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The Coming Content Marketing-Publishing Continuum

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What interested me most in Gordon’s premise was a point he didn’t follow up—the potential convergence, whether in print or online, of traditional publishing and content marketing. The reason for this, he said, is that “his magazines are most often the first point of contact leading to the sale of all the other services he is now selling.”.

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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? That lack of reserve leads all too readily to overreactions and unfair accusations. Get back to working on your books, not judging your peers.”.

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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? That lack of reserve leads all too readily to overreactions and unfair accusations. Get back to working on your books, not judging your peers.”.

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Can You Have Entrepreneurial Journalism without Entrepreneurs?

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In the latest chapter of its ongoing critique of AOL’s hyperlocal news network, Patch , Business Insider last week took aim at the marketing and sales-prospecting efforts the corporation expects its editors to undertake. AOL, BI’s indignant headline says,”Requires Patch Editors To Drum Up Ad Sales Leads.”.

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Journalists as Buzzword Killers

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A post today from Josh Gordon on words to avoid in content marketing gets to the heart of what content marketers must do: think like journalists. In his post, he reports on an effort by PR strategist Adam Sherk to enumerate the frequency of 98 marketing buzzwords in current press releases. innovative. award winning.

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Brand Journalism Trend Heats Up in UK

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journalists moving into content marketing ) is more than theoretical. Though Burrell uses never names it as such (a “web version” of “customer publishing” is the closest he comes to labeling the trend), it’s clear from his opening that he’s talking about content marketing: “Get used to it.

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“Content Is Power”: Q & A with Mark W. Schaefer

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But as I looked around the blogosphere/Twitterverse, it didn’t take long to realize that the most enthusiastic and informed discussions about B2B communications involved not publishing, but marketing. In more than 20 years as a B2B editor, I worked frequently with both public relations and marketing people. Use your head.

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