Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Fortunately, there are several new studies that have been published about content marketing, blogging and webinars that provide solid benchmarks. 1) Content marketing benchmarks. MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute published their 10 th Annual B2B Marketing report with benchmarks, budgets and trends.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 18, 2020

There’s an opportunity for content marketing as audiences become fatigued with Coronavirus news and marketers reallocate live event funding One of the goals of content marketing is attracting an audience of likely buyers to your web properties and giving them a reason – and the means – to return regularly.

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Rock the Status Quo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Calling themselves advertising agencies or interactive agencies feels dated, and while they might have a public relations department (or person), calling themselves a public relations agency is too limited – so they substitute the word digital. Dollars spent on advertising just aren’t what it used to be. Whoops.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

MAY 8, 2017

Digital marketing and social media closely followed in the rankings of importance, with traditional marketing next. Lowest ranked were digital and traditional advertising. No doubt, the perception of traditional advertising would have been different a decade ago. With 5,000 U.S.

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Cision

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Anne Carton is a small business consultant, digital marketing expert and blogger working with Designhill , the world’s largest online graphic design marketplace. Ann primarily writes about social media and growth hack strategies, SEO and e-commerce. Want to deliver valuable content in 2016? Episodic Content .

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 24, 2018

Yet PR doesn’t always command the same respect as other disciplines, like advertising or direct-mail. As Greg Galant of MuckRack once observed , the advertising business is linked with iconic characters like Don Draper of “Mad Men,” while public relations is more likely to evoke Samantha Jones. PR is about influence.

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Cision

OCTOBER 4, 2017

To understand the impact of multimedia, we must acknowledge the fact that content is everywhere and there is no way to escape it. When you pair the 24/7 news cycle with always-on connectivity, you get consumers overwhelmed by a perpetual stream of content. Visual Content Impacts Your Performance. Create more visual content.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 10, 2016

As a result, the refrain “content marketing is better than advertising” is bounced around the marketing echo chamber. Though a seasoned PR professional, I am also a serious advocate of content marketing. There’s a large body of work on these pages dedicated to content marketing. Native ads?

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

3 statistics from the newest B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends report shows the “subscribed audience” is missing from most content marketing efforts. I had a chance to be a judge for the annual content marketing awards hosted by the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) this year.

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Contently - Strategy

AUGUST 19, 2020

A long-term relationship (such as influencers working with you on an affiliate basis, where they receive a commission for referrals) helps establish more trust than just a one-off advertisement. ” The post 3 Ways Patient Advocates Can Boost Your Healthcare Content Marketing appeared first on Contently.

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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.

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MaccaPR

DECEMBER 10, 2014

If the world of SEO, inbound marketing, optimized content and landing pages thrills you as a marketer, then the following interview with Clint Danks is going to be your cup of Lipton. How did the ThinkSEM agency come to focus on search engine marketing and landing pages? What’s on the horizon for digital marketing?

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Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

You can no longer stuff your blog content with keywords and phrases and magically watch your website fly to the top of Google’s rankings. The search giant has done a pretty solid job of weeding out spam content for the betterment of everyone involved. Good content now gets the bump it deserves. Marketing Coordinator.

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PR 20/20

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

That's where inbound marketing and content marketing relate. Think of them as the smooth talkers of the marketing world—using engaging content and helpful information to attract and win over potential customers. Search engine optimization (SEO). What is content marketing? Case Studies.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

It’s good news for contextual advertising companies, who have already started reaping the benefits of marketing’s ‘identity crisis.’ It will boost tactics like contextual advertising, email marketing, and social commerce and could even usher in a new era of creative marketing and PR strategies. Fast-vertising.

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Cision

AUGUST 23, 2017

Samsung has used fear in their advertisement to talk about the serious issue of increasing selfie deaths. Avinash Nair is a digital marketer at E2M, India’s premium content marketing agency. He specializes in SEO and Content Marketing activities. Humanize Your Brand. About Avinash Nair.

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Beyond PR

DECEMBER 21, 2017

According to research from Content Marketing Institute, 65 percent of businesses using content marketing have experienced an increase in ROI compared to a year ago. For content marketers, this is good news — as it indicates that content marketing is still as effective as it has always been.

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Critical Mention

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Using SEO to court Google’s algorithm should be at the top of the list for your 2019 marketing strategy. According to HubSpot, in 2018, 61 percent of marketers say improving SEO and growing their organic presence was their top inbound marketing priority. Optimize your content. Share other bloggers’ content.

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Cision

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Using keywords that will help the right people find your website is essential for every facet of your marketing strategy from search engine optimization to social media to blogging to PR. At Cision, our marketing team is all about working smarter. You can also track results for keywords you use in your paid advertising.

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Cision

APRIL 18, 2017

To get the most mileage out of your PR content, it’s important to create a content hub that’s been strategically planned to focus on keywords your prospective clients use when researching their purchase options. It also increases your SEO and search rankings, which brings those prospects directly to you. I promise you can do it.

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Cision

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Along with your run-of-the-mill best practices in SEO, user-generated content distribution is more likely to be successful if you do the following: Collaborate with already successful publishers and experts: COVERGIRL has an influencer program set up that practically allows industry experts to create and distribute content for them.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 20, 2021

While your content marketing strategy is your primary lead nurturing strategy, it doesn’t do you much good unless it’s easy to find. From a technical standpoint, use an SEO tool like SEMrush to audit the backend of your website and flag issues for free. Paid advertising. Build awareness and extend reach.

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Buzzstream

MARCH 3, 2020

If you consider yourself a subject matter expert, there are three main reasons why you should be incorporating podcast guesting into your content marketing mix, along with some considerations for once you get started with this strategy. There’s incredible value from an SEO-perspective .

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The Proactive Report

OCTOBER 12, 2015

In addition to editorial “blog” content and social media content, consider developing content on the maddafella.com domain. Authentic, Organic, Inbound Linking : Content marketing is an essential part of developing a strong organic search reputation online. I think you should start with Medium and Linkedin.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Nearly 80% of the 1,279 bloggers in the 7 th annual Orbit Media blogger survey say blogging drives some marketing results – and 25% say it draws “strong marketing results.” >>> Looking for a consulting partner with the content chops to build a sound strategy and execute?

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B2B Study Blogging Survey 145

Shift Communications

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

As marketers, PR professionals, and advertisers begin to wind down the year (save for those in retail who are firing on all cylinders right now), one of the top things you’ll focus on in 2014 is reviewing the numbers. Suppose you’re trying to formulate a 2015 SEO strategy. Can this be repeated?

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Contently - Strategy

JUNE 13, 2024

Some marketers are even asking the provocative question: Does SEO have a future at all? While SEO changes are imminent, today’s best practices won’t become obsolete overnight. scenarios envisioning how future SEO trends might play out, in no particular order of likelihood. Below are five (highly speculative!)

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Contently - Strategy

APRIL 20, 2023

Content value is a superpower — and it’s not just because superpowers are few and far between. When you find the right metrics to prove the value of your content, you can showcase how important your work is to the organization. But to truly maximize content value, you need to have a way to measure your content’s impact.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 9, 2016

To me, this liking phenomenon is a gimmick and gimmicks on Twitter are about as old as Twitter itself (Google faces a similar challenge in SEO). If you enjoyed this post, you might also like: Is Content Marketing Better than Advertising? Photo credit: Flickr, Daniel Sjöström, ENDLESS ( CC BY-SA 2.0 ).

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The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

The future role of a search professional Last month 3500 digital marketers arrived in Brighton for the UK’s biggest Search marketing conference. Here he outlines a talk from Yext’s Duane Forrester on what a future SEO job description. If content is part of your next plan click the link and take note!

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 19, 2021

That all changed when an SEO software company named SEMrush moved into PR with the acquisition of a startup called Prowly. Perhaps in 2021, this move will force one of the larger, and forward-thinking PR tech vendors, to acquire a similar SEO software company like AHREFS, Raven Tools, or Moz.

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PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Marketers will likely gravitate toward tracks including: Advertising and brand experience. 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. MozCon is geared for SEOs (i.e. Marketing AI Conference (MAICON).

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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. Marketers need to] adapt. Seo by the Sea.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 16, 2016

Here are three data intensive and thought-provoking pieces on B2B content marketing. 1) B2B Marketers Struggle with Effective Content Marketing. Content marketing continues to grow as a trend. Also see: B2B Solved the Biggest Content Marketing Challenge Yesterday .

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5W PR

APRIL 11, 2022

With public relations focusing on generating more media coverage for a business instead of creating advertising campaigns, PR has become one of the most cost-effective strategies for promoting a business. . With technology continuing to evolve, SEO has turned into a very important promotional tool for companies.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 24, 2018

There’s are several industry organizations that field annual surveys about content marketing and they are gearing up. Last year, the data overwhelmingly found every business says they are doing content marketing. This year, I predict satisfaction with content marketing will slide and many won’t understand why.

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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. Well yes and no.

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