PRSay

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Lists “are to the web reader’s eye what Brad Pitt is to the paparazzi,” says Kara Pernice, Kathryn Whitenton and Jakob Nielsen, the authors of How People Read on the Web. Indeed, according to Pernice, Whitenton and Nielson, web visitors look at 70 percent of the bulleted lists they encounter. Readers can’t resist a list.

Web 141

Web Writing Analytics Training 141

Sword and the Script

MARCH 24, 2015

As a metric for content marketing, pageviews are flawed according to a white paper – Why Content Marketers Are Using All the Wrong Metrics – published by Contently. The company provides the combination of a talent marketplace and content marketing software to manage projects and campaigns.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Measurement Marketing Analytics 60

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 13, 2015

At the time, my client had a product for a nascent web economy that would fuel small businesses build a web presence. Related Content: Content Marketing *is* PR. Why PR Should Embrace Content Marketing. PR is the Best Kept Secret in Effective Content Marketing.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Marketing Pitching Small Business 60

Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 2, 2018

The best way to stand out from the noisy crowd is by employing a few tricks of the content marketing trade. As you work on your content marketing strategy, keep these in mind: Talk to your audience, not at them. That means you need to write messaging that’s completely client-concentric. Write like you talk.

Content Marketing 49

Content Marketing Marketing Brand Branding 49

Prohibition

JULY 14, 2017

Consider the changing shape of the comms industry, and you will undoubtedly come across the phrase ‘content marketing’. Content has become the ‘buzz word’ for the industry – whether you specialise in SEO, digital marketing or indeed more traditional avenues such as online advertising and PR. But what does content mean?

Content Marketing 48

Content Marketing Marketing B2C SEO 48

Contently - Strategy

JANUARY 25, 2023

What does voice search mean for content marketers in 2023? But first, let’s connect the dots between voice search and digital marketing. Voice Search & Digital Marketing: What’s the Connection? SEO is all about writing for the customer and creating content that answers burning questions.

SEO 88

SEO How To Mobile Engineering 88

Sword and the Script

JUNE 9, 2015

“The biggest challenge is that we are moving from an industry that could create one amazing commercial to reach consumers to an ecosystem with a diversified channel structure,” according to Mike Scafidi , marketing operations with PepsiCo. Yet the paper also surfaces the underlying driver of the shift to content marketing.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Employee Marketing Viral 60

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Professionals across the globe share analysis and perhaps, aspiration, in offering up PR and marketing predictions for 2022. I believe when people write predictions, they aren’t just saying what they think will happen but revealing a reflection of sorts. The metaverse, Web 3.0, David Berkowitz , Founder, Serial Marketers .

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Marketing Content Marketing Social Media Employee 214

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Content marketing is blending the functions of marketing and sales to the extent, marketing has lost its focus on creating demand. That’s my take after listening to Tom Webster evolve a concept over couple of podcasts on The Marketing Companion and finally rendered in a more polished format on Mark W. I sure have.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Marketing Measurement Writing 60

Contently - Strategy

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

With that kind of search volume, how is a business supposed to get its content to rank high, let alone rank on page one? Since search is one of the most common ways for customers to find relevant answers to their problems or to find products, you must write your content with people’s search intent in mind. Stay informed!

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Google Engineering SEO Writing 123

PR 20/20

MARCH 12, 2019

This post originally appeared on the Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute's blog. The Marketing AI Institute was created and is powered by PR 20/20. No matter what content you write or what stories your brand tells, there’s a good chance a machine can help you do it better. What Is AI for Content Marketing?

Content Marketing 40

Content Marketing Company System Marketing 40

Beyond PR

AUGUST 9, 2016

As a content marketer, I’m always on the lookout for whatever edge will improve my content’s reach. But with so many other brands also using content marketing, the task can seem Sisyphean at times. And the benefits go beyond building awareness for your content. Full-Text Syndication.

Content Marketing 40

Content Marketing Marketing SEO Web 40

MaccaPR

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Rebranding to “LinkedIn Pulse” in late 2013 , the app has quickly become a key part of making LinkedIn a content marketing machine. LinkedIn Pulse takes your ability to promote your company’s content to a new level by sharing your knowledge in highly targeted way s. Be authentic and let your voice show when writing.

LinkedIn 48

LinkedIn Content Marketing Marketing Engineering 48

Barokas

MAY 31, 2019

Content must be on-brand and consistent, without being overtly promotional or repetitive. Half of B2B marketers say producing content consistently is a top marketing challenge (Content Marketing Institute) and 65 percent have trouble producing engaging content (Zazzle Media). It’s a tall order.

Case Study 100

Case Study B2B Resources Web 100

Beyond PR

JULY 27, 2016

Communications is one of those disciplines that touches pretty much all aspects of a business: thought-leadership, branding, media relations, reputation management, earned media, social media, content marketing, lead generation and so much more. Pay attention to these 12 things when writing a press release for your demand gen content.

Writing 40

Writing SEO Web Content Marketing 40

PR Breakfast Club

JANUARY 11, 2015

Let’s talk for a moment about better content marketing through simple theft. I’m talking about taking from web developers processes to make lean content. Lean content is a workflow adaptation that ensures your team produces more content that can go more places. Writing a press release?

Web 28

Web Print Writing Content Marketing 28

Buzzstream

JANUARY 22, 2024

Methodology After compiling our list based on the sites’ guest post lists, we also added our own sites by using Ahref’s Content Explorer. We looked for sites with clear signals that they accepted guest posts, such as post titles and URLs with the words “contribute” or “write for us.”

Analysis 90

Analysis SEO Guidelines Google 90

Flack's Revenge

AUGUST 9, 2016

They reported the experiences of social teams and editors at some of the largest broadcast, print daily and native web outlets. Geetu’s favorite part, she said, was exploring the “content gap” between what they write and what people want to read. The team honed the content mix for each to improve engagement.

Viral 120

Viral Data Web Trends 120

Flack's Revenge

AUGUST 1, 2018

Content curation had been championed as a way to up the pace of content marketing by riding OPC (other people’s content), and to boost thought leadership, by commenting on others’ thoughts when you didn’t have an original idea. Now I was strangely stumped, even disinterested. These are different times.

Content Marketing 149

Content Marketing Privacy Government Web 149

Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Social media marketing. Content marketing. And sure, there’s news writing and video editing and courses like that as part of any J-School or strategic comms program. But, that’s not even close to the same thing as what we’re talking about when it comes to creating content for the modern web.

Communications 155

Communications SEO Social Media Video 155

Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

But here’s the thing: Marketing budgets are increasingly shifting to focus on content marketing and other efforts that can show a concrete return-on-investment. This is the PR industry’s bread and butter, most often referred to as publicity or media relations. Shared Media. Shared media is also known as social media.

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Media Relations Newspapers Measurement Social Media 331

Cision

APRIL 24, 2015

The term “content marketing” casts a wide net when it comes to ways to promote and publicize a brand or organization. However, blogging is one of the leading tools in any brand’s content marketing strategy. What seems to work best is taking the content we have and promoting it according to timeliness or newsworthiness.

Community 120

Community Mobile Blogging Publicity 120

PR Fuel

MARCH 14, 2021

Although press releases may seem like they have nothing to do with online marketing, they actually have more overlap than you initially realize. Not only will you pique the interest of journalists who may want to write a story on your business, but you’ll also be able to attract the attention of qualified leads. Gain Backlinks.

SEO 52

SEO Engineering Web Trade Shows 52

Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Content marketers often have difficulty getting executive buy-in for customer research. Not all companies have heavy pennies for product marketing—meaning content marketers are expected to do the humungous task of audience research on their own, along with their other responsibilities. Lack of buy-in.

B2B 94

B2B Company Survey Enterprise 94

Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Why would anyone visit the Coke web site for “news and information”–even if that “news and information” was related to Coke? So, why are they writing about it? The big reason for my skepticism? ” This is exactly what I’m alluding to in the headline. Because it “performs well on social.”

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Case Study Journalism Marketing 60

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? Google continuously updates its algorithms to rank blog posts and web pages.

SEO 93

SEO Strategy Google Engineering 93

Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 2, 2013

I’ve been a web marketer for a long, long time. Having built my first web site ( DVD Verdict ) in April 1999 and managed one of the larger SEO teams in the country from 2006 to 2009, it’s safe to say I’ve seen many changes in web marketing over time. Guest post by Sean McGinnis. That’s a blog post for another day.

Blogging 111

Blogging SEO Web Google 111

Wadds Inc.

JANUARY 11, 2023

ChatGPT and Playground are among the first artificial intelligence (AI) applications using a text-based web interface that uses the GPT-3 language model. Public relations applications: analysis, editing, research and writing The promise of GPT-3 is that it will automate and eliminate administrative tasks.

Publicity 98

Publicity Wikipedia Marketing Training 98

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Generative AI in PR software Agility PR Solutions , which is owned by parent Innodata (NASDAQ:INOD), launched a generative AI feature “to help write press releases and media outreach emails” according to the company. CoPilot will “help write” and “a shortcut” but not a replacement. Suggesting related search terms.

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Software Pitching Analysis Community 129

Cision

JANUARY 13, 2016

Eighty-three percent of B2C marketers and 84 percent of B2B marketers say sales is an important content marketing goal, according to an annual report by the Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs. But generating revenue from your content is easier said than done.

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing B2C Construction YouTube 120

The Proactive Report

DECEMBER 16, 2014

However, as content marketing gains popularity,SEO becomes more and more important. The more content there is on the web, the more difficult it is to find what you’re looking for. Content marketing isn’t a new idea for PR. Sharpen up your writing skills and creativity. Now is the time to.

Digital PR 154

Digital PR Google SEO Content Marketing 154

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. There will be a glut of AI-generated content as well.

Writing 188

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 188

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

How long should it take to write a blog post? In corporate blogging and more broadly, in B2B content marketing , it’s not so simple. Blog posts in 2017 are taking longer to write and are longer in length. In other words, bloggers are spending more time promoting fewer, but more in-depth, content pieces.

B2B 60

B2B Blogging Data Survey 60

Cision

AUGUST 22, 2016

One of the biggest developments for content marketing may have been hidden in plain sight for the last year. From a communications and marketing perspective, it’s important to understand what AMP is, how it works and how you can implement it in your content marketing.

Mobile 96

Mobile SEO Web Google 96

PRSay

JANUARY 4, 2022

If so, join PRSA and Ann Wylie at one of their 2022 writing Master Classes. You’ll learn to write web pages, press releases, emails, content-marketing pieces and more. As we say farewell to 2021, let’s resolve to use these writing best practices in 2022: Master a better writing process.

Writing 204

Writing Web Training Content Marketing 204

PR 20/20

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

They also need to blog intelligently, writing about topics that actually produce results. And it's why only 34% of marketers say their content marketing strategy is very effective, according to Content Marketing Institute. AI can also enhance content strategy and identify areas of improvement.

Blogging 73

Blogging How To Engineering Tools 73

Cision

MAY 22, 2017

In fact, 81 percent of senior marketers believe that earned media is more effective than paid media. New trends arise every year, advising how to make the most of your content marketing tactics. It’s time to go back to the basics; keep these three press releases best practices in mind when writing your next release.

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Case Study Study Trends Web 210