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New Editorial Rules Nod to Content Marketing

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It reads as follows: “Publications engaged in or associated with the manufacturing or marketing of branded products and services should ensure that advertisements or promotions for their own products and services cannot be mistaken for editorial content.&#. One way or another, content marketing will get its own code of ethics.

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Transparent vs. Opaque: Six New-Media Principles, No. 5

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Traditional media organizations have tended to be opaque, aiming not to reveal much about the people and processes behind their product. One of the ways new media encourages transparency is ethical, as represented by the popular expression, “transparency is the new objectivity.” New Ethics for New Media?

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Rethinking the Role of “Advertisers”

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Like Forbes , with its AdVoice product , Quartz recognizes that the old advertising model—limited to hermetically sealed ad units dropped beside editorial content—must change. Ethics: Is Transparency All We Need? Related posts: Lewis DVorkin: Content Marketing or Advertorial? Rethinking the Article as the Basic Unit of Journalism.

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Rethinking the Role of “Advertisers”

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Like Forbes , with its AdVoice product , Quartz recognizes that the old advertising model—limited to hermetically sealed ad units dropped beside editorial content—must change. Ethics: Is Transparency All We Need? Related posts: Lewis DVorkin: Content Marketing or Advertorial? Rethinking the Article as the Basic Unit of Journalism.

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Journalists as Buzzword Killers

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As he says, “when content marketing looks like a product promotion it gets ignored like a product promotion.”. Many B2B editors cut their teeth rewriting press releases for their publication’s product and services section. Tags: Content Marketing Writing content corporate journalism Ethics.

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Three Ways to Annoy People and Produce Great Content

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Editorial details are to content as fit and finish are to automobiles: they account for the difference between a functional product and a great one, and between humdrum and robust sales. As with any other product, obsessing over details and searching for and correcting flaws won’t do any good if you never ship. Insist on finishing.

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Can You Have Entrepreneurial Journalism without Entrepreneurs?

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You might object to the ethical aspects of combining editing with marketing or sales, or to the excessive workload. Related posts: A Lesson from the Digital Productivity Terrorists. AOL, BI’s indignant headline says,”Requires Patch Editors To Drum Up Ad Sales Leads.”. It’s what entrepreneurial journalism requires.

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