Marketing Craftmanship

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Is Your Web Content a Marketing Liability?

Marketing Craftmanship

What often happens – soon after LAUNCH COMPANY WEBSITE is crossed off the corporate to-do list – is that companies don’t apply the same standards of excellence or levels of scrutiny to the content generated post-launch that were applied during development of the website’s original core content.

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An End to B2B Social Media Madness

Marketing Craftmanship

But if you are unable or unwilling to generate meaningful content on a consistent basis (at least twice a month), or to merchandise your blog content properly (which means taking specific steps to promote the content with target audiences), then do not start a blog. Build Your LinkedIn Presence.

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Avoid the Carnival Barker Approach to Publicity

Marketing Craftmanship

Other than a pile of press clippings or some online content for their website’s “In the News” section, business owners are hard-pressed to draw a connection between their publicity campaign and tangible business results, such as lead generation or increased revenue.

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The Real Price We All Pay for “Brand Journalism”

Marketing Craftmanship

Erosion of journalism’s mandate has accelerated with the growth of “brand journalism,” which is content specifically created to promote commercial interests, very often in a non-transparent manner.

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The Herb Schmertz Era: When Public Relations Had Some Balls

Marketing Craftmanship

In this 2-minute YouTube clip , Schmertz (who is now 83 years-old) eloquently describes how Mobil’s confrontational and sometimes abrasive public relations strategy reflected the company’s obligation, as a custodian of significant physical, human and economic resources, to maintain its role as one of the pillars of a free society.