Cision

JANUARY 18, 2018

While much of a content marketing strategy revolves around creating new content just for your blog (part of your owned media), I highly recommend that you divert some of your attention to incorporating earned media into your strategy. Create Highly Shareable Content. Amplify Media Mentions. Amplify Media Mentions.

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5W PR

APRIL 7, 2025

Data analysis and measurement tools now give content creators unprecedented ability to understand their audience and create content that resonates. According to research by Semrush, content marketing leaders are 3x more likely to report success when they have a documented content strategy backed by data.

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Cision

APRIL 23, 2015

This post is based on our white paper “ Outside-The-Box Content Marketing for PR.” ” A week into 2014, Mark Schaefer published a blog post that questioned whether content marketing – which he termed “the hottest marketing trend around” – was a sustainable strategy for businesses.

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Cision

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Critics like HBO’s John Oliver deride it as misleading and call it a threat to journalistic integrity, while proponents see native advertising as a vital revenue producer for publishers and an effective way for marketers to reach and engage audiences. Navigation – How will people find and experience the content?

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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. They are: Infographics. What posts.

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Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

” Too many content marketing teams try to half-ass a bunch of things—blog posts, whitepapers, video, social media, SEO—in the pursuit of a cohesive content program. For those us who don’t have endless resources, we can still aspire to be like prolific brands—as long as we have a realistic content marketing strategy.

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Onclusive

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

What smart marketers learned using MarTech and Marketing automation was that their online videos, ads, and email marketing campaigns perform better when integrated with a strong, holistic PR and content marketing strategy. PR is now being fueled by the omnipresence of digital content.

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Contently - Strategy

AUGUST 25, 2021

When it comes to content, that’s kind of true. While industries like travel, financial services , and tech have embraced content marketing for over a decade, healthcare lags behind. Dive into our infographic below, and for more, check out the full report and access our healthcare content trends webinar on-demand.

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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.

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Contently - Strategy

JULY 31, 2019

You can also use this dictionary as a lead tool, if you’re a marketing exec who wants to hire a team of Pulitzer Prize-winning writers for your brand’s blog. You’ll need to speak their language to recruit them, and veteran newspaper reporters don’t necessarily know what “ map against your KPIs ” means.

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The Proactive Report

DECEMBER 24, 2014

So what kind of content are they looking for in apps? The Exact Target 2014 Mobile Behavior Report found that consumers use their mobile devices for connectivity and content. Infographic courtesy of Kargo.com. Content Marketing Online PR apps content content strategy digital PR mobile online PR strategy web'

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Cision

JANUARY 9, 2018

Infographics. We learned a lot about the viability of visual content in the 2017 State of the Media. Informative, aesthetic infographics drive immense engagement. Nearly 70 percent of marketers rate charts and graphics as the most engaging type of visual content. How to do it? How-To-Guides.

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Contently - Strategy

AUGUST 22, 2019

Believe it or not, the caution with which consumers approach money actually makes finance content into fertile ground for creativity. After all, the actual content of bank marketing stays largely the same from institution to institution—there are finite ways to approach writing about, say, a checking account or a credit card.

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Contently - Strategy

JUNE 11, 2020

More importantly, what should doctors, hospitals, insurers, and healthcare companies do to improve the state of healthcare content online? That’s what we’ve set out to answer in this report. We’ve extracted the most important healthcare content marketing trends using a combination of quantitative and qualitative data.

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Cision

JANUARY 11, 2017

According to research from the Content Marketing Institute , 70 percent of B2B marketers plan to create more content in 2017 compared to 2016. However, the same study revealed that only a measly 17 percent of content marketers report their content marketing efforts as much more successful.

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Cision

APRIL 13, 2017

According to Cision’s 2017 State of the Media Report , journalists continue to experience shrinking news teams and constricting budgets. In Cision’s 2017 State of the Media Report , more than half of respondents said a pitch that lines up with their past work and interests is what drove them to pursue a story. Target your audience.

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ISEBOX

MARCH 14, 2016

The Rise of Videos, Images and Content in Media Relations. These days, we hardly notice how much we are surrounded by multimedia content. Videos, photos, infographics, charts…they are everywhere. Producing great content is always easier said than done. Social media, email blasts, blogs, traditional media (duh, obviously).

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Here’s a look at statistics across PR, marketing, and social media that were surfaced in the various reports and studies covered on this blog throughout 2020. Every entry links to both the article I originally wrote – and to the underlying source, report or survey. Content marketing statistics from 2020.

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Cision

JUNE 13, 2017

Then, fulfill that promise in your content. Add eye-catching multimedia that makes your content stand out from the crowd, like an infographic, product picture or action shot. So you’ll need to be upfront, taking care to maintain their trust by placing your company name prominently in the headline and body content.

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Buzzstream

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

After working and learning from Ross Hudgens , the founder of content marketing agency, Siege Media , for close to seven years, I am thrilled to have him on the podcast. Ross and Emily Campbell-Snidal , their VP of Content Marketing, recently released a podcast explaining their new “product-led digital PR” approach.

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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. Content Marketing Effectiveness. by Frank Strong. at a 95% confidence level.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Most of what I did wasn’t a secret: I read what reporters wrote before pitching, developed subject lines that got my emails opened, and use a strong lede in all my pitches. Something similar has happened in content marketing and blogging in the marketing community. List posts earn more shares.

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The Proactive Report

JANUARY 31, 2017

While B2C brands have been hitting content marketing full-bore, B2B companies have been a little more circumspect. Many B2B marketers have discovered that creating effective content that gets results is not the easiest task. According to a study by DemadnWave whitepapers, case studies, videos and infographics work well.

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The Proactive Report

JANUARY 28, 2015

DOWNLOAD THIS INFOGRAPHIC. Content Marketing Online PR' 15 DIGITAL SKILLS YOU NEED TO SUCCEED IN 2015. 'The 15 DIGITAL SKILLS YOU NEED TO SUCCEED IN 2015.

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Cision

APRIL 20, 2015

It’s also tactics like content marketing, a broad umbrella that includes blogging, social media updates, email marketing, infographics, visuals and video. All that content points to an underlying mantra: “be the media.” In an always-on news environment, we aren’t beat reporters waiting for news to happen.

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Reputation Us

JANUARY 19, 2017

Here we are, a new year but likely the same old tried and true annual report. Let me guess, a letter from the CEO, message from the board chair and some market insights from the treasurer. Don’t get me wrong, many annual report structures are required to meet public reporting regulations and these sections are necessary.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

It’s a question as old as the web – should you gate your content? It appears that most marketers do and reported gating “ 80% of their major content marketing assets ” according to a survey vetted by MarketingProfs. The same study points out there’s some content – infographics for example – is rarely gated.

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Prohibition

AUGUST 17, 2021

Video content is nothing new but with the introduction of video only social media platforms such as TikTok and the launch of Instagram’s IGTV and Reels – concise an consumable content is a strong content marketing tactic. Bite sized content. Why is this? Retention and ROI. Going Forward.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 3, 2018

1) Content marketers as librarians . “If That’s how Jimmy Daly begins his piece – 5 Content Marketing Power Laws – for Animalz a marketing agency and it had me hooked as a reader. They end up publishing way too much content in an attempt to maintain traffic. Does Blockchain Really Have Marketing Potential?

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The Proactive Report

APRIL 6, 2021

Some companies have a set of infographics that are used in their promo pieces and marketing items. The post Things You’ll Need Before Building a New Website appeared first on Social Media Strategy | Online PR | Proactive Report | Sally Falkow. Digital Files.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

But the reporter didn’t respond, despite my experience, intuition and persistence. This new trend some were calling content marketing had the hallmarks of a soft and subtle pitch. Media Changes mean PR needs Content Marketing. Credibility: Why Content Marketing also needs PR . It was a good pitch.

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Cision

JANUARY 22, 2016

One key differentiator is your content. Quality content grabs the attention of reporters and influencers and gives your brand a solid reputation. Cision’s tip sheet, “ 71 Ways to Get Media Coverage ,” outlines the actions you need to take to create the kind of content journalists want. It Gets You On Reporters’ Radar.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

MARCH 23, 2016

Do you remember the first time you reported PR results to a C-suite executive? Begin by evaluating how much your executive knows about content. Visuals (photos, infographics, etc.). Only report on what matters. A few tips for reporting: Top-line and bottom-line it. Text (long or short form). Measurement.

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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.

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The Proactive Report

JULY 31, 2017

Create a pitch that will appeal to the media – research with an interesting infographic often gets good results. All this makes your content more visible and attracts links to the content, which improves your ranking. Watch this video on how to make 10X content. Pay for social ads aimed at a targeted audience.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 11, 2019

Marketing is sometimes like politics. Two people can read the same report and draw different conclusions. It’s a bit like that with gated content. Marketers tend to be for it or against it – and passion may sometimes cloud new perspective. I like to see things like case studies and infographics freely accessible.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 25, 2022

But as I dug into the report, I noticed one small thing that gave me pause: a copyright mark. I think I’d be more than covered under fair use in writing about the report. That company invested time and treasure to produce that report to build awareness. The chances of marketing content going viral are slim.

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