Cision

APRIL 18, 2017

Owned media is content you create on a platform you own, such as your company’s website or blog. Unfortunately, many organizations take a “publish it and they will come” approach to their content. If you already have a list of vetted keywords from your marketing team to work from, skip ahead to step two. Cool, right?

Exercises 198

Exercises Google Writing Blogging 198

Onclusive

JUNE 23, 2022

This week, we’re continuing with our June blog series on Measuring Up To Marketing: How PR Fits Into The Mix. How can marketing and PR jointly contribute to business goals? Strategy: Any strategy should be rooted in clear goals, so make sure both PR and marketing go through the objective-setting exercise first.

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Strategy Marketing Measurement eBook 195

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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Content Marketing B2B Marketing Exercises 66

Prohibition

MARCH 16, 2021

We don’t need to sell you on the benefits of content marketing. When compared with other forms of marketing, content marketing has the potential to form a meaningful and long-lasting relationship with your customer or prospect. So, how do you get it right when it comes to content marketing?

Content Marketing 62

Content Marketing Marketing Social Media Video 62

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

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Predictions are a license for liberty in mental exercise. Here are my predictions for PR , content marketing and social media ; one each. In 2017, PR professionals will be increasingly viewed as strategic business advisors championing integrated communications across the silos of digital marketing, PR and social media.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Social Media Marketing Media 60

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Regular readers know I bought into the concept of “ content marketing ” many years ago. It was in effect the coining of a term that characterized a strategy my team and I was already working on across traditional PR, digital marketing and social media. 3 Studies that Challenge Marketing Assumptions.

Content Marketing 69

Content Marketing Case Study Marketing Conference 69

Cision

APRIL 12, 2016

An organic audience refers to those who are driven towards your website or blog through unpaid distributions. Their campaign was highly successful, although the content hardly mentioned Dove in the videos. Create a strong content marketing plan. You should also consider what types of content your audience consumes.

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Infographics eBook Content Marketing Video 120

Journalistics

JANUARY 24, 2016

In my first post of the year, I confessed my blogging sins and provided some insights around what caused me to blog less the past few years, and what I learned from the process. This posts was the first step in my journey to blog more in 2016. About This Two-Part Series.

Blogging 69

Blogging Strategy How To Writing 69

PR 20/20

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Exercising your mind, especially in the workplace, is a great way to improve key traits and characteristics needed to fuel a successful career. One way the PR 20/20 team exercises the mind is by conducting monthly morning meetings to focus on a variety of professional development activities. No two marketers are alike.

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Exercises Marketing Writing Examples 47

Marketwired

MARCH 10, 2016

Content marketing is no longer optional as part of an overall digital marketing plan. What’s important to look at now is whether your content is connecting in the right way. In some cases, this means looking at the theme of the content, but it can be just as beneficial to look at the format of the content.

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Viral Banking Content Marketing Video 116

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.

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B2C Study Exercises Sports 157

Contently - Strategy

JANUARY 26, 2023

The good news is that many companies have already cracked the thought leadership code using strategies that content marketers can emulate. The same C-level decision makers that leverage it in their decision-making processes are difficult to impress— only 17% of them rate the content they read as “very good” or “excellent.”

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Leadership Content Marketing Healthcare Google 141

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 6, 2017

One exercise is to probe any innovative or provocative point of view, ideas that advance an industry or flip some previously held notions, or offer predictions for the future. We develop a content marketing strategy that encompasses: Expert commentary – weighing in on relevant news.

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Leadership Trade Shows Healthcare Education 149

Sword and the Script

MAY 16, 2020

I’d do a considerable amount of blogging. Occasionally, I’ll use the service Help a Reporter Out (HARO) to field responses for a blog post. This stuff isn’t hard, and while I’m not a reporter, an exercise like this is a glimpse into their world. And that’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing Links [UML].

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Survey Media Relations Pitching Media 173

Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The reason for this, it turns out, is super simple: Most marketers don’t ever talk to their prospects and clients. The empathy marketing problem. According to the Content Marketing Institute’s 2019 B2B Research report, just 42 percent of B2B marketers talk to clients as part of their research.

How To 104

How To Marketing B2B Exercises 104

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

These habits are applicable to corporate blogging where a blog is a central platform in a content marketing strategy. 1) How long does it take to write a blog post? The average time spent composing a blog post this year was three hours and twenty minutes (3:20). 2) How long should a blog post be?

Study 88

Study B2B Marketing Survey 88

Cision

APRIL 6, 2016

In fact, as all savvy marketers know, more than “what” you sell, “how” you sell creates a bigger emotional, and thus bankable, impact. The whole point of the exercise is to get closer to buyers. Buyer personas have the potential to catapult businesses into the big league with personalized marketing wins.

How To 120

How To Tools Exercises Viral 120

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

A young boy imagines himself Darth Vader and moves through his home attempting to use “The Force” on various objects – an exercise bike, a doll, and a dog, for example. For example, I was recently perusing a corporate B2B technology blog about an awards program a vendor had established. Too many brands miss this important point.

Brand 80

Brand Branding B2B Exercises 80

Cision

JULY 29, 2015

Q: What makes podcasting unique in comparison to other forms of content (blog posts, videos, etc.)? A: Audio content is incredibly intimate: you’re whispering into someone’s ear. They’re listening to you while they exercise or drive to work. Some people don’t read long blog posts. Is it strictly content marketing?

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Interviews Comparison Video Exercises 120

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Every year I read and write about dozens of reports on B2B marketing and PR. The exercise is a useful reflection on what happened over the course of this past year. Respondents said their organization is placing more or much more emphasis on owned media (60%), like blogs, newsletters and websites. PR measurement.

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B2B Marketing Survey Software 148

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Steve has long been a believer “content marketing” even before the phrase gained the popularity it has today. The content marketing hype-cycle helped alert those asleep at the wheel that this was a requirement for doing business in an information (Google) age. I joined as vice president of marketing.

Content Marketing 114

Content Marketing Mobile Google Web 114

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 5, 2014

While there’s a ton of blog posts from PR pundits telling you what you can’t do for measurement — and they do so with a frightening zeal that borders on religious fascism — few offer pragmatic advice. What PR needs is a framework to think about measurement and organize itself to measure.

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Measurement Analytics Tools Survey 129

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 29, 2015

In either case, it’s important to strive to understand both, and some of the blogs I follow get creative with the year-end wrap up: The Best Business Storytelling Posts of the Year (Part I) via @louhoffman. Top Three Spin Sucks PR Blog Posts of 2015 via @spinsucks. Appetite remains for snackable content.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Reddit Crisis Case Study 60

ReimaginePR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

By defining a brand voice and sticking to it, no matter whether you’re on your blog, your social media channels, your offline engagements, etc., While these words won’t completely define what language you’ll use and how you’ll present your content, they can point you in the right direction. Gary Vaynerchuk does this expertly well.

Brand 120

Brand Branding Exercises Social Media 120

Journalistics

JANUARY 24, 2016

In my first post of the year, I confessed my blogging sins and provided some insights around what caused me to blog less the past few years, and what I learned from the process. This posts was the first step in my journey to blog more in 2016. About This Two-Part Series.

Blogging 40

Blogging Strategy How To Writing 40

Cision

AUGUST 16, 2016

While Burns360 is an agency that is embracing new PR concepts like digital and content marketing, its belief that journalism is essential to PR has never wavered. It’s no longer enough to simply do a TV interview or post a blog on your website. If I’m not sleeping or exercising, it’s glued to my hand. Rapid Fire Round.

Television 120

Television Pitching Journalism Interviews 120

Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 5, 2019

million for their content marketing budgets in 2019, per Contently research. This number includes content creation, distribution, technology, and talent. To help marketers be more efficient and effective, Contently created this new report that examines the state of financial services content marketing.

Financial 108

Financial Industry Report Insurance 108

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 24, 2016

MarketingProfs: 3 ways marketers can tell their stories across multichannel touchpoints. Contently: Why Cisco is hiring over 200 content marketers. HBR: Content marketers need to act like publishers. MarTech Today: Introducing the “influencer marketing technology landscape”.

Twitter 60

Twitter How To B2B Analytics 60

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

It’s also a key reason why blogging and content marketing has become an important tool in the media relations toolkit. Also, see these related posts: How to Generate Media Referenceable B2B Customers with a Blog. based reporters said, “ensuring content is 100 percent accurate is the most important” in their organization.

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Survey Report Media B2B 115

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 25, 2020

Articles and blog posts the team wrote for the company newsletter would go stale before being approved for distribution. Reports and long-form content would never see the light of day. >>> Looking for a consulting partner with the content and PR chops to build a sound strategy and execute? Document content types.

Marketing 88

Marketing Guidelines Social Media Conference 88

ZudePR

JUNE 6, 2016

Links out to the 10 best blog posts I've read (on getting stuff done) during five months of exhaustive research. If you'd rather download a pdf of this 9,000-word post to read later, and want some bonus content (my top 51 deep work productivity tips) click this link. Such are the risks of blogging and email. My favourite seven.

Writing 114

Writing Social Media SEO Blogging 114

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 17, 2019

Start a tweet chat and develop videos, blog posts or other content addressing problems that your product solves and position yourself as a thought leader. This is a great team-building exercise and you could earn some local press for your efforts. Champion a Purpose. Organize one.

Leadership 89

Leadership Survey Exercises Education 89

PR 20/20

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Editor’s Note: The content for this blog post was inspired by our team’s quarterly book club meeting. For years, Marcus Sheridan’s book, They Ask You Answer: A Revolutionary Approach to Inbound Sales, Content Marketing, and Today's Digital Consumer , has been the foundation of countless successful content marketing programs.

Content Marketing 52

Content Marketing Resources Guidelines Exercises 52

Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Hi [Journalist’s Name], With 73% of marketers now favoring digital PR over traditional methods for brand visibility and quality backlinks (Content Marketing Institute), the need for advanced digital PR skills has never been greater. In my pitch, I might want to cite some data explaining why digital PR is trending right now.

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Pitching How To Digital PR Data 126

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

She has never published a blog post, or an article for a leading association of business communicators , or given a formal presentation. Recently, KPS Digital, a marketing organization in the UK, named me to a list of the Top 100 Influencers in Content Marketing. Does your agency eat, breath and sleep content marketing?

Marketing 60

Marketing Study Survey Content Marketing 60

Buzzstream

JANUARY 8, 2025

Promote Creative Thinking Practice creative thinking by challenging your team (or yourself) with exercises that connect seemingly unrelated ideas. This builds the ability to think on your feet and develop innovative angles for campaigns, newsjacking, or content creation. Will you put it on your blog? So that format can vary.

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Digital PR Google Comparison SEO 62