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. And is that person your buyer?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The thing is, despite the ad nauseam posts on SEO for news releases, I discovered this recent report from Schwartz Communications that shows a pitiful 18% of news release headlines are SEO-optimized. A word to the wise In my experience, communication pros these days are, more often than not, wise to SEO in general.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Automation in Public Relations Measurement: Yea/Nay? Image: Tinkerbots via Flickr , Creative Commons Tools are beginning to do a solid job with the most mind-numbing parts of research (i.e.,

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Beyond PR

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

What you may not know is that practicing good SEO is just as essential for your press releases as it is for the rest of your online communications. In other words: neglect SEO at your own risk. Before you’ve started to write, ask yourself: what is it about this announcement that my readers will find compelling?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

While traditionally PR work consisted of press releases, pitching, and occasional damage control, today’s PR teams must have a diverse digital skill set, including SEO strategy, social media savvy, data analysis and more. This requires a combination of creative thinking, analytical skills, and the ability to develop and execute against plan.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

I believe when people write predictions, they aren’t just saying what they think will happen but revealing a reflection of sorts. This means PR pros will need to figure out how to have their clients mentioned in these outlets and learn how to measure their success.”. Brad Marley , Chief Storyteller, Yelram Media .

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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. Brands who blog have more indexed web pages, which boosts SEO. We’ll deliver your multimedia assets, and you’ll leverage the industry’s most authoritative web property, PRNewswire.com, to drive SEO results.

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The Proactive Report

MAY 27, 2018

They’ll be expected to deliver more: more strategy, more content, more channels, more creativity and more measurement. If content creation is the engine for growth, the industry will need to invest in people who can develop world-class creative.”. Analytics is now at 62% and SEO at 41%. The Challenge.

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The Proactive Report

MAY 27, 2018

They’ll be expected to deliver more: more strategy, more content, more channels, more creativity and more measurement. If content creation is the engine for growth, the industry will need to invest in people who can develop world-class creative.”. Analytics is now at 62% and SEO at 41%. The Challenge.

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Industry Measurement SEO Corporate 100

The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

Check out this interview to begin to improve your measurement today. The content you should be creating 2018 plans are underway and creatives are about to be brought to life. Here he outlines a talk from Yext’s Duane Forrester on what a future SEO job description. Could just one metric measure PR? What do you guys think?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Measurement… Supplemented October 22nd, 2010 Tweet Last week, Priya Ramesh, CRT/tanaka ‘s director of social media, joined us for the bi-weekly #measurePR chat. Sales of what?

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 30, 2020

Being an SEO first and foremost myself, the impact of what I do is always judged on the impact it had on organic traffic, and more importantly, revenue. Successful newsjacking or any link building activity, if just measured on links could see the brand becoming relevant for queries that are of no value. For example.

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Buzzstream

OCTOBER 23, 2024

I recently saw Alex publish a fantastic LinkedIn post about why every SEO should study branding. (It’s So, SEOs need to think differently about how we build and work with brands. It’s an excellent conversation for SEOs, digital PRs, and agency leaders. It’s a great read —check it out here.)

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Flack's Revenge

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

I first learned of Stone Temple and their great work in SEO and digital marketing through an acquaintance, and interviewed CEO Eric Enge for a post on Maximize Social Business awhile back. Through this collaboration I learned of Stone Temple’s very creative use of video. How do you make the topic fun and interesting?

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Sword and the Script

MAY 11, 2019

PR measurement can be a bit like a self-fulfilling prophecy. On one hand, it gets dinged for a lack of measurement. On the other hand, measuring some PR activities, like earned media , is far more challenging than other forms of marketing and communications. In reading through it, I had several points worth making here.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Image: Greig Christie via Flickr, Creative Commons Since Google Instant’s launch just over a month ago, digital marketers have been scrambling to figure out how search engine marketing strategies might need to change. Mark as read Approve comment Nice write-up Erica! Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Google Gemini to write press releases for PR Newswire “Generate high-quality press releases with just a few clicks.” For example, you can instruct the AI to write in a professional, or humorous tone if desired. Prowly was acquired by the SEO software vendor Semrush in 2020. And now onward with this month’s PR tech sum.

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Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Unlike its traditional PR counterpart, Digital PR is also conducted with SEO in mind and one of the key aims of outreach is to gain linked coverage on online news publications. Louise Parker , PR Director at Propellernet , echoes this, “For me, digital PR is measurable PR that is created with SEO goals in mind.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

You don’t have to be Einstein to start measuring smartly. There are no absolutes when it comes to measurement, as Don points out… only – and, perhaps most importantly – context. by Daniel Sitkin at Metrica’s Measurement Matters. Why: Measuring the channels is not important. Who owns the news?

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. Rather, AI will be used to create a lot of filler and SEO bait. Marketing turns to creative to stand out from the clutter .

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Contently - Strategy

JULY 18, 2024

SEO can feel like a magic wand in your content strategy. But mastering SEO isn’t as easy as sprinkling keywords like fairy dust and hoping for the best. It demands strategy, finesse, and oftentimes, the guiding hand of a freelance SEO strategist. What is an SEO strategist?

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SEO How To Engineering Strategy 52

Newsfile

JANUARY 30, 2024

Writing copy for social media is the most popular use for AI, according to 64% of PR pros. However, remember that AI should not replace human-written content and creativity. AI for ideas & inspiration Humans are creative and can think of many different ideas, and now AI dramatically increases the number and novelty of ideas.

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Trends YouTube Video Social Media 105

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Image: betsyjean79 via Flickr , Creative Commons Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism, Design, Digital, TV, Radio, Podcasts, Blogging, Social Networks, Newsfeeds, Affiliate Marketing, Web TV, SEO… Creative industries have evolved just as the environments, mediums, consumers and needs of our clients have evolved over time.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

It’s not just thinking about writing that I’ve been engaging in. Image: mj*laflaca via Flickr , Creative Commons It’s about how that writing looks. Ann Wylie gives you some funny formulas to spice up your writing Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! D’oh, you say. Pull out the bag of tricks.

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Stephen Waddington

AUGUST 12, 2020

We help brands, organisations and businesses develop and deploy measurable communications through PR, internal comms, digital marketing, SEO, social media and advertising. Clients want blended, agile, creative solutions to their challenges. Write a business plan and go for it. Adam Driver. What’s your proposition?

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Cision

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Ann primarily writes about social media and growth hack strategies, SEO and e-commerce. 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. Image: 10ch ( Creative Commons ). Social Media.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Image: Martin LaBar via Flickr, Creative Commons And even many non-Christians will be relaxing, perhaps joining in the revelry (as many of my friends did when I was growing up in India). Just imagine how many people were telling these stories, for them to have survived, in some shape or form, to the point where they were recorded in writing.

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Wildfire

AUGUST 1, 2018

While we are a group of creatives in a beautiful riverside boathouse in suburban London, we’re also bunch of mad scientists who like to conduct experiments on all aspects PR — and we like having a logical, methodical approach to our work. PR has a reputation of being beastly to measure. Tom Fishburne (@tomfishburne) August 5, 2018.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Writers that report success with blogging share the following characteristics: They are more likely to write longer or more in-depth content; They tend to spend six or more hours writing a post; They are 2.5 They always use analytics to measure performance. But a small percentage write long-form content. hours to write.”.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Image: Nick Fletcher via Flickr, Creative Commons But I’m getting ahead of myself. To land a position in the PR course at RMIT, students need to sit a test to ensure that they have the necessary general knowledge , writing skills and linguistic motivation to be a PR grad. Image: Marc Benton via Flickr, Creative Commons 3.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 17, 2020

This tool has myriad features and uses, but I predominantly use it for both ideation and to assist with pitch-writing. This will force you to get creative with the sorts of terms you think your coverage will fall under. Measuring success. Now, it’s time to see the ‘value’ of these links from an SEO perspective.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Image: Chris Lott via Flickr , Creative Commons One of the questions that Joe asked us was what our blogging experience has been like. Image: Quinn Dombrowski via Flickr , Creative Commons I’ve already said that blogging is a strange beast. It’s a great way to exercise your writing muscles. You get even better.

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Blogging Facebook Twitter Writing 98

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

We can measure the initial impacts of marketing and advertising efforts almost immediately, but that doesn’t mean we should. New LinkedIn research found that only 4% of digital marketers are measuring return on investment six months into a campaign or longer. Sean Callahan , Senior Manager, Content Marketing | LinkedIn.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Image: sahmeepee via Flickr , Creative Commons The Best means that you are indubitably, unequivocally, indisputably the best in who you are, what you do, and what you stand for, no matter who – or what – else you are compared with, or what others might be exposed to. Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 26, 2018

But choosing the correct topic to write about is actually one of the hardest parts of content marketing. Some come from sales teams, others from SEO professionals and a good handful come from executives who hear about a new trend and want their company to cover it. You didn’t know how to measure success. YOU don’t do anything.

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How To SEO Content Marketing Data 72

Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Image: Ranjit Bhatnagar via Flickr , Creative Commons And thanks to myfirsttweet.com , I can share it with you. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? October 23rd, 2010 Tweet I can still remember my first tweet. How unbelievably ridiculous. Or pathetic.

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Twitter Measurement Tourism Social Media 73

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Also… Image: Thom Watson via Flickr, Creative Commons OK, I’ll stop now, I can see you rolling your eyes, going, “Come on, act your age.&# Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? I actually have a bunch of them. Also Cinderella. Wanna Subscribe?

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