ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 6, 2016

billion in 2014. Breaking through with quality material will become more difficult as content marketing approaches a saturation point. B2B executives in professional or technology services have long distinguished themselves by linking their corporate brand to a compelling idea or point of view. billion, up from $13.5

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Barnes to forgive me the editorial liberty I’ve taken with this headline, but that’s my takeaway after finally reading the UMASS Dartmouth Study: The 2014 Fortune 500 and Social Media: LinkedIn Dominates As Use of Newer Tools Explodes. These giant corporations are demonstrating an interest in experimenting with new tools.”.

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Communications Conversations

JANUARY 28, 2015

A lot of agency folks stay put in 2014–something I didn’t see coming. Regardless, there were a number of moves worth noting in 2014. Former role: Senior director-content marketing, Fast Horse. Current role: Corporate Communications, Wells Fargo. My take: Another friend making another move in 2014.

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Social Media Media Airlines Local 60

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Regular readers know I bought into the concept of “ content marketing ” many years ago. It was in effect the coining of a term that characterized a strategy my team and I was already working on across traditional PR, digital marketing and social media. 3 Studies that Challenge Marketing Assumptions.

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Content Marketing Case Study Marketing Conference 69

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

It’s important for readers to keep in mind my world view is heavily filtered from the perspective of B2B marketing and PR. Here’s what the survey found this year: “As with time spent per post, the length per post climbed year after year since 2014. In 2014, ‘several per week’ was the most popular answer. Give our services a try.

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Blogging Survey B2B Analysis 127

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. Continued consolidation of media outlets.

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Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 15, 2021

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. I have a last name, but you may know me as Jordan at Contently.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 14, 2014

In this guest post for Jay Baer ‘s Convince and Convert, Greg Hickman explores why major brands and SMB’s can benefit from this affordable marketing strategy. 12 B2B Content Marketing Examples and Case Studies for 2014. Why: How are B2B brands achieving results with content marketing?

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SMB Nonprofit Social Media Case Study 84

Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

The term started taking off in 2014 when one of our investors, Bryan Stolle, wrote about it in VentureBeat. SFM: With the proliferation of content marketing (and the publishing and analysis tools that support it), owned media channels have become as important of a PR instrument as traditional media.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

10 Must Read Content Marketing Posts for 2015. Why: Content marketing has remained a hot topic during 2014. Lee Odden showcases 10 of Top Rank Blog ‘s most useful content marketing posts. In this WUL post, Maura Lafferty examines PR lessons she learned from playing the oboe.

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Analytics Google Content Marketing Small Business 89

Lauri Pehar Borsh

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

By Richard Brownell | PR News Online 02/11/2014. Christopher Hammond, senior vice president of corporate communications for Wells Fargo, shares some tips here on how to enhance your brand’s message through storytelling. #1. The ability to tell a story is a fundamental skill that all good brand communicators should possess.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 4, 2015

Content marketing does much more for your brand than just aid your marketing. Effective content marketing shapes your brand by giving it a face to know, like, and trust. Content marketing and becoming human. Put more succinctly, your customers know your content before they know your business.

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Communications Conversations

JULY 10, 2018

Kevin Hunt, Manager-Corporate Content & Channels, General Mills. And, he manages a small team of people who manage the corporate GM social channels (external AND internal). Holly Spaeth, Director-Digital Marketing, Polaris. And, she’s been volunteering with Social Media Breakfast since 2014.

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Social Media Media SMB Tourism 24

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 13, 2019

1) February 18, 2014: Enter GTCR . 2) April 7, 2014: Vocus. 2a) June 2, 2014: Vocus + Cision. 2b) September 8, 2014: Outmarket. Cision spins off Outmarket , which had previously been the Vocus marketing Suite. 3) September 15, 2014: Visible Technologies. 4) October 22, 2014: Gorkana.

Technology 14

Technology Company Software Marketing 14

Cision

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Whether your organization creates content or partners with existing content creators, these are the trends that are shaping your communication future. Cisco forecasts that by 2019, video will make up 80 percent of all consumer Internet traffic, up from 64 percent in 2014. Growth in traffic, volume and influence.

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Communications Conversations

JULY 23, 2019

But, you just can’t have an event recognizing the best of our industry and completely exclude the people in corporate, non-profit and solo settings. who work for corporations or non-profits or are solo practitioners that I believe deserve the spotlight (some nominated by me; others nominated by friends). “Nerland Co.

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Transportation Social Media Corporate Agency 122

The Proactive Report

JANUARY 30, 2015

Robert Rose, Chief Strategy Officer, Content Marketing Institute. Rob Six, Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications, Roll International. The 2014 PRESSfeed survey showed 87% of journalsts and editors said they want visuals with company news, yet only 26% of all press releases posted on the wire services have visuals.

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Content Marketing Groups Facebook Reputation 100

Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 15, 2020

At the time, we knew it wasn’t the best course on SEO or content marketing or email marketing,” the company wrote in a recent e-book. But what [the] Inbound Marketing [course] did do well was combine all of those strategies into a framework that really spoke to SMB marketers.”

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B2B Trends Video Course 143

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

In other words, corporate communications is adding headcount and work that used to go to outside PR firms is being kept inside. It mirrors a trend that’s already underway in PR’s sibling departments in marketing and advertising. You have to keep in mind, big corporations can have hundreds of law firms on what they call a “panel.”

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Started in 2005 as “The Wall Street Journal this Morning,” and nearly shuttered amid a reorganization in 2014, the show got a second life with an acquisition by Compass Media Networks. 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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Radio Content Marketing Marketing Education 60

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 20, 2015

Attract, Engage, Convert – How to Better Measure and Optimize Content Marketing Performance. Why: Content marketing touches all aspects of business communications, which is why Lee Odden provides an easy to understand model for keeping content marketing accountable and measurable. 5 Measurements for PR ROI.

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Measurement Web Analytics Content Marketing 40

Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 7, 2015

My point is that they (still) have killer content, yet the behavior of their audience has changed. in July 2014: 61 comments. area, she loves helping for- and non-profit clients, both small and large, turn corporate codswallop into community cool™. For example, take these two posts by Mark Schaefer , indisputably an A-lister.

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Frederik Vincx

DECEMBER 11, 2015

In 2014, turnover rates reached over 55 percent in PR agencies in the United States. How about the communication for your next corporate event? Let’s imagine, for the sake of this exercise, that you have an upcoming event about content marketing with a high profile author as the main guest. Where do you start?

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How To Software System Employee 60

Contently - Strategy

MAY 7, 2020

When you’re working in a larger organization that has dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of employees, you can develop a brilliant content marketing strategy that will absolutely delight your customers. But, if you fail to make an internal case for your content, your plan will never get the buy-in or budget it needs to succeed.

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Content Marketing Marketing Case Study International 141

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This will contribute to even more noise, and it will make high-quality corporate content both more appreciated and harder to find.”. David Berkowitz , Founder, Serial Marketers. I also believe savvy content marketers are going to pay more attention to distribution – the who and how of content consumption.”.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

I recently saw new research showing that brand purpose is even more important to B2B buyers than to B2C customers, which is surprising but probably makes sense given the longer selling cycle and relationship to corporate reputation. An abbreviated version of this prediction was published by the Content Marketing Institute (see below). * * *.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2014

Content Shock: Why content marketing is not a sustainable strategy. Why: Content marketing may be one of the hottest marketing trends around, but that is slowly changing. Mark Schaefer offers insight into the future of content marketing and what you need to know to be prepared for the future.

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Content Marketing Resources Pitching Web 85

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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Marketing Content Marketing Advertising Advertising 129

MaccaPR

JANUARY 6, 2015

Since MaccaPR first launched in late 2012, we''ve averaged a new blog post nearly every week for our loyal chief marketing and PR officer, corporate communication directors and marketing professional subscribers. Top 10 MaccaPR Blog Posts of 2014. #1. Is it website or Web site?

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Blogging Wikipedia YouTube Content Marketing 48

ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

You work in public relations, SEO, content marketing or social media marketing. You’re thinking of completely overhauling how you market your company. So I jotted down a list of PR/digital/SEO/content marketing influencers. Derek is a copywriter and content marketer. I think so.

Communications 81

Communications How To Blogging Content Marketing 81

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Thanks to AI, a communications professional can simultaneously manage customized content for different platforms and audiences, while monitoring expands far beyond classic media to embrace a variety of sources. That was what made the notion of content marketing so interesting. Trends in advertising made the timing perfect too.

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Marketing Content Marketing Data Pitching 216

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Marketing be nimble. Rather than having year-long editorial calendars for opportunities and content, marketing and communications professionals are will have to work in a much more agile, phased approach: creating evergreen content per quarter and making room for ‘rapid-response’ type communications based on what 2021 might throw at us.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

This year, more than 20 professionals – real people that do real marketing and PR work every day – responded and with high-quality ideas that I found to be invigorating and thought-provoking. 5) Alignment of marketing and customer success. . – Rachael Wolensky | ALM Media. More content marketers will get frequency right.

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Social Media Marketing Media Creativity 116

Cision

JULY 14, 2015

The worlds of public relations and advertising have merged to form integrated marketing. The result is advertisements and corporate communication so clever that they lead to earned/free media expanding the circulation for free. Want to learn how to stand out with your content marketing?

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Advertising Advertising Content Marketing Case Study 120

Flatiron Communications

JANUARY 12, 2017

How organizations, corporations, and individuals can now bypass the journalistic filter to take their “owned” messages directly to the public, which, in turn, amplifies them in social media without regard for factual veracity, or worse, with the knowledge that what they’re sharing is purposely misleading. Russia’s Media Trolls (May 2014).

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Journalism Guidelines Government Training 28