Polaris

DECEMBER 15, 2014

My binge blogging challenge is complete—this post is the final one in my 30-day challenge. You can read about why I decided to binge blog and some of the lessons I learned along the way HERE and HERE. So far, it has racked up 203 shares, mostly on Google + (go figure): The importance of syndicated content. Business Blogging'

Blogging 156

Blogging B2C Social Media Facebook 156

Onclusive

APRIL 12, 2018

Kathy: In my opinion, Integrated Marketing as a function has morphed into Content Operations and Campaign Management. AirPR: Does the UL marketing team combine content marketing, PR & communications, social & digital marketing and direct marketing efforts? What are you trying to accomplish?

Content Marketing 170

Content Marketing Interviews Marketing Leadership 170

Critical Mention

JUNE 19, 2019

Did you know that over 60% of businesses don’t have a documented content marketing strategy according to CMI and MarketingProfs? Without a plan, you risk all of your content efforts going to waste. We have 10 steps on how to create your next content marketing plan: What exactly is content marketing?

Content Marketing 128

Content Marketing How To Marketing B2B 128

ReimaginePR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

They say the only thing constant is change, and that’s certainly true in the world of content marketing. Every month, or so it seems, there’s a new must-do-or-you’re-toast trend in content marketing. So, how do you keep up, or better yet keep ahead, with your content marketing strategy?

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Strategy Marketing Engineering 120

ReimaginePR

JULY 11, 2016

You may assume that creating a similar content marketing strategy will be too complicated for your business to handle. After all, when you try to create content, it probably seems to take forever as you fall further down the never-ending rabbit hole of ideas, tasks, and social media updates. content marketing strategy.

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Marketing Writing Strategy 120

Cision

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Content marketing has the power to turn your brand into a driving force in your industry, but with so much competition in the marketplace, how can you ensure that your content makes an impact? Suddenly you’ve built a foundation of expertise—through content—that is hard to beat. Can they download a larger piece of content?

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Strategy Marketing How To 120

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.

Content Marketing 119

Content Marketing B2B Marketing eBook 119

Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

But here’s the thing: Marketing budgets are increasingly shifting to focus on content marketing and other efforts that can show a concrete return-on-investment. Owned media, aka content, is content you produce that lives on your website or blog. Shared media is also known as social media. Owned Media.

Media Relations 331

Media Relations Newspapers Measurement Social Media 331

Onclusive

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Content Marketing World. Content Marketing World is the leading event where attendees can learn and network with the best and the brightest in the content marketing industry. The post The 15 Best PR and Marketing Conferences to Attend in 2020 appeared first on Onclusive. Location: Cleveland, OH.

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Conference Marketing Case Study Measurement 329

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

And somehow, in one sentence, these stories have the power to capture our attention and spark our curiosity—something content marketers aim for with every piece they create. How can we get creative with content marketing? Sometimes, I feel more like a content machine than a content strategist. Creativity.

Content Marketing 101

Content Marketing Creativity Marketing eBook 101

Contently - Strategy

AUGUST 19, 2020

To find relevant advocates, start with sites like Healthline , which compile the best blogs for specific health conditions, such as this roundup of the best blogs from diabetes patients. Reading these blogs is the best way to get a feel for the kind of advocates who align with your brand. And rightly so.

Healthcare 135

Healthcare Content Marketing Marketing Instagram 135

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. Blog Posts.

Infographics 235

Infographics Case Study Content Marketing Video 235

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

This is why content marketing plays such a crucial role in media relations , among many other aspects of PR and corporate communications. Myth 2: Content marketing doesn’t yield credibility. What better source of credibility is there than to have your content serve as a citation?

Content Marketing 88

Content Marketing Marketing Pitching Survey 88

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Writers that report success with blogging share the following characteristics: They are more likely to write longer or more in-depth content; They tend to spend six or more hours writing a post; They are 2.5 It’s important for readers to keep in mind my world view is heavily filtered from the perspective of B2B marketing and PR.

Blogging 104

Blogging Survey B2B Analysis 104

Sword and the Script

MARCH 10, 2020

That’s the approach some companies are taking with their blog posts and content. The study looked interesting, so I clicked the link for a closer look: the ‘source’ document was another blog post, which in turn cited several other studies. How could this happen on a company blog? That is by definition “ sameness.”

Blogging 95

Blogging Company Journalism Study 95

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In fact, you must publish content in order for it to be indexed and returned in response to search. That’s the gist of a piece Michael Brenner wrote for the Content Marketing Institute last week titled The Best Reason to Do Content Marketing? b) Integrated marketing. b) Integrated marketing.

Content Marketing 79

Content Marketing Marketing Comparison Measurement 79

Cision

DECEMBER 8, 2015

If you want more, she ’ s hosting a Cision webinar, “ From A to Z: Blogging and Content for PR ,” today at 2 p.m. While analytics typically comes toward the end of a content marketing process, it’s first in the alphabet so we’ll start there. B is for blogging. Blogging works for some and not for others.

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Analytics Blogging Education 120

Communications Conversations

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

So, it surprised the hell out of me when one of the best digital and content marketing tactics I’ve seen so far during the Super Bowl came from one of the smaller companies in the grand scale of Super Bowl marketers: Surly Brewing. But, this most recent content marketing example puts them in a different class.

Content Marketing 84

Content Marketing Marketing Construction Local 84

Onclusive

AUGUST 13, 2015

Perhaps for obvious reasons, we (meaning the AirPR crew) tend to obsess about all things “owned content.” Yeah! […].

Journalism 150

Journalism Brand Branding Energy 150

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. This is definitely the best route if you don’t have a lot of on-air experience. Conclusion.

Content Marketing 86

Content Marketing Pitching How To Marketing 86

Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

I definitely think that it is. Include a link in an online news piece, though, or pay an influencer to promote your brand in their blog post and it gets a bit murkier. I definitely cautioned students in my university classes against using these types of sources as credible references in their papers/projects.

Pitching 174

Pitching Journalism Video Advertising 174

Onclusive

OCTOBER 18, 2017

We live in the age of the integrated marketing campaigns. Instead of sending a single email or posting a blog, companies leverage a myriad of tactics to drive their message: social media, PR, content, PPC and more. We now have ever more fragmented teams, such as PR, Marketing, Demand Generation, Brand, Web, Digital, etc.

Measurement 150

Measurement Marketing Social Media Web 150

Cision

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

You’ve probably noticed that blogs and content pieces rarely read like The New York Times or Wall Street Journal. The difference isn’t always a matter of substance; style is a reason that we are attracted to and continue to engage with content pieces. You know what bold is. Unordered List.

How To 308

How To Tools SEO System 308

Sword and the Script

JULY 14, 2015

Content marketing is the new branding. Content marketing *is* PR. Content marketing is the new buyer’s journey. But for the vast majority of marketers, especially in large organizations, content marketing is still a new concept, it’s still seeping into the culture. Almost passé.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Brand Branding Marketing 60

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

To be sure, America definitely has a problem trusting the media. Whether you call it content marketing , brand journalism or custom publishing, with trust in media falling while trust in business is growing, you can build credibility through content if you can follow these golden rules: 1. It’s about your audience.

Government 135

Government Survey Ethics Media 135

Communications Conversations

JANUARY 20, 2022

Consider the evidence: One in three content marketers use podcasts or other audio content. However, 53% of content marketers who leverage podcasts and other audio content say it is the most effective format they use. 2 – Audio isn’t as searchable as blog content. Really new.

Brand 113

Brand Branding Twitter LinkedIn 113

Contently - Strategy

JULY 9, 2024

Every content marketer loves the feeling when a content piece climbs the rankings for views, engagement, and, ultimately, conversion. But nowadays, marketers have more reliable ways to choose content topics that are likely to engage customers. What is data-driven content, and why should content marketers create it?

Content Marketing 52

Content Marketing Data Marketing SEO 52

Sword and the Script

JUNE 11, 2016

Earlier this month, the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) was acquired by events company UBM for a reported $17.6 Aside from the well-deserved round of congratulations, it occurred to me the acquisition is an indication of a maturing industry for content marketing, which of course includes blogging.

Blogging 60

Blogging Marketing SEO Content Marketing 60

Communications Conversations

MARCH 25, 2020

That’s why a lot of these creative content marketing opportunities we’ve seen the last week just seem to fall flat (see Chipotle’s attempt to use Zoom in a creative way, for example). I know both brands promoted it across social media–and it definitely received some media attention as well.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Marketing Case Study Social Media 60

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

If you’re looking for a short and easy answer to blogging questions, here you go: How long should a blog post be? How long should it take to write a blog post? How often should I publish blog posts? In corporate blogging and more broadly, in B2B content marketing , it’s not so simple.

B2B 60

B2B Blogging Data Survey 60

MaccaPR

JANUARY 29, 2021

That was surely the case when our public relations agency hosted Joe Pulizzi, the Amazon best-selling author of “Killing Marketing,” “Content Inc.” ” and “Epic Content Marketing” and founder of the Content Marketing Institute, in our almost-monthly Sharper Angle webinar series.

Content Marketing 62

Content Marketing Marketing Energy International 62

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 11, 2018

What’s more, by understanding the basics of recent changes in search and content marketing, PR people are ideally suited to help clients advance their search ranking while driving visibility and reputation. But the ones earned from top publications can definitely help boost page ranking. PR creates fresh content.

SEO 147

SEO B2B Google Guidelines 147

The Proactive Report

JUNE 17, 2018

91 percent of B2B brands and 86 percent of B2C brands use content as part of their marketing efforts. Source: Content Marketing Institute 2018) That’s a lot of content being dumped online every day. Why are these brands so content focused? They know that content powers the customer journey.

B2C 157

B2C Study Exercises Sports 157

ReimaginePR

OCTOBER 10, 2016

If you want to be noticed in the crowd, video is a definitely way to dominance. Why Video Marketing is Important. Video is an essential part of your content marketing strategy. You may even have a better chance of landing on the first page with a YouTube video than you do with a blog post. Click Here.

Video 120

Video Strategy YouTube Marketing 120

Rock the Status Quo

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

I’ve blogged about them before, but if you haven’t checked it out yet – go take a look. How to produce a podcast in 15 steps from Jay Baer Help your clients avoid blogging mistakes: Who doesn’t love eBooks from Hubspot -they are all fantastic! And new content? It’s awesome! It’s a keeper.

eBook 100

eBook Digital PR Handbook Content Marketing 100

Inbound PR

MARCH 22, 2024

The definition of public relations has expanded and now includes activities such as managing social networks, developing blogs, implementing email marketing campaigns, participating in events, and more. Gone are the days when PR solely provided support; now, it is recognized that communication must have a strategic focus.

Study 111

Study Measurement Data Blogging 111

MaccaPR

MARCH 18, 2015

Moderated by Maccabee''s Social Media Director Christina Milanowski, the panel discussions featured content marketing all-stars: Angela Dalton , Content Strategist and Senior Marketing Planner, General Mills – Tablespoon.com. Brian Enderlein , Digital Media, Interactive Marketing & Analytics, 3M.

Content Marketing 48

Content Marketing Financial Marketing Analytics 48