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Native Advertising: Where Content Marketing and Journalism Overlap

Cision

Native advertising is one of the most controversial and least understood concepts in contemporary marketing. shared her perspective on native advertising in a recent podcast recording. From where Melanie sits, native advertising is at the cross-section of advertising and journalistic storytelling. Overlapping skill sets.

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7 journalism statistics from a survey of 3,000 reporters to improve PR performance

Sword and the Script

Below I’ve identified a few journalism statistics that give such perspective – along with some suggestions for taking action. >>> As one journalist noted in an open-ended comment: “The fact that so much of journalism has become about ‘clicks’ and ‘shares’ and those often seem to take precedence over keeping the public informed.”

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Study says influencers that turn off social media comments aren’t very influential  

Sword and the Script

This B2B marketing pitfall risks wasting your spend on influencers – and may have implications for social advertising, email marketing and even internal communications The use of influencers is on the rise in B2B marketing. If you pick your influencers correctly, you can accelerate awareness and leadgen.

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Can Sponsored Content Work For PR?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

It serves both to promote the show and to capitalize on interest in it, but it’s clearly a product of good journalism. Sponsored content is often confused with native advertising , but it’s actually a subset of it. That’s why it offers a degree of credibility that some native advertising can lack. .

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What is Brand Journalism?

Cision

What is brand journalism? Brand journalism is no different than content marketing. However, brand journalism is different. The difference between brand journalism and content marketing isn’t to be found in outputs. Brand journalism starts people on a journey with your brand. Brand Journalism in Action.

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3 Rewards to Reap From Brand Journalism

Cision

Gone are the days of pushing your brand’s message to your audience through traditional advertising. The answer is brand journalism. Brand journalism combines journalistic storytelling tactics with brand strategy to engage audiences and increase brand reputation. So what will your brand get out of brand journalism?

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Publications Continue to Characterize Brand Journalism as “The Devil Wears a Keyboard.”

Ishmael's Corner

With the story “ The Invasion of Corporate News , The Financial Times became the latest publication to skewer brand journalism. I suppose the FT figured a headline along the lines of “You’re Too Stupid to Figure Out Journalism from Propaganda” might alienate readers. Because that seems to be one of the themes in the FT piece.