SmartBrief - Marketing

AUGUST 14, 2023

Public relations My marketing career began in public relations at a full-service, Seattle-based agency in the mid-1990s. In my next PR position, I learned that a poorly managed agency team could chew up client budget like you wouldn’t believe.

Paid Search Agency 52

Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Work Management Marketing Automation Services 52

Biznology

JULY 26, 2016

Back in January I had the honor of being a guest on Shel Holtz ‘s premier PR podcast, For Immediate Release. It must have gone well because I was back on a panel of PR professionals yesterday , joining Shel, Zeno Group EVP Frank Eliason , and Cision SVP Heidi Sullivan. So why aren’t PR people doing it yet?

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PR Web 2.0 Blogger Public Relations 80

Buffer

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

We now call ourselves “year-round disability conference,” hosting monthly virtual Diversability Unplugged events with topics ranging from financial equity, sexuality, work, and Gen Z through a disability lens. We created a Google Form to collect nominations. We knew we were onto something.

Brand Identity 88

Brand Identity Branding Press Peer-to-peer 88

Biznology

APRIL 3, 2018

There’s a lot of business being done and a lot of money being made using ’50s-era technology: phone calls, meetings, conference calls, lunches, dinners and hours at the club or the golf course. You can task your Summer Intern (whatever times’ left), you can push it on your PR or communications team, or you can do it yourself — but do it.

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Business Enterprise Management Blogger Class 197

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 30, 2018

Maybe it’s because you see yourself in your 21-year-old intern, or your Millennial PR manager who takes on any challenge with a smile. Yes, Lynnie is Steve Lucas’s daughter, but she is also an aspiring communications pro who has three years of college classes in communications, PR, digital marketing, and a ton of enthusiasm for learning.

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Generation Television marketing Thought Leadership Paid Search Agency 134

Biznology

OCTOBER 21, 2014

The same thing goes for public relations and marketing. Here’s a secret: all the best PR men and women are really persistent. When I go to meetings in impressive conference rooms, everyone tends to give everyone else their business cards. The relationship graveyard is full of missed connections.

Advertising Agencies 80

Advertising Agencies Public Relations PR Ideal Customer Profiles 80

Walker Sands

AUGUST 1, 2022

Allison is the managing editor at AdExchanger, and despite the hundreds of PR pitches she receives everyday, she reads and responds to each of them. ” Then I go back and do some Googling to keep myself honest, which is good because you don’t get mentally stagnant. What kinds of PR pitches do you like receiving?

Work Management 52

Work Management Marketing Management Media Paid Search Agency 52

markempa

MARCH 6, 2006

« Consistent Lead Generation Pays Over Long Term | Main | Seth Godins speech on Marketing at Google » Generating Real Sales Leads from Tradeshow/Conferences Aaron Ross over at "Building The "Sales Machine" shares some great tips on trade show lead generation.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Conference B2B Sales Sales Qualified Leads 120

Content Marketing Institute

JANUARY 25, 2019

HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: Road Map to Success: Content Distribution Essentials That Win Eyeballs. Be your content’s PR team. HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: How to Create Pillar Content Google Will Love. 3 New Content Distribution Tech Trends to Embrace Now [Tools]. Curate into multiple formats. A blog article is good.

Paid Content 108

Paid Content Advertising Agencies Demand Generation Agencies Paid Social Agency 108

markempa

MARCH 6, 2006

« Generating Real Sales Leads from Tradeshow/Conferences | Main | Webcast: 8 Critical Success Factors for B2B Lead Generation » Seth Godins speech on Marketing at Google Six time best selling author Seth Godin speaks to Google as part of their Authors@Google series.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Google B2B Marketing B2B Thought Leadership 120

The Lead Agency

OCTOBER 4, 2017

They are Google, Facebook, IBM and Amazon. Marketers have been using change detection and notification services like Google Alerts and Mention since 2003. The most advantageous of these, especially for public relations coordinators, is the growing development of sentiment analysis. Online monitoring is nothing new.

Marketing AI 100

Marketing AI Paid Content Work Management Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 25, 2013

He is also a speaker, blogger, consultant and the CEO of TopRank Online Marketing, a digital marketing and online PR agency that specializes in a 360 degree approach to growing new business and enriching both brand and community engagement online. In 2001 I joined with Susan Misukanis to start a digital PR and marketing agency.

Advertising Agencies 100

Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency Planning B2B Thought Leadership 100

The Effective Marketer

AUGUST 30, 2010

David Meerman Scott , in his book The New Rules of Marketing and PR points out that creating quality content is the new imperative: “The tools of the marketing and PR trade have changed. Yup, it is more complicated when you get to the implementation phase of the program, and that’s where most companies fail. We have all been there.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Planning 100

Webbiquity

MAY 3, 2011

Many of these were other B2B marketers, but others were social media experts, journalists, PR professionals, or just plain fascinating personalities. Marketing, author of PR 2.0: Deb is a journalist-turned-PR pro. She’s president of Strategic Objectives, an award-winning PR agency in Toronto. Allison Mooney. allimooney.

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Twitter B2B Thought Leadership Enterprise Management Work Management 100

Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

He’s a former journalist turned PR guy and straight shooter at New Media Cowboy. Sales reps from traditional PR distribution services were even quoted as saying, “there’s a reason it’s free.&# – implying that it doesn’t perform well. Meaning, a brand (or person) could benefit by leveraging the crowd.

Social Media 115

Social Media SEO Marketing Websites PR 115

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

As mobile browsers become more powerful, Google and its partners decided to do things their own way. Pissing off Google.) Pissing off Google.&# Pissing off Google.&# Pissing off Google" [link] [link] Bruce Hendrickson Great post! You know what’s not a good idea? introduced an application-geared Internet.

Social Media 114

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 114

Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Yesterday, I gave a presentation in Tempe, AZ to Agencyside , a conference of advertising and PR agency owners. In fact, a search for “social media agencies&# on Google yields more than 41 MILLION matching Web pages. Remember, the most important customer of EVERY company is Google.

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Social Media Paid Search Agency Media Advertising Agencies 122

markempa

NOVEMBER 15, 2005

« Google Makes Web Analytics Free but will it help your lead generation? Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 During the summit, senior marketing executives were challenged to improve the influence of marketing by building more efficient and accountable marketing organizations.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy Webinar Metrics 120

Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 15, 2009

Online Marketing Blog TopRank’s internet marketing blog on the intersection of digital PR, social and search engine marketing. For example, we get pitches from PR firms about major brands running new viral or social media campaigns. Excellent food for thought for us PR hacks out there. Please don’t.

Online Marketing 40

Online Marketing Blogger PR Digital Asset Management 40

Webbiquity

MARCH 31, 2014

One of the first things you’ll notice about Social PR Secrets: How to Optimize, Socialize, and Publicize Your Brand’s News by Lisa Buyer is how compact it is. ” Each chapter helpfully contains “Social PR Secrets,” short paragraphs set off from the surrounding content in a different typeface.

PR 100

PR Paid Content Public Relations Press 100

The Effective Marketer

JUNE 13, 2009

His eBook “ The New Rules of PR ” was offered for free without requiring any registration from his website and was downloaded 250,000 times. When he came out with his hardcover book “ The New Rules of Marketing & PR ”, it reached number 1 in sales quickly. Odds are that someone may eventually buy the product or service.

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs Marketing Management 100

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Google’s new Buzz technology recognizes this convergence, by treating email connections between us as the core atomic unit of the social Web, rather than newer, more ephemeral connections made on Twitter, Facebook or elsewhere. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

Social Media 114

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 114

The Effective Marketer

JUNE 21, 2009

Class: Viral Marketing and World Wide Raves (GF301) Professor: David Meerman Scott, author of New Rules of Marketing & PR and World Wide Rave David is a great speaker and has engaging stories, making his presentation one of the best of the series. United States License. United States License.

Inbound Marketing 100

Inbound Marketing Training Planning Work Management 100

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. link] Top 250 Blog Posts – Advertising, Marketing, Media and PR « Spotlight Ideas [.] Tired of chasing shiny objects, and setting up Twitter and Facebook accounts with clear direction, or success metrics?

Social Media 167

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 167

Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

I'm not sure you can separate content from community anymore, as Google seems to be looking more and more at engagement (comments, linkbacks, time on site) to determine the value of content. In PR, measurement has always been a finger in the wind exercise.

Webinar Metrics 132

Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Paid Search Agency Blogger 132

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Regarding comments about the search box location, I'm used to a left or central location on search engines (Google, Yahoo, etc.), Im a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web.

Paid Search Agency 109

Paid Search Agency Webinar Metrics PR Advertising Agencies 109

Strategic-IC

OCTOBER 10, 2017

There’s an obvious synergy between Inbound and PR. But what is the difference between the two - and how can Inbound and PR form a perfect partnership? Firstly, let’s define the differences between PR and Inbound Marketing. What is PR? PR aims to present a company in a positive light and as authoritative experts.

Inbound Marketing 86

Inbound Marketing PR Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency 86

Convince & Convert

APRIL 6, 2010

Remember, your most important customer is Google, and your content ladder needs to maximize your chances for search success. This is especially important now that Google and Bing are incorporating social content into real-time search results). and search for them on Google, Bing, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and SocialMention.

Paid Content 145

Paid Content Ad Building Brand Identity Branding 145

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

Consequently, if someone searches for “Colorado River Whitewater Rafting&# on Google, they’ll likely find that version of the Western River blog, which contains only posts about “ Colorado River Whitewater Rafting “ The software automatically harvests and organizes topically similar posts for maximum search effectiveness.

Social Media 142

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 142

Convince & Convert

MAY 11, 2010

I also like to look at search data, both the searches that people are conducting about your company on Google ( use this free keyword tool ), (insert Google keyword tool screen shot) and the searches conducted on your Web site (assuming you have a search function). Google isn't going to be enough forever.

FAQ 139

FAQ Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Social Media 139

Biznology

JUNE 26, 2012

My definition–and my assumption–has always been that blogger outreach is public relations and not paid media. “ Earned media (or free media) refers to favorable publicity gained through promotional efforts other than advertising, as opposed to paid media, which refers to publicity gained through advertising.[1]

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 20, 2010

I am showing as 2291 keywords where my site appears in Google's index, but only 170 words where they have actually clicked through to the site itself. link] email writing My readers used 411 different search terms to generate over 510 visits (i'm rather small)… [link] jakejordan Do you search with 3+ words in Google?

Long Tail Marketing 117

Long Tail Marketing Blogger Paper Content 117

Convince & Convert

JULY 13, 2010

I recently had lunch with an old colleague who now works for a well respected and large competitor PR firm. Every single person in a public relations firm should: 1) understand the impact of social media and 2) be able to activate that marketing potential for their clients. I don’t believe in a “digital divide.”

Social Media 140

Social Media Media PR Webinar Metrics 140

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

so if last decade consumers trusted google organic results and arguably ppc positions, then this decade they will place greater value on their increasing reliance of social recommendation via their social circles. 2) B2B and B2C are really not that different, on many levels. .-= Maria Reyes-McDavis´s last blog. Twitter Lists Frenzy =-.

Social Media 149

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 149

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The hosts interview some of the most reputable marketers in the world including bestselling author Seth Godin, productivity guru Tim Ferriss, and Google endorsed analytics expert Avinash Kaushik. In Ask Amanda About Marketing, Amanda Milligan answers your questions about content marketing and digital PR. Listen here. 8. SocialPros.

Paid Content 252

Paid Content Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Enterprise Management 252

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

People coming from Google don’t know who you are yet, so you can’t treat them like a Facebook audience that’s already drinking your Kool-aid. When we talk monitoring not just for PR/Marketing but product or service development and industry related news as well. link] [link] T.J.

Social Media 118

Social Media Webinar Metrics Media Marketing & Strategy 118

Convince & Convert

JULY 14, 2010

A Google search of the phrase “social media ROI” provides 694,000 results (at least at this writing). I recently heard a poignant expression, “you are your Google results”. Now, Google creates perceptions and it is our job to engage the communities and instill what perceptions we want seen.

Social Media 136

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