The Proactive Report

JANUARY 6, 2016

In a recent article Joe Pulizzi of CMI offered 5 reasons why content marketing efforts fail to hit the mark. This is a mistake that Digital PR practitioners should not fall prey to – after all PR as a discipline is about creating conversations. Great content must be meet the needs of your audience.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 17, 2020

From pitches to landing coverage and everything in between, Digital PR can be done without a single tool. The tool will then show you a word cloud with other terms surrounding the subject, in addition to suggested insights and content ideas. You will then gain insights into what style of content (lists, videos etc.)

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The Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

The game has indeed changed – it takes smart, creative ideas, excellent execution and real-time interaction to win this race. https://www.spredfast.com/social-marketing-blog/tweets-ads-data-recap-2015-social-super-bowl. Content Marketing Online PR digital PR likeagirl mcdonalds.

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Rock the Status Quo

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Today’s stronger focus on social media and content marketing is also bridging the gap between digital experts and traditionalists, link builders and content creators, community managers and customer service. It’s refreshing. It’s wonderful!! To break long-standing habits?

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Prohibition

JANUARY 4, 2023

Digital PR is a great tactic for driving traffic and brand awareness, which can be matched across your offline and online marketing campaigns. Social media marketing. Social media marketing. Social media content can be repurposed for other channels, especially video and user-generated content.

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Prohibition

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Over the past few years, digital PR has become significantly more important for brands and now goes way beyond ‘building links’ It includes increased brand awareness, brand positioning, SEO ranking, marketing share, share of voice, social media performance, organic traffic, sales and more – all encompassed in one.

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PR in High Definition

JUNE 3, 2020

If the picture is on sites such as Flickr, you might also need to consider Creative Commons attribution. Again, this will depend on any applicable Creative Commons licences, but if you’re using someone else’s image it’s generally good practice to attribute their name. Attribute the author. Photo credit: Bonnie Kittle, Unsplash ).

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Prohibition

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Staying on top of your game is a must when it comes to content marketing. Having various marketing strategies across multiple platforms can be hard to keep on top of – so having the right tools at your disposal can be a game-changer. What to Avoid: Don’t over-polish your feed.

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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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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 13, 2023

I joined BuzzStream as Director of Content Marketing in November of 2023. But before that, I worked for over ten years with three content marketing agencies and one in-house role. Over the years, I tested and used almost every digital PR, blogger outreach , and link building tool available.

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Buzzstream

MAY 2, 2024

In the digital PR world , journalists and reporters promote our content. We’ll use X’s Advanced Search feature, which allows you to be a little more creative with your searches. This is more of an opportunistic approach to digital PR vs a tactic for pitching stories. Others rely on bloggers. Ah, much better.

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Cision

APRIL 12, 2016

Taral Patel is PR Executive at PRmention , a digital PR agency for startups. Dove did a great job reaching their target audience through innovative and creative videos. Their campaign was highly successful, although the content hardly mentioned Dove in the videos. Create a strong content marketing plan.

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The Proactive Report

JANUARY 30, 2015

Duane Bates, Senior Director of Digital Communications Strategy and New Media, Habitat for Humanity International. Josh Rose, Chief Creative Officer, Weber Shandwick. Robert Rose, Chief Strategy Officer, Content Marketing Institute. However, the visuals have to be creative and well-designed and executed.

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Cision

OCTOBER 19, 2015

PR professionals are no longer solely responsible for communication. Now, they’re also in charge of social media and content marketing. Successful PR professionals are embracing these activities and combining them to make their jobs easier. Search engines used to be the main source for content distribution and promotion.

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The Resolution Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

New tool ‘Automated Insights’ could be a game-changer for our future PR work-flows. That’s an hour back a week for creative! Watch our video to find out how to make your PR coverage more visible on Google. Will ad-blocking bring more competition to PR? PR pros don’t need to know about SEO.

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PR in High Definition

JUNE 3, 2020

If the picture is on sites such as Flickr, you might also need to consider Creative Commons attribution. Again, this will depend on any applicable Creative Commons licences, but if you’re using someone else’s image it’s generally good practice to attribute their name. Attribute the author. Photo credit: Bonnie Kittle, Unsplash ).

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Prohibition

APRIL 9, 2021

We are looking for someone with significant (over 4 years) experience within PR or Communications at a senior level who can work as a key leader in the organisation. Prohibition won Prolific North’s Best PR Agency and Best Integrated Campaign of 2019 and CIPR’s Outstanding Large Consultancy of the Year 2017 and 2019.

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Buzzstream

MAY 9, 2018

When aggregating the types of outreach people are doing, there are 3 profiles that recur most often: Volume Senders – This group consists primarily of link builders who are primarily relying on links from specific page types to their content/site.

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Prohibition

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Channel 4’s in-house creative agency, 4Creative, unveiled a series of stunts as part of their campaign to promote their new reality TV show, ‘Make Me Prime Minister’ – including deploying a vending machine that sells fake drugs and a travelling 10 Downing Street lectern. What is content marketing and how can it help your business?

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 11, 2017

A little more than a year ago, I recommended four Chrome extensions for digital PR professionals and episode #75 of the Growth Marketing Toolbox podcast by Nicholas Scalice tipped me off to a few more. The Old “New Media” and Marketing Tools with Novel Twists [UML]. Brands like Warner Bros. Talk to Us!

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Buzzstream

MAY 2, 2024

Icebreaker: What’s a cool piece of content you’ve seen that’s inspiring or super creative? But before I do, when I just throw out like a little icebreaker, I know you’re a man of content out there in the business, what do you like? There are a lot of SEO tools and content marketing tools on the market.

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ZudePR

MAY 20, 2015

There are 19 contributors (including me) and 40+ practical examples of tools used in public relations, content marketing and search engine optimisation (SEO). The ebook is distributed free under a Creative Commons license via the #PRstack community. He also has a rather useful weekly newsletter. You can sign up for it here.

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ZudePR

JANUARY 21, 2016

I already knew where to look; I’d been doggedly increasing my digital knowledge for a few years, getting to know who were the experts. Content marketing had been mushrooming and seemed to explode as 2013 turned into 2014. Not just websites either; wider web marketing as well. Digital PR. Truthfully.

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Critical Mention

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Map out your PR career plan: PR Career Guide: Public Relations Job Titles, Descriptions, & Salary. Our take on PRNEWS: If you couldn’t already tell from its name, PRNews is the center for latest news on PR awards, events, research and more. PRNEWS Blog. Until next time! Critical Mention.

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

I didn’t know Darren Kingman before chatting with him , but I loved the work he produced at Root Digital , his UK-based digital PR, SEO, and content marketing agency. It turns out that much like myself, Darren is a content junkie, always on the lookout for interesting, inspiring content.

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ZudePR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Granted, it was a very good one: Everybody Writes , by Chicago-based content marketer Ann Handley. How the Most Successful Creatives Read. The post Last Night a Blog Post Changed My Life appeared first on Glasgow PR Agencies | Scottish Digital PR Company | Zude. Since Christmas I have read one book.

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Prohibition

APRIL 29, 2017

While we do ‘the traditional stuff’ very well indeed, we’re constantly pushing the boundaries of what you would expect from a specialist PR agency. So that involves lots of exciting things like online community building, social media listening, brand audits, online crisis management, content marketing and video creation and seeding.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

Interestingly, PRWeek pointed to some of the competitive pressures in the industry as a result of acquisitive environment: “Business Wire once partnered with TrendKite, the digital PR platform that was acquired by Cision this year. new research from staffing firm The Creative Group shows. That partnership has ended.”.

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ZudePR

JUNE 6, 2016

The idea for this post came after I was experiencing a growing sense of frustration late last year due to the distractions inherent in my job as a digital PR (distractions I would wager the majority of people reading this post will be familiar with). He's also a world-leading web strategist, content marketer, author, and speaker.

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ZudePR

JANUARY 26, 2016

Most people would give their eye teeth to work in jobs as challenging, creative, and fast-paced as ours. . ” Dave, the PR: If you’re a PR consultant and don’t wish to starve, you need to meet people. Which brings us back to content marketing. 20: On Creativity. Which star’s my soul?

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Communications Conversations

JANUARY 13, 2017

In this role, I’m really focusing on building our digital PR capabilities. It’s a more digital content marketing focused role, which is part of the work that I really love. I’m learning to be both more creative and more analytical—and those skills can overlap (left brain, right brain).

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 7, 2025

With interest in digital PR growing almost 30% in the past few years, we wanted to put together a snapshot of today’s industry, looking at tactics, challenges, tools, and much more. We interviewed over 150 digital PR professionals worldwide between November and December 2024 to give you the State of Digital PR Report for 2025.

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Landis PR

DECEMBER 18, 2023

How do today’s PR teams keep up? Note: This is a reposted blog by our Public Relations Global Network Partner, Amanda Hill – Three Box Strategic Communications. For the original blog, please visit here. Photo courtesy of Pixabay Your audience’s attention is more fragmented than ever.

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Buzzstream

JUNE 5, 2024

The term digital PR means different things depending on who you ask. We even had an entire podcast episode devoted to the differences between digital PR strategies US and UK with Rise at Seven’s Will Hobson. Some people refer to digital PR as content-led link building. More on this in a bit.)

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Buzzstream

MAY 19, 2022

I worked at a content marketing agency, Siege Media , for six years, and with every successful and failed campaign, I learned a new lesson. And each time, I came away more prepared and excited for the next piece of content. For some in the digital PR space, this will get deeper into SEO and keyword research than you have before.

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Rock the Status Quo

JUNE 18, 2015

What kills trust, when it comes to content marketing or even social media? If someone reading, watching or listening to your content can’t figure out how it applies to them, or what the target audience even is – how will they trust that you know what you are doing? Lack of an obvious audience.

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ZudePR

MAY 31, 2015

You work in public relations, SEO, content marketing or social media marketing. You’re thinking of completely overhauling how you market your company. So I jotted down a list of PR/digital/SEO/content marketing influencers. Derek is a copywriter and content marketer.

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