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8 Signs You're Writing an Advertorial, Not a Blog Post

Hubspot

Growing your website traffic through your blog is a great thing-- until thinly-veiled advertorials infiltrate your content. Advertorials are an advertisement disguised as an editorial; they are articles that appear to be informational but are actually intended to promote a product or service. 1) You’re a Blogging Cheerleader.

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5 Must-Watch Google Webmaster Videos for the B2B Marketer

KoMarketing Associates

For some great B2B content marketing resources, I recommend reading these articles: 10 Content Marketing Resources for the B2B Marketer. It’s especially important for B2B companies to optimize for site speed because each missed lead could mean thousands of dollars of missed revenue. 6 Underrated Content Marketing Assets for B2B SEO.

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7 Companies That Should Buy Medium, Because Why Not?

Contently

Last week, Medium CEO Ev Williams announced that the company was laying off 50 staffers, closing its offices in New York and Washington DC, and ceasing its ad-sales operation. Or maybe the company will turn its user base into a giant freelance network and try to steal Contently’s business. This sucks because I love Medium.

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Stop the Insanity. Fire Your PR Firm in 2014.

Marketing Craftmanship

Its source notwithstanding, the axiom applies perfectly to the great number of companies that retain PR firms, year after year, to generate publicity that will have little or no impact on tangible business outcomes. Counting Media Clips is a Zero Sum Game. Fire your PR firm in 2014.

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Only B2B - Untitled Article

Only B2B

There are lots of articles that compare demand generation (as an outbound marketing strategy) and inbound marketing only to give a gold medal in marketing Olympics to the latter. While their arguments make sense, we cannot deny that companies still use outbound strategies for demand generation successfully.

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B2B Blogs Your Prospects and Clients Hate to Read

BOP Design

Now, we don’t think that companies purposely put out content that their audience hates, we believe it’s just a misunderstanding of needs/wants. These are the types of blog posts your company should avoid creating: Advertorials. These are the types of blog posts your company should avoid creating: Advertorials.

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Everything you need to know about native ads in email newsletters

Liveintent

Native ads are similar to an advertorial but come in a variety of formats. Sit down with other key stakeholders, assess your company’s goals and concerns, and talk to your prospective email monetization partners. What are native ads? Native ads are ads that match their environment or surroundings. Branded content native ads.