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Why Most B2B Companies Don’t Use Earned Media (Public Relations)

Marketing Craftmanship

Most B2B company websites, across all industries, contain some combination of self-produced “owned media” content, including blog posts, case studies, white papers, podcasts, archived webinars, and event calendars.

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10 of the Best Public Relations Examples to Inspire Your Next Campaign

Hubspot

Journalists crave juicy stories and viral marketing campaigns, but standing out in a sea of conventional pitches is one of the biggest challenges for any public relations professional. When you need a dose of inspiration, blogs like PR Examples are a great place to find the most compelling PR plays. Old Spice : Paper Blazer Ad.

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Time for a B2B Public Relations Tune Up

Schubert B2B

For those of us working in B2B public relations, now is a good time to review the accomplishments of the past few months. Otherwise known as the onerous task of gathering data and compiling those quarterly or half-year PR reports—but that’s for another blog post.)

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Death by Content: How Press Release Abuse Killed Public Relations

Marketing Craftmanship

Prior to popularization of fax machines in the 1980s, news releases were delivered by human messengers to major wire services such as AP, UPI and Dow Jones, which in turn communicated that news to their subscribing media outlets over a broadtape machine – much like a financial ticker tape, but using a much wider roll of paper.

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How to Make a Splash with a New-to-the-World Website

Webbiquity

To generate measurable ROI, make sure you are driving paid-click visitors to a clear and relevant call to action, such as downloading an ebook, white paper, or report; registering for a webinar; or subscribing to your email newsletter or blog posts. These directories are generally best for new business websites. Sites like Inc.,

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Search Engine Optimization THEN Blogging THEN Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity

However, it’s certainly reasonable to expect that a good number of hiring managers do searches at Google for “IT Recruiter” and then: Download a white paper about “Successful IT Recruiting” or “The Benefits of Passive Candidates.” ” Leave a comment (or subscribe) to a blog about IT recruiting.

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9 Places to Source Authoritative Stats for Your Content Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

If you work at a SaaS company, you might hit the content jackpot by turning customer usage data into an annual report that attracts media coverage and leads, for example, Zuora’s Subscription Economy Index or Marketing Insider Group’s blog post frequency research. This practice is just wrong.

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