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4 Ways that Content Marketing Can Help you Gain Coverage in an Election Year

Brandpoint

It’s the ad that comes across your social media feed. This comes as no surprise to folks in media relations. Big political years overtake the media, both paid and earned. Political ad spending has grown an average of 27% per year since 2012, according to the 2020 Political Spending Projections report.

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Organic vs paid social media: 12 myths vs realities

Biznology

Organic social media is the use of social networks like Facebook , Twitter , YouTube , Pinterest , Instagram , and Snapchat along with the use of free publishing tools like Hootsuite and Buffer to build a social community and interact with it—publishing posts, sharing others’ posts, and engaging in conversations and comments.

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The Complete Social Media Marketing Guide

Brandwatch Marketing

Marketing always has to adapt to new technology and although we can hardly call social media new anymore, a lot of businesses still haven’t caught up or got to grips with it. What is social media marketing? Social media marketing is any marketing that takes place on social media platforms.

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The best of micro-influencer marketing and long tail blogger outreach articles

Biznology

Today is one of those best-of Chris Abraham’s blog posts on blogger outreach, long tail blogger outreach, influencer marketing , and micro-influencer marketing. I hope you enjoy this historical perspective via all the posts that I’ve written since way back in 2012. ” The state of earned media blogger outreach.

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102 Compelling Social Media and Online Marketing Stats and Facts for 2012 (and 2013)

Webbiquity

With 92% of companies now incorporating social media into their marketing efforts, it’s no longer sufficient to just “be there” on social networks. The first step to improving digital marketing results is to understand the emerging trends and best practices. 25 Social Media Facts and Statistics.

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What is Public Relations? The Definition of PR in 100 Words or Less

Hubspot

What is PR? Public Relations professionals help a business or individual cultivate a positive reputation with the public through various unpaid or earned communications, including traditional media, social media, and in-person engagements. There’s an old saying: “Advertising is what you pay for; publicity is what you pray for.”.

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My Top Content Marketing Predictions For 2016

Marketing Insider Group

No, it’s time for content prognosticators and marketing futurists to get out their crystal balls and start predicting the biggest trends for content marketing for 2016. Here’s a quick review: My Previous Marketing Predictions. Yes, it’s my birthday today!