That’s okay.

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How To Content Marketing Banking Advertising 142

Critical Mention

JULY 31, 2019

Part of the reason for this personnel strategy is that research shows the most effective methods of marketing involve storytelling; a PR pro’s specialty. can create more conversions, the ultimate goal of all marketing and PR efforts. Journalist outreach specifically is an important part of a strong backlinking strategy.

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Marketing SEO Guidelines eBook 68

Cision

AUGUST 11, 2016

With the rapidly evolving landscape of the marketing mix, fueled by the MarTech revolution, the growth of influencer marketing and content marketing, and a push towards integrated communications, marketers and communicators need cutting-edge resources more than ever. Marketing Land. TopRank Marketing Blog.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Impact reports for web conversions: Learn the answer to what do people do on your website after they consume earned media. We’ve also found that an earned media management strategy works best when you designate a leader, a strategist, a storyteller and an analyst. This can be any combination that works with your particular team.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 5, 2017

Today’s PR programs are less about selling and more about telling… stories that engage prospects or customers, and visual storytelling is hotter than ever. Earned media isn’t going away any time soon, but in recent years, social platforms have dominated. PR and SEO are joined.

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Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The series, which debuted over a decade ago, was one of the first majorly successful examples of video content marketing. Even if you can’t create a web series like Blendtec, you can choose a number of other formats including: Explainer videos (focused on industry topic). Live-streams/presentations. Q&A videos.

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Video How To Education YouTube 95

Beyond PR

MARCH 6, 2018

Today, brands must attract customers with high-quality content, impacting their target audience through an array of online channels. Content Marketing is no Longer a Shiny New Object. Practiced by virtually all B2B and B2C organizations, content has quickly evolved into one of marketing’s staples.

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Strategy How To B2C Content Marketing 67

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Marketers will likely gravitate toward tracks including: Advertising and brand experience. Experiential storytelling. The premier gathering of digital marketers on planet Earth!”. If you’re a marketer, surely you thought ‘yes, please’ to at least two of those categories. Content Marketing World Conference and Expo.

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David PR Group

AUGUST 4, 2014

I have been thinking about channels a lot lately but mainly communications and distribution channels for our marketing messages. My last post focused on how storytelling needs to return to marketing , but we also need to develop our distribution channels so our story is widely consumed by our target audience. –John.

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Communications Conversations

APRIL 27, 2018

A few weeks ago, I noticed Alyssa Greve , director of content marketing at Cambria, touting a new Cambria blog on LinkedIn. Although corporate storytelling has been under fire a bit lately, I continue to be a strong supporter of such efforts–and this one, in particular, looked interesting.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 22, 2015

But with so much “stuff” out there, how can you make sure you’re producing innovative content rather than same old, same old? Purina’s “Dear Kitten” Video Series Proves BuzzFeed Is The Cat’s Pajamas For Content Marketers. The Evolution of Public Relations Through Content Marketing. ” 5.

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Content Marketing Storytelling Community Video 40

PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Some roles to consider on your marketing dream team : Content writer. Graphic designer / visual storyteller. To make any marketing campaign successful, you must understand the goals, pain points, influencers, and preferences of each target buyer persona your company is targeting. Data analyst. Email specialist.

Marketing 52

Marketing Technology Internal International 52

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Storytelling through the Eyes of a Child. You are never too old to apply the lessons learned from stories to your business strategy,” writes Karelyn Lambert as she shares “lessons learned from storytelling to children that can easily be used by your brand.” ” 5. 6 Rules of Thumb for Successful Brand Publishing.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Marketing investment was redirected towards demand generation (content marketing, paid media) as startups looked for deal flow. As the market lifts, brands will need to raise awareness and will be ready to invest for the longer term as their horizons extend. ” ~ Morgan McLintic , CEO, Firebrand Communications 6.

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Prohibition

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Tech PR also involves securing media coverage and amplifying content through storytelling to reach the right target audience. A successful tech PR strategy focuses on targeting the right media outlets, using engaging content, and creating relationships with key influencers in the industry.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The organizations who take their ESG, DEI, and social impact strategies seriously will be the ones who are unafraid to show their progress, no matter how big or small it may be, with a combination of visual and written storytelling. Brad Marley , Yelram Media Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media. Relentless focus on the customer .

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 21, 2018

No one should underestimate the power of data for storytelling. Whatever the case, B2B and technology-based businesses are in an excellent position to use data-driven storytelling as part of a PR strategy. Journalists need to be data-savvy,” said Tim Berners-Lee, founder of the World Wide Web.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 4, 2015

Importance of storytelling for your organization. Content Marketing: Without Community, It’s Only Half the Equation. Yet when I look back, I realize I started my own personal academy 10 years ago around the time I co-founded my agency,” shares Martin Waxman as he explores how you can develop your own academy. ” 3.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The list below is broken into four sections: Marketing statistics from 2020. Content marketing statistics from 2020. The survey found, “The top three areas live event budgets will be reallocated to are content creation (43%): hosted webinars (40%); and search marketing (33%).”. Social media statistics from 2020.

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Survey Marketing B2B Study 174

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Effective storytelling improves valuations. Here’s how the top five answers stacked up: 56% said web traffic/web analytics; 51% said impressions / estimated site traffic (i.e. Similar Web); 50% said the number of placements/mentions; 41% said email open rates; 36% said clicks / CTRs; Read more: PR measurement.

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B2B Marketing Survey Software 114

Sword and the Script

MARCH 10, 2019

As readers that read this blog regularly know, this one reason why I believe (true) content marketing has role to play in media relations. 1) Storytelling, analytics and thought leadership are the top PR tactics and trends. content marketing (64%). 3 PR Trends in Tactics, Measurement and Organization.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Measuring genuine ROI and a marketing campaign’s long-term contribution to revenue takes time, and marketers need to slow down to do it.”. Sean Callahan , Senior Manager, Content Marketing | LinkedIn. 6) Relationships with people who have the ear of your target market. “It’s How can they do that?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 19, 2015

When it comes to storytelling, quality over quantity is a pretty standard rule of thumb. Compelling storytelling can expand your audience and strengthen the bond you have with your customer base. This week’s roundup is chock full of advice to spice up your storytelling. Pedal-powered Storytelling. ” 4.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 19, 2018

Respondents said storytelling, content marketing and thought leadership will be more important over the next 12 months. Specifically, the survey found storytelling, content marketing and thought leadership topped the list of more than 20 tactics or trends related to PR in terms of importance.

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Cision

APRIL 27, 2017

Determine the value of your content programs: Content marketing is the most powerful brand storytelling tool that marketing and communications teams have in their toolkit. Not surprisingly, Mark Schaefer had plenty of other insights on content marketing such as “30 percent of searches will be done by voice by 2020.”

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Contently - Strategy

JANUARY 9, 2019

For GE, however, it’s the culmination of a decade-long commitment to content marketing. As a result, the brief brims with journalistic rigor, pulling in stories from GE Reports , the brand’s main content hub, where employees across the globe explain new research and innovations by focusing on ideas instead of products.

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How To Transportation Content Marketing Healthcare 108

PR 20/20

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

And if you want to absorb marketing news and insight from industry leaders during your commute with a new podcast, we’ve got you covered with 12 of our team’s favorites. This Old Marketing. and Epic Content Marketing. Overview: First started in 2013, This Old Marketing is THE podcast for content marketers.

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Ishmael's Corner

MAY 10, 2015

One person who has labored over B2B content, what works and what doesn’t work, is my good friend and colleague Steve Farnsworth. In short, Steve knows content marketing and the nitty gritty of lead generation. With this as the backdrop, here are his top 10 tools and resources that he applies to content marketing campaigns.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

4 Ways to Build Content Marketing Authority with SlideShare. Draw Me a Story: Six Storytelling Lessons From Cartooning. And if you really want a reason to show the world your jazz hands, sign up for my mini-training coming up next weekend, “ The Social PR Launchpad: Unleash Your Inner Social PR Superhero.”

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PR 20/20

MAY 23, 2017

You know the drill: You turn to the top content marketing influencers, blogs, publications and resources for a reinforcement. So, what marketing resources do you turn to on a daily basis? PR 20/20’s Guide for Top Marketing Resources. Content Marketing Institute blog ( @CMIContent ): Insight from top names in our industry.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Time and again, we see and hear countless online video marketing statistics like these: Consumers spend 5.5 Video is the most popular content marketing format for 2015, ahead of case studies, blogs and infographics ( 2015 State of Digital Marketing , a report featuring insights from over 600 marketers from Web Marketing 123).

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 8, 2015

This podcast, as with their subsequent books, including Think Like a Freak , which you can pick up at the airport and whiz through in a single coast-to-coast flight, is the continuation of that storytelling. Occasionally it inspires me to explore an idea more closely, like this one: In Content Marketing, Marketers Might be Losing Their Way.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

These are the questions we sought to answer in spring 2015 when I launched an internal initiative named Project Copyscale at my content marketing agency, PR 20/20. The insights gained from this research led to the creation of a new framework to help visualize and organize the marketing AI technology landscape— the 5Ps of Marketing AI.

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Marketing Software eBook Technology 53

Sword and the Script

JUNE 3, 2017

Amazon is chock full of social media marketing books based on an organic effort – an opportunity that’s all but evaporated today. It democratized media and brought technological change that has fundamentally shifted marketing, so long as there remains a world wide web. The “Twilight of web 2.0” The “Twilight of web 2.0”

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