Sword and the Script

MARCH 24, 2015

As a metric for content marketing, pageviews are flawed according to a white paper – Why Content Marketers Are Using All the Wrong Metrics – published by Contently. The company provides the combination of a talent marketplace and content marketing software to manage projects and campaigns.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Measurement Marketing Analytics 60

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 21, 2014

This week I was reminded of a post I wrote back in March on jumpstarting your B2B content. MarketingProfs’ latest B2B Content Marketing 2015 Benchmarks, Budgets & Trends report. The report provides some great insight into how B2B marketers are thinking about content and where they’re stuck. The reminder?

Content Marketing 160

Content Marketing B2B Marketing Measurement 160

Cision

JANUARY 2, 2018

It’s 2018: Do you know where your marketing campaigns are focused? Chances are the answer is Facebook. Facebook has gained a reputation for being a marketing shortcut of sorts; its ads have an average click-through rate of.9 Staying Creative With Content. 9 percent , no matter the industry.

Facebook 0

Facebook Marketing Journalism Creativity 0

5W PR

JANUARY 17, 2020

Although its harder to measure the efficacy of PR efforts than it is to measure the same statistics for say, advertising, there are many ways to measure the reach and success of a PR message. Market Surveys –Typically this will involve before-and-after surveys regarding awareness of your brand. Be more selective.

Measurement 78

Measurement Publicity Television Analytics 78

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.

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Marketing Mobile YouTube 120

Cision

APRIL 5, 2016

As a content marketer, you spend tremendous time and money to create content – be it brand awareness, thought leadership or lead generation pieces. Instead, we must now actively push our content out to our intended audience. Instead, we must now actively push our content out to our intended audience.

Advertising 120

Advertising Advertising Facebook B2C 120

Cision

DECEMBER 29, 2015

People now look for and essentially demand content that gets them involved, creating a more personalized and memorable experience. Quite obviously, the competition on the web has become fierce, forcing businesses and content marketers to become more creative than ever before in their content endeavors.

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Trends Marketing Storytelling 120

Cision

APRIL 25, 2016

Often you’ll read that Facebook is a “pay-to-play” platform for businesses. million active users on the Facebook platform, but with Facebook Page reach in the single digits (at best) it is generally thought that it is necessary to allocate dollars to communicate on Facebook. There may be 1.5

Facebook 120

Facebook Advertising Advertising Measurement 120

Contently - Strategy

JUNE 11, 2020

More importantly, what should doctors, hospitals, insurers, and healthcare companies do to improve the state of healthcare content online? We’ve extracted the most important healthcare content marketing trends using a combination of quantitative and qualitative data. It was shared over 26,000 times on Facebook.

Healthcare 112

Healthcare Content Marketing Industry Trends 112

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 6, 2015

If content marketing was a self-evaluated college class, marketers would give themselves a “C.” That’s my sense after reading the new B2B Content Marketing 2016 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends – North America report. The annual report is a joint effort between MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Survey B2B Marketing 60

wiredPRworks

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

How do you package your brand marketing content to go from being invisible to rising up an expert? First, you need to have a message and then you need to market it. Let’s explore how to go from invisible to expert with a WIRED content marketing framework. WIRED Content Marketing Framework.

Content Marketing 52

Content Marketing Marketing System Transportation 52

Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

However, one area where video-minded PR professionals fall short is how to measure the success of video communications. The old way of measuring video success was simple, if ineffective: how many views did our video receive? If we only focus on views, we ignore the business impact of our video content. The Old Way.

Video 117

Video Measurement Communications How To 117

Contently - Strategy

APRIL 20, 2023

When you find the right metrics to prove the value of your content, you can showcase how important your work is to the organization. As content marketers, it’s our job to engage our audience , build brand awareness , and drive interest in our company’s products and services.

Analytics 111

Analytics Content Marketing SEO Data 111

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

If you’re not using Facebook ads because you don’t think they work in B2B marketing , then you are among thin ranks. Several surveys reviewed by eMarketer suggest social media advertising continues to advance – and Facebook is often voted the most effective paid platform – even for B2B.

B2B 60

B2B Facebook Marketing Advertising 60

5W PR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In today’s dynamic digital landscape, performance marketing is a pivotal strategy for businesses aiming to achieve measurable outcomes. Unlike traditional marketing, which often focuses on brand awareness, performance marketing focuses on specific goals such as website visits, conversions, or sales.

Marketing 78

Marketing Engineering Advertising Advertising 78

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2016

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. PR is the Best Kept Secret in Effective Content Marketing.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Social Media Marketing Media 60

Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 10, 2017

The April #measurePR chat fell the Thursday before Tax Day, so Shonali invited some of PR’s best financial communications pros with measurement advice for everyone—from those just starting out to seasoned pros. Next, Shonali asked about best practices in measurement for IR/financial comms work. Guest Post by Jen Zingsheim Phillips.

Financial 95

Financial Measurement Communications Agriculture 95

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 16, 2014

But I’ve noticed a tendency among some to repeat behavior I saw early in my career in paid media: act as if tracking to the bottom line – especially where social media measurement is concerned – is pointless or impossible. As the cliché goes, “You can’t manage what you can’t measure.”

Social Media 102

Social Media Measurement Media Groups 102

The Proactive Report

DECEMBER 9, 2014

92% of marketers claim that social media marketing is important for their business. 83 percent have a Twitter account and 80 percent are on Facebook – a ten percent increase since 2013. Set measurable goals that align with the overall business goals. Develop a content strategy with an editorial calendar.

Social Media 279

Social Media Strategy Pinterest Media 279

Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

More importantly, what should doctors, hospitals, insurers, and healthcare companies do to improve the state of healthcare content online? We’ve extracted the most important healthcare content marketing trends using a combination of quantitative and qualitative data. It was shared over 26,000 times on Facebook.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Content Marketing Industry Trends 52

Onclusive

OCTOBER 3, 2017

For marketers, this makes brand awareness a huge challenge: How do we stand out above the noise? Marketers and communicators are now competing for consumer attention amid Facebook posts, Buzzfeed memes, blog posts, articles, texts and more. This gives your audience access to your content where they want to find it.”.

Brand 246

Brand Branding eBook Leadership 246

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The best way to excel at content marketing is to “be the story.” ” That’s according to the new documentary by the Content Marketing Institute : The Story of Content. The film, which runs a little more than 40 minutes, explores what content marketing is, its history and why it’s different.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Marketing Agriculture Newspapers 60

Communications Conversations

AUGUST 3, 2021

Three of the top four answers hone in on content marketing or engagement. This probably surprises no one, given the keen focus on content in terms of budget and resources in almost all marketing departments in 2021. Primarily because there’s much more money in the content marketing game.

Customer Service 205

Customer Service Social Media Marketing Media 205

Cision

OCTOBER 4, 2017

When it comes to the transformation of the public relations industry, Google, Facebook, and Twitter always receive the revolutionizing praise. This post, however, is aimed to put visual content on the pedestal. Journalists are no longer measured by the quality of their work; they are measured by the effectiveness of their work.

How To 282

How To Storytelling B2C Measurement 282

Rock the Status Quo

MAY 28, 2015

One simple task that significantly improves the success of your content marketing is the ability to identify what pieces of content are driving results and which are not. Once you know which ones are resonating, you can CREATE MORE content centered around high-interest topics. How can you do this? GOOGLE ANALYTICS.

Measurement 100

Measurement Analytics Google SEO 100

Shift Communications

DECEMBER 30, 2014

When devising a content strategy for a new year, it’s important to take note of what worked (and why) to plan what’s to come next year. Our top posts from the last quarter of 2014 focused on measurement and good, old Facebook. The Bedtime Test of Content Marketing & PR. Don’t Quit Facebook Yet.

Measurement 98

Measurement Storytelling Facebook Content Marketing 98

Barokas

JANUARY 19, 2018

With over 2 billion users on Facebook and over 800 million users on Instagram, these two social networking sites have far surpassed their original intentions to connect family and friends. Here is what you can expect from Facebook and Instagram’s new algorithms and how you can increase your content’s visibility: Facebook.

Instagram 84

Instagram Facebook How To Travel 84

Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 5, 2015

But how many of us are effectively measuring it? Here are some tips on getting started measuring your storytelling efforts. 5 “W”s to Consider Before Starting PR Measurement. The other half involves measuring to prove ROI,” says Gina Joseph before she reveals the big “W”s. ” 4. Silverman.

Storytelling 40

Storytelling Measurement Content Marketing Tools 40

Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 29, 2022

These tasks get your content into the right hands at the right time, ultimately maximizing your return on the investment used to create it. Once you hit the “Publish” button, you need to get your content where it needs to go, share it with your audience, and ultimately measure your results.

eBook 137

eBook Product Launch Software International 137

Communications Conversations

JUNE 29, 2021

On Facebook , post between 1 and 2 times a day. By my count, this would mean, Hootsuite is recommending you post to your Insta page 12-28 times per month; to your Facebook page 30-60 times per month; to Twitter 30-150 times per month; and to LinkedIn a whopping 30-150 times per month. On Twitter , post between 1 and 5 Tweets a day.

Social Media 211

Social Media Media Survey LinkedIn 211

Communications Conversations

AUGUST 3, 2021

Three of the top four answers hone in on content marketing or engagement. This probably surprises no one, given the keen focus on content in terms of budget and resources in almost all marketing departments in 2021. Primarily because there’s much more money in the content marketing game.

Customer Service 158

Customer Service Social Media Marketing Media 158

Prohibition

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Without a clear definition of the ultimate aim of your marketing campaign, it’s impossible to be able to measure the results. With that in mind, here are five of our top tips for making sure your campaigns convert. Set your campaign goals and make them SMART.

Measurement 62

Measurement Marketing SEO B2C 62

PRSay

JUNE 20, 2019

In the content marketing world of flash and pizazz, it’s easy for your brand to get lost among the masses. It seems like everyone has snappy social platforms and visual content that’s brand-forward and engaging. Be a PR team for your content. An easy way to do this?

SEO 146

SEO Content Marketing Video Strategy 146

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 8, 2015

So as a tip of the hat to them, today’s roundup is all about measuring content, and what you can do to get there. A meaningful framework for content measurement (Rebecca Lieb, Marketing Land). Why: You have to have a framework for measurement, otherwise it doesn’t mean anything. ” 3.

Measurement 40

Measurement Analytics Google Facebook 40

Cision

APRIL 19, 2016

Bigger and better than ever, Social Media Marketing World 2016 didn’t disappoint on day one. Back-to-back sessions on social media, content marketing, customer service, employee advocacy and social tools hosted over 3,000 social media marketers from across the globe. Evolution of Content Marketing.

Social Media 0

Social Media Marketing Media Customer Service 0

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 20, 2015

What’s the point of measurement , exactly? So today’s roundup features seven posts from around the web that discuss what the point of measurement is – to figure out what’s getting in the way of reaching one’s goal, and then work around it. Why PR and Marketing Must Work Together to Measure Success.

Measurement 40

Measurement Web Analytics Content Marketing 40

Critical Mention

JANUARY 22, 2019

I craved community, comments, Twitter, Facebook (even if social media hadn’t happened yet… LOL). But Marketing fundamentals remain constant. Measuring ROI has been a consistent challenge for content marketers and marketers in general over the past decade. But I thought writing a diary was boring.

Interviews 104

Interviews Content Marketing Writing Journalism 104