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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Buzzstream

JANUARY 22, 2025

Jasper is the Director of UK-based link building agency Profit Engine, which focuses on guest posting and niche edits. Develop an Evaluation Scoring Method Jasper talks about how Profit Engine employs a 16-point checklist to evaluate sites for factors like: Traffic trends (consistent or growing traffic is a good sign). Absolutely.

Engineering 62

Engineering SEO How To Google 62

Garrett Public Relations

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Are you focusing on writing quality content? Or focusing on creating content for SEO purposes? The post Writing for SEO – How Important Is It For Your Small Business? And can you balance both? appeared first on PR Consultant Garrett Public Relations Columbus/Worthington OH.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Marketing investment was redirected towards demand generation (content marketing, paid media) as startups looked for deal flow. As the market lifts, brands will need to raise awareness and will be ready to invest for the longer term as their horizons extend. There will be a glut of AI-generated content as well.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 9, 2019

Content marketing takes time and effort. By working together with other guest bloggers on content creation and helping each other get mentioned, we’re building useful, long-term relationships. It’ll quickly become clear if a person is writing as frequently as you and about topics that could work well with your own content.

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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. This is the PR industry’s bread and butter, most often referred to as publicity or media relations. Shared Media. Shared media is also known as social media.

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PRSay

MAY 10, 2022

If so, then join PRSA and Ann Wylie at Catch Your Readers , our persuasive-writing workshop, starting on May 16. Here’s how one of my clients did it in a recent persuasive-writing workshop: DON’T lead with the features: Use your Tic-Tac-Toe skills to inspire the next generation of data enthusiasts. Get FREE writing tips here.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Everyone is doing content marketing these days. In fact, some 80% of respondents say they are doing content marketing according to 2017 survey data. I called these basics “engines” because they are a combination of process and mechanism. Analytics are an important part of a content marketing program.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 21, 2025

(Sidebar: most business executives do this too , which is why you should accept non-business emails for gated content and subscriptions). I find fiction reading really improves my writing because, in the course of being entertained, Im consuming examples of how published authors describe abstract concepts. And I have.

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Cision

JUNE 13, 2017

But without a distribution channel, your company blog is like a car without an engine. It can sit pretty in your driveway, for only your neighbors and friends to see — or you can equip it with a turbocharged engine that will get it on the road and in front of new viewers. Then, fulfill that promise in your content.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 23, 2015

Janet Fouts , who founded Tatu Digital Media , read this post – Scale Content Marketing: Employees are the Secret – and invited me to a Google Hangout to discuss it (She previously produced The Friday Hangout , a regular weekly show with Steve Farnsworth and Adam Helweh ). How to Energize the Enterprise for Content Marketing.

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PR Fuel

AUGUST 12, 2021

About 70% of US companies actively invest in content marketing, too. Consider adding press releases to your content marketing strategy this year. Press release writing can help you gain media coverage. You don’t have to learn how to write a press release alone! Write for Your Audience.

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Cision

JUNE 2, 2015

Writing is the heart of content marketing, and I also think it’s our liver, lungs and central nervous system.” “Content is a filter that can qualify your audience better.” Want more content marketing insights from Ann Handley? Stand out with your content marketing.

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Contently - Strategy

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Every second, more than 40,000 queries hit Google’s search engine. With that kind of search volume, how is a business supposed to get its content to rank high, let alone rank on page one? Search intent, also known as keyword or user intent, tells a search engine why someone is searching for something.

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PR Fuel

APRIL 28, 2022

Over 90% of marketers say content is a valuable business asset. Meanwhile, nearly 80% of content marketers incorporate press releases into their content marketing strategies. Why write press releases, though? Why write press releases? Why Write Press Releases?: Support Your SEO.

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The Proactive Report

DECEMBER 16, 2014

However, as content marketing gains popularity,SEO becomes more and more important. The more content there is on the web, the more difficult it is to find what you’re looking for. Content marketing isn’t a new idea for PR. Jill Kocher, search-engine-optimization expert. Now is the time to.

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Contently - Strategy

APRIL 1, 2024

If your SEO-driven content feels as memorable as yesterday’s weather forecast, it’s missing the mark. Search engines — as well as your target customers — breeze past generic SEO content like a billboard on a highway, leaving your traffic in the dust. But the problem (probably) isn’t the writing. Yes, we may get lucky.

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Cision

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Ah, the “boring press release” — we’ve all read them, and most of us are guilty of writing one. That’s where your content marketing efforts come into to play. The blog is listed first for a reason; it’s the engine. But let’s be real — it’s not sexy. The next 9 are the gas. Infographics.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Nearly 80% of the 1,279 bloggers in the 7 th annual Orbit Media blogger survey say blogging drives some marketing results – and 25% say it draws “strong marketing results.” >>> Looking for a consulting partner with the content chops to build a sound strategy and execute? click image for higher resolution) 2.

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PR Fuel

JULY 14, 2021

Over 80% of consumers feel more positive about a brand after reading customized content. Developing your content marketing strategy can help you boost brand visibility. Learning how to write press releases can help you reach and appeal to your target audience. Only 20% of people will read the rest of your content, though.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Content marketing is all the rage, and for good reason: it works. With 70% of internet users saying they’d prefer to learn through content rather than ads , content marketing makes perfect sense. Still, there’s a lot more that goes into content marketing than simply writing a blog about a new product.

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Contently - Strategy

JANUARY 25, 2023

What does voice search mean for content marketers in 2023? But first, let’s connect the dots between voice search and digital marketing. Voice Search & Digital Marketing: What’s the Connection? Basic search engine optimization (SEO) principles still apply to voice searches. We have four takeaways.

How To 121

How To SEO Mobile Engineering 121

Cision

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

The value of content marketing has been proven time and time again. To set themselves apart, companies act as publishers, providing unique and interesting content to their consumers. Altogether, this release tells Full Circle’s story with compelling visuals that ensure their vision will stick in the minds of readers.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Search Engines, Social Media and Journalism. In reviewing the study, I think it has implications for business in public relations and content marketing. You can and should run content marketing like a publisher. I do work in, and write about, business and there’s plenty of propaganda there too.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

This why a good content marketer can take a dense white paper, identify the most interesting parts , re-write it for the web, and then watch it get more traction than the first time around. 1) Write short sentences. The 4 Engines You Need to Pull Off Content Marketing Successfully.

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The Resolution Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Fast forward seven years, and I wish I – and the rest of the public relations industry – had taken more of an interest in the evolution of search marketing. To be fair, search engine optimisation in those days required a fair bit of technical skill and was a completely different discipline to public relations.

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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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Contently - Strategy

MAY 20, 2024

Most of us content marketers consider the content side of SEO at the very beginning of any project; we’ve become adept at marrying ideas with the right keywords, information, and heading structures so that the message and SEO go together harmoniously—like peanut butter and jelly. Helpful, right?

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Contently - Strategy

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

A content marketer’s job is to create quality content that gets in front of readers organically. After all, what is content worth if you don’t access the readers who would most benefit from your writing? And this is where natural language processing (NLP) can help. Consider these seven techniques: 1.

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Cision

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Using keywords that will help the right people find your website is essential for every facet of your marketing strategy from search engine optimization to social media to blogging to PR. At Cision, our marketing team is all about working smarter. First: Who Benefits from a Keyword Library?

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 2, 2013

This can also give you inspiration to write something that is deliberately on the upswing in terms of popular usage. See, for example, the screen shot below showing the relative usage of the terms “search engine optimization” as compared to “content marketing.”. Send them a survey asking for feedback and input.

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ISEBOX

OCTOBER 4, 2016

People always talk about finding your “angle” when referring to writing. Find the right angle for the personas you’re writing for, and create an article (or multiple articles if you’re distributing to multiple personas) for distribution. It’s also important to write in a tone that is on point with what you’re writing.

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Beyond PR

AUGUST 14, 2017

In this article, we will discuss the 4 key elements to writing high-quality press release content: The news announcement. So write your release with your audience in mind. In the age of Content, search engine results pages (SERPs) are inundated with potential links for users to click on. Multimedia attachments.

Writing 79

Writing How To Infographics Pinterest 79

Prowly

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

They've leaned into playful, meme-driven storytelling, and in turn the brand generated a massive increase in brand awareness, increased domain authority and a getting boost in search engines. Here are some of the best choices: Semrush: an all-in-one digital marketing tool that helps companies analyze their online presence.

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Cision

JULY 26, 2016

In this interview, David discusses the importance of good writing skills, how technology has transformed the industry and how to stand out in today’s crowded marketplace. First and foremost, learn how to write. Once you know how to write, practice. Everyone applying for a position in PR should be writing a blog.

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Cision

JANUARY 13, 2016

Eighty-three percent of B2C marketers and 84 percent of B2B marketers say sales is an important content marketing goal, according to an annual report by the Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs. But generating revenue from your content is easier said than done.

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