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Stop the Insanity. Fire Your PR Firm in 2014.

Marketing Craftmanship

And it always includes exposure in advertorials (regardless of the sponsoring publication’s stature) and feature articles in pay-to-play vanity publications…because you gain no credible 3 rd party validation. Counting Media Clips is a Zero Sum Game. Fire your PR firm in 2014.

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B2B Blogs Your Prospects and Clients Hate to Read

BOP Design

These are the types of blog posts your company should avoid creating: Advertorials. This is how advertorials often make readers feel. Stay away from creating advertorials that have a salesy angle and only discuss your firm’s products or services. Features of Products/Services. Features are worthless.

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Trade media: Top tips for successful food & nutrition ingredients PR  

BDB

Your editorial content, whether it be a press release or by-lined feature, needs to be targeted to the people you actually want to attract the attention of. If you want to advertise your services, paid advertorial is the way to go.

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4 Industries That Are Thriving (and Ramping up Content Marketing) Post-COVID

ClearVoice

Content creators of all types, from user experience to social media marketing to lifestyle feature writing to customer service, are needed to communicate all of this, and it’s an easy pivot for lifestyle writers from other categories like travel. Where should you go to do it?” Financial services. Personal care CPG (consumer packaged goods).

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Welcome To The Age Of Ad Blocking

Marketing Insider Group

UC browser, a web browser that is extremely popular in China and India, has an ad blocking feature built into its mobile browser. One example of native advertising is advertorials found on BuzzFeed or Forbes sponsored by brands. But even before Apple’s announcement, usage of mobile ad blocking was growing extensively overseas.

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The B2B Marketing Guide to Paid Content Distribution

Digital B2B Marketing

Reddit, with a public downvote feature, can be downright brutal to marketers that saunter in for the first time with a promotional message. Print Advertorials. StumbleUpon’s paid program delivers traffic directly to your site, they never even click. That translates to lower cost, but also lower average traffic quality.

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7 Great Social Media Advertising Campaigns

Bannerflow

These campaigns often involve several uploads or posts and deliver targeted advertorial content to your audience. What social media campaigns are featured? The short-form videos feature an on-screen showcase of the brand’s romance book library. They aim to increase brand awareness, drive sales or achieve other business goals. .