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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Content Marketing B2B Marketing eBook 119

Contently - Strategy

JUNE 12, 2024

It’s the year 2010, before anyone even knows to ask the question, “What are content marketing platforms?” As a marketing manager, you’ve embraced Gmail, and Google Docs has changed the way you collaborate with your team. What is a content marketing platform ?” What are Content Marketing Platforms?

Content Marketing 52

Content Marketing Marketing System Guidelines 52

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

There’s no written playbook for navigating the PR challenges likely to arise, and smart marketers and comms pros will trust their judgment and past experiences in guiding strategy and providing counsel. Marketing investment was redirected towards demand generation (content marketing, paid media) as startups looked for deal flow.

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Writing Communications Marketing B2B 189

ReimaginePR

APRIL 30, 2016

Diverting valuable assets into “content marketing” without any real idea of how it works or what it will accomplish. Sadly, as content marketers we don’t have ghostly voices telling us what to do. You need a Content Marketing Plan. Subscribe here to get your free Content Marketing Plan checklist!

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Marketing Social Media Writing 120

Prohibition

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Content marketing is the process of planning, sharing and distributing relevant and valuable material consistently to attract and retain your ideal target audience. What are the different types of content marketing? Social media content. But social content may resonate more with a younger audience.

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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?

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Content Marketing B2B Marketing Measurement 160

Sword and the Script

MARCH 31, 2020

Buyers were taking in content before talking to sales even before the Coronavirus hit; now is a great time to double down on content marketing Today is the last day of the first quarter of 2020. When I think about that statistic in today’s context – this is another moment for true content marketing.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

In any case, both of these were “audience buys” and proved to be savvy PR, content marketing and SEO moves. Most of these come from registering for one-off gated content like white papers and webinars – these assets are expensive to create and promote. And I have a massive library of SEO and content marketing material.”.

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SEO Content Marketing Marketing Software 129

Rock the Status Quo

AUGUST 21, 2014

Content marketing is on my mind quite a bit this week, for a variety of reasons, so we’ll use that as our topic. A second client tasked me with building a list of recommended next steps to move their content marketing forward, AND I’ve been working on my own 2015 content marketing strategy for Rock The Status Quo.

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Writing Blogging Pitching Content Marketing 203

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.

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Content Marketing Measurement Marketing Analytics 60

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?

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Content Marketing Marketing Social Media Video 62

Contently - Strategy

APRIL 1, 2024

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. Here’s how to create SEO-driven content that stands out from the competition. For enterprise B2B companies, the math gets even worse.

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SEO Engineering Writing How To 52

Critical Mention

APRIL 5, 2019

Without great content, you lessen your chance of generating leads and conversions. Simply put, content marketing is an effective way to generate and nurture leads, as well as keep your brand relevant in today’s digital world. What is content marketing? Research the types of content marketing that sell.

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Content Marketing Marketing Crisis Communications Crisis 75

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. What I want to do in this post is to identify 11 content marketing mistakes that you should avoid. Use headline formulas.

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Content Marketing Marketing Mobile YouTube 120

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 7, 2014

In other words, during the process of writing out the answers on his sneaker, he had internalized the answers and could recall them from memory. It was the 5 th annual B2B Content Marketing Survey which conjured up that memory – from perhaps a more frightening part of my mind. Rhythm and ROI.

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Content Marketing Study Marketing Survey 126

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In fact, you must publish content in order for it to be indexed and returned in response to search. That’s the gist of a piece Michael Brenner wrote for the Content Marketing Institute last week titled The Best Reason to Do Content Marketing? b) Integrated marketing. b) Integrated marketing.

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Content Marketing Marketing Comparison Measurement 79

Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 4, 2023

To find out, we conducted nine interviews with innovative CMOs to understand what role they see content playing in the marketing strategy. CMOs see content marketing solutions as part of every aspect of audience engagement. This has deep consequences for how to staff a content marketing team and where it sits.

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Content Marketing eBook Marketing Infographics 52

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 24, 2018

Write a rock-solid PR plan. The objectives should be clear as well as measurable. PR and marketing content are increasingly intertwined, as well. To determine which marketing assets could become useful for the PR plan, see this earlier post on how PR and content marketing work together.

Writing 136

Writing How To Pitching Privacy 136

PR Fuel

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

There’s an art to headline writing — but it’s not rocket science. It’s possible to write a headline that always captures attention, you just have to remember the fundamentals. All too often we tend to overcomplicate things when it comes to marketing copy. Offer Your Readers Educational Content.

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Writing Education Tools Resources 105

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

So, I began writing these summaries , doing briefings with vendors and doing some hands-on product reviews. I’m leaning towards that last option because then I’d only write about the things I think sound interesting, rather than because I feel obligated to include an announcement merely because I do this summary.

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Software Wikipedia B2B Pitching 132

Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 7, 2019

In today’s hi-tech, fast-moving, cluttered digital world, content marketing is one of the most practical, effective and useful marketing strategies to date. It’s an essential aspect of today’s digital marketing landscape. So what does content marketing mean? Is content marketing important?

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Content Marketing Marketing Infographics Consumer 98

Cision

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Anne Carton is a small business consultant, digital marketing expert and blogger working with Designhill , the world’s largest online graphic design marketplace. Ann primarily writes about social media and growth hack strategies, SEO and e-commerce. Want to deliver valuable content in 2016? The answer is simple!

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Content Marketing Trends Marketing Storytelling 120

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2017

It’s good to know where and how other marketers are finding success. Writing is thinking, but more than that its the application of thinking; it transforms a passive activity into an active one. We are after all forever students of marketing. Those categories are: Content marketing statistics.

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Content Marketing SEO Social Media Publicity 122

Cision

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Content marketing has the power to turn your brand into a driving force in your industry, but with so much competition in the marketplace, how can you ensure that your content makes an impact? What other challenges do you see brands facing in terms of content? Q: How has content marketing changed in recent years?

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Strategy Marketing How To 120

The Proactive Report

OCTOBER 22, 2017

A while ago I posted a video by Rand Fishkin on how to create 10X content- content that is 10X better than your competitors. Can you measure the quality of your content? The quality of writing and visuals is very subjective. With digital analytics it’s possible to know exactly how effective your content is.

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Measurement How To Guidelines Analytics 154

PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Widmer is a content marketing expert and freelance writer. Content marketing isn’t a sprint—it’s a marathon. Why are you writing? If you’re just putting content out there for the sake of putting it out there, it’s highly unlikely you’ll see a high level of success. Step 1: Write down your goals.

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Content Marketing Writing Marketing Tools 40

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. That partnership can really enrich your content.

Healthcare 112

Healthcare Content Marketing Industry Trends 112

Onclusive

JUNE 24, 2020

Creating valuable content is never easy, and doing so at scale is even more difficult. You likely have great staff who can help write content, it’s worth your while to try to enlist those experts at your company for their subject matter expertise. Measure and improve. Seek internal experts.

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Strategy Media Advertising Advertising 418

Onclusive

DECEMBER 22, 2017

With decades of experience in journalism, PR and content marketing, Jon is now in charge of content for Inc. Studio, which produces all content for Inc.’s I have worked in PR both on the client side and as the internal PR generator (primarily through content marketing).”. s clients and advertisers.

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Interviews Strategy Content Marketing Advertising 294

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. Other readers liked these related posts: B2B Blog Metrics: 4 Effective Categories to Measure Success.

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Writing Blogging Content Marketing Web 60

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Overall, the study found roughly one-fifth (22%) of 1,102 B2B marketers based in North America that answered the annual survey described their content marketing as “extremely successful” or “very successful.” Page 4 shows us why these B2B content marketers are successful. 88% measure content marketing ROI.

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Content Marketing Marketing B2B Survey 60

Sword and the Script

JUNE 27, 2017

What does it take to implement content marketing effectively in a B2B organization? It’s not an easy question to answer broadly because: a) every team has its own dynamics; b) every organization has constraints and limitations, and c) every vertical market has its own unique characteristics. 1) Hands on marketing leadership.

Content Marketing 68

Content Marketing B2B Marketing Leadership 68

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.

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Financial Measurement Communications Agriculture 95

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. You can also think about these in stages of content marketing maturity, though I’d caution, you never done with any given stage. Analyze, but experiment.

Engineering 62

Engineering Content Marketing Marketing Analytics 62

Sword and the Script

JUNE 9, 2015

“The biggest challenge is that we are moving from an industry that could create one amazing commercial to reach consumers to an ecosystem with a diversified channel structure,” according to Mike Scafidi , marketing operations with PepsiCo. Yet the paper also surfaces the underlying driver of the shift to content marketing.

Content Marketing 60

Content Marketing Employee Marketing Viral 60

The Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

News outlets mostly measure the wrong things,” writes Tom Rosenstiel, a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution and Executive Director of API. PR lesson: Take the time to produce content of real depth and value. Provide journalists with the material they’d need to write and publish such a story.

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Analytics Digital PR Measurement Enterprise 100

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. That partnership can really enrich your content.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Content Marketing Industry Trends 52