Cision

JUNE 5, 2017

Although being creative isn’t a tall order for marketers, we need to not just build buzz and demand attention with our campaigns — we also need to inspire action. Here are a few simple and creative ways your brand can create experiences that move people from inspiration to action. Write good, creative content.

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The Stalwart Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2015

A few months ago, our agency learned that more of our clients and prospects were in need of greater content marketing assistance. While we’ve always been a PR and Marketing agency, the majority of our work has primarily been focused on media relations. However, things are changing and that is no longer the case.

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Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

That’s where your content marketing efforts come into to play. On top of crafting compelling content, the most prominent challenge is driving engagement from targeted audiences. According to HubSpot’s 2017 State of Inbound, the top challenge marketing faces is generating more traffic and leads. That’s precisely 2.34

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

“Data and the use of data will become the great divide between marketers producing content and content marketing. Those companies that can take data, do a deep dive, and understand what the data tells them will see more success in achieving their goals from content than those who look at simple analytics.

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Cision

DECEMBER 8, 2015

While analytics typically comes toward the end of a content marketing process, it’s first in the alphabet so we’ll start there. A is for analytics, which is extremely important in not only learning how many visitors and shares you have on your content, but how many qualified leads you are generating. A is for analytics.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

From the mobile video explosion to emerging social platforms, 2016 has brought many content-related developments that affect the public relations industry and the work PR people do every day. Here are five content predictions for 2017 that all PR people should be aware of. Content will be automated. Video goes vertical.

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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.

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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 Bob Geller | Fusion PR.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The statistics selected can be grouped are heavily weighted along the following topics: Statistics about – or for – the CMO ; Statistics about digital and B2B marketing ; Statistics about PR or media relations ; and. Statistics about content marketing. Read more: How Creative, Agile and Metrics can Sing in Marketing Harmony.

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Cision

JUNE 2, 2017

What must also be kept in mind is that creativity and innovation don’t come in a vacuum. If you want to see who are seen as the best both by data and peer review, then typing a search term, such as “Top Content Marketers,” will be revealing. Implement viral marketing tactics. ” – Henry Ford.

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Cision

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Often, employees or business owners can manage both public relations and marketing, since they’re so intertwined. Use the money you save on other aspects of your marketing, like social media ads or hiring a content marketing writer. You’ve Set Yourself Up for a Great 2016. You’ve Expanded Your Skills.

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Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

These platforms promised that Step 1 was data, and Step 2 was SUCCESS—business success, content success, marketing success, sales success. By 2016, there were nearly 4,000 offerings in Scott Brinker’s terrifying martech supergraphic , each promising that they would lead marketers to the promised land.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Over fifty people went with me as I narrated a test drive of Ford Motor Company’s 2016 Mustang, and I answered their questions in real time. . Go outside-the-box with your content marketing. Images: Giorgio Minguzzi , gdsteam ( Creative Commons ). Pre-promoting live streams on social media serves as an invitation.

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PRSay

JANUARY 29, 2019

When Graham joined Amazon Web Services in 2016, there were 10,000 employees. Content is still king,” Graham said, “but how you deliver it determines how well [the audience] will receive it.”. Brooke Traister, APR, is president of PRSA’s Dallas Chapter and a worldwide content marketing program manager at Texas Instruments.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Content Marketing World or as others may know it, #CMWorld , is an incredible event for marketers, journalists and techies from across the globe to gather and share niche content knowledge. We have to get people to take action, and break through the immense volume of content. Long Form Content for the Win at REI.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 26, 2018

A 2016 study by Edison Research found avid listeners spend four hours and 10 minutes every week listening to an average of five different podcasts. That figure is up 86% from 2016, when the study found that podcast advertising captured $169 million in revenue. What Does It Take to Implement Content Marketing Effectively in B2B?

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Beyond PR

AUGUST 31, 2016

Content marketing is all grown up. With 88% of B2B and 76% of B2C marketers saying their organization uses it, the art and science of content marketing have exploded over the past few years. “Content marketing is sometimes ineffective because people don’t realize what it’s intended to do.

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The Resolution Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

That’s an hour back a week for creative! PR planning for 2016? This trends tool will help build out your campaign content & influencer insight in seconds. 20 content marketing experts explore online developments that could see more marketers than ever turn to editorial content next year.

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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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Contently - Strategy

JULY 28, 2021

Recently, CarMax let us take a look under the hood of a content program that’s driven over $56M in content value over the past year, and come to rank for 1.5 One of the most impressive things about CarMax’s sophisticated content program is that it didn’t really exist until 2016. Hero, Hub, Help.

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Cision

JUNE 14, 2016

Does your content provide value or fall short? Creativity will always be what attracts consumers to brands, says Kipp Jarecke-Cheng, global chief communications officer at Publicis Health. From the perspective of government regulation, 2016 has been an interesting year, especially as we’ve seen the presidential primaries play out.

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Frederik Vincx

JULY 25, 2023

Role As a co-founder, my role was broad, mostly focussed on the creative aspects. And later creating an inbound sales engine via content marketing and conversion optimization. Frederik’s diverse creative skills, resourcefulness, and honest feedback make him a vital team member.

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Cision

MARCH 31, 2016

Read Cision’s free “State of the Media 2016 Report!” How has content marketing changed over the years? Likewise, if brands are still just churning out “content” in the same old way, I think they’re doing it wrong. What was behind your decision to switch from journalism to PR? They’re about people.

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Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

How to Balance Ethics and Reality in #Influencer #Marketing [link] pic.twitter.com/BWn4QG8m0s. — Co-Founder of Status Creative, a leader in social media engagement. 68% Of Marketers Want To Know How To Create Better Visual Content [link]. Content marketing influencer, social media marketing strategist & speaker.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2016

It’s a little more involved to perform an analysis of tweets for an entire year, but it can be done with a little creative use of the export tool and some spreadsheet yoga. What follows below are the top 10 articles I shared on Twitter – out of 3,306 posts in 2016 – which provides something of a snapshot of the marketing trends over the year.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 1, 2019

This was flat with the $91,000 median originally reported in 2017 and the $92,125 originally reported in 2016. 6) Is Creativity a Skill or Talent? It seems to me if creativity is a talent it can be fine-tuned, like a natural athlete trains to compete in professional football. The point is advertising is not content marketing.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 11, 2017

The Old “New Media” and Marketing Tools with Novel Twists [UML]. 2) Is your brand investing in the right content? One of the primary reasons I believe businesses struggle with content marketing is that they are too reliant on best practice, and not thinking enough about being different. Talk to Us!

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

In an age of ad blocking, brands have to transition away from solely sponsoring or being associated with the content their customers or prospects want or need. Instead, brands have to also produce the desired content. 1) The Parallel between Product Placement and Content Marketing. It’s well worth a read as well.

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PR 20/20

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The content will be used to attract users who are interested in other solutions on the market, then prove how this brand’s next-generation solution is actually superior. It would be prohibitively difficult, as of late 2016, to code a system to write this article—and you would need a data set from which to translate numbers into words.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 15, 2015

If you have a clear creative vision for Vines that can be planned and filmed in one sitting, the platform is for you. Product announcements or breaking news – but they have to be creative and presented in an eye-catching way. The major caveat of Vine is that there is a growing flood of visual content. What are your goals?

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Beyond PR

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

At some point summer came and went, flying by just as fast as Usain Bolt crossed the finish line during the 2016 Summer Olympics. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, and fall and winter’s other holidays will be here sooner than you know it, bringing with them plenty of inspiration for engaging content.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 3, 2016

Agile is one of those phrases everyone in marketing seems to be talking about, but with very different ideas about what precisely constitutes “agile.”. This isn’t unusual for a profession where both creativity and data are important. The report identifies seven barriers to agile marketing. 1) What is Agile Marketing Again?

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ISEBOX

MARCH 18, 2016

The upgrade to Advanced Project Management is $10, and the Full In-House version for creative teams is $15. An Enterprise version is slated for release in early 2016. When you work smarter – not harder – your time is freed up for more creative projects, developing strategy and relationship building.

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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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PR 20/20

MAY 8, 2019

Brands will need to become more human with greater resources dedicated to listening, relationship building, ethics, empathy, creativity, culture and community. More Intelligent” Marketing Automation. I love traditional marketing automation. Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute. Are you ready? Is your company ready?

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 7, 2016

There’s a growing body of research suggesting doodling sparks creatively. While there’s plenty of scientific evidence as to why visuals and imagery are so important to humanity, the marketing and PR firm LEWIS commissioned research to understand it’s importance to marketing. Top 5 Challenges Facing B2B Marketers in 2016.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

62% of respondents said their KPIs are driven by the historical performance of the company, 42% said it’s based on the marketing budget, and 31% establish KPIs based on competitive metrics. Just 12% are optimizing their content for voice search, even though Google reported in 2016 that 20% of searches are made by a voice interface.

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