Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

It’s a question as old as the web – should you gate your content? It appears that most marketers do and reported gating “ 80% of their major content marketing assets ” according to a survey vetted by MarketingProfs. The same study points out there’s some content – infographics for example – is rarely gated.

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Viral Infographics Web Content Marketing 123

Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Let’s just say it: Most branded content isn’t very good. I worked for years as a content strategist. I’ve spent the last decade researching and reporting on the content marketing industry. Along the way, I’ve probably consumed more pieces of branded content than anyone else. I should know.

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Brand Branding Healthcare Enterprise 145

The Proactive Report

JANUARY 13, 2016

A new study from Skyword and Researchscape International found that the majority of enterprise marketers have yet to take all of the steps necessary to set their departments up for success. There is no doubt that we’re seeing a change in how the public responds to brand content.

Marketing 100

Marketing Digital PR Enterprise Technology 100

The Proactive Report

JANUARY 13, 2016

A new study from Skyword and Researchscape International found that the majority of enterprise marketers have yet to take all of the steps necessary to set their departments up for success. There is no doubt that we’re seeing a change in how the public responds to brand content.

Marketing 100

Marketing Digital PR Enterprise Technology 100

The Proactive Report

JANUARY 13, 2016

A new study from Skyword and Researchscape International found that the majority of enterprise marketers have yet to take all of the steps necessary to set their departments up for success. There is no doubt that we’re seeing a change in how the public responds to brand content.

Marketing 100

Marketing Digital PR Enterprise Technology 100

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. Because of this, we don’t have that traditional sales/marketing funnel.

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Content Marketing Marketing eBook Nonprofit 61

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Onalytica is probably the closest, but the site is unfocused: when you can search for anything from animation to zoology, that doesn’t give B2B marketers or PR professionals confidence about deep B2B influencer marketing expertise. Tom Pick , Digital Marketing Consultant, Webbiquity LLC. A reset on advertising spend.

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Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 212

The Proactive Report

JANUARY 24, 2016

GOALS FOR PUBLISHING BRAND CONTENT A new study from Skyword and Researchscape International found that the majority of enterprise marketers have yet to take all of the steps necessary to set their departments up for success. There is no doubt that we’re seeing a change in how the public responds to brand content.

Digital PR 100

Digital PR Enterprise Technology Internal 100

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 21, 2016

We’ve seen how powerful real-time marketing is for consumer brands that are active on social channels. After all, enterprise software customers are likely to be watching the Super Bowl, tuning into election or inauguration news, or following stock market trend stories. B2B content will become more customized.

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B2B Customer Service Software Technology 120

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Marketers will likely gravitate toward tracks including: Advertising and brand experience. Enterprise and workplace. 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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Conference Marketing Case Study Content Marketing 97

PR 20/20

OCTOBER 11, 2018

MarketMuse is an AI-driven assistant for building content strategies. Pathmatics is a digital advertising intelligence solution used by brands, agencies, ad tech companies, and publishers to build competitive advantages in their brand management, advertising, and business development activities. Production. Personalization.

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Tools Marketing Enterprise Software 71

Sword and the Script

MAY 21, 2019

When you think enterprise sales, it’s probably not Disney that comes to mind. That led her down a series of paths including content marketing, ecommerce and today, in B2B marketing. BH: When I stepped into the world of content marketing to understand what was happening there, it was in healthcare.

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B2B Social Media Company Marketing 90

Sword and the Script

JUNE 10, 2017

It’s why, as noted in the March 2017 edition of the Monthly Scripts newsletter , Sir Martin Sorrell, who leads what is perhaps the largest marketing services enterprise in the world, fears not Google or Facebook – but Amazon. Pay to Play: Why PR and Marketing Should Care About Net Neutrality [UML]. 2) Social media mobile trends.

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Trends Marketing Mobile Web 95

Sword and the Script

MAY 13, 2017

Program effectiveness depends on so many variables such as the context , content, cost, industry, reach, return, trust and the more subjective attributes of quality and value. Isn’t that sort of like buying an advertisement with an ego? 3) Measuring an influencer marketing program. There’s a lot of murkiness to it as well.

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PR 20/20

MAY 8, 2019

The Institute reaches and influences marketing leaders with 13,000+ website visitors per month (+54% YOY), and 5,700+ subscribers, growing at 5 - 10% per month. We’re also tracking more than 1,100 sales and marketing AI companies with combined funding north of $5 billion. Ideas are organized by marketing category (e.g.

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Agency Enterprise Technology Analytics 84

Cision

AUGUST 31, 2015

Despite the advertised novelty of these apps, Meerkat and Periscope are simply the latest iteration of live-streaming video apps. Cost – Varies from free to enterprise level. Maybe it’s a stretch to include Spreecast in the conversation, although they’re doing some very innovative live streaming in the enterprise space.

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Video Mobile YouTube Enterprise 120

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 20, 2015

Marketers disagree on needs and metrics – but appear to be doubling down on s ocial media advertising and mobile marketing. That’s according to the new 2015 State of Marketing Report which Salesforce recently published. Social advertising will get competitive. . Email is still the killer app. .

Marketing 60

Marketing Mobile Survey Advertising 60

Sword and the Script

MARCH 20, 2018

Live events are not only the most widely used enterprise content marketing channel, they are also viewed as the single most effective B2B marketing tactic. 2) How has event marketing evolved or changed over the course of your career? First, event marketing has become a whole lot smarter.

Industry 89

Industry Marketing Enterprise Mobile 89

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 5, 2014

There’s an old saying in advertising that half of the budget is wasted, but marketers don’t know which half. Today, there are enough analytical tools today to avoid wasting half of the marketing spend. You should also note that this perspective is written from a B2B enterprise sale perspective. by Frank Strong.

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Measurement Analytics Tools Survey 128

Contently - Strategy

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Enterprise software provider SAP live streams conversations with its high-profile customers each month in a series called “Better Together: Customer Conversations.” Let this be the year you stop treating TikTok as a punchline and prioritize UGC, live streaming, and short-form video within your marketing strategy.

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Video Strategy Marketing Instagram 125

Contently - Strategy

APRIL 11, 2024

Delivering true value Most successful marketers attribute the success of their content strategy to the value it provides. That’s according to two separate surveys by the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) and MarketingProfs—one surveying technology marketers and the other polling B2B marketers.

B2B 52

B2B Marketing Enterprise Survey 52

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The Marketing AI Institute was created and is powered by PR 20/20. Artificial intelligence has reached peak hype stage, but is it possible that its potential to transform marketing, and your career , is even greater than advertised? Gartner forecasts global business value derived from AI is projected to reach $1.9

Conference 59

Conference Marketing Analytics Case Study 59

Beyond PR

MARCH 1, 2018

These are questions that enterprise marketers and their communications agencies have been asking for generations. If we ALL use reach, and advertising value equivalency in our reports, nobody will get asked the hard question about whether that actually matters!”. How many people saw our news?” This plan worked, for a long time.

Media 73

Media Measurement Enterprise Television 73

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

At another company, the blog was a touch point on a sales cycle for roughly one-third of enterprise deals with an average selling price in excess of seven digits. The first measure came from a business with a marketing automation system implemented. There are few tactics in B2B marketing that lead to such direct effects.

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B2B Measurement Blogging Community 76

Where the Fishermen Ain't

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

I fear that this industry about to do it again with poor executions of "content marketing" and its hyperkinetic sibling "real-time marketing.". Unfortunately, in the online community context, "real-time marketing" is something that far too many confuse with "advertisements generated on-the-fly and transmitted via social media."

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Advertising Advertising Community Social Media 54

MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The latest content marketing trend our PR agency is seeing is the move toward less content creation and more content promotion. In that rush of adrenaline to immediately promote your new e-book or video ASAP, content marketers risk the opportunity to be creative with promotion.

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Marketing Content Marketing Pinterest LinkedIn 48

Sword and the Script

JUNE 14, 2016

“The business enterprise has two – and only two – basic functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs.” – Peter Drucker. Should marketing be a profit center? More than just covering the expense of the conference, marketing was seeking to profit from it.

Marketing 60

Marketing Conference Software B2B 60

Shift Communications

AUGUST 12, 2015

Especially given mobile search is outpacing desktop and the buyer’s journey has moved to micro-moments , embracing this reality is key to getting content in front of your audience. YouTube is a key strategy for enterprises – and is a lost opportunity for others. AdWords has evolved for legitimate mass appeal.

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Mobile Strategy SEO YouTube 60

PR 20/20

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Robert Rose and I just launched our combined sixth book, Killing Marketing: How Innovative Businesses Are Turning Marketing Cost into Profit , at Content Marketing World this September. Combined, this book, Killing Marketing , is our sixth such effort. Can marketing actually serve multiple business models?

Marketing 53

Marketing Enterprise Print Film 53

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

The point this comment gets after — I believe — is that businesses hold some aspects of marketing – PR, social media and content marketing – to a higher standard. It’s pretty valuable – any enterprise salesperson will tell you that – but it’s not for sale. Marketing: Investment, Cost or Profit Center?

Marketing 60

Marketing Measurement B2B Content Marketing 60

Sword and the Script

MAY 8, 2018

However, the platforms have changed as organic distribution has all but eroded in support of platform advertising models. If spending is indeed this high, I hope marketers are investing equally in strategic purposes and long-term programs such as audience building and subscribers to your content marketing platform.

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Survey B2B Marketing Mobile 66

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 31, 2019

If you are fortunate enough to work in a larger organization that deploys an enterprise-wide AI system like Lucy or Albert, then you can expect to see deep insights about your stakeholders and the content you are using. Image via Geoff Livingston.

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Analytics Data Pinterest System 71

Konnect Agency

JUNE 20, 2024

There are three main players when it comes to Affiliate marketing: The Merchant or Brand : This can be a solo entrepreneur or a large enterprise offering a product or service. The Consumer : The end-user who interacts with the affiliate’s marketing content and makes a purchase.

Marketing 52

Marketing Engineering Enterprise Advertising 52

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 13, 2023

Each platform holds its unique set of audiences, and ensuring maximum engagement would require crafting tailored content strategies for each. Tip 4: Utilize content marketing for PR On a budget, content marketing is a potent tool for enhancing PR efforts.

Analytics 40

Analytics Content Marketing Advertising Advertising 40

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The Marketing AI Institute was created and is powered by PR 20/20. Artificial intelligence has reached peak hype stage, but is it possible that its potential to transform marketing, and your career , is even greater than advertised? Gartner forecasts global business value derived from AI is projected to reach $1.9

Conference 40

Conference Marketing Analytics Case Study 40

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 13, 2016

But I am smart enough to realize that a company’s marketing, advertising and public relations efforts—my efforts—have a direct and attributable effect to the bottom line of my company. Fact: Every for-profit enterprise wants—and all they want—is profitable revenue growth. And how do I know that? Ummm … Why? Align or Die.

Measurement 40

Measurement Advertising Advertising Enterprise 40

PR 20/20

JULY 6, 2020

In this lesson, you'll learn how Marketing Hub fits within the larger context of an inbound business, how to navigate through the different tools, and how to use the tools to set short-term productivity goals. Content Marketing : Learn what content marketing is and how to do it.

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