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Hear a Buzzword? Demand a Definition

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Content marketing. Susan Getgood raises an important point today on her Marketing Roadmaps blog when she calls attention to the multitude of conflicting definitions for terms like content marketing and native advertising. New Editorial Rules Nod to Content Marketing. Content Marketing native advertising'

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Beware the Witch-Hunting Impulse

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His aim, I take it, was not to defend dishonest marketing, but to warn us against mob instincts: “All of you pointing your fingers and proclaiming your piety? But we can learn more, and become better people and better writers, by trying to understand the complex intentions and motivations behind those errors.

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Beware the Witch-Hunting Impulse

B2B Memes

His aim, I take it, was not to defend dishonest marketing, but to warn us against mob instincts: “All of you pointing your fingers and proclaiming your piety? But we can learn more, and become better people and better writers, by trying to understand the complex intentions and motivations behind those errors.

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Are You Highly Digital? Try This Test

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” The answer, for me, is similar to what Schaefer says about companies: “social media success is not going to be a function of marketing vision or budget. My proposed test doubtless needs work—please pitch in with suggestions or improvements in the comments below or elsewhere—but its intent is sound. Are you highly digital?

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Ethics: Transparency Is Not All

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In a comment today on a recent B2B Memes blog post, “ Content Marketing’s PR Problem ,” a reader by the dubious name of Ant Miles raises an interesting point about content marketing and journalism. As Miles notes, journalism is often biased in hidden ways by PR and marketing. Tags: Content Marketing Ethics.

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Is Your Content Putting You at Risk?

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For B2B companies embracing their new role as publishers, the content marketing community has produced a huge archive of valuable advice. Most of the time, the kind of publishing that content marketers do isn’t very risky. No matter how benign your intent, people will be sensitive to their reputations.

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Social Media and the Perils of Monetization

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But when I asked him about it over Twitter, he expressed surprise at the change and emphasized that it was not intentional. My first thought was that Schaefer’s switch to summary feeds was part of his monetization plan. I’m glad to know that (although several days later, the feed is still partial-text only).