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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. Fire your PR firm in 2014. Counting Media Clips is a Zero Sum Game.

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How Print Publications Impact B2B Content Marketing Development

KoMarketing Associates

Earlier this month, MarketingSherpa’s chart of the week covered survey results on the types of content sources B2B marketers trust most, as they pertained to the quality of the source publishing third-party contributed content. Chart: What Content Sources Do Customers Trust? B2B Online Marketing Blog Content Marketing'

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What Is Earned Media?

ClearVoice

As the name suggests, a PR executive has relationships with members of the media and continuously pitch their clients to be included in various publications, news shows, podcasts and more. This creates content and becomes part of the overall digital marketing strategy since it builds their expertise and reputation within their industry.

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Sponsored vs Branded Content

Brandpoint

If you’re in marketing, you’re familiar with the terms “sponsored content” and “branded content.” There’s a lot of information — and misinformation — out there about branded content and sponsored content. The short answer is branded content. Are they the same?

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Kindness opens many doors online

Biznology

PR gets people and understands the value of keeping love alive. Well, while it’s absolutely essential that your client be exceptionally game, generous, and have desirable products, all the magic happens in the inbox and the secret sauce of any successful blogger PR campaign is kindness. That’s it. No review, no editorial.

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B2B Video Marketing Done Right

KoMarketing Associates

The word these days is content. Video content in particular is an increasingly compelling tactic for business marketers to deploy throughout the funnel, with numbers to support its use. It diversifies the content marketing mix. It’s an asset in PR kits developed to promote new product launches. Case Study.

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Financial Services Can Earn Trust by Modeling Content After Customer Narratives

Content Standard

Audience perception can be a fickle thing to manage, and this means that misconceptions, bad PR, or a host of other pressures can result in your marketing team fighting uphill battles for reputation. For a while now, Ally has hosted a rather robust content hub with useful information for understanding and handling finances.