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Jumping On a Trend: How To Curate A Timely Content Marketing Calendar

Contently - Strategy

But in recent years, the concept of timeliness in a content marketing calendar has become less about utility and more about jumping on trends for the sake of relevancy. Don’t get me wrong: there’s a time and place for incorporating memes and internet discourse into your content strategy.

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White Paper: Want Content Success? Think Outside the Box!

Cision

Content marketing is a crucial piece of content strategies. As technology becomes ever-present, content strategies should include video, podcasts, games, comics, events and more. Social media, e-newsletters, articles on owned websites and blogs make up the four most used content marketing tactics.

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Free White Paper! Give Your Story Legs

Cision

Attention spans have shortened, news cycles have sped up and many brands have come to believe that they must create more content to be seen. More content does not garner more attention; relevancy does. Struggling to get eyes on your content? Guesswork should not guide a content marketing strategy.

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The bedtime test of content marketing and PR

Shift Communications

If you need an acid test for compelling content, show it to a literate child at bedtime. Offer to read them a white paper or press release, listen to a webinar, show them an infographic. Vice President, Marketing Technology. Advertising Content Marketing Marketing Press Release Public Relations'

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Build marketing and PR programs rather than executing campaigns

Sword and the Script

(click image for higher resolution) Three examples of marketing programs The best part about programs versus campaigns is that it’s an approach that requires re-tasking, re-structuring, and re-organizing – but not more budget or headcount. Maybe your team can only handle one ebook a quarter.

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How Storytelling Connects Paid, Earned, and Owned Media

Onclusive

In 2012, in response to the Altimeter group’s white paper on “converged media” last summer, Jeremiah Owyang took a stab on his blog at defining the new workflow for paid, earned, owned and shared media. In the meantime, the rise of shared or social media complicated things further. Was it a function of PR? Its own function?

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5 Must-Have Types of Content Marketing

Cision

When you think of content marketing, you probably think of blog posts. But they’re just one of the many types of content that can help you establish your brand as a thought leader in your industry and attract new leads. By diversifying the types of content that you share, you attract different people with different needs.