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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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?

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5W PR

JANUARY 13, 2025

The rise of digital channels and content marketing ushered in a new era for thought leadership. Companies began to recognize the value of creating valuable content that addressed the needs and interests of their target audience. This expands brand visibility and reaches a wider audience beyond traditional PR channels.

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Cision

APRIL 20, 2015

If you’re developing digital content in any capacity, you’ve probably run across some of the following advice: Develop a content strategy. Write “good” content. You could develop content to entertain and never sell, but what if people really want to buy from you? Entertain, don’t sell.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 22, 2025

Jasper is the Director of UK-based link building agency Profit Engine, which focuses on guest posting and niche edits. Prioritize Authority and Relevance Always evaluate potential guest blogging sites for authority and relevance to your niche. Can you tell me a bit about Profit Engine? I definitely think you need a blog.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 21, 2025

Weekly writing If you are reading this you know I produce a weekly blog post. All this keeps my skills sharp and allows me to experiment with marketing ideas. I started this blog in early 2009 after coming home from an overseas deployment. I started a blog to provide hands-on learning about content marketing and social media.

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5W PR

JANUARY 7, 2025

For example, a hotel chain operating in the Middle East might need to adjust its marketing materials to be more modest and respectful of local traditions. Translate content into local languages to ensure effective communication. This includes website content, marketing materials, and social media posts.

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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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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In today’s digital landscape, content writing plays a pivotal role in attracting and engaging both human readers and search engines. This article presents eight practical and effective tips to help content writers strike the perfect balance between user-friendly content and search engine optimization (SEO) strategies.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 9, 2019

Content marketing takes time and effort. And, unfortunately, average tactics such as blogging, keyword-optimized landing pages and the occasional guest post will only get you average results (at best!). People who are very active in marketing in their niche and that work for (or run) a company of similar size to your own.

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5W PR

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Track Performance Monitor metrics such as engagement rates, website traffic, and sales to measure the impact of influencer marketing campaigns. The Power of Content Marketing Content marketing involves creating valuable and informative content to attract and engage the target audience.

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Stern + Associates

AUGUST 3, 2017

A robust content marketing strategy involves a mix of valuable content: articles, blogs, case studies, infographics, podcasts, webinars, videos. This content is considered “valuable” because it has been carefully crafted.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 16, 2018

You cannot run content marketing like a campaign. You can, however, run campaigns inside a content marketing program. Campaigns are how every marketer is trained to think. There is nothing wrong with any of this, but is not content marketing. If this sounds like semantics, it is not.

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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.

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Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

When I started as an editorial intern at Contently, the first thing I realized was that I had a lot to learn about content marketing. Like many people entering the job market, I wanted to write and edit, and I was interested in exploring different ways to make a living with those skills.

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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.

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5W PR

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Leveraging Multiple Marketing Channels A 360-degree marketing strategy involves utilizing a variety of channels to reach the target audience effectively. Content marketing is all about creating high-quality content, such as blog posts, videos, and social media updates, to educate and engage the audience.

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Cision

JANUARY 10, 2018

However, once you taste success in your new endeavor, aim to cement your position as an emerging thought leader in the industry, with a focused content marketing strategy. This means that a solid content marketing strategy will do wonders for your brand messaging. . Their blog is aptly called “ Shopify Insider.”

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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. Blog Posts.

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Cision

OCTOBER 4, 2017

This post, however, is aimed to put visual content on the pedestal. As you look through an interrogative lens — analyzing brands, consumers and the media’s relationship with multimedia, it’s easy to see that visual content is the engine that steers the narrative. Visual Content Impacts Your Performance. About Seth Gilpin.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

A century later, companies have to do a lot more to get the attention of not only newspapers but also a newly expanded audience of blogs, influencers and consumers. Use Your Press Release to Drive Traffic to Your Blog. The value of content marketing has been proven time and time again. Personalize Your Brand.

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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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5W PR

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Incorporating content marketing and public relations efforts can generate very valuable results for companies. It’s highly likely that PR professionals don’t have an in-depth understanding of search engine optimization , which the content marketing team should have. Communication. Campaign themes.

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Beyond PR

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

While more marketers than ever are embracing content marketing, a much smaller number of them are seeing tangible results — research shows that just 17 percent of content marketers report their content marketing efforts as much more successful. Does it even make much of a difference?

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Cision

JUNE 2, 2017

Today, it is so much easier and it’s a lot more transparent with the advent of search engines and a social web. A laptop, the web, and a search engine and you have the starter tools to begin this spying caper. Also take a tour of their websites and blogs. Do they have a blog? Is the content good, great, or bland?

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PRSay

JANUARY 4, 2022

You’ll learn to write web pages, press releases, emails, content-marketing pieces and more. Keep this in mind when developing story ideas and angles for blog posts, content-marketing pieces and other social posts. Would you like to learn more tips for reaching your readers and getting the word out? Happy New Year!

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Cision

JULY 25, 2017

Search engines like Google and Bing regularly probe the quality of sites, which means those with low-quality get pushed down in the search results. Incoming links from sites with a strong domain authority are a more powerful signal to search engines than sites with low authority. So, how can you ensure that happens?

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PR 20/20

JANUARY 19, 2023

Engineer Elizabeth. If not, now’s the time to start—especially if you prefer streamlined content marketing efforts. Below we dive into buyer personas, the benefits, and how they can support your overall content marketing strategy. M arketer Madison. Architect Anna. What is a buyer persona?

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PRSay

MAY 10, 2022

DON’T lead with the features: National Semiconductor’s Workbench Sensor Designer tool enables engineers to quickly move from concept to simulation to prototype in a few keystrokes. Next time you write a press release, blog post or content-marketing piece, put the reader first.

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ReimaginePR

JULY 25, 2018

There’s no denying the power of SEO or search engine optimization. It’s the marketing discipline which helps visitors easily find your site in popular search engines like Google. You know the major search engines. Algorithm – the program the search engines use to determine what pages show up for any given search query.

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The Proactive Report

JULY 4, 2014

Most people don’t have enough time to see them all,” wrote Facebook engineer Lars Backstrom in a blog post in August 2013. The more we see content we don’t care for and find intrusive, the less we’ll use Facebook. Content Marketing Social Media Marketing Tips ads algorithm facebook News Feed' 626 793 4911.

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Contently - Strategy

JUNE 25, 2024

Other content marketers and writers are out there doing what they do best: creating and sharing content about their craft that inspires, entertains, and teaches. Here’s a list of the content marketing podcasts and blogs so you can learn from them, too. Check it out for all things digital marketing.

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PR 20/20

JANUARY 6, 2023

Practice search engine optimization. Search engine optimization, or SEO, is the practice of capitalizing on keywords to drive users to your website. These keywords can be used in the body copy, titles, meta descriptions, and tags across your website’s products, blog posts, news articles, and more. But how can you get started?

Engineering 86

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PR 20/20

OCTOBER 23, 2018

According to Content Marketing Institute Research Director Lisa Beets ( @LisaBeets ), “Nearly all top-performing B2B content marketers—90%—put their audience’s informational needs ahead of their company’s sales/promotional message.”. Today, more B2B marketers than ever rely on a content marketing approach.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

The news cycle was faster, social media was hitting the early majority in the Geoffrey Moore sense, and blogs…blogs were everywhere. We started a blog for our employer, a startup in the IT operations space. Some of the newer and smaller startups that had been blogging for a while ran circles around us.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Something similar has happened in content marketing and blogging in the marketing community. Too many marketers believe that short content outperforms long form. This analysis was part of a larger study that SEMrush published titled the Global State of Content Marketing Report 2019.

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Onclusive

MARCH 8, 2018

They discussed how AI is already impacting the PR industry, how AI will impact the role of PR and content marketing professionals, and how to leverage this evolution to drive business impact and success. She quoted Columbia University’s Professor of Mechanical Engineering Hod Lipson: “Data is the fuel and the algorithm is the engine.”

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